225 ILCS 106/20

in effect

(225 ILCS 106/20) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-152) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2031) Sec. 20. Restrictions and limitations. (a) No person shall, without a valid license as a respiratory care practitioner (i) hold himself or herself out to the public as a respiratory care practitioner; (ii) use the title "respiratory care practitioner"; or (iii) perform or offer to perform the duties of a respiratory care practitioner, except as provided in Section 15 of this Act. (b) Nothing in the Act shall be construed to permit a person licensed as a respiratory care practitioner to engage in any manner in the practice of medicine in all its branches as defined by State law. (Source: P.A. 99-230, eff. 8-3-15.) (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-152) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2031) Sec. 20. Restrictions and limitations. (a) No person shall, without a valid license as a respiratory care practitioner (i) hold oneself out to the public as a respiratory care practitioner; (ii) use the title "respiratory care practitioner"; or (iii) perform or offer to perform the duties of a respiratory care practitioner, except as provided in Section 15 of this Act. (b) Nothing in the Act shall be construed to permit a person licensed as a respiratory care practitioner to engage in any manner in the practice of medicine in all its branches as defined by State law. (Source: P.A. 104-152, eff. 1-1-26.)

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