Medical Pros Convicted of Sexual and Violent Crimes Will Lose Licenses
State Sen. Kirk Dillard is responsible for new law that goes after physicians and health care workers who are convicted of sexual and violent crimes.
A state senator says receiving a license to practice medicine in Illinois is a privilege—not a right. This is what State Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-IL) of Hinsdale wants physicians and health care workers who are losing their licenses because they have been convicted of sexual and violent crimes to know. He sponsored a bill, now law, that will strip the licenses of physicians and health care workers convicted of sexual and violent crimes. “It was ridiculous that a doctor who had been convicted of sexually assaulting a patient was still allowed to continue practicing medicine," Dillard said. "A sex offender is prohibited from driving a school bus, yet a convicted sex offender could have treated a child as a patient. Would you want a sex offender …
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