Section 1175.125  Citations

a)         The Division may issue citations to licensees and registrants or to unlicensed or unregistered persons or entities for the following violations of the Act:

1)         Unlicensed practice;

2)         Practice on an expired license;

3)         Failure to register a salon or shop;

4)         Operating a salon or shop on an expired registration;

5)         Aiding and abetting unlicensed practice;

6)         Failure to display a license as required by the Act; and

7)         Failure to comply with sanitary rules (Section 1175.115).

b)         A nondisciplinary fee shall be assessed for a first citation for any one of the violations listed in subsection (a) in the amount of $100, with the exception that the fine (disciplinary) for a violation of subsection (a)(5) shall be $200. If there are multiple violations cited, the Division may assess a nondisciplinary fee or a fine, as applicable, in these amounts per violation.

c)         The fine to be assessed for a second citation issued within 12 months after the first citation for the same violation for any one of the violations listed in subsection (a) shall be $250, with the exception of the violation listed in subsection (a)(5), which shall be $500. If there are multiple violations cited, the Division may assess a fine in these amounts per violation.

d)         Payment of the nondisciplinary fee or the fine does not absolve the person or entity cited from the responsibility to correct the violation.  A continuing or repeated violation may subject the person or entity cited to a further citation or to disciplinary action as authorized by the Act and this Part.

e)         Failure to timely satisfy the nondisciplinary fee or the fine assessed may result in disciplinary action for the violations noted.

(Source:  Added at 42 Ill. Reg. 15159, effective August 10, 2018)