Public Act 93-0253 HB0468 Enrolled LRB093 04022 AMC 04061 b AN ACT concerning professional regulation. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 5. The Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail Technology Act of 1985 is amended by changing Sections 3-2 and 4-2 as follows: (225 ILCS 410/3-2) (from Ch. 111, par. 1703-2) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2006) Sec. 3-2. Licensure; qualifications. (1) A person is qualified to receive a license as a cosmetologist who has filed an application on forms provided by the Department, pays the required fees, and: a. Is at least l6 years of age; and b. Has graduated from an eighth grade elementary school, or its equivalent; and c. Has graduated from a school of cosmetology approved by the Department, having completed a programtotalof l500 hours in the study of cosmetology extending over a period of not less than 8 months nor more than 7 consecutive years. A school of cosmetology may, at its discretion, consistent with the rules of the Department, accept up to 500 hours of barber school training at a recognized barber school toward the l500 hour program requirement of cosmetology. Time spent in such study under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or of a foreign country or province shall be credited toward the period of study required by the provisions of this paragraph; and d. Has passed an examination authorized by the Department to determine fitness to receive a license as a cosmetologist. The requirements for remedial training set forth in Section 3-6 of this Act may be waived in whole or in part by the Department upon proof to the Department that the applicant has demonstrated competence to again sit for the examination. The Department shall promulgate rules establishing the standards by which such determination shall be made; and e. Has met any other requirements of this Act. (2) If the applicant applies for a license as a cosmetologist on September 1, 2000 or September 2, 2000, the Department may accept a verified 10 years of cosmetology experience, which may include esthetics or nail technology experience, before July 1, 2000 in lieu of the requirements in items c and d of subsection (1) of this Section. (Source: P.A. 91-863, eff. 7-1-00.) (225 ILCS 410/4-2) (from Ch. 111, par. 1704-2) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2006) Sec. 4-2. The Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail Technology Committee. There is established within the Department the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail Technology Committee, composed of 11 persons designated from time to time by the Director to advise the Director in all matters related to the practice of barbering, cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology. The 11 members of the Committee shall be appointed as follows: 6 licensed cosmetologists, all of whom hold a current license as a cosmetologist or cosmetology teacher and, for appointments made after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996, at least 2 of whom shall be an owner of or a major stockholder in a school of cosmetology, one of whom shall be a representative of a franchiser with 5 or more locations within the State, one of whom shall be a representative of an owner operating salons in 5 or more locations within the State, one of whom shall be an independent salon owner, and no one of the cosmetologist members shall be a manufacturer, jobber, or stockholder in a factory of cosmetology articles or an immediate family member of any of the above; 2 of whom shall be barbers holding a current license; one member who shall be a licensed esthetician or esthetics teacher; one member who shall be a licensed nail technician or nail technology teacher; and one public member who holds no licenses issued by the Department. The Director shall give due consideration for membership to recommendations by members of the professions and by their professional organizations. Members shall serve 4 year terms and until their successors are appointed and qualified. No member shall be reappointed to the Committee for more than 2 terms. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made in the same manner as original appointments for the unexpired portion of the vacated term. Members of the Committee in office on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall continue to serve for the duration of the terms to which they have been appointed, but beginning on that effective date all appointments of licensed cosmetologists and barbers to serve as members of the Committee shall be made in a manner that will effect at the earliest possible date the changes made by this amendatory Act of 1996 in the representative composition of the Committee. A majority of Committee members then appointed constitutes a quorum. A majority of the quorum is required for a Committee decision. Whenever the Director is satisfied that substantial justice has not been done in an examination, the Director may order a reexamination by the same or other examiners. (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 1-1-96; 89-706, eff. 1-31-97; 90-580, eff. 5-21-98.) Section 10. The Electrologist Licensing Act is amended by changing Section 33 as follows: (225 ILCS 412/33) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014) Sec. 33. Grandfather provision. For a period of 12 months after the filing of the original administrative rules adopted under this Act, the Department may issue a license to any individual who, in addition to meeting the requirements set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of Section 30, can document employment as an electrologist and has received remuneration for practicing electrology for a period of 3 years and can show proof of one of the following: (i) current board certification by a national electrology certifying body approved by the Department; or (ii) completion of 3075continuing education units in electrology approved by the Department. (Source: P.A. 92-750, eff. 1-1-03.) Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.