Bill Text: IL HB1823 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that not later than 12 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall adopt rules that require a person seeking licensure to practice medicine in all of its branches to have completed 6 hours of education on the diagnosis, treatment, and care of individuals with cognitive impairments, including, but not limited to, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Specifies that the education requirement shall only apply to applicants who serve or will serve adult populations. Provides that not later than 12 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department shall adopt rules that require any continuing education for persons licensed to practice medicine under all of its branches to include an average of 2 hours of continuing education per license year on the diagnosis, treatment, and care of individuals with cognitive impairments, including, but not limited to, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Specifies that the continuing education requirement shall only apply to licensees who serve adult populations. Provides that the curriculum used for the education and continuing education requirements shall cover the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, including recognizing the signs and symptoms of dementia; person-centered care; assessment and care planning; and culturally competent health care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-17 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB1823 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB1823-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 11 and by adding Section 20.1 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 60/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-11)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
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8 | Sec. 11. Minimum education standards. The minimum | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | standards of
professional
education to be enforced by the | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Department in conducting
examinations and issuing licenses | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | shall be as follows:
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12 | (A) Practice of medicine. For the practice of
medicine | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | in all of its branches:
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14 | (1) For applications for licensure under | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | subsection (D) of Section 19
of this Act:
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16 | (a) that the applicant is a graduate of a | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | medical or
osteopathic college in the United | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | States, its territories or
Canada, that the | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | applicant has completed a 2 year course of | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | instruction in a
college of liberal arts, or its | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | equivalent, and a course of
instruction in a | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | medical or osteopathic college approved by
the | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Department or by a private, not for profit |
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1 | accrediting
body approved by the Department, and | ||||||
2 | in addition thereto, a
course of postgraduate | ||||||
3 | clinical training of not less than 12
months as | ||||||
4 | approved by the Department; or
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5 | (b) that the applicant is a graduate of a | ||||||
6 | medical or
osteopathic college located outside the | ||||||
7 | United States, its
territories or Canada, and that | ||||||
8 | the degree conferred is
officially recognized by | ||||||
9 | the country for the purposes of
licensure, that | ||||||
10 | the applicant has completed a 2 year course of | ||||||
11 | instruction in a
college of liberal arts or its | ||||||
12 | equivalent, and a course of
instruction in a | ||||||
13 | medical or osteopathic college approved by
the | ||||||
14 | Department, which course shall have been not less | ||||||
15 | than
132 weeks in duration and shall have been | ||||||
16 | completed within a
period of not less than 35 | ||||||
17 | months, and, in addition thereto,
has completed a | ||||||
18 | course of postgraduate clinical training of not | ||||||
19 | less than
12 months, as approved by the | ||||||
20 | Department, and has complied with any other
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21 | standards established by rule.
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22 | For the purposes of this subparagraph (b) an | ||||||
23 | applicant
is considered to be a graduate of a | ||||||
24 | medical college if the
degree which is conferred | ||||||
25 | is officially recognized by that
country for the | ||||||
26 | purposes of receiving a license to practice
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1 | medicine in all of its branches or a document is | ||||||
2 | granted by
the medical college which certifies the | ||||||
3 | completion of all
formal training requirements | ||||||
4 | including any internship and
social service; or
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5 | (c) that the applicant has studied medicine at | ||||||
6 | a
medical or osteopathic college located outside | ||||||
7 | the United
States, its territories, or Canada, | ||||||
8 | that the applicant has
completed a 2 year course | ||||||
9 | of
instruction in a college of liberal arts or its | ||||||
10 | equivalent
and all of the formal requirements of a | ||||||
11 | foreign medical
school except internship and | ||||||
12 | social service, which course
shall have been not | ||||||
13 | less than 132 weeks in duration and
shall have | ||||||
14 | been completed within a period of not less than
35 | ||||||
15 | months; that the applicant has submitted an | ||||||
16 | application
to a medical college accredited by the | ||||||
17 | Liaison Committee on
Medical Education and | ||||||
18 | submitted to such evaluation
procedures, including | ||||||
19 | use of nationally recognized medical
student tests | ||||||
20 | or tests devised by the individual medical
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21 | college, and that the applicant has satisfactorily | ||||||
22 | completed
one academic year of supervised clinical | ||||||
23 | training under the
direction of such medical | ||||||
24 | college; and, in addition thereto
has completed a | ||||||
25 | course of postgraduate clinical training of
not | ||||||
26 | less than 12 months, as approved by the |
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1 | Department, and has
complied
with
any other | ||||||
2 | standards established by rule.
