95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4828


 
Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













225 ILCS 37/16









    Amends the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act.  Makes a technical
change in a Section concerning exemptions from the Act.
















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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing 
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Act is amended by changing Section 16 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 37/16)



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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2008)

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    Sec. 16. Exemptions. This Act does not prohibit or restrict 
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any of the
the
following:
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    (1) A person performing the functions and duties of an

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environmental health practitioner under the general 
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supervision
of a licensed
environmental health practitioner or 
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licensed professional engineer if that
person (i) is not 
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responsible for the administration or supervision of one
or 
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more employees engaged in an environmental health program, (ii)

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establishes a method of verbal communication with the licensed 
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environmental
health practitioner or licensed professional 
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engineer to whom they can refer
and report questions, problems, 
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and emergency situations encountered in
environmental health 
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practice, and (iii) has his or her written reports
reviewed 
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monthly by a licensed environmental health practitioner or 
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licensed
professional engineer.

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    (2) A person licensed in this State under any other Act 
 


 






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from engaging in
the practice for which he or she is licensed.

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    (3) A person working in laboratories licensed by, 
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registered with, or
operated by the State of Illinois.

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    (4) A person employed by a State-licensed health care 
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facility who engages
in the practice of environmental health or 
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whose job responsibilities include
ensuring that the 
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environment in the health care facility is healthy and safe
for 
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employees, patients, and visitors.

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    (5) A person employed with the Illinois Department of 
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Agriculture
who engages in meat and poultry inspections or 
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environmental inspections under
the authority of the 
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Department of Agriculture.

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    (6) A person holding a degree of Doctor of Veterinary 
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Medicine and
Surgery and licensed under the Veterinary Medicine 
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and Surgery Practice Act
of 2004.

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(Source: P.A. 92-837, eff. 8-22-02; 93-281, eff. 12-31-03.)