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1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987 is
5 amended by changing Section 5 and by adding Section 20.6 as
6 follows:
7 (225 ILCS 100/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 4805)
8 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
9 Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
10 (A) "Department" means the Department of Financial and
11 Professional Regulation.
12 (B) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
13 Professional Regulation.
14 (C) "Board" means the Podiatric Medical Licensing Board
15 appointed by the Secretary.
16 (D) "Podiatric medicine" or "podiatry" means:
17 (1) the diagnosis, medical, physical, or surgical
18 treatment of the ailments of the human foot, including
19 amputations as defined in this Section; .
20 (2) "Podiatric medicine" or "podiatry" includes the
21 provision of topical and local anesthesia and moderate and
22 deep sedation, as defined by Department rule adopted under
23 the Medical Practice Act of 1987; and
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1 (3) vaccination of patients 18 years of age and older
2 in accordance with Section 20.6 upon completion of
3 appropriate training.
4 For the purposes of this Act, the terms podiatric
5 medicine, podiatry and chiropody have the same definition.
6 (E) "Human foot" means the ankle and soft tissue which
7 insert into the foot as well as the foot.
8 (F) "Podiatric physician" means a physician licensed to
9 practice podiatric medicine.
10 (G) "Postgraduate training" means a minimum one-year
11 postdoctoral structured and supervised educational experience
12 approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education of the
13 American Podiatric Medical Association which includes
14 residencies and preceptorships.
15 (H) "Amputations" means amputations of the human foot, in
16 whole or in part, that are limited to 10 centimeters proximal
17 to the tibial talar articulation.
18 (I) "Email address of record" means the designated email
19 address recorded by the Department in the applicant's
20 application file or the licensee's license file, as maintained
21 by the Department's licensure maintenance unit.
22 (J) "Address of record" means the designated address
23 recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's
24 application file or license file as maintained by the
25 Department's licensure maintenance unit.
26 (Source: P.A. 99-635, eff. 1-1-17; 100-525, eff. 9-22-17.)
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1 (225 ILCS 100/20.6 new)
2 Sec. 20.6. Vaccinations. A podiatric physician may provide
3 vaccinations to patients 18 years of age and older upon
4 completion of appropriate training. The training shall include
5 how to address contraindications and adverse reactions as
6 established by rule. Vaccinations administered by a podiatric
7 physician shall be limited to influenza (inactivated influenza
8 vaccine and live attenuated influenza intranasal vaccine),
9 tetanus, and SARS-CoV-2. Vaccination of a patient by a
10 podiatric physician shall be documented in the patient's
11 record and the record shall be retained in accordance with
12 current recordkeeping standards. The podiatric physician shall
13 notify the patient's primary care physician of each dose of
14 vaccine administered to the patient and shall enter all
15 patient level data or update the patient's current record. The
16 podiatric physician may provide this notice to the patient's
17 physician electronically.
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