Bill Text: IL SB1537 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Adds provision requiring that applicants for licensure as a physician assistant shall submit their fingerprints for the purpose of criminal history records background checks.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-10-21 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon [SB1537 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB1537-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB1537 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Antonio Muñoz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 95/12.5 new
Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Adds provision requiring that applicants for licensure as a physician assistant shall submit their fingerprints for the purpose of criminal history records background checks.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 is
amended by adding Section 12.5 as follows:
(225 ILCS 95/12.5 new)
Sec. 12.5. Criminal history records background check. Each
applicant for licensure under Section 12 shall have his or her
fingerprints submitted to the Illinois State Police in an
electronic format that complies with the form and manner for
requesting and furnishing criminal history record information
as prescribed by the Illinois State Police. These fingerprints
shall be transmitted through a live scan fingerprint vendor
licensed by the Department. These fingerprints shall be
checked against the Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau
of Investigation criminal history record databases now and
hereafter filed. The Illinois State Police shall charge
applicants a fee for conducting the criminal history records
check, which shall be deposited into the State Police Services
Fund and shall not exceed the actual cost of the records check.
The Illinois State Police shall furnish, pursuant to positive
identification, records of Illinois convictions to the
Department. The Department may require applicants to pay a

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separate fingerprinting fee, either to the Department or to a
vendor designated or approved by the Department.