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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4826 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 20 ILCS 2105/2105-379 new | |
| Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a licensee shall not receive continuing education credit toward the renewal of a professional license for any continuing education course, program, seminar, instruction, webinar, or other educational activity that promotes, instructs, or provides guidance on the performance of prohibited services, treatments, practices, or procedures. Provides that a determination of whether continuing education credit is permitted under the amendatory Act shall occur only in the course of a continuing education audit or license renewal audit conducted by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that approval by the Department of a continuing education provider or continuing education course does not supersede the provisions of the amendatory Act. Provides that nothing in the amendatory Act shall be construed to require the Department to proactively review, pre-approve, evaluate, monitor, or otherwise assess continuing education content restrictions under the amendatory Act outside of an audit process. Effective January 1, 2027. |
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB4826 | | LRB104 19712 AAS 33162 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law |
| 5 | | of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by |
| 6 | | adding Section 2105-379 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 2105/2105-379 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 2105-379. Continuing education; prohibited services. |
| 9 | | (a) As used in this Section, "prohibited services, |
| 10 | | treatments, practices, or procedures" means the services, |
| 11 | | treatments, practices, or procedures that are expressly |
| 12 | | prohibited by law or by rule in this State at the time a |
| 13 | | continuing education activity is completed. |
| 14 | | (b) A licensee shall not receive continuing education |
| 15 | | credit toward the renewal of a professional license for any |
| 16 | | continuing education course, program, seminar, instruction, |
| 17 | | webinar, or other educational activity that promotes, |
| 18 | | instructs, or provides guidance on the performance of |
| 19 | | prohibited services, treatments, practices, or procedures. |
| 20 | | (c) A determination of whether continuing education credit |
| 21 | | is permitted under this Section shall occur only in the course |
| 22 | | of a continuing education audit or license renewal audit |
| 23 | | conducted by the Department. |