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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | changing Sections 2105-15 and 2105-207 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 2105/2105-15)
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8 | Sec. 2105-15. General powers and duties.
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9 | (a) The Department has, subject to the provisions of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois, the following powers and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | duties:
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12 | (1) To authorize examinations in English to ascertain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | the qualifications
and fitness of applicants to exercise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | the profession, trade, or occupation for
which the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | examination is held.
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16 | (2) To prescribe rules and regulations for a fair and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | wholly
impartial method of examination of candidates to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | exercise the respective
professions, trades, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | occupations.
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20 | (3) To pass upon the qualifications of applicants for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | licenses,
certificates, and authorities, whether by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | examination, by reciprocity, or by
endorsement.
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23 | (4) To prescribe rules and regulations defining, for |
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1 | the
respective
professions, trades, and occupations, what | ||||||
2 | shall constitute a school,
college, or university, or | ||||||
3 | department of a university, or other
institution, | ||||||
4 | reputable and in good standing, and to determine the
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5 | reputability and good standing of a school, college, or | ||||||
6 | university, or
department of a university, or other | ||||||
7 | institution, reputable and in good
standing, by reference | ||||||
8 | to a compliance with those rules and regulations;
provided, | ||||||
9 | that no school, college, or university, or department of a
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10 | university, or other institution that refuses admittance | ||||||
11 | to applicants
solely on account of race, color, creed, sex, | ||||||
12 | sexual orientation, or national origin shall be
considered | ||||||
13 | reputable and in good standing.
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14 | (5) To conduct hearings on proceedings to revoke, | ||||||
15 | suspend, refuse to
renew, place on probationary status, or | ||||||
16 | take other disciplinary action
as authorized in any | ||||||
17 | licensing Act administered by the Department
with regard to | ||||||
18 | licenses, certificates, or authorities of persons
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19 | exercising the respective professions, trades, or | ||||||
20 | occupations and to
revoke, suspend, refuse to renew, place | ||||||
21 | on probationary status, or take
other disciplinary action | ||||||
22 | as authorized in any licensing Act
administered by the | ||||||
23 | Department with regard to those licenses,
certificates, or | ||||||
24 | authorities. | ||||||
25 | The Department shall issue a monthly
disciplinary | ||||||
26 | report. |
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1 | The Department shall deny any license or
renewal | ||||||
2 | authorized by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to | ||||||
3 | any person
who has defaulted on an
educational loan or | ||||||
4 | scholarship provided by or guaranteed by the Illinois
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5 | Student Assistance Commission or any governmental agency | ||||||
6 | of this State;
however, the Department may issue a license | ||||||
7 | or renewal if the
aforementioned persons have established a | ||||||
8 | satisfactory repayment record as
determined by the | ||||||
9 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or other | ||||||
10 | appropriate
governmental agency of this State. | ||||||
11 | Additionally, beginning June 1, 1996,
any license issued by | ||||||
12 | the Department may be suspended or revoked if the
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13 | Department, after the opportunity for a hearing under the | ||||||
14 | appropriate licensing
Act, finds that the licensee has | ||||||
15 | failed to make satisfactory repayment to the
Illinois | ||||||
16 | Student Assistance Commission for a delinquent or | ||||||
17 | defaulted loan.
For the purposes of this Section, | ||||||
18 | "satisfactory repayment record" shall be
defined by rule. | ||||||
19 | The Department shall refuse to issue or renew a license | ||||||
20 | to,
or shall suspend or revoke a license of, any person | ||||||
21 | who, after receiving
notice, fails to comply with a | ||||||
22 | subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or
child | ||||||
23 | support proceeding. However, the Department may issue a | ||||||
24 | license or
renewal upon compliance with the subpoena or | ||||||
25 | warrant.
