WHAT THIS BILL REGULATES · 1 REQUIREMENT TYPE
How Is This Bill Enforced
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"Artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence"Artificial intelligence" has the meaning given to that term in Section 2-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.225 ILCS 60/2" has the meaning given to that term in Section 2-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
This section amends the existing definitions section of the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to add a definition of artificial intelligence by incorporating the meaning given to that term in Section 2-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. No new compliance obligation is created by this definitional addition alone; it provides the operative term used by the substantive prohibition in Section 7.3.
(a) 1 No person licensed under this Act shall allow artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence"Artificial intelligence" has the meaning given to that term in Section 2-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.225 ILCS 60/2 to prescribe medication if the person licensed under this Act does not maintain full control and responsibility for the prescription.
(b) In addition to any other penalties under this Act, any individual, corporation, or entity found in violation of this Section shall pay a civil penalty to the Department in an amount not to exceed $10,000 per violation, as determined by the Department, with penalties assessed based on the degree of harm and the circumstances of the violation. The civil penalty shall be assessed by the Department after a hearing is held in accordance with Section 2105-100 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. An individual, corporation, or entity found in violation of this Act shall pay the civil penalty within 60 days after the date of an order by the Department imposing the civil penalty. The order shall constitute a judgment and may be filed and executed in the same manner as any judgment from a court of record.
(c) The Department may investigate any actual, alleged, or suspected violation of this Section.
This new section is the operative heart of the bill. Subsection (a) imposes a prohibition on any person licensed under the Medical Practice Act from allowing artificial intelligence to prescribe medication unless the licensee maintains full control and responsibility for the prescription. This is a professional-responsibility obligation — the licensed practitioner is the regulated party, not the AI developer or vendor.
Subsection (b) establishes a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation, assessed by the Department after an administrative hearing, payable within 60 days. The penalty is in addition to existing disciplinary actions under the Act. Subsection (c) grants the Department investigatory authority over actual, alleged, or suspected violations.
(D) 2 adopt rules regarding the authorized use of artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence"Artificial intelligence" has the meaning given to that term in Section 2-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.225 ILCS 60/2 to prescribe medication in accordance with Section 7.3.
This section amends the Department's existing enumerated duties to add a new subsection (D) directing the Department to adopt rules regarding the authorized use of artificial intelligence to prescribe medication in accordance with Section 7.3. This is a rulemaking mandate directed at a government agency rather than a compliance obligation on regulated parties, though the resulting rules will define the operational parameters within which licensees must operate.