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4		-	AN ACT concerning safety.
5		-	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6		-	represented in the General Assembly:
7		-	Section 5. The Radiation Protection Act of 1990 is amended
8		-	by changing Section 6 as follows:
9		-	(420 ILCS 40/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-6)
10		-	(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
11		-	Sec. 6. Accreditation of administrators of radiation;
12		-	Limited scope accreditation; Rules and regulations; Education.
13		-	(a) The Agency shall promulgate such rules and regulations
14		-	as are necessary to establish accreditation standards and
15		-	procedures, including a minimum course of education and
16		-	continuing education requirements in the administration of
17		-	radiation to human beings, which are appropriate to the
18		-	classification of accreditation and which are to be met by all
19		-	physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses,
20		-	nurses, technicians, or other assistants who administer
21		-	radiation to human beings under the supervision of a person
22		-	licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Such rules
23		-	and regulations may provide for different classes of
24		-	accreditation based on evidence of national certification,
25		-	clinical experience or community hardship as conditions of
26		-	initial and continuing accreditation. The rules and
	3	+	1 AN ACT concerning safety.
	4	+	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
	5	+	3 represented in the General Assembly:
	6	+	4 Section 5. The Radiation Protection Act of 1990 is amended
	7	+	5 by changing Section 6 as follows:
	8	+	6 (420 ILCS 40/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-6)
	9	+	7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
	10	+	8 Sec. 6. Accreditation of administrators of radiation;
	11	+	9 Limited scope accreditation; Rules and regulations; Education.
	12	+	10 (a) The Agency shall promulgate such rules and regulations
	13	+	11 as are necessary to establish accreditation standards and
	14	+	12 procedures, including a minimum course of education and
	15	+	13 continuing education requirements in the administration of
	16	+	14 radiation to human beings, which are appropriate to the
	17	+	15 classification of accreditation and which are to be met by all
	18	+	16 physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses,
	19	+	17 nurses, technicians, or other assistants who administer
	20	+	18 radiation to human beings under the supervision of a person
	21	+	19 licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Such rules
	22	+	20 and regulations may provide for different classes of
	23	+	21 accreditation based on evidence of national certification,
	24	+	22 clinical experience or community hardship as conditions of
	25	+	23 initial and continuing accreditation. The rules and
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33		-	regulations of the Agency shall be consistent with national
34		-	standards in regard to the protection of the health and safety
35		-	of the general public.
36		-	(b) The rules and regulations shall also provide that
37		-	persons who have been accredited by the Agency, in accordance
38		-	with the Radiation Protection Act, without passing an
39		-	examination, will remain accredited as provided in Section 43
40		-	of this Act and that those persons may be accredited, without
41		-	passing an examination, to use other equipment, procedures, or
42		-	supervision within the original category of accreditation if
43		-	the Agency receives written assurances from a person licensed
44		-	under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, that the person
45		-	accredited has the necessary skill and qualifications for such
46		-	additional equipment procedures or supervision. The Agency
47		-	shall, in accordance with subsection (c) of this Section,
48		-	provide for the accreditation of nurses, technicians, or other
49		-	assistants, unless exempted elsewhere in this Act, to perform
50		-	a limited scope of diagnostic radiography procedures of the
51		-	chest, the extremities, skull and sinuses, or the spine, while
52		-	under the supervision of a person licensed under the Medical
53		-	Practice Act of 1987.
54		-	(c) The rules or regulations promulgated by the Agency
55		-	pursuant to subsection (a) shall establish standards and
56		-	procedures for accrediting persons to perform a limited scope
57		-	of diagnostic radiography procedures. The rules or regulations
58		-	shall specify that an individual seeking accreditation for
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	34	+	1 regulations of the Agency shall be consistent with national
	35	+	2 standards in regard to the protection of the health and safety
	36	+	3 of the general public.
	37	+	4 (b) The rules and regulations shall also provide that
	38	+	5 persons who have been accredited by the Agency, in accordance
	39	+	6 with the Radiation Protection Act, without passing an
	40	+	7 examination, will remain accredited as provided in Section 43
	41	+	8 of this Act and that those persons may be accredited, without
	42	+	9 passing an examination, to use other equipment, procedures, or
	43	+	10 supervision within the original category of accreditation if
	44	+	11 the Agency receives written assurances from a person licensed
	45	+	12 under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, that the person
	46	+	13 accredited has the necessary skill and qualifications for such
	47	+	14 additional equipment procedures or supervision. The Agency
	48	+	15 shall, in accordance with subsection (c) of this Section,
	49	+	16 provide for the accreditation of nurses, technicians, or other
	50	+	17 assistants, unless exempted elsewhere in this Act, to perform
	51	+	18 a limited scope of diagnostic radiography procedures of the
	52	+	19 chest, the extremities, skull and sinuses, or the spine, while
	53	+	20 under the supervision of a person licensed under the Medical
	54	+	21 Practice Act of 1987.
