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1		-	Public Act 103-0531
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4		-	AN ACT concerning regulation.
5		-	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6		-	represented in the General Assembly:
7		-	Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law
8		-	of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
9		-	adding Section 2105-370 and 2105-375 as follows:
10		-	(20 ILCS 2105/2105-370 new)
11		-	Sec. 2105-370. Continuing education; cultural competency.
12		-	(a) As used in this Section:
13		-	"Cultural competency" means a set of integrated attitudes,
14		-	knowledge, and skills that enables a health care professional
15		-	or organization to care effectively for patients from diverse
16		-	cultures, groups, and communities.
17		-	"Health care professional" means a person licensed or
18		-	registered by the Department under the following Acts: the
19		-	Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, the
20		-	Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act, the Illinois Optometric
21		-	Practice Act of 1987, the Illinois Physical Therapy Act, the
22		-	Pharmacy Practice Act, the Physician Assistant Practice Act of
23		-	1987, the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act,
24		-	the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary
25		-	Act, the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act, the
26		-	Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Respiratory Care
	3	+	1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
	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 Department of Professional Regulation Law
	7	+	5 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
	8	+	6 adding Section 2105-370 and 2105-375 as follows:
	9	+	7 (20 ILCS 2105/2105-370 new)
	10	+	8 Sec. 2105-370. Continuing education; cultural competency.
	11	+	9 (a) As used in this Section:
	12	+	10 "Cultural competency" means a set of integrated attitudes,
	13	+	11 knowledge, and skills that enables a health care professional
	14	+	12 or organization to care effectively for patients from diverse
	15	+	13 cultures, groups, and communities.
	16	+	14 "Health care professional" means a person licensed or
	17	+	15 registered by the Department under the following Acts: the
	18	+	16 Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, the
	19	+	17 Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act, the Illinois Optometric
	20	+	18 Practice Act of 1987, the Illinois Physical Therapy Act, the
	21	+	19 Pharmacy Practice Act, the Physician Assistant Practice Act of
	22	+	20 1987, the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act,
	23	+	21 the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary
	24	+	22 Act, the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act, the
	25	+	23 Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Respiratory Care
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33		-	Practice Act, the Professional Counselor and Clinical
34		-	Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act, the
35		-	Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act,
36		-	the Illinois Dental Practice Act, the Illinois Dental Practice
37		-	Act, or the Behavior Analyst Licensing Act.
38		-	(b) For health care professional license or registration
39		-	renewals occurring on or after January 1, 2025, a health care
40		-	professional who has continuing education requirements must
41		-	complete at least a one-hour course in training on cultural
42		-	competency. A health care professional may count this one hour
43		-	for completion of this course toward meeting the minimum
44		-	credit hours required for continuing education.
45		-	(c) The Department may adopt rules for the implementation
46		-	of this Section.
47		-	(20 ILCS 2105/2105-375 new)
48		-	Sec. 2105-375. Limitation on specific statutorily mandated
49		-	training requirements.
50		-	(a) As used in this Section:
51		-	"Health care professional" means a person licensed or
52		-	registered by the Department under the following Acts: the
53		-	Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, the
54		-	Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act, the Illinois Optometric
55		-	Practice Act of 1987, the Illinois Physical Therapy Act, the
56		-	Pharmacy Practice Act, the Physician Assistant Practice Act of
57		-	1987, the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act,
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	34	+	1 Practice Act, the Professional Counselor and Clinical
	35	+	2 Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act, the
	36	+	3 Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act,
	37	+	4 the Illinois Dental Practice Act, the Illinois Dental Practice
	38	+	5 Act, or the Behavior Analyst Licensing Act.
	39	+	6 (b) For health care professional license or registration
	40	+	7 renewals occurring on or after January 1, 2025, a health care
	41	+	8 professional who has continuing education requirements must
	42	+	9 complete at least a one-hour course in training on cultural
	43	+	10 competency. A health care professional may count this one hour
	44	+	11 for completion of this course toward meeting the minimum
	45	+	12 credit hours required for continuing education.
	46	+	13 (c) The Department may adopt rules for the implementation
	47	+	14 of this Section.
