Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article -

• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 1
  Declaration of Public Policy. The practice of podiatric medicine in the State of Illinois is declared to affect the public health, safety and welfare...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 2
  Short Title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. (Source: P.A. 85-918.)
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 3
  Exceptions. This Act does not prohibit: (A) Any person licensed in this State under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 from engaging in the practice...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 4
  Exemption from civil liability. (A) Exemption from civil liability for emergency care is as provided in the Good Samaritan Act. (B) While serving upon...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 5
  Definitions. As used in this Act: (A) "Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. (B) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and Professional...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 6
  Powers and duties of the Department. The Department shall exercise the powers and duties prescribed by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois for the administration...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 7
  Creation of the Board. The Secretary shall appoint a Podiatric Medical Licensing Board as follows: 5 members must be actively engaged in the practice of...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 8
  Applications for original license. Applications for original licenses shall be made to the Department and shall be accompanied by the required fee, which shall...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 8.5
  Social Security Number on license application. In addition to any other information required to be contained in the application, every application for an original license...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 9
  Examination for licensure. The Department shall authorize examinations of applicants as podiatric physicians at such times and places as it may determine, so long...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 10
  Qualifications for licensure. A person shall be qualified for licensure as a podiatric physician: (A) who has applied for licensure on forms prepared and furnished...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 11
  Practice without a license forbidden and exceptions. A. It shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the practice of podiatric medicine or of holding one's...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 11.5
  Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty. (a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice, or holds oneself out to practice podiatry without being...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 12
  Temporary license; qualifications and terms. (A) Podiatric physicians otherwise qualified for licensure, with the exception of completion of one year of postgraduate training and the...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 13
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-76, eff. 12-30-97. Repealed by P.A. 95-235, eff. 8-17-07.)
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 14
  Continuing education requirement. Podiatric physicians licensed to practice in Illinois shall, as a requirement for renewal of license, complete continuing education at the rate of...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 15
  Licenses; renewal; restoration; military service. (A) The expiration date and renewal period for each license issued under this Act shall be set by rule....
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 16
  Inactive licenses. Any podiatric physician who notifies the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department, may elect to place his or her...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 17
  Endorsement. The Department may, in its discretion, license as a podiatric physician without examination on payment of the required fee, an applicant who is...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 18
  Fees. (a) The following fees are not refundable. (1) The fee for a certificate of licensure is $400. The fee for a temporary permit or...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 19
  Disciplinary Fund. All fees and fines received by the Department under this Act shall be deposited in the Illinois State Podiatric Disciplinary Fund, a special...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 20
  Roster of licensees. The Department shall maintain a roster of the names and addresses of all licensees and of all persons whose licenses have...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 20.5
  Delegation of authority to advanced practice nurses. (a) A podiatric physician in active clinical practice may collaborate with an advanced practice nurse in accordance with...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 21
  Advertising. (A) Any podiatric physician may advertise the availability of podiatric medical services in the public media or on the premises where such services are...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 22
  Practice by corporations. No license shall be issued by the Department to any corporation (i) that has a stated purpose that includes podiatry, or...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 23
  Nothing contained in this Act shall: (a) prohibit a corporation from employing a podiatric physician or podiatric physicians to render podiatric medical services to...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 24
  Grounds for disciplinary action. The Department may refuse to issue, may refuse to renew, may refuse to restore, may suspend, or may revoke any license,...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 24.2
  Prohibition against fee splitting. (a) A licensee under this Act may not directly or indirectly divide, share, or split any professional fee or other form...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 24.5
  Suspension of license for failure to pay restitution. The Department, without further process or hearing, shall suspend the license or other authorization to practice of...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 25
  Violations - Injunction - Cease and desist order. A. If any person violates the provision of this Act, the Secretary may, in the name of...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 26
  Reports relating to professional conduct and capacity. (A) The Board shall by rule provide for the reporting to it of all instances in which a...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 27
  Investigations; notice and hearing. The Department may investigate the actions of any applicant or of any person or persons holding or claiming to hold a...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 28
  Stenographer - Transcript. The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a record of all proceedings at the formal hearing of any case involving the...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 29
  Compelling testimony. Any circuit court may, upon application of the Department or designee or of the applicant or licensee against whom proceedings upon Section...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 30
  Witness; subpoenas. The Department shall have the power to subpoena and bring before it any person in this State and to take testimony, either orally...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 31
  Notice of hearing - Findings and recommendations. At the conclusion of the hearing the Board shall present to the Secretary a written report of its...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 32
  Board - Rehearing. In any case involving the refusal to issue, renew or discipline of a license, a copy of the Board's report shall be...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 33
  Secretary - Rehearing. Whenever the Secretary is satisfied that substantial justice has not been done in the revocation, suspension or refusal to issue or renew...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 34
  Appointment of a hearing officer. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of this Act, the Secretary shall have the authority to appoint any attorney duly...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 35
  Order or certified copy; prima facie proof. An order or a certified copy thereof, over the seal of the Department and purporting to be signed...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 36
  Restoration of suspended or revoked license. At any time after the suspension or revocation of any license, the Department may restore it to the...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 37
  Surrender of license. Upon the revocation or suspension of any license, the licensee shall forthwith surrender the license or licenses to the Department and...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 38
  Temporary suspension of a license. The Secretary may temporarily suspend the license of a podiatric physician without a hearing, simultaneously with the institution of proceedings...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 39
  Administrative Review; Venue. All final administrative decisions of the Department are subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law,...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 40
  Certification of record; costs. The Department shall not be required to certify any record to the court or file any answer in court or...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 41
  Violations. Any person who is found to have violated any provisions of this Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. All criminal fines, monies,...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 42
  Administrative Procedure Act. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and incorporated herein as if all of the provisions of that Act...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 43
  Public Policy. It is declared to be the public policy of this State, pursuant to paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article...
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 44
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 85-1440. Repealed by P.A. 90-76, eff. 12-30-97.)
• Illinois Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 100, Section 45
  Savings Clause. All disciplinary action, taken or pending, pursuant to "An Act to regulate the practice of podiatry in the State of Illinois", approved...

Last modified: February 18, 2015