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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law
5 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
6 changing Section 2105-17 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 2105/2105-17)
8 Sec. 2105-17. Volunteer license status licenses.
9 (a) For the purposes of this Section:
10 "Health care professional" means a physician licensed
11 under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, a dentist licensed
12 under the Illinois Dental Practice Act, an optometrist
13 licensed under the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987, a
14 physician assistant licensed under the Physician Assistant
15 Practice Act of 1987, and a nurse or advanced practice
16 registered nurse licensed under the Nurse Practice Act. The
17 Department may expand this definition by rule.
18 "Volunteer practice" means the practice of a licensed
19 health care professional for the benefit of an individual or
20 the public and without compensation for the health care
21 services provided.
22 (b) A The Department may grant a volunteer license to a
23 health care professional may submit an application to the
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1 Department to place the health care professional's license on
2 volunteer status if the health care professional who:
3 (1) holds an active license that is not currently
4 subject to discipline or under investigation by the
5 Department meets all requirements of the State licensing
6 Act that applies to his or her health care profession and
7 the rules adopted under the Act; and
8 (2) agrees to engage only in the volunteer practice of
9 his or her health care profession in a free medical
10 clinic, as defined in the Good Samaritan Act, or in a
11 public health clinic, as defined in Section 6-101 of the
12 Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort
13 Immunities Act, and to not practice for compensation.
14 (c) An application submitted under this Section shall not
15 require payment of a fee. A license in volunteer status may be
16 renewed in the same manner, at the same time, and with the same
17 conditions as an active license, except that a renewal fee
18 shall not be required. A volunteer license shall be granted in
19 accordance with the licensing Act that applies to the health
20 care professional's given health care profession, and the
21 licensure fee shall be set by rule in accordance with
22 subsection (f).
23 (d) A health care professional whose license is in
24 volunteer status may request the Department to change the
25 status to active as long as the request is made during the same
26 renewal period in which the license was previously active or
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1 the health care professional renews the license in the same
2 manner and at the same time with the same conditions as an
3 active license. No health care professional shall hold a
4 non-volunteer license in a health care profession and a
5 volunteer license in that profession at the same time. In the
6 event that the health care professional obtains a volunteer
7 license in the profession for which he or she holds a
8 non-volunteer license, that non-volunteer license shall
9 automatically be placed in inactive status. In the event that
10 a health care professional obtains a non-volunteer license in
11 the profession for which he or she holds a volunteer license,
12 the volunteer license shall be placed in inactive status.
13 Practicing on a license in volunteer status that does not meet
14 the requirements of subsection (b) an expired volunteer
15 license constitutes the unlicensed practice of the health care
16 professional's profession.
17 (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to waive or
18 modify any statute, rule, or regulation concerning the
19 licensure or practice of any health care profession. A health
20 care professional whose license is in volunteer status who
21 holds a volunteer license shall be subject to all statutes,
22 rules, and regulations governing his or her profession, except
23 as provided in this Section. The Department shall waive the
24 licensure fee for the first 500 volunteer licenses issued and
25 may by rule provide for a fee waiver or fee reduction that
26 shall apply to all licenses issued after the initial 500.
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1 (f) The Department may adopt rules for the administration
2 of this Section. shall determine by rule the total number of
3 volunteer licenses to be issued. The Department shall file
4 proposed rules implementing this Section within 6 months after
5 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
6 Assembly.
7 (Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.)Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.