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Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
Filed: 3/12/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 730
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 730, AS AMENDED, by |
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| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
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| following:
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| "Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by |
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| adding Section 22.7 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 5/22.7 new) |
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| Sec. 22.7. Immediate suspension of license or permit for |
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| alleged violent or sexual felony against a patient. |
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| Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a person's |
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| license or permit under this Act shall be deemed immediately |
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| suspended by operation of law upon the filing of charges in any |
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| court against the person, whether by indictment or information, |
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| for a violent or sexual felony allegedly committed against his |
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| or her patient in the course of the doctor-patient relationship |
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| if the patient is either 18 years of age or under or 65 years of |
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| age or over. The State's Attorney shall promptly notify the |
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| Department of the filing of these charges against a person who |
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| is licensed or holds a permit under this Act. |
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| Upon receipt of notification from the State's Attorney, the |
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| Department shall immediately notify the licensee or permit |
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| holder of his or her suspension. This notice shall be deposited |
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| in the United States mail, postage prepaid, to the last known |
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| address of the licensee or permit holder. The Department must |
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| convene a hearing within 15 days after it receives notice of |
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| the suspension from the State's Attorney in the same manner as |
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| a hearing convened under Section 25 of this Act. The hearing |
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| must be completed without appreciable delay. |
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| The license or permit shall remain suspended until the |
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| first of the following occurs: (1) the Director, without |
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| appreciable delay, takes or declines action against the license |
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| or permit after the Disciplinary Board has concluded its |
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| hearing; (2) the criminal proceedings against the licensee or |
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| permit holder have concluded; or (3) 60 days have passed since |
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| the initial suspension of the license or permit.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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