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26 | The Department, without further process or hearings, |
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1 | shall revoke, suspend,
or deny any license or renewal | ||||||
2 | authorized by the Civil Administrative Code of
Illinois to | ||||||
3 | a person who is certified by the Department of Healthcare | ||||||
4 | and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of | ||||||
5 | Public Aid)
as being more than 30 days delinquent in | ||||||
6 | complying with a child support order
or who is certified by | ||||||
7 | a court as being in violation of the Non-Support
Punishment | ||||||
8 | Act for more than 60 days. The Department may, however, | ||||||
9 | issue a
license or renewal if the person has established a | ||||||
10 | satisfactory repayment
record as determined by the | ||||||
11 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
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12 | Illinois Department of Public Aid) or if the person
is | ||||||
13 | determined by the court to be in compliance with the | ||||||
14 | Non-Support Punishment
Act. The Department may implement | ||||||
15 | this paragraph as added by Public Act 89-6
through the use | ||||||
16 | of emergency rules in accordance with Section 5-45 of the
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17 | Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. For purposes of the | ||||||
18 | Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act, the adoption of | ||||||
19 | rules to implement this
paragraph shall be considered an | ||||||
20 | emergency and necessary for the public
interest, safety, | ||||||
21 | and welfare.
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22 | (6) To transfer jurisdiction of any realty under the | ||||||
23 | control of the
Department to any other department of the | ||||||
24 | State Government or to acquire
or accept federal lands when | ||||||
25 | the transfer, acquisition, or acceptance is
advantageous | ||||||
26 | to the State and is approved in writing by the Governor.
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1 | (7) To formulate rules and regulations necessary for | ||||||
2 | the enforcement of
any Act administered by the Department.
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3 | (8) To exchange with the Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
4 | Family Services information
that may be necessary for the | ||||||
5 | enforcement of child support orders entered
pursuant to the | ||||||
6 | Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and | ||||||
7 | Dissolution
of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and | ||||||
8 | Children Act, the Non-Support
Punishment Act, the Revised | ||||||
9 | Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the
Uniform | ||||||
10 | Interstate Family Support Act, the Illinois Parentage Act | ||||||
11 | of 1984, or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015.
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12 | Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to the | ||||||
13 | contrary, the Department of
Professional Regulation shall | ||||||
14 | not be liable under any federal or State law to
any person | ||||||
15 | for any disclosure of information to the Department of | ||||||
16 | Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois | ||||||
17 | Department of
Public Aid)
under this paragraph (8) or for | ||||||
18 | any other action taken in good faith
to comply with the | ||||||
19 | requirements of this paragraph (8).
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20 | (8.5) To accept continuing education credit for | ||||||
21 | mandated reporter training on how to recognize and report | ||||||
22 | child abuse offered by the Department of Children and | ||||||
23 | Family Services and completed by any person who holds a | ||||||
24 | professional license issued by the Department and who is a | ||||||
25 | mandated reporter under the Abused and Neglected Child | ||||||
26 | Reporting Act. The Department shall adopt any rules |
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1 | necessary to implement this paragraph. | ||||||
2 | (9) To perform other duties prescribed
by law.
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3 | (a-5) Except in cases involving default on an educational | ||||||
4 | loan or scholarship provided by or guaranteed by the Illinois | ||||||
5 | Student Assistance Commission or any governmental agency of | ||||||
6 | this State or in cases involving delinquency in complying with | ||||||
7 | a child support order or violation of the Non-Support | ||||||
8 | Punishment Act and notwithstanding anything that may appear in | ||||||
9 | any individual licensing Act or administrative rule, no person | ||||||
10 | or entity whose license, certificate, or authority has been | ||||||
11 | revoked as authorized in any licensing Act administered by the | ||||||
12 | Department may apply for restoration of that license, | ||||||
13 | certification, or authority until 3 years after the effective | ||||||
14 | date of the revocation. | ||||||
15 | (b) (Blank).