	48	+	15 (20 ILCS 2105/2105-375 new)
	49	+	16 Sec. 2105-375. Limitation on specific statutorily mandated
	50	+	17 training requirements.
	51	+	18 (a) As used in this Section:
	52	+	19 "Health care professional" means a person licensed or
	53	+	20 registered by the Department under the following Acts: the
	54	+	21 Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, the
	55	+	22 Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act, the Illinois Optometric
	56	+	23 Practice Act of 1987, the Illinois Physical Therapy Act, the
	57	+	24 Pharmacy Practice Act, the Physician Assistant Practice Act of
	58	+	25 1987, the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act,
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60		-	the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary
61		-	Act, the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act, the
62		-	Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Respiratory Care
63		-	Practice Act, the Professional Counselor and Clinical
64		-	Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act, the
65		-	Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act,
66		-	the Illinois Dental Practice Act, the Illinois Dental Practice
67		-	Act, or the Behavior Analyst Licensing Act.
68		-	"Statutorily mandated topics" means continuing education
69		-	training as specified by statute, including, but not limited
70		-	to, training required under Sections 2105-365 and 2105-370.
71		-	(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for health
72		-	care professional license or registration renewals occurring
73		-	on or after January 1, 2025, a health care professional whose
74		-	license or registration renewal occurs every 2 years must
75		-	complete all statutorily mandated topics within 3 renewal
76		-	periods. If any additional statutorily mandated topics are
77		-	added by law after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
78		-	the 103rd General Assembly, then a health care professional
79		-	whose license or registration renewal occurs every 2 years
80		-	must complete all statutorily mandated topics within 4 renewal
81		-	periods.
82		-	(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for health
83		-	care professional license or registration renewals occurring
84		-	on or after January 1, 2025, a health care professional whose
85		-	license or registration renewal occurs every 3 years must
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88		-	complete all statutorily mandated topics within 2 renewal
89		-	periods. If any additional statutorily mandated topics are
90		-	added by law after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
91		-	the 103rd General Assembly, then a health care professional
92		-	whose license or registration renewal occurs every 3 years
93		-	must complete all statutorily mandated topics within 3 renewal
94		-	periods.
95		-	(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to
96		-	the contrary, the implicit bias awareness training required
97		-	under Section 2105-15.7 and the sexual harassment prevention
98		-	training required under Section 2105-15.5 must be completed as
99		-	provided by law.
100		-	(d-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section
101		-	to the contrary, the Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
102		-	training required under Section 2105-365 must be completed
103		-	prior to the end of the health care professional's first
104		-	license renewal period, and thereafter in accordance with this
105		-	Section.
106		-	(e) The Department shall maintain on its website
107		-	information regarding the current requirements for the
108		-	specific statutorily mandated topics.
109		-	(f) Each license or permit application or renewal form the
110		-	Department provides to a health care professional must include
111		-	a notification regarding the current specific statutorily
112		-	mandated topics.
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115		-	Section 10. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is
116		-	amended by changing Section 315.5 as follows:
117		-	(720 ILCS 570/315.5)
118		-	Sec. 315.5. Opioid education for prescribers. In
119		-	accordance with the requirement for prescribers of controlled
120		-	substances to undergo training under Section 1263 of the
121		-	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328),
122		-	every Every prescriber who is licensed to prescribe controlled
123		-	substances shall, during the pre-renewal period, complete one
124		-	hour 3 hours of continuing education on safe opioid
125		-	prescribing practices offered or accredited by a professional
126		-	association, State government agency, or federal government
127		-	agency. Notwithstanding any individual licensing Act or
128		-	administrative rule, a prescriber may count this hour these 3
129		-	hours toward the total continuing education hours required for
130		-	renewal of a professional license. Continuing education on
131		-	safe opioid prescribing practices applied to meet any other
132		-	State licensure requirement or professional accreditation or
133		-	certification requirement may be used toward the requirement
134		-	under this Section. The Department of Financial and
135		-	Professional Regulation may adopt rules for the administration
136		-	of this Section.
