95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3253


 
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Tom Cross
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













225 ILCS 20/5
  from Ch. 111, par. 6355







    Amends the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act.  Makes
a technical change in a Section concerning the
powers and duties of the Department.
















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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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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 Clinical Social Work and Social Work 
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Practice Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 20/5)  (from Ch. 111, par. 6355)



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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)

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    Sec. 5. Powers and duties of the Department. 

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    1.  The
The Department shall exercise the powers and duties 
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as set
forth in this Act.
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    2.  The Director shall promulgate rules consistent with the 
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provisions of
this Act for the administration and enforcement 
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thereof, and shall
prescribe forms which shall be issued in 
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connection therewith.

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    3.  In addition, the Department shall:

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    (a) Establish rules for determining approved undergraduate

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and graduate social work degree
programs and prepare and 
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maintain a list of colleges and universities
offering such 
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approved programs whose graduates, if they otherwise meet the

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requirements of this Act, are eligible to apply for a license.

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    (b) Promulgate rules, as may be necessary, for the 
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administration of
this Act and to carry out the purposes 
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thereof and to adopt the methods of
examination of candidates 
 


 






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and to provide for the issuance of licenses
authorizing the 
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independent practice of clinical social work or the
practice of 
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social work.

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    (c) Authorize examinations to ascertain the qualifications 
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and fitness
of candidates for a license to engage in the 
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independent practice of
clinical social work and in the 
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practice of social work, and to
determine the qualifications of 
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applicants from
other jurisdictions to practice in Illinois.

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    (d) Maintain rosters of the names and addresses of all 
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licensees, and
all persons whose licenses have been suspended, 
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revoked or denied renewal
for cause within the previous 
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calendar year.  These rosters shall be
available upon written 
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request and payment of the required fee.

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(Source: P.A. 85-1131.)