Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2096 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2096 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Erica Harriss SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Veterinary Medical Practice Ownership Act. Provides that one or more persons licensed under the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004, or one or more persons or entities not licensed under the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004, may form a veterinary practice in any legal form under applicable laws to own, operate, and maintain an establishment for specified purposes related to animal ailments and injuries, subject to specified restrictions. Contains provisions regarding the death of an owner, actions based on violations, relationships with clients, discipline, severability, and other matters. LRB104 09680 AAS 19746 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2096 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Erica Harriss SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Veterinary Medical Practice Ownership Act. Provides that one or more persons licensed under the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004, or one or more persons or entities not licensed under the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004, may form a veterinary practice in any legal form under applicable laws to own, operate, and maintain an establishment for specified purposes related to animal ailments and injuries, subject to specified restrictions. Contains provisions regarding the death of an owner, actions based on violations, relationships with clients, discipline, severability, and other matters. LRB104 09680 AAS 19746 b LRB104 09680 AAS 19746 b A BILL FOR
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning business.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
15	15	5 Veterinary Medical Practice Ownership Act.
16	16	6 Section 5. Formation.
17	17	7 (a) One or more persons licensed pursuant to the
18	18	8 Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 may form
19	19	9 a veterinary practice in any legal form pursuant to applicable
20	20	10 laws including, but not limited to, the Business Corporation
21	21	11 Act of 1983, the Limited Liability Company Act, and the
22	22	12 Uniform Partnership Act to own, operate, and maintain an
23	23	13 establishment for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of
24	24	14 animal ailments and injuries, whether physical or mental, and
25	25	15 to promote medical, surgical, and scientific research and
26	26	16 knowledge; provided that veterinary medical or surgical
27	27	17 treatment, consultation, or advice may be given only by
28	28	18 persons with ownership interest or employees of the business
29	29	19 who are licensed pursuant to the Veterinary Medicine and
30	30	20 Surgery Practice Act of 2004.
31	31	21 (b) One or more persons or entities that are not licensed
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40	40	Creates the Veterinary Medical Practice Ownership Act. Provides that one or more persons licensed under the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004, or one or more persons or entities not licensed under the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004, may form a veterinary practice in any legal form under applicable laws to own, operate, and maintain an establishment for specified purposes related to animal ailments and injuries, subject to specified restrictions. Contains provisions regarding the death of an owner, actions based on violations, relationships with clients, discipline, severability, and other matters.
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68	68	1 pursuant to applicable laws including, but not limited to, the
69	69	2 Business Corporation Act of 1983, the Limited Liability
70	70	3 Company Act, and the Uniform Partnership Act to own, operate,
71	71	4 and maintain an establishment for the study, diagnosis, and
72	72	5 treatment of animal ailments and injuries, whether physical or
73	73	6 mental, and to promote medical, surgical, and scientific
74	74	7 research and knowledge provided:
75	75	8 (i) the veterinary practice complies with all
76	76	9 requirements of this Act and the Veterinary Medicine and
77	77	10 Surgery Practice Act of 2004; and
78	78	11 (ii) the veterinary practice ensures that all
79	79	12 employees of the veterinary practice that may provide or
80	80	13 influence veterinary medical or surgical treatment,
81	81	14 consultation, or advice are licensed pursuant to the
82	82	15 Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004.
83	83	16 Section 10. Death of owner. In the event of the death of a
84	84	17 licensed veterinarian, when the death would render a
85	85	18 veterinary practice unable to operate in compliance with this
86	86	19 Act and the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of
87	87	20 2004, the veterinary practice shall suspend its operations
88	88	21 until a person or persons holding a valid license to practice
89	89	22 veterinary medicine and surgery under the Veterinary Medicine
90	90	23 and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 assumes responsibility
91	91	24 temporarily or permanently for the provision of and influence
92	92	25 over veterinary medical or surgical treatment, consultation,
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103	103	1 or advice provided by the veterinary practice.
104	104	2 In the event of a death when the deceased was the sole
105	105	3 owner of the veterinary medical practice and when the practice
106	106	4 is, or is to be, transferred into ownership of one or more
107	107	5 non-veterinarians, the veterinary medical practice may
108	108	6 continue to operate in accordance with this Section.
109	109	7 Section 15. Actions to enjoin violations. An interested
110	110	8 person who holds a valid license to practice veterinary
111	111	9 medicine and surgery pursuant to the Veterinary Medicine and
112	112	10 Surgery Practice Act of 2004 or any association whose primary
113	113	11 purpose is to represent the interests of persons who hold a
114	114	12 valid license to practice veterinary medicine and surgery may
115	115	13 bring private suit to enjoin: (1) the practice of veterinary
116	116	14 medicine and surgery by any veterinary medical practice that
117	117	15 is not in compliance with this Act or the Veterinary Medicine
118	118	16 and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 or (2) the activities of any
119	119	17 veterinary medical practice during all such times as any
120	120	18 employee of the practice individually or collectively,
121	121	19 directly or indirectly, who is not licensed pursuant to that
122	122	20 Act, provides veterinary medical or surgical treatment,
123	123	21 consultation, or advice. The interested person or association
124	124	22 may also prosecute such claims, wherein the court may order
125	125	23 civil fines against the corporation for violations of this Act
126	126	24 or the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 to
127	127	25 be paid to the Department of Financial and Professional
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138	138	1 Regulation in amounts determined by the Department consistent
139	139	2 with the Department's powers under Sections 25 and 25.18 of
140	140	3 the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 and
141	141	4 all other applicable provisions of the Veterinary Medicine and
142	142	5 Surgery Practice Act of 2004. Any such interested person or
143	143	6 association who is a successful party to such a suit shall
144	144	7 receive from the unsuccessful party against whom the suit was
145	145	8 brought all reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and other
146	146	9 costs of prosecution.
147	147	10 Section 20. Client relationship not altered. This Act does
148	148	11 not alter any law applicable to the relationship between a
149	149	12 veterinarian furnishing medical service and a client receiving
150	150	13 such service, including liability arising out of such service.
151	151	14 Section 25. Discipline under the Veterinary Medicine and
152	152	15 Surgery Practice Act of 2004. An individual employee licensed
153	153	16 pursuant to the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act
154	154	17 of 2004 who is employed by a veterinary practice subject to
155	155	18 this Act shall remain subject to reprimand or discipline for
156	156	19 his or her conduct under the provisions of that Act.
157	157	20 Section 95. Severability. If any provision of this Act or
158	158	21 the application thereof to any person or circumstances is
159	159	22 invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
160	160	23 applications of this Act which can be given effect without the
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