Sen. John J. Cullerton
Filed: 4/16/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5255 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5255 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and

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Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Section 2 as 
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follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 110/2)  (from Ch. 111, par. 7902)



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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

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    Sec. 2. Legislative Declaration of Public Policy. The
The 
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practice of
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology in the 
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State of Illinois is hereby
declared to affect the public 
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health, safety and welfare and to be subject
to regulation and 
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control in the public interest.  It is further declared
to be a 
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matter of public interest and concern that the speech-language

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pathology and audiology professions merit and receive the 
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confidence of the
public and that only qualified persons be 
 


 






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permitted to practice this
profession in the State of Illinois.  
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This Act shall be liberally construed
to carry out these 
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objectives and purposes.
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    It is further declared to be the public policy of this 
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State, pursuant to
subsections (h) and (i) of Section 6 of 
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Article VII of the Illinois
Constitution of 1970, that any 
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power or function set forth in this Act to
be exercised by the 
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State is an exclusive State power or function.  Such
power or 
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function shall not be exercised concurrently, either directly 
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or
indirectly, by any unit of local government, including home 
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rule units,
except as otherwise provided in this Act.

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(Source: P.A. 85-1391.)".