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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3277
Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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225 ILCS 50/1 |
from Ch. 111, par. 7401 |
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Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Makes a technical
change
in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.
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A BILL FOR
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HB3277 |
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LRB096 08067 ASK 18173 b |
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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 Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act |
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| is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 7401)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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| Sec. 1. Purpose. The
The purpose of this Act is to protect |
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| the
hearing-impaired
public from incompetent and dishonest |
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| dispensers of hearing instruments who
could
endanger the |
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| health, safety and welfare of the People of this State. The
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| Federal Food and Drug Administration
has recommended that State |
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| legislation is necessary in order to establish
standards of |
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| competency and to impose stringent penalties for those who
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| violate the public trust in this field of health care. |
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| (Source: P.A. 89-72, eff. 12-31-95.)
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