137		-	(Source: P.A. 100-1106, eff. 1-1-19.)
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	69	+	1 the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary
	70	+	2 Act, the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act, the
	71	+	3 Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Respiratory Care
	72	+	4 Practice Act, the Professional Counselor and Clinical
	73	+	5 Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act, the
	74	+	6 Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act,
	75	+	7 the Illinois Dental Practice Act, the Illinois Dental Practice
	76	+	8 Act, or the Behavior Analyst Licensing Act.
	77	+	9 "Statutorily mandated topics" means continuing education
	78	+	10 training as specified by statute, including, but not limited
	79	+	11 to, training required under Sections 2105-365 and 2105-370.
	80	+	12 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for health
	81	+	13 care professional license or registration renewals occurring
	82	+	14 on or after January 1, 2025, a health care professional whose
	83	+	15 license or registration renewal occurs every 2 years must
	84	+	16 complete all statutorily mandated topics within 3 renewal
	85	+	17 periods. If any additional statutorily mandated topics are
	86	+	18 added by law after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
	87	+	19 the 103rd General Assembly, then a health care professional
	88	+	20 whose license or registration renewal occurs every 2 years
	89	+	21 must complete all statutorily mandated topics within 4 renewal
	90	+	22 periods.
	91	+	23 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for health
	92	+	24 care professional license or registration renewals occurring
	93	+	25 on or after January 1, 2025, a health care professional whose
	94	+	26 license or registration renewal occurs every 3 years must
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	105	+	1 complete all statutorily mandated topics within 2 renewal
	106	+	2 periods. If any additional statutorily mandated topics are
	107	+	3 added by law after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
	108	+	4 the 103rd General Assembly, then a health care professional
	109	+	5 whose license or registration renewal occurs every 3 years
	110	+	6 must complete all statutorily mandated topics within 3 renewal
	111	+	7 periods.
	112	+	8 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to
	113	+	9 the contrary, the implicit bias awareness training required
	114	+	10 under Section 2105-15.7 and the sexual harassment prevention
	115	+	11 training required under Section 2105-15.5 must be completed as
	116	+	12 provided by law.
	117	+	13 (d-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section
	118	+	14 to the contrary, the Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
	119	+	15 training required under Section 2105-365 must be completed
	120	+	16 prior to the end of the health care professional's first
	121	+	17 license renewal period, and thereafter in accordance with this
	122	+	18 Section.
	123	+	19 (e) The Department shall maintain on its website
	124	+	20 information regarding the current requirements for the
	125	+	21 specific statutorily mandated topics.
	126	+	22 (f) Each license or permit application or renewal form the
	127	+	23 Department provides to a health care professional must include
	128	+	24 a notification regarding the current specific statutorily
	129	+	25 mandated topics.
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	140	+	1 Section 10. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is
	141	+	2 amended by changing Section 315.5 as follows:
	142	+	3 (720 ILCS 570/315.5)
	143	+	4 Sec. 315.5. Opioid education for prescribers. In
	144	+	5 accordance with the requirement for prescribers of controlled
	145	+	6 substances to undergo training under Section 1263 of the
	146	+	7 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328),
	147	+	8 every Every prescriber who is licensed to prescribe controlled
	148	+	9 substances shall, during the pre-renewal period, complete one
	149	+	10 hour 3 hours of continuing education on safe opioid
	150	+	11 prescribing practices offered or accredited by a professional
	151	+	12 association, State government agency, or federal government
	152	+	13 agency. Notwithstanding any individual licensing Act or
	153	+	14 administrative rule, a prescriber may count this hour these 3
	154	+	15 hours toward the total continuing education hours required for
	155	+	16 renewal of a professional license. Continuing education on
	156	+	17 safe opioid prescribing practices applied to meet any other
	157	+	18 State licensure requirement or professional accreditation or
	158	+	19 certification requirement may be used toward the requirement
	159	+	20 under this Section. The Department of Financial and
	160	+	21 Professional Regulation may adopt rules for the administration
	161	+	22 of this Section.
	162	+	23 (Source: P.A. 100-1106, eff. 1-1-19.)
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