Sen. Laura M. Murphy
Filed: 10/19/2021
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 145




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 145 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 
5is amended  by changing Section 6 as follows:
 



6    (225 ILCS 95/6)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4606)



7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)

8    Sec. 6. Physician assistant title. 

9    (a) No physician assistant shall use
the title of doctor, 
10physician, or associate with his or her name or any other term 
11that
would indicate to other persons that he or she is 
12qualified to engage in the
general practice of medicine.

13    (b) A physician assistant shall verbally identify himself 
14or herself as a physician assistant, including specialty 
15certification, to each patient. 
16    (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to relieve a 
 
 
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1physician assistant of the professional or legal 
2responsibility for the care and treatment of persons attended 
3by him or her. 


4    (d) The collaborating physician shall file with the 
5Department notice of
employment, discharge, or collaboration 
6with a physician assistant within 60 days at the
time of 
7employment, discharge, or assumption of collaboration with a

8physician assistant. Nothing in this Section shall prevent a 
9physician assistant from beginning his or her employment 
10before the notice of employment or collaboration has been 
11filed. 

12(Source: P.A. 100-453, eff. 8-25-17.)".