Section 1247.80  Inactive Status

a)         A licensed environmental health practitioner who notifies the Division, on forms provided by the Division, may place the license on inactive status and shall be excused from paying renewal fees until he/she notifies the Division in writing of the intention to resume active practice.

b)         Any licensed environmental health practitioner seeking restoration from inactive status shall do so in accordance with Section 1247.90.

c)         Any environmental health practitioner whose license is on inactive status shall not practice as an environmental health practitioner and shall not use the title "registered" or "licensed" environmental health practitioner in the State of Illinois.  Any person violating this subsection shall be considered to be practicing without a license and shall be subject to the disciplinary provisions of the Act.

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 14951, effective September 3, 2008)