	55	+	22 (c) The rules or regulations promulgated by the Agency
	56	+	23 pursuant to subsection (a) shall establish standards and
	57	+	24 procedures for accrediting persons to perform a limited scope
	58	+	25 of diagnostic radiography procedures. The rules or regulations
	59	+	26 shall specify that an individual seeking accreditation for
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61		-	limited diagnostic radiography shall not apply ionizing
62		-	radiation to human beings until the individual has passed an
63		-	Agency-approved examination and is accredited by the Agency.
64		-	The rules or regulations shall require persons seeking limited
65		-	scope accreditation to register with the Agency as a
66		-	"student-in-training," and declare those procedures in which
67		-	the student will be receiving training. The
68		-	student-in-training registration shall be valid for a period
69		-	of 16 months, during which the time the student may, under the
70		-	supervision of a person licensed under the Medical Practice
71		-	Act of 1987, perform the diagnostic radiography procedures
72		-	listed on the student's registration. The student-in-training
73		-	registration shall be nonrenewable.
74		-	For an individual Upon expiration of the 16 month training
75		-	period, the student shall be prohibited from performing
76		-	diagnostic radiography procedures unless accredited by the
77		-	Agency to perform such procedures. In order to be accredited
78		-	to perform a limited scope of diagnostic radiography
79		-	procedures, he or she an individual must pass an examination
80		-	approved offered by the Agency. The examination shall be
81		-	consistent with national standards in regard to protection of
82		-	public health and safety. The examination shall consist of a
83		-	standardized component covering general principles applicable
84		-	to diagnostic radiography procedures and a clinical component
85		-	specific to the types of procedures for which accreditation is
86		-	being sought. The Agency may assess a reasonable fee for such
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89		-	examinations to cover any the costs incurred by the Agency in
90		-	conjunction with offering the examinations.
91		-	(d) The Agency shall by rule or regulation exempt from
92		-	accreditation physician assistants, advanced practice
93		-	registered nurses, nurses, technicians, or other assistants
94		-	who administer radiation to human beings under supervision of
95		-	a person licensed to practice under the Medical Practice Act
96		-	of 1987 when the services are performed on employees of a
97		-	business at a medical facility owned and operated by the
98		-	business. Such exemption shall only apply to the equipment,
99		-	procedures and supervision specific to the medical facility
100		-	owned and operated by the business.
101		-	(Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.)
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	70	+	1 limited diagnostic radiography shall not apply ionizing
	71	+	2 radiation to human beings until the individual has passed an
	72	+	3 Agency-approved examination and is accredited by the Agency.
	73	+	4 The rules or regulations shall require persons seeking limited
	74	+	5 scope accreditation to register with the Agency as a
	75	+	6 "student-in-training," and declare those procedures in which
	76	+	7 the student will be receiving training. The
	77	+	8 student-in-training registration shall be valid for a period
	78	+	9 of 16 months, during which the time the student may, under the
	79	+	10 supervision of a person licensed under the Medical Practice
	80	+	11 Act of 1987, perform the diagnostic radiography procedures
	81	+	12 listed on the student's registration. The student-in-training
	82	+	13 registration shall be nonrenewable.
	83	+	14 For an individual Upon expiration of the 16 month training
	84	+	15 period, the student shall be prohibited from performing
	85	+	16 diagnostic radiography procedures unless accredited by the
	86	+	17 Agency to perform such procedures. In order to be accredited
	87	+	18 to perform a limited scope of diagnostic radiography
	88	+	19 procedures, he or she an individual must pass an examination
	89	+	20 approved offered by the Agency. The examination shall be
	90	+	21 consistent with national standards in regard to protection of
	91	+	22 public health and safety. The examination shall consist of a
	92	+	23 standardized component covering general principles applicable
	93	+	24 to diagnostic radiography procedures and a clinical component
	94	+	25 specific to the types of procedures for which accreditation is
	95	+	26 being sought. The Agency may assess a reasonable fee for such
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	106	+	1 examinations to cover any the costs incurred by the Agency in
	107	+	2 conjunction with offering the examinations.
	108	+	3 (d) The Agency shall by rule or regulation exempt from
	109	+	4 accreditation physician assistants, advanced practice
	110	+	5 registered nurses, nurses, technicians, or other assistants
	111	+	6 who administer radiation to human beings under supervision of
	112	+	7 a person licensed to practice under the Medical Practice Act
	113	+	8 of 1987 when the services are performed on employees of a
	114	+	9 business at a medical facility owned and operated by the
	115	+	10 business. Such exemption shall only apply to the equipment,
	116	+	11 procedures and supervision specific to the medical facility
	117	+	12 owned and operated by the business.
	118	+	13 (Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.)
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