Sen. John J. Cullerton
Filed: 4/16/2010
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5255
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5255 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
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| 5 | Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Section 2 as | ||||||
| 6 | follows:
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| 7 | (225 ILCS 110/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 7902)
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| 8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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| 9 | Sec. 2. Legislative Declaration of Public Policy. The
The | ||||||
| 10 | practice of
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology in the | ||||||
| 11 | State of Illinois is hereby
declared to affect the public | ||||||
| 12 | health, safety and welfare and to be subject
to regulation and | ||||||
| 13 | control in the public interest. It is further declared
to be a | ||||||
| 14 | matter of public interest and concern that the speech-language
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| 15 | pathology and audiology professions merit and receive the | ||||||
| 16 | confidence of the
public and that only qualified persons be | ||||||
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| 1 | permitted to practice this
profession in the State of Illinois. | ||||||
| 2 | This Act shall be liberally construed
to carry out these | ||||||
| 3 | objectives and purposes. | ||||||
| 4 | It is further declared to be the public policy of this | ||||||
| 5 | State, pursuant to
subsections (h) and (i) of Section 6 of | ||||||
| 6 | Article VII of the Illinois
Constitution of 1970, that any | ||||||
| 7 | power or function set forth in this Act to
be exercised by the | ||||||
| 8 | State is an exclusive State power or function. Such
power or | ||||||
| 9 | function shall not be exercised concurrently, either directly | ||||||
| 10 | or
indirectly, by any unit of local government, including home | ||||||
| 11 | rule units,
except as otherwise provided in this Act.
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| 12 | (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)".
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