Health Care Licenses Committee
Filed: 3/4/2009
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2443
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2443 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act | ||||||
| 5 | is amended by adding Section 6.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 50/6.1 new) | ||||||
| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 6.1. Reciprocity. The Department shall issue a license | ||||||
| 9 | to any hearing instrument dispenser who (i) has a valid license | ||||||
| 10 | as a hearing instrument dispenser, or its equivalent, from | ||||||
| 11 | another state that has an examination that is comparable to the | ||||||
| 12 | examination required under this Act or is provided by the | ||||||
| 13 | International Hearing Society, (ii) has completed the specific | ||||||
| 14 | academic and training requirements, or their equivalent, under | ||||||
| 15 | this Act, (iii) has been actively practicing as a hearing | ||||||
| 16 | instrument dispenser for at least 3 months or is certified by | ||||||
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| 1 | the National Board for Certification in Hearing Instrument | ||||||
| 2 | Sciences, and (iv) has paid the required fee.".
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