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Public Act 104-0170
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| HB1270 Enrolled | LRB104 04583 AAS 14610 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law |
of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by |
changing Section 2105-17 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2105/2105-17) |
Sec. 2105-17. Volunteer license status licenses. |
(a) For the purposes of this Section: |
"Health care professional" means a physician licensed |
under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, a dentist licensed |
under the Illinois Dental Practice Act, an optometrist |
licensed under the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987, a |
physician assistant licensed under the Physician Assistant |
Practice Act of 1987, and a nurse or advanced practice |
registered nurse licensed under the Nurse Practice Act. The |
Department may expand this definition by rule. |
"Volunteer practice" means the practice of a licensed |
health care professional for the benefit of an individual or |
the public and without compensation for the health care |
services provided. |
(b) A The Department may grant a volunteer license to a |
health care professional may submit an application to the |
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Department to place the health care professional's license on |
volunteer status if the health care professional who: |
(1) holds an active license that is not currently |
subject to discipline or under investigation by the |
Department meets all requirements of the State licensing |
Act that applies to his or her health care profession and |
the rules adopted under the Act; and |
(2) agrees to engage only in the volunteer practice of |
his or her health care profession in a free medical |
clinic, as defined in the Good Samaritan Act, or in a |
public health clinic, as defined in Section 6-101 of the |
Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort |
Immunities Act, and to not practice for compensation. |
(c) An application submitted under this Section shall not |
require payment of a fee. A license in volunteer status may be |
renewed in the same manner, at the same time, and with the same |
conditions as an active license, except that a renewal fee |
shall not be required. A volunteer license shall be granted in |
accordance with the licensing Act that applies to the health |
care professional's given health care profession, and the |
licensure fee shall be set by rule in accordance with |
subsection (f). |
(d) A health care professional whose license is in |
volunteer status may request the Department to change the |
status to active as long as the request is made during the same |
renewal period in which the license was previously active or |
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the health care professional renews the license in the same |
manner and at the same time with the same conditions as an |
active license. No health care professional shall hold a |
non-volunteer license in a health care profession and a |
volunteer license in that profession at the same time. In the |
event that the health care professional obtains a volunteer |
license in the profession for which he or she holds a |
non-volunteer license, that non-volunteer license shall |
automatically be placed in inactive status. In the event that |
a health care professional obtains a non-volunteer license in |
the profession for which he or she holds a volunteer license, |
the volunteer license shall be placed in inactive status. |
Practicing on a license in volunteer status that does not meet |
the requirements of subsection (b) an expired volunteer |
license constitutes the unlicensed practice of the health care |
professional's profession. |
(e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to waive or |
modify any statute, rule, or regulation concerning the |
licensure or practice of any health care profession. A health |
care professional whose license is in volunteer status who |
holds a volunteer license shall be subject to all statutes, |
rules, and regulations governing his or her profession, except |
as provided in this Section. The Department shall waive the |
licensure fee for the first 500 volunteer licenses issued and |
may by rule provide for a fee waiver or fee reduction that |
shall apply to all licenses issued after the initial 500. |