The Office of the Attorney General may require health care professionals to meet additional standards to be on the list, if it is determined necessary at the time to ensure qualification is attained in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, protocols, standards of care, and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program goals.
(c) To remain on the Qualified Medical Provider List, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners and Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners must verify their continuing education and competency as a qualified medical provider every 3 years. Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners and Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners shall submit the following documentation to the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Coordinator by April 30th of the verification year so the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Coordinator can ascertain whether standards to remain on the Qualified Medical Provider List have been met.
A valid Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner certification by the International Association of Forensic Nurses is sufficient documentation to verify a sexual assault nurse examiner's continued education and competency as a qualified medical provider.
In lieu of an updated, valid International Association of Forensic Nurses certification, the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Coordinator, Emergency Department Director, or the Director of the facility where the health care professional is employed shall attest to the health care professional's continuing education and competency as a qualified medical provider. If the health care professional is contracted to work as a Sexual Assault nurse examiner or sexual assault forensic examiner, then the Sexual assault nurse examiner Coordinator or Director of the staffing company shall attest to the health care professional's continuing education and competency as a qualified medical provider. The attestation shall be in the form and manner prescribed by the Office of the Illinois Attorney General.
If the health care professional has had more than a one-year lapse in providing medical forensic examinations to patients, then a mock medical forensic examination must be completed for skill verification with a sexual assault nurse examiner certified by the International Association of Forensic Nursing.
If documentation is submitted by April 30, then the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Coordinator shall provide notice of whether standards to remain on the Qualified Medical Provider list have been met by June 30th of the same year. If the submission is insufficient, then the notice shall include a statement of deficiencies and the standards for qualification to be met. The health care professional shall have 30 days after the notice is sent to cure a deficient submission. If a health care professional does not meet the standards to be on the Qualified Medical Provider List after a period to cure an insufficient submission, then the health care professional shall be notified and removed from the Qualified Medical Provider List. If a sexual assault nurse examiner or sexual assault forensic examiner on the Qualified Medical Provider list does not verify continued education and competency as a qualified medical provider after 3 years and does not submit documentation to the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Coordinator by April 30 of the verification year, then the health care professional shall be notified that they will be removed from the Qualified Medical Provider List in 60 days. The health care professional shall submit sufficient documentation to remain on the Qualified Medical Provider list within the 60-day period or be removed from the Qualified Medical Provider List.
(d) This Section is effective on and after January 1, 2026.
(Source: P.A. 104-386, eff. 1-1-26.)
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