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Code · Illinois · Chapter 20 — EXECUTIVE BRANCH · Act 2310

Sec. 2310-625. Emergency powers.

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Sec. 2310-625. Emergency powers.
(a)Upon proclamation of a disaster by the Governor, as provided for in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the Director of Public Health shall have the following powers, which shall be exercised only in coordination with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation:
(1)The power to suspend the requirements for temporary or permanent licensure or
certification of persons who are licensed or certified in another state and are working under the direction of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Illinois Department of Public Health pursuant to the declared disaster.
(2)The power to modify the scope of practice restrictions under the Emergency Medical
Services
(EMS)Systems Act for any persons who are licensed under that Act for any person working under the direction of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Illinois Department of Public Health pursuant to the declared disaster.
(3)The power to modify the scope of practice restrictions under the Nursing Home Care
Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act for Certified Nursing Assistants for any person working under the direction of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Illinois Department of Public Health pursuant to the declared disaster.
(b)Persons exempt from licensure or certification under paragraph
(1)of subsection
(a)and persons operating under modified scope of practice provisions under paragraph
(2)of subsection
(a)and paragraph
(3)of subsection
(a)shall be exempt from licensure or certification or subject to modified scope of practice only until the declared disaster has ended as provided by law. For purposes of this Section, persons working under the direction of an emergency services and disaster agency accredited by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and a local public health department, pursuant to a declared disaster, shall be deemed to be working under the direction of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Public Health.
(c)The Director shall exercise these powers by way of proclamation.
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