2017 brings Changes to Law for Health Care Workers with Criminal Convictions

Effective January 2017, previously barred health care workers and applicants with criminal convictions may once again become eligible for licensure in Illinois. Under a new law, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation will implement a review process for impacted health care workers. Health care workers include doctors, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, and more. This new law partially rescinds a 2011 law that automatically and permanently revoked or denied licensure for health care workers with certain felony convictions in their past.