[ Back ] [ Bottom ]
91_HB1860enr
HB1860 Enrolled LRB9104975ACtm
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Certified Shorthand
2 Reporters Act of 1984 by changing Section 23 and adding
3 Section 26.1.
4 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5 represented in the General Assembly:
6 Section 5. The Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters
7 Act of 1984 is amended by changing Section 23 and adding
8 Section 26.1 as follows:
9 (225 ILCS 415/23) (from Ch. 111, par. 6223)
10 Sec. 23. Grounds for disciplinary action.
11 (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may
12 revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand or take other
13 disciplinary action as the Department may deem appropriate,
14 including fines not to exceed $5,000 for each violation, with
15 regard to any license for any one or combination of the
16 following:
17 (1) Material misstatement in furnishing information
18 to the Department;
19 (2) Violations of this Act, or of the rules
20 promulgated thereunder;
21 (3) Conviction of any crime under the laws of the
22 United States or any state or territory thereof which is
23 a felony or which is a misdemeanor, an essential element
24 of which is dishonesty, or of any crime which is directly
25 related to the practice of shorthand reporting;
26 (4) Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of
27 obtaining certification, or violating any provision of
28 this Act or the rules promulgated thereunder pertaining
29 to advertising;
30 (5) Having demonstrated unworthiness, or
31 incompetency to act as a certified shorthand reporter in
HB1860 Enrolled -2- LRB9104975ACtm
1 such manner as to safeguard the interest of the public;
2 (6) Aiding or assisting another person, firm,
3 partnership or corporation in violating any provision of
4 this Act or rules;
5 (7) Failing, within 60 days, to provide information
6 in response to a written request made by the Department;
7 (8) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical or
8 unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive,
9 defraud or harm the public;
10 (9) Habitual intoxication or addiction to the use
11 of drugs;
12 (10) Discipline by another state, the District of
13 Columbia, a territory, or foreign nation, if at least one
14 of the grounds for the discipline is the same or
15 substantially equivalent to those set forth herein;
16 (11) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving
17 from any person, firm, corporation, partnership or
18 association any fee, commission, rebate or other form of
19 compensation for professional services not actually or
20 personally rendered;
21 (12) A finding by the Board that the certificate
22 holder, after having his certificate placed on
23 probationary status, has violated the terms of probation;
24 (13) Willfully making or filing false records or
25 reports in the practice of shorthand reporting, including
26 but not limited to false records filed with State
27 agencies or departments;
28 (14) Physical illness, including but not limited
29 to, deterioration through the aging process, or loss of
30 motor skill which results in the inability to practice
31 the profession with reasonable judgment, skill or safety;
32 (15) Solicitation of professional services other
33 than by permitted advertising;
34 (16) Willful failure to take full and accurate
HB1860 Enrolled -3- LRB9104975ACtm
1 stenographic notes of any proceeding;
2 (17) Willful alteration of any stenographic notes
3 taken at any proceeding;
4 (18) Willful failure to accurately transcribe
5 verbatim any stenographic notes taken at any proceeding;
6 (19) Willful alteration of a transcript of
7 stenographic notes taken at any proceeding;
8 (20) Affixing one's signature to any transcript of
9 his stenographic notes or certifying to its correctness
10 unless the transcript has been prepared by him or under
11 his immediate supervision;
12 (21) Willful failure to systematically retain
13 stenographic notes, recordings or transcripts on paper or
14 any electronic media for 5 years from the date that the
15 notes or transcripts were taken or for 5 years from the
16 end of litigation for time periods required by law;
17 (22) Failure to deliver transcripts in a timely
18 manner or in accordance with contractual agreements;
19 (23) Establishing contingent fees as a basis of
20 compensation.
21 (b) The determination by a circuit court that a
22 certificate holder is subject to involuntary admission or
23 judicial admission as provided in the Mental Health and
24 Developmental Disabilities Code, operates as an automatic
25 suspension. Such suspension will end only upon a finding by
26 a court that the patient is no longer subject to involuntary
27 admission or judicial admission, an order by the court so
28 finding and discharging the patient, and the recommendation
29 of the Board to the Director that the certificate holder be
30 allowed to resume his practice.
31 (Source: P.A. 86-615; 87-481; 87-576.)
32 (225 ILCS 415/26.1 new)
33 Sec. 26.1. Responsibility for notes. It is the licensee's
HB1860 Enrolled -4- LRB9104975ACtm
1 responsibility to preserve his or her shorthand notes for a
2 period of no less than 5 years from the end of litigation,
3 except as otherwise prescribed by law, through storage of the
4 original paper notes or an electronic copy of either the
5 shorthand notes or the English transcript of the notes on
6 computer disks, cassettes, backup tape systems, or optical or
7 laser disk systems.
8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.
[ Top ]