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

• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 1
  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Medical Practice Act of 1987. (Source: P.A. 85-4.)
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 2
  Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall have the following meanings, except where the context requires otherwise: "Act" means the Medical Practice...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 3
  Licensure requirement. No person shall practice medicine, or any of its branches, or treat human ailments without the use of drugs and without operative surgery,...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 3.5
  Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty. (a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice, or holds oneself out to practice as a physician...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 4
  Exemptions. This Act does not apply to the following: (1) persons lawfully carrying on their particular profession or business under any valid existing regulatory Act...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 5
  Because the candid and conscientious evaluation of clinical practices is essential to the provision of adequate health care, it is the policy of this...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 6
  It is declared to be the public policy of this State, pursuant to paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 7
  Medical Disciplinary Board. (A) There is hereby created the Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Board. The Disciplinary Board shall consist of 11 members, to be appointed...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 7.5
  Complaint Committee. (a) There shall be a Complaint Committee of the Disciplinary Board composed of at least one of the medical coordinators established by subsection...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 8
  Medical Licensing Board. (A) There is hereby created a Medical Licensing Board. The Licensing Board shall be composed of 7 members, to be appointed by...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 8.1
  Matters concerning advanced practice nurses. Any proposed rules, amendments, second notice materials and adopted rule or amendment materials, and policy statements concerning advanced practice nurses...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 9
  Application for license. Each applicant for a license shall: (A) Make application on blank forms prepared and furnished by the Department. (B) Submit evidence satisfactory...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 9.3
  Withdrawal of application. Any applicant applying for a license or permit under this Act may withdraw his or her application at any time. If an...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 9.5
  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 Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 9.7
  Criminal history records background check. Each applicant for licensure or permit under Sections 9, 18, and 19 shall have his or her fingerprints submitted to...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 10
  The Department shall: (A) Make rules for establishing reasonable minimum standards of educational requirements to be observed by medical, osteopathic and chiropractic colleges; (B)...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 11
  Minimum education standards. The minimum standards of professional education to be enforced by the Department in conducting examinations and issuing licenses shall be as follows:...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 11.1
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-1251. Repealed by P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 12
  All examinations provided for by this Act shall be conducted under rules prescribed from time to time by the Department. Examinations shall be held...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 13
  Medical students. Candidates for the degree of doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, or doctor of osteopathic medicine enrolled in a medical or osteopathic college,...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 14
  Chiropractic students. Candidates for the degree of doctor of chiropractic enrolled in a chiropractic college, accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education, may practice under...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 15
  Chiropractic physician; license for general practice. Any chiropractic physician licensed under this Act shall be permitted to take the examination for licensure as a physician...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 16
  Ineligibility for examination. Any person who shall fail any examination for licensure as a medical doctor, doctor of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine, or doctor...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 17
  Temporary license. Persons holding the degree of Doctor of Medicine, persons holding the degree of Doctor of Osteopathy or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, and persons...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 18
  Visiting professor, physician, or resident permits. (A) Visiting professor permit. (1) A visiting professor permit shall entitle a person to practice medicine in all of...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 19
  Licensure by endorsement. The Department may, in its discretion, issue a license by endorsement to any person who is currently licensed to practice medicine in...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 20
  Continuing education. The Department shall promulgate rules of continuing education for persons licensed under this Act that require an average of 50 hours of continuing...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 21
  License renewal; reinstatement; inactive status; disposition and collection of fees. (A) Renewal. The expiration date and renewal period for each license issued under this Act...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 22
  Disciplinary action. (A) The Department may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, refuse to issue or renew, or take any other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 22.2
  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 Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 22.3
  Employment of allied health care personnel. Nothing in this Act prohibits physicians, physician practices, or entities authorized by law to employ physicians from also employing...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 22.5
  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 Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 23
  Reports relating to professional conduct and capacity. (A) Entities required to report. (1) Health care institutions. The chief administrator or executive officer of any health...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 24
  Report of violations; medical associations. (a) Any physician licensed under this Act, the Illinois State Medical Society, the Illinois Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons,...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 24.1
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 94-677, eff. 8-25-05. Repealed by P.A. 97-280, eff. 8-9-11.)
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 25
  The Secretary of the Department may, upon receipt of a written communication from the Secretary of Human Services, the Director of Healthcare and Family Services...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 26
  Advertising. (1) Any person licensed under this Act may advertise the availability of professional services in the public media or on the premises where such...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 27
  It is unlawful and punishable under Section 59 for any person licensed under this Act to knowingly advertise that the licensee will accept as...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 28
  Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the use of the titles "Doctor of Medicine" or "M.D." by a person licensed in this State to...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 29
  Any contract or agreement signed by any person prior to, or as a condition of, such person receiving medical treatment in any form, which...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 30
  Emergency care; civil liability. Exemption from civil liability for emergency care is as provided in the Good Samaritan Act. (Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97.)