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16 | (c) For the purpose of securing and preparing evidence, and | ||||||
17 | for the purchase
of controlled substances, professional | ||||||
18 | services, and equipment necessary for
enforcement activities, | ||||||
19 | recoupment of investigative costs, and other activities
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20 | directed at suppressing the misuse and abuse of controlled | ||||||
21 | substances,
including those activities set forth in Sections | ||||||
22 | 504 and 508 of the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act, the | ||||||
23 | Director and agents appointed and authorized by
the Director | ||||||
24 | may expend sums from the Professional Regulation Evidence Fund
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25 | that the Director deems necessary from the amounts appropriated | ||||||
26 | for that
purpose. Those sums may be advanced to the agent when |
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1 | the Director deems that
procedure to be in the public interest. | ||||||
2 | Sums for the purchase of controlled
substances, professional | ||||||
3 | services, and equipment necessary for enforcement
activities | ||||||
4 | and other activities as set forth in this Section shall be | ||||||
5 | advanced
to the agent who is to make the purchase from the | ||||||
6 | Professional Regulation
Evidence Fund on vouchers signed by the | ||||||
7 | Director. The Director and those
agents are authorized to | ||||||
8 | maintain one or more commercial checking accounts with
any | ||||||
9 | State banking corporation or corporations organized under or | ||||||
10 | subject to the
Illinois Banking Act for the deposit and | ||||||
11 | withdrawal of moneys to be used for
the purposes set forth in | ||||||
12 | this Section; provided, that no check may be written
nor any | ||||||
13 | withdrawal made from any such account except upon the written
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14 | signatures of 2 persons designated by the Director to write | ||||||
15 | those checks and
make those withdrawals. Vouchers for those | ||||||
16 | expenditures must be signed by the
Director. All such | ||||||
17 | expenditures shall be audited by the Director, and the
audit | ||||||
18 | shall be submitted to the Department of Central Management | ||||||
19 | Services for
approval.
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20 | (d) Whenever the Department is authorized or required by | ||||||
21 | law to consider
some aspect of criminal history record | ||||||
22 | information for the purpose of carrying
out its statutory | ||||||
23 | powers and responsibilities, then, upon request and payment
of | ||||||
24 | fees in conformance with the requirements of Section 2605-400 | ||||||
25 | of the
Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-400), | ||||||
26 | the Department of State
Police is authorized to furnish, |
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1 | pursuant to positive identification, the
information contained | ||||||
2 | in State files that is necessary to fulfill the request.
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3 | (e) The provisions of this Section do not apply to private | ||||||
4 | business and
vocational schools as defined by Section 15 of the | ||||||
5 | Private Business and
Vocational Schools Act of 2012.
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6 | (f) (Blank).
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7 | (g) Notwithstanding anything that may appear in any | ||||||
8 | individual licensing statute or administrative rule, the | ||||||
9 | Department shall deny any license application or renewal | ||||||
10 | authorized under any licensing Act administered by the | ||||||
11 | Department to any person who has failed to file a return, or to | ||||||
12 | pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or | ||||||
13 | to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as | ||||||
14 | required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department | ||||||
15 | of Revenue, until such time as the requirement of any such tax | ||||||
16 | Act are satisfied; however, the Department may issue a license | ||||||
17 | or renewal if the person has established a satisfactory | ||||||
18 | repayment record as determined by the Illinois Department of | ||||||
19 | Revenue. For the purpose of this Section, "satisfactory | ||||||
20 | repayment record" shall be defined by rule.
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21 | In addition, a complaint filed with the Department by the | ||||||
22 | Illinois Department of Revenue that includes a certification, | ||||||
23 | signed by its Director or designee, attesting to the amount of | ||||||
24 | the unpaid tax liability or the years for which a return was | ||||||
25 | not filed, or both, is prima facie evidence of the licensee's | ||||||
26 | failure to comply with the tax laws administered by the |
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1 | Illinois Department of Revenue. Upon receipt of that | ||||||
2 | certification, the Department shall, without a hearing, | ||||||
3 | immediately suspend all licenses held by the licensee. | ||||||
4 | Enforcement of the Department's order shall be stayed for 60 | ||||||
5 | days. The Department shall provide notice of the suspension to | ||||||
6 | the licensee by mailing a copy of the Department's order to the | ||||||
7 | licensee's address of record or emailing a copy of the order to | ||||||
8 | the licensee's email address of record. The notice shall advise | ||||||
9 | the licensee that the suspension shall be effective 60 days | ||||||
10 | after the issuance of the Department's order unless the | ||||||
11 | Department receives, from the licensee, a request for a hearing | ||||||
12 | before the Department to dispute the matters contained in the | ||||||
13 | order.
