96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3273


 
Introduced 2/24/2009, 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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

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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 Secretary 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 
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    undergraduate
and graduate social work degree
programs and 
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    prepare and maintain a list of colleges and universities

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    offering such approved programs whose graduates, if they 
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    otherwise meet the
requirements of this Act, are eligible 
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    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 
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    candidates and to provide for the issuance of licenses

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    authorizing the independent practice of clinical social 
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    work or the
practice of social work.

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        (c) Authorize examinations to ascertain the 
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    qualifications and fitness
of candidates for a license to 
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    engage in the independent practice of
clinical social work 
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    and in the practice of social work, and to
determine the 
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    qualifications of applicants from
other jurisdictions to 
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    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 
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    suspended, revoked or denied renewal
for cause within the 
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    previous calendar year.  These rosters shall be
available 
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    upon written request and payment of the required fee.

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(Source: P.A. 95-687, eff. 10-23-07.)