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 31
  Liability exclusion; free medical clinic. Exemption from civil liability for medical services in a free clinic is as provided in the Good Samaritan Act....
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 32
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 85-4. Repealed by P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11.)
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 33
  Legend drugs. (a) Any person licensed under this Act to practice medicine in all of its branches shall be authorized to purchase legend drugs requiring...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 34
  The provisions of this Act shall not be so construed nor shall they be so administered as to discriminate against any type or category...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 35
  The Secretary shall have the authority to appoint an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois to serve as the hearing...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 36
  Investigation; notice. (a) Upon the motion of either the Department or the Disciplinary Board or upon the verified complaint in writing of any person setting...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 37
  Disciplinary actions. (a) At the time and place fixed in the notice, the Disciplinary Board provided for in this Act shall proceed to hear the...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 38
  Subpoena; oaths. (a) The Disciplinary Board or Department has power to subpoena and bring before it any person in this State and to take testimony...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 39
  Stenographer; transcript. The Department, at its expense, shall provide a stenographer to take down the testimony and preserve a record of all proceedings at...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 40
  Findings and recommendations; rehearing. (a) The Disciplinary Board shall present to the Secretary a written report of its findings and recommendations. A copy of such...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 41
  Administrative review; certification of record. (a) All final administrative decisions of the Department are subject to judicial review pursuant to the Administrative Review Law and...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 42
  An order of revocation, suspension, placing the license on probationary status, or other formal disciplinary action as the Department may deem proper, or a certified...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 43
  Restoration of license from discipline. At any time after the successful completion of a term of probation, suspension, or revocation of a license, the Department...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 44
  None of the disciplinary functions, powers and duties enumerated in this Act shall be exercised by the Department except upon the action and report in...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 45
  In all hearings conducted under this Act, information received, pursuant to law, relating to any information acquired by a physician in attending any patient...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 46
  In the event that the Department's order of revocation, suspension, placing the licensee on probationary status, or other order of formal disciplinary action is...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 47
  Administrative Procedure Act. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and incorporated herein as if all of the provisions of that Act were...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 48
  All licenses and certificates heretofore legally issued by authority of law in this State permitting the holder thereof to practice medicine in all of...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 49
  If any person does any of the following and does not possess a valid license issued under this Act, that person shall be sentenced...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 49.5
  Telemedicine. (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that because of technological advances and changing practice patterns the practice of medicine is occurring with...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 50
  Any person who practices medicine in all of its branches or treats human ailments without the use of drugs or operative surgery including, but...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 51
  Any person who treats human ailments by the use of drugs or operative surgery and has only a license to treat human ailments without...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 52
  Any person, not licensed in this State to practice medicine in all of its branches, who holds themselves out by any sign or advertisement,...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 53
  Any person who obtains a fee, either directly or indirectly, either in money or in value, or in the form of a financial profit...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 54
  A person who holds himself or herself out to treat human ailments under a name other than his or her own, or by personation of...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 54.2
  Physician delegation of authority. (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the delegation of patient care tasks or duties by a physician,...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 54.5
  Physician delegation of authority to physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, and prescribing psychologists. (a) Physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches may delegate...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 54.6
  Registered nurse administration of limited levels of anesthesia. Nothing in this Act precludes a registered nurse from administering local anesthesia or minimal sedation or moderate...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 55
  Any person who holds themselves out to treat human ailments by any system or method of treatment other than that for which they hold...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 56
  Any person who employs fraud or deception in applying for or securing a license under this Act, or in passing any examination therefor, shall...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 57
  Any person who shall in connection with any application or examination before the Department file, or attempt to file, with the Department as their...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 58
  Any person who shall wilfully swear or affirm falsely, or make or file any affidavit wilfully and corruptly, in filing or prosecuting their application...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 59
  Any person who violates for the first time Section 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, or 56 of this Act is guilty of a...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 60
  All such fines shall be deposited in the Professional Regulation Evidence Fund. (Source: P.A. 85-4.)
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 61
  The practice of medicine in all of its branches or the treatment of human ailments without the use of drugs and without operative surgery by...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 62
  No proceedings to revoke or suspend any license shall abate by reason of the passage of this Act. The Department may revoke or suspend...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 63
  Reinstatement of existing licenses. All certificates, permits, and licenses in effect on the date this amendatory Act of 1996 becomes a law, and issued...
• Illinois Medical Practice Act of 1987. - 225 ILCS 60, Section 64
  Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Act. No licensee under this Act may be disciplined for providing expedited partner therapy in accordance with the provisions of the...

Last modified: February 18, 2015