Full Text of HB1271 95th General Assembly
HB1271ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Registration and Regulation Committee
Filed: 3/21/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1271
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1271 on page 1, | 3 |
| immediately below line 3, by inserting the following:
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| "Section 2. The Massage Licensing Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 20 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 57/20)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
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| Sec. 20. Grandfathering provision.
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| (a) For a period of one year after the effective date of | 10 |
| the rules adopted
under this Act, the
Department may issue a | 11 |
| license to an individual who, in addition to meeting the
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| requirements set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection | 13 |
| (a) and subsection (b) of Section 15, produces
proof that he or | 14 |
| she has met at least one of the following requirements before
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| the effective date of this Act:
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| (1) has been an active member, for a period of at least |
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| one year prior to
the
application for licensure, of a | 2 |
| national professional massage therapy
organization | 3 |
| established prior to the year 2000, which offers | 4 |
| professional
liability insurance and a code of ethics;
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| (2) has passed the National Certification Exam of | 6 |
| Therapeutic Massage and
Bodywork and has kept his or her | 7 |
| certification current;
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| (3) has practiced massage therapy an average of at | 9 |
| least 10 hours per week
for at least 10 years; or
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| (4) has practiced massage therapy an average of at | 11 |
| least 10 hours per week
for at least one year prior to the | 12 |
| effective date of this Act and has
completed
at least 100 | 13 |
| hours of formal training in massage therapy.
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| (a-5) The Department may issue a license to an individual | 15 |
| who failed to apply for licensure under subsection (a) of this | 16 |
| Section before October 31, 2005 (one year after the effective | 17 |
| date of the rules adopted under this Act), but who applied for | 18 |
| licensure between October 31, 2005 and April 30, 2006 and was | 19 |
| denied licensure due to his or her failure to apply before | 20 |
| October 31, 2005 and who otherwise meets the qualifications set | 21 |
| forth in subsection (a) of this Section, provided that the | 22 |
| individual submits a completed application for licensure as | 23 |
| required under subsection (a) of this Section within 90 days | 24 |
| after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | 25 |
| General Assembly.
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| (b) An applicant who can show proof of having engaged in |
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| the
practice of
massage therapy
for at least 10 hours per week | 2 |
| for a minimum of one year prior to the effective
date of this | 3 |
| Act and has less than 100
hours of formal training or has been | 4 |
| practicing for less than one year with
100
hours of formal | 5 |
| training must
complete at least 100 additional hours of formal
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| training consisting of at least 25 hours in anatomy and | 7 |
| physiology by January
1, 2005.
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| (c) An applicant who has training from another state or | 9 |
| country may
qualify for a license under subsection (a)
by | 10 |
| showing proof
of meeting the
requirements of that state or | 11 |
| country and demonstrating that those requirements
are | 12 |
| substantially the same as the
requirements in this Section.
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| (d) For purposes of this Section, "formal training" means a | 14 |
| massage therapy
curriculum approved by
the Illinois State Board | 15 |
| of Education
or the Illinois Board of Higher Education or
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| course work provided by continuing education sponsors approved | 17 |
| by the
Department.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-860, eff. 6-1-03; 93-524, eff. 8-12-03; | 19 |
| 93-908, eff. 8-11-04.)
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| Section 3. The Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing Act is | 21 |
| amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 335/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 7503)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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| Sec. 3. Application for license.