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14 | Any suspension imposed under this subsection (g) shall be | ||||||
15 | terminated by the Department upon notification from the | ||||||
16 | Illinois Department of Revenue that the licensee is in | ||||||
17 | compliance with all tax laws administered by the Illinois | ||||||
18 | Department of Revenue.
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19 | The Department may promulgate rules for the administration | ||||||
20 | of this subsection (g).
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21 | (h) The Department may grant the title "Retired", to be | ||||||
22 | used immediately adjacent to the title of a profession | ||||||
23 | regulated by the Department, to eligible retirees. For | ||||||
24 | individuals licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, | ||||||
25 | the title "Retired" may be used in the profile required by the | ||||||
26 | Patients' Right to Know Act. The use of the title "Retired" |
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1 | shall not constitute representation of current licensure, | ||||||
2 | registration, or certification. Any person without an active | ||||||
3 | license, registration, or certificate in a profession that | ||||||
4 | requires licensure, registration, or certification shall not | ||||||
5 | be permitted to practice that profession. | ||||||
6 | (i) Within 180 days after December 23, 2009 (the effective | ||||||
7 | date of Public Act 96-852), the Department shall promulgate | ||||||
8 | rules which permit a person with a criminal record, who seeks a | ||||||
9 | license or certificate in an occupation for which a criminal | ||||||
10 | record is not expressly a per se bar, to apply to the | ||||||
11 | Department for a non-binding, advisory opinion to be provided | ||||||
12 | by the Board or body with the authority to issue the license or | ||||||
13 | certificate as to whether his or her criminal record would bar | ||||||
14 | the individual from the licensure or certification sought, | ||||||
15 | should the individual meet all other licensure requirements | ||||||
16 | including, but not limited to, the successful completion of the | ||||||
17 | relevant examinations. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16; 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; 99-330, | ||||||
19 | eff. 8-10-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-933, eff. 1-27-17; | ||||||
20 | 100-262, eff. 8-22-17; revised 10-4-17.)
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21 | (20 ILCS 2105/2105-207) | ||||||
22 | Sec. 2105-207. Records of Department actions. | ||||||
23 | (a) Any licensee subject to a licensing Act administered by | ||||||
24 | the Division of Professional Regulation and who has been | ||||||
25 | subject to disciplinary action by the Department may file an |
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1 | application with the Department on forms provided by the | ||||||
2 | Department, along with the required fee of $175, to have the | ||||||
3 | records classified as confidential, not for public release, and | ||||||
4 | considered expunged for reporting purposes if: | ||||||
5 | (1) the application is submitted more than 3 years | ||||||
6 | after the disciplinary offense or offenses occurred or | ||||||
7 | after restoration of the license, whichever is later; | ||||||
8 | (2) the licensee has had no incidents of discipline | ||||||
9 | under the licensing Act since the disciplinary offense or | ||||||
10 | offenses identified in the application occurred; | ||||||
11 | (3) the Department has no pending investigations | ||||||
12 | against the licensee; and | ||||||
13 | (4) the licensee is not currently in a disciplinary | ||||||
14 | status. | ||||||
15 | (b) An application to make disciplinary records | ||||||
16 | confidential shall only be considered by the Department for an | ||||||
17 | offense or action relating to: | ||||||
18 | (1) failure to pay taxes or student loans ; | ||||||
19 | (2) continuing education; | ||||||
20 | (3) failure to renew a license on time; | ||||||
21 | (4) failure to obtain or renew a certificate of | ||||||
22 | registration or ancillary license; | ||||||
23 | (5) advertising; | ||||||
24 | (5.1) discipline based on criminal charges or | ||||||
25 | convictions: | ||||||
26 | (A) that did not arise from the licensed activity |
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1 | and was unrelated to the licensed activity; or | ||||||
2 | (B) that were dismissed or for which records have | ||||||
3 | been sealed or expunged ; . | ||||||
4 | (5.2) past probationary status of a license issued to | ||||||
5 | new applicants on the sole or partial basis of prior | ||||||
6 | convictions; or | ||||||
7 | (6) any grounds for discipline removed from the | ||||||
8 | licensing Act. | ||||||
9 | (c) An application shall be submitted to and considered by | ||||||
10 | the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation upon | ||||||
11 | submission of an application and the required non-refundable | ||||||
12 | fee. The Department may establish additional requirements by | ||||||
13 | rule. The Department is not required to report the removal of | ||||||
14 | any disciplinary record to any national database. Nothing in | ||||||
15 | this Section shall prohibit the Department from using a | ||||||
16 | previous discipline for any regulatory purpose or from | ||||||
17 | releasing records of a previous discipline upon request from | ||||||
18 | law enforcement, or other governmental body as permitted by | ||||||
19 | law. Classification of records as confidential shall result in | ||||||
20 | removal of records of discipline from records kept pursuant to | ||||||
21 | Sections 2105-200 and 2105-205 of this Act.
