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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6314
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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225 ILCS 50/5 |
from Ch. 111, par. 7405 |
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Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Makes technical changes
to a Section concerning the requirements for a license.
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A BILL FOR
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HB6314 |
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LRB093 15135 AMC 40730 b |
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| AN ACT concerning the regulation of professions.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act |
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| is amended by
changing Section 5 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 50/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 7405)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2006)
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| Sec. 5. License required. No person shall engage in the
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| selling, practice of testing, fitting, selecting, |
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| recommending, adapting,
dispensing, or servicing hearing |
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| instruments or display a sign, advertise, or
represent oneself |
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| as a person who practices the fitting or selling of hearing
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| instruments unless such person possesses
holds a current |
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| license issued
by the Department
as provided in this Act. Such |
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| person shall be known as a licensed hearing
instrument |
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| dispenser. Individuals licensed pursuant to the provisions of
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| Section 8 of this Act shall be deemed qualified to provide |
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| tests of human
hearing and hearing instrument evaluations for |
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| the purpose of dispensing a
hearing instrument for which any |
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| State agency may contract. The license shall
be conspicuously |
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| displayed in the place of business. Duplicate licenses shall
be |
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| issued by the Department to licensees operating more than one |
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| office upon
the additional payment set forth in this Act.
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| Except for violations of the provisions of this Act, or the |
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| rules
promulgated under it, nothing in this Act shall prohibit |
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| a corporation,
partnership, trust, association, or other |
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| entity from engaging in the
business of testing, fitting, |
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| servicing, selecting, dispensing, selling, or
offering for |
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| sale hearing instruments at retail without a license, provided |
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| it
employs only licensed individuals in the direct testing, |
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| fitting, servicing,
selecting, offering for sale, or |
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| dispensing of such products. Each such
corporation, |