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| (1) To obtain a license, an applicant must indicate if the | 2 |
| license
is sought for a sole proprietorship, partnership, | 3 |
| corporation, business trust,
or other legal entity and whether | 4 |
| the application is for a limited or unlimited
roofing license. | 5 |
| If the license is sought for a sole proprietorship, the
license | 6 |
| shall be issued to the proprietor who shall also be designated | 7 |
| as the
qualifying party. If the license is sought for a | 8 |
| partnership, corporation,
business trust, or other legal | 9 |
| entity, the license shall be issued in the
company name. A | 10 |
| company must designate one individual who will serve as a
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| qualifying party. The qualifying party is the individual who | 12 |
| must take the
examination required under Section 3.5. The | 13 |
| company shall submit an
application in writing to the | 14 |
| Department on a form containing the information
prescribed by | 15 |
| the Department and accompanied by the fee fixed by the
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| Department. The application shall include, but shall not be | 17 |
| limited to:
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| (a) the name and address of the person designated as | 19 |
| the qualifying party
responsible for the practice of | 20 |
| professional roofing in Illinois;
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| (b) the name of the proprietorship and its proprietor, | 22 |
| the name of the
partnership and its partners, the name of | 23 |
| the corporation and its
officers and directors, the name of | 24 |
| the business trust and its trustees, or the
name of such | 25 |
| other legal entity and its members;
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| (c) evidence of
compliance with any statutory |
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| requirements pertaining to such legal entity,
including | 2 |
| compliance with any laws pertaining to the use of | 3 |
| fictitious names,
if a fictitious name is used; if the | 4 |
| business is a sole proprietorship and
doing business under | 5 |
| a name other than that of the individual proprietor, the
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| individual proprietor must list all business names used for | 7 |
| that
proprietorship.
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| (1.5) A certificate issued by the Department before the | 9 |
| effective date of
this
amendatory Act of the 91st General | 10 |
| Assembly shall be deemed a license for
the purposes of this
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| Act.
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| (2) An applicant for a license must submit satisfactory
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| evidence that:
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| (a) he or she has obtained public liability and | 15 |
| property damage
insurance in such amounts and under such | 16 |
| circumstances as may be determined by
the Department;
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| (b) he or she has obtained Workers' Compensation | 18 |
| insurance covering
his or her employees or is approved as a | 19 |
| self-insurer of Workers'
Compensation in
accordance with | 20 |
| Illinois law;
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| (c) he or she has an Illinois Unemployment Insurance | 22 |
| employer
identification number or has proof of application | 23 |
| to the Illinois Department of
Labor for such an | 24 |
| identification number;
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| (d) he or she has submitted a continuous bond to the | 26 |
| Department in the
amount
of
$10,000 for a limited license |
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| and in the amount of $25,000 for an unlimited
license; and
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| (e) a qualifying party has satisfactorily completed | 3 |
| the examination
required under Section 3.5.
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| (2.5) The Department may issue a license under this Act to | 5 |
| any applicant who meets the requirements of subdivisions (a) | 6 |
| through (d) of subsection (2) of this Section and who provides | 7 |
| satisfactory proof to the Department that, on or before July 1, | 8 |
| 2003, he or she had at least 20 years of licensed experience in | 9 |
| the roofing industry.
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| (3) It is the responsibility of the licensee to provide to | 11 |
| the Department
notice in writing of any changes in the | 12 |
| information required to be provided on
the application.
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| (4) All roofing contractors must designate a qualifying | 14 |
| party and
otherwise achieve compliance with this Act no later | 15 |
| than July 1, 2003 or his or
her license will automatically | 16 |
| expire on July 1, 2003.
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| (5) Nothing in this Section shall apply to a seller of | 18 |
| roofing materials
or services when the construction, | 19 |
| reconstruction,
alteration, maintenance, or repair of roofing | 20 |
| or waterproofing is to be
performed by a person other than the | 21 |
| seller or the seller's
employees.
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| (6) Applicants have 3 years from the date of application to | 23 |
| complete the
application process. If the application has not | 24 |
| been completed within 3 years,
the application shall be denied, | 25 |
| the fee shall be forfeited and the applicant
must reapply and | 26 |
| meet the requirements in effect at the time of
reapplication.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-950, eff. 2-9-01 .)"; and
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| on page 2, line 13, by replacing " 5 " with " 10 "; and | 3 |
| on page 2, by replacing lines 17 through 20 with the following: | 4 |
| " satisfies the standards of alarm industry competence . An | 5 |
| applicant who has received a".
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