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22 | (d) Any applicant for licensure or a licensee whose | ||||||
23 | petition for review is granted by the Department pursuant to | ||||||
24 | subsection (a-1) of Section 2105-165 of this Law may file an | ||||||
25 | application with the Department on forms provided by the | ||||||
26 | Department to have records relating to his or her permanent |
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1 | denial or permanent revocation classified as confidential and | ||||||
2 | not for public release and considered expunged for reporting | ||||||
3 | purposes in the same manner and under the same terms as is | ||||||
4 | provided in this Section for the offenses listed in subsection | ||||||
5 | (b) of this Section, except that the requirements of a 7-year | ||||||
6 | waiting period and the $200 application fee do not apply. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 100-262, eff. 8-22-17; 100-286, eff. 1-1-18; | ||||||
8 | revised 10-4-17.) | ||||||
9 | Section 10. The Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act is | ||||||
10 | amended by changing Section 16 as follows:
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11 | (225 ILCS 5/16) (from Ch. 111, par. 7616)
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12 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
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13 | Sec. 16. Grounds for discipline. | ||||||
14 | (1) The
Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may | ||||||
15 | revoke, suspend,
place on probation, reprimand, or take other | ||||||
16 | disciplinary
action as the Department may deem proper, | ||||||
17 | including fines not to exceed $10,000
for each violation, with | ||||||
18 | regard to any licensee for any one or
combination of the | ||||||
19 | following:
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20 | (A) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
21 | the
Department;
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22 | (B) Violations of this Act, or of
the rules or | ||||||
23 | regulations promulgated hereunder;
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24 | (C) Conviction of or plea of guilty to any crime under |
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1 | the Criminal Code of 2012 or the laws of any jurisdiction | ||||||
2 | of the United States that is (i) a felony, (ii) a
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3 | misdemeanor, an essential element of which is dishonesty, | ||||||
4 | or (iii) of any crime
that is
directly related to the | ||||||
5 | practice of the profession;
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6 | (D) Fraud or any misrepresentation in applying for or | ||||||
7 | procuring a license under this Act, or in connection with | ||||||
8 | applying for renewal of a license under this Act;
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9 | (E) Professional incompetence or gross negligence;
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10 | (F) Malpractice;
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11 | (G) Aiding or assisting another person, firm, | ||||||
12 | partnership, or corporation in violating any provision of | ||||||
13 | this
Act or rules;
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14 | (H) Failing, within 60 days, to provide information in | ||||||
15 | response to a written
request made by the Department;
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16 | (I) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
17 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
18 | defraud or harm the public;
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19 | (J) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs defined | ||||||
20 | in law as controlled substances, alcohol, or any other | ||||||
21 | substance that results in the inability to practice with | ||||||
22 | reasonable judgment, skill, or safety;
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23 | (K) Discipline by another state, unit of government, | ||||||
24 | government agency, the District of Columbia, territory, or | ||||||
25 | foreign
nation, if at least one of the grounds for the | ||||||
26 | discipline is the same
or substantially equivalent to those |
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1 | set forth herein;
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2 | (L) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | ||||||
3 | any person, firm,
corporation, partnership, or association | ||||||
4 | any fee, commission, rebate,
or other form of compensation | ||||||
5 | for any professional services not actually or
personally | ||||||
6 | rendered. Nothing in this subparagraph (L) affects any bona | ||||||
7 | fide independent contractor or employment arrangements | ||||||
8 | among health care professionals, health facilities, health | ||||||
9 | care providers, or other entities, except as otherwise | ||||||