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3 | (d) Any clinical clerkships must have been | ||||||
4 | completed
in compliance with Section 10.3 of the | ||||||
5 | Hospital Licensing
Act, as amended.
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6 | (2) Effective January 1, 1988, for applications | ||||||
7 | for
licensure made subsequent to January 1, 1988, | ||||||
8 | under Sections
9 or 17 of this Act by individuals not | ||||||
9 | described in paragraph (3) of
subsection (A) of | ||||||
10 | Section 11 who graduated after December
31, 1984:
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11 | (a) that the applicant: (i) graduated from a | ||||||
12 | medical
or osteopathic college officially | ||||||
13 | recognized by the
jurisdiction in which it is | ||||||
14 | located for the purpose of
receiving a license to | ||||||
15 | practice medicine in all of its
branches, and the | ||||||
16 | applicant has completed, as defined by the
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17 | Department, a 6 year postsecondary course of study
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18 | comprising at least 2 academic years of study in | ||||||
19 | the basic
medical sciences; and 2 academic years | ||||||
20 | of study in the
clinical sciences, while enrolled | ||||||
21 | in the medical college
which conferred the degree, | ||||||
22 | the core rotations of which must
have been | ||||||
23 | completed in clinical teaching facilities owned,
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24 | operated or formally affiliated with the medical | ||||||
25 | college
which conferred the degree, or under | ||||||
26 | contract in teaching
facilities owned, operated or |
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1 | affiliated with another
medical college which is | ||||||
2 | officially recognized by the
jurisdiction in which | ||||||
3 | the medical school which conferred the
degree is | ||||||
4 | located; or (ii) graduated from a medical or
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5 | osteopathic college accredited by the Liaison | ||||||
6 | Committee on
Medical Education, the Committee on | ||||||
7 | Accreditation of
Canadian Medical Schools in | ||||||
8 | conjunction with the Liaison
Committee on Medical | ||||||
9 | Education, or the Bureau of Professional Education | ||||||
10 | of
the American Osteopathic
Association; and, | ||||||
11 | (iii) in addition
thereto, has completed 24 months | ||||||
12 | of postgraduate clinical
training, as approved by | ||||||
13 | the
Department; or
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14 | (b) that the applicant has studied medicine at | ||||||
15 | a
medical or osteopathic college located outside | ||||||
16 | the United
States, its territories, or Canada, | ||||||
17 | that the applicant, in
addition to satisfying the | ||||||
18 | requirements of subparagraph (a),
except for the | ||||||
19 | awarding of a degree, has completed all of
the | ||||||
20 | formal requirements of a foreign medical school | ||||||
21 | except
internship and social service and has | ||||||
22 | submitted an
application to a medical college | ||||||
23 | accredited by the Liaison
Committee on Medical | ||||||
24 | Education and submitted to such
evaluation | ||||||
25 | procedures, including use of nationally
recognized | ||||||
26 | medical student tests or tests devised by the
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1 | individual medical college, and that the applicant | ||||||
2 | has
satisfactorily completed one academic year of | ||||||
3 | supervised
clinical training under the direction | ||||||
4 | of such medical
college; and, in addition thereto, | ||||||
5 | has completed 24 months of
postgraduate clinical | ||||||
6 | training, as
approved by the Department, and has | ||||||
7 | complied with any other standards
established by | ||||||
8 | rule.
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9 | (3) (Blank).
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10 | (4) Any person granted a temporary license | ||||||
11 | pursuant to Section 17 of
this Act who shall | ||||||
12 | satisfactorily complete a course of postgraduate | ||||||
13 | clinical
training and meet all of the requirements for | ||||||
14 | licensure shall be granted a
permanent license | ||||||
15 | pursuant to Section 9.
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16 | (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
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17 | Section an individual holding a temporary license | ||||||
18 | under
Section 17 of this Act shall be required to | ||||||
19 | satisfy the
undergraduate medical and post-graduate | ||||||
20 | clinical training educational
requirements in effect | ||||||
21 | on
the date of their application for a temporary | ||||||
22 | license,
provided they apply for a license under | ||||||
23 | Section 9 of this
Act and satisfy all other | ||||||
24 | requirements of this Section while
their temporary | ||||||
25 | license is in effect.
