Ill. Admin. Code tit. 68, § 1130.500 - Implicit Bias Awareness Training
a) All health care professionals who hold a
professional license listed in this Section shall complete a one-hour course in
implicit bias awareness training. Implicit bias is a form of bias that occurs
automatically and unintentionally, that nevertheless affects judgments,
decisions, and behaviors. A licensee may count this one hour for completion of
this course towards meeting the minimum credit hours required for continuing
education. A licensee who holds multiple licenses subject to this requirement
may count this one hour for completion of this course towards meeting the
minimum credit hours required for continuing education for each professional
license without having to repeat the course for each license.
b) The requirement of completion of a
one-hour course in implicit bias awareness training shall apply to any person
who holds one or more of the following licenses:
1) Physician (medical);
2) Physician (osteopathic);
3) Chiropractic physician;
4) Advanced practice registered
nurse;
5) Registered
nurse;
6) Licensed practical
nurse;
7) Clinical
psychologist;
8) Dentist;
9) Dental hygienist;
10) Optometrist;
11) Pharmacist;
12) Registered certified pharmacy
technician;
13) Physical
therapist;
14) Physical therapist
assistant;
15) Physician
assistant;
16)
Acupuncturist;
17) Athletic
trainer
18) Clinical social
worker;
19) Social
worker;
20) Dietitian
nutritionist;
21)
Naprapath;
22) Nursing home
administrator;
23) Occupational
therapist;
24) Occupational therapy
assistant;
25) Podiatric
physician;
26) Respiratory care
practitioner;
27) Clinical
professional counselor;
28)
Professional counselor;
29) Sex
offender evaluator;
30) Sex
offender treatment provider;
31)
Associate sex offender provider;
32) Speech-language pathologist;
33) Speech-language pathology
assistant;
34)
Audiologist;
35)
Perfusionist;
36) Registered
surgical assistant;
37) Registered
surgical technologist;
38) Genetic
counselor.
c) The
implicit bias awareness training course may only be provided by the following
persons or entities:
1) a Division-approved
continuing education provider for any profession subject to the requirement of
implicit bias awareness training;
2) an entity that is recognized as a
continuing education provider under any licensing Act administered by the
Division for professions subject to the requirements of implicit bias awareness
training;
3) a State of Illinois
agency;
4) an Illinois county
agency;
5) an Illinois
municipality;
6) a federal
agency;
7) an accredited community
college, college, or university; or
8) a licensed health care institution, such
as a hospital or nursing home, for its own employees or associates, or an
association or other organization in partnership or collaboration with a
licensed health care institution.
d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), a licensee
completing a course on implicit bias awareness in order to meet any other State
licensure requirement, professional accreditation or certification requirement,
or health care institutional practice agreement may count that course toward
the one-hour requirement under this Section.
e) Notwithstanding subsection (c), a licensee
completing a course on implicit bias awareness training developed or offered by
the licensee's employer that complies with the minimum training requirements
articulated herein may count that course toward the one-hour requirement under
this Section.
f) The implicit bias
awareness training course shall include, at a minimum, the following topics:
1) explanation of implicit bias; the
difference between explicit and implicit biases;
2) causes of implicit bias; how they form and
operate;
3) effects of implicit
bias; the harms they cause; and
4)
recognizing, interrupting and mitigating implicit bias.
g) The course shall be presented in a
classroom setting, a webinar, or online.
h) Course providers shall be subject to all
other continuing education requirements for each profession.
i) Completion of this course shall be a
condition of renewing a license. This requirement shall become effective for
all applicable license renewals on or after January 1, 2023. The course must be
repeated for each subsequent renewal period.
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