Public Act 102-0308
 
SB1079 EnrolledLRB102 04892 BMS 14911 b



    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 




 
 
    Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law 
of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by 
changing Section 2105-15.5 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2105/2105-15.5)
    Sec. 2105-15.5. Continuing education; sexual harassment 
prevention training.
    (a) The Department shall require each licensee to complete 
sexual harassment prevention training provided by the 
licensee's employer, the Department of Human Rights, or any 
continuing education provider authorized to provide continuing 
education under an Act administered by the Department in 
accordance with Section 2-109 of the Illinois Human Rights 
Act. The training shall be completed, at a minimum, prior to a 
licensee's renewal of his or her license.    As used in this 
Section, "sexual harassment" means any unwelcome sexual 
advances or requests for sexual favors or any conduct of a 
sexual nature when: (i) submission to such conduct is made 
either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an 
individual's employment; (ii) submission to or rejection of 
such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for 
employment decisions affecting such individual; or (iii) such 
conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering 
with an individual's work performance or creating an 
intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. For 
the purpose of this definition, "working environment" is not 
limited to a physical location that an employee is assigned to 
perform his or her duties and does not require an employment 
relationship.
    (b)     For license renewals occurring on or after January 1, 
2020 for a profession that has continuing education 
requirements, the required continuing education hours shall 
include at least one hour of sexual harassment prevention 
training.
    (b) (c)   The Department may adopt rules for the 
implementation of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 100-762, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.