Public Act 096-0506
 		





HB0615 Enrolled
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    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 Section 3B-13 as 
follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 410/3B-13)



    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)

    Sec. 3B-13. Rules; refunds. Schools regulated under this 
Section shall
issue refunds based on the following schedule.  
The refund policy shall provide
that:

        (1) Schools shall, when a student gives written notice 
    of cancellation,
provide a refund in the amount of at least 
    the following:


            (a) When notice of cancellation is given within 5 
        days after the date of
enrollment, all application and 
        registration fees, tuition, and any other
charges 
        shall be refunded to the student.


            (b) When notice of cancellation is given after the 
        fifth day following
enrollment but before the 
        completion of the student's first day of class

        attendance, the school may retain no more than the 
        application and registration
fee, plus the cost of any 
        books or materials which have been provided by the

        school and retained by the student.


            (c) When notice of cancellation is given after the 
        student's completion of
the first day of class 
        attendance but prior to the student's completion of 5%

        of
the course of instruction, the school may retain the 
        application and
registration fee and an amount not to 
        exceed 10% of the tuition and other
instructional 
        charges or $300, whichever is less, plus the cost of 
        any books or
materials which have been provided by the 
        school.


            (d) When a student has completed 5% or more of the 
        course of instruction,
the school may retain the 
        application and registration fee and the cost of any

        books or materials which have been provided by the 
        school but shall refund a
part of the tuition and other 
        instructional charges in accordance with the

        requirements of the school's regional or national 
        accrediting agency, if any, or National Accrediting 
        Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences and rules 
        that
the Department shall promulgate for purposes of 
        this Section.

        (2) Applicants not accepted by the school shall receive 
    a refund of all
tuition and fees paid.

        (3) Application and registration fees shall be 
    chargeable at initial
enrollment and shall not exceed $100.

        (4) Deposits or down payments shall become part of the 
    tuition.

        (5)
The school shall mail a written acknowledgement of

    a
student's

cancellation or written withdrawal to the 
    student within 15 calendar days of
the date of 
    notification.  Written acknowledgement is not necessary if 
    a
refund has been mailed to the student within the 15 
    calendar days.

        (6) If the school cancels or discontinues a course, the 
    student shall  be
entitled to receive from the school such 
    refund or partial refund of the
tuition, fees, and other 
    charges paid by the student or on behalf of the
student as 
    is provided under rules promulgated by the Department.

        (7) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, all 
    student refunds shall be
made by the school within 45 
    calendar days after the date of notice of the
student's 
    cancellation or the date that the school determines that 
    the student has officially or unofficially withdrawn.

        (8) A student shall give notice of cancellation to the 
    school in writing.
The unexplained absence of a student 
    from a school for more than 30 consecutive
calendar days 
    shall constitute constructive notice of cancellation to 
    the school.  For
purposes of cancellation, the cancellation 
    date shall be the last day of
attendance.

        (9) A school may make refunds which exceed those 
    required by this Section.

        (10) Each student and former student shall be entitled 
    to receive from the
school that the student attends or 
    attended an official transcript of all
hours completed by 
    the student at that school for which the applicable 
    tuition,
fees, and other charges have been paid, together 
    with the grades earned by the
student for those hours, 
    provided that a student who withdraws from or drops
out of 
    a school, by written notice of cancellation or otherwise, 
    shall not be
entitled to any transcript of completed hours 
    following the expiration of the
7-year period that began on 
    the student's first day of attendance at the
school.  A 
    reasonable fee, not exceeding $2, may be charged by the 
    school
for each transcript after the first free transcript 
    that the school is required
to provide to a student or 
    former student under this Section.

(Source: P.A. 94-451, eff. 12-31-05; 95-343, eff. 1-1-08.)


 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.