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26 | (6) Not later than 12 months after the effective |
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1 | date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | ||||||
2 | Assembly, the Department shall adopt rules that | ||||||
3 | require a person seeking licensure under this Act to | ||||||
4 | have completed 6 hours of education on the diagnosis, | ||||||
5 | treatment, and care of individuals with cognitive | ||||||
6 | impairments, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
7 | Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. This | ||||||
8 | requirement shall only apply to applicants who serve | ||||||
9 | or will serve adult populations. The curriculum used | ||||||
10 | for the training shall cover the following topics: | ||||||
11 | diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, | ||||||
12 | including recognizing the signs and symptoms of | ||||||
13 | dementia; person-centered care; assessment and care | ||||||
14 | planning; and culturally competent health care, as | ||||||
15 | defined in subsection (b) of Section 2310-216 of the | ||||||
16 | Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of | ||||||
17 | the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
18 | (B) Treating human ailments without drugs and without
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19 | operative surgery. For the practice of treating human
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20 | ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
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21 | surgery:
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22 | (1) For an applicant who was a resident student | ||||||
23 | and
who is a graduate after July 1, 1926, of a | ||||||
24 | chiropractic
college or institution, that such school, | ||||||
25 | college or
institution, at the time of the applicant's | ||||||
26 | graduation
required as a prerequisite to admission |
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1 | thereto a 4 year
course of instruction in a high | ||||||
2 | school, and, as a
prerequisite to graduation | ||||||
3 | therefrom, a course of
instruction in the treatment of | ||||||
4 | human ailments, of not less
than 132 weeks in duration | ||||||
5 | and which shall have been
completed within a period of | ||||||
6 | not less than 35 months except
that as to students | ||||||
7 | matriculating or entering upon a course
of | ||||||
8 | chiropractic study during the years 1940, 1941, 1942,
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9 | 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, and 1947, such elapsed time
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10 | shall be not less than 32 months, such high school and | ||||||
11 | such
school, college or institution having been | ||||||
12 | reputable and in
good standing in the judgment of the | ||||||
13 | Department.
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14 | (2) For an applicant who is a matriculant in a
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15 | chiropractic college after September 1, 1969, that | ||||||
16 | such
applicant shall be required to complete a 2 year | ||||||
17 | course
of instruction in a liberal arts college or its | ||||||
18 | equivalent and a course of instruction in a | ||||||
19 | chiropractic
college in the treatment of human | ||||||
20 | ailments, such course, as
a prerequisite to graduation | ||||||
21 | therefrom, having been not less
than 132 weeks in | ||||||
22 | duration and shall have been completed
within a period | ||||||
23 | of not less than 35 months, such college of
liberal | ||||||
24 | arts and chiropractic college having been reputable
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25 | and in good standing in the judgment of the | ||||||
26 | Department.
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1 | (3) For an applicant who is a graduate of a United
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2 | States chiropractic college after August 19, 1981, the
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3 | college of the applicant must be fully accredited by | ||||||
4 | the
Commission on Accreditation of the Council on | ||||||
5 | Chiropractic
Education or its successor at the time of | ||||||
6 | graduation. Such
graduates shall be considered to have | ||||||
7 | met the minimum
requirements which shall be in | ||||||
8 | addition to those
requirements set forth in the rules | ||||||
9 | and regulations
promulgated by the Department.
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10 | (4) For an applicant who is a graduate of a
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11 | chiropractic college in another country; that such
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12 | chiropractic college be equivalent to the standards of
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13 | education as set forth for chiropractic colleges | ||||||
14 | located in
the United States.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11 .)
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16 | (225 ILCS 60/20.1 new) | ||||||
17 | Sec. 20.1. Continuing education; cognitive impairments. | ||||||
18 | Not later than 12 months after the effective date of this | ||||||
19 | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Department | ||||||
20 | shall adopt rules that require any continuing education for | ||||||
21 | persons licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches | ||||||
22 | under this Act to include an average of 2 hours of continuing | ||||||
23 | education per license year on the diagnosis, treatment, and | ||||||
24 | care of individuals with cognitive impairments, including, but | ||||||
25 | not limited to, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. This |
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1 | requirement shall only apply to persons licensed under this | ||||||
2 | Act who serve adult populations. The curriculum used for the | ||||||
3 | training shall cover the following topics: diagnosis of | ||||||
4 | Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, including recognizing | ||||||
5 | the signs and symptoms of dementia; person-centered care; | ||||||
6 | assessment and care planning; and culturally competent health | ||||||
7 | care, as defined in subsection (b) of Section 2310-216 of the | ||||||
8 | Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil | ||||||
9 | Administrative Code of Illinois.
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