10 | prohibited by law. Any employment arrangements may include | ||||||
11 | provisions for compensation, health insurance, pension, or | ||||||
12 | other employment benefits for the provision of services | ||||||
13 | within the scope of the licensee's practice under this Act. | ||||||
14 | Nothing in this subparagraph (L) shall be construed to | ||||||
15 | require an employment arrangement to receive professional | ||||||
16 | fees for services rendered;
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17 | (M) A finding by the Department that the
licensee after | ||||||
18 | having his or her license disciplined has violated the | ||||||
19 | terms of probation;
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20 | (N) Abandonment of an athlete;
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21 | (O) Willfully making or filing false records or reports | ||||||
22 | in his or her
practice, including but not limited to false | ||||||
23 | records filed with State agencies
or
departments;
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24 | (P) Willfully failing to report an instance of | ||||||
25 | suspected child abuse or
neglect as required by the Abused | ||||||
26 | and Neglected Child Reporting
Act;
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1 | (Q) Physical illness, including but not limited to | ||||||
2 | deterioration
through
the aging process, or loss of motor | ||||||
3 | skill that results in the
inability to practice the | ||||||
4 | profession with reasonable judgment, skill, or
safety;
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5 | (R) Solicitation of professional services other than | ||||||
6 | by permitted
institutional policy;
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7 | (S) The use of any words, abbreviations, figures or | ||||||
8 | letters with the
intention of indicating practice as an | ||||||
9 | athletic trainer without a valid
license as an athletic | ||||||
10 | trainer under this Act;
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11 | (T) The evaluation or treatment of ailments of human | ||||||
12 | beings other than by the practice of athletic training as | ||||||
13 | defined in this Act or the treatment of injuries of | ||||||
14 | athletes by a licensed
athletic trainer except by the | ||||||
15 | referral of a physician, podiatric physician,
or dentist;
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16 | (U) Willfully violating or knowingly assisting in the | ||||||
17 | violation of any
law of this State relating to the use of | ||||||
18 | habit-forming drugs;
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19 | (V) Willfully violating or knowingly assisting in the | ||||||
20 | violation of any
law
of this State relating to the practice | ||||||
21 | of abortion;
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22 | (W) Continued practice by a person knowingly having an | ||||||
23 | infectious
communicable or contagious disease;
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24 | (X) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated report | ||||||
25 | by the
Department of Children and Family Services pursuant | ||||||
26 | to the Abused and
Neglected Child Reporting Act and upon
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1 | proof by clear and convincing evidence that the licensee | ||||||
2 | has
caused a child to be an abused child or neglected child | ||||||
3 | as defined in the
Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
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4 | (Y) (Blank);
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5 | (Z) Failure to fulfill continuing education | ||||||
6 | requirements;
| ||||||
7 | (AA) Allowing one's license under this Act to be used | ||||||
8 | by an unlicensed person in violation of this Act; | ||||||
9 | (BB) Practicing under a false or, except as provided by | ||||||
10 | law, assumed name; | ||||||
11 | (CC) Promotion of the sale of drugs, devices, | ||||||
12 | appliances, or goods provided in any manner to exploit the | ||||||
13 | client for the financial gain of the licensee; | ||||||
14 | (DD) Gross, willful, or continued overcharging for | ||||||
15 | professional services; | ||||||
16 | (EE) Mental illness or disability that results in the | ||||||
17 | inability to practice under this Act with reasonable | ||||||
18 | judgment, skill, or safety; or | ||||||
19 | (FF) Cheating on or attempting to subvert the licensing | ||||||
20 | examination administered under this Act. | ||||||
21 | All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid within | ||||||
22 | 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the fine | ||||||
23 | or in accordance with the terms set forth in the order imposing | ||||||
24 | the fine. | ||||||
25 | (2) The determination by a circuit court that a
licensee is | ||||||
26 | subject to
involuntary admission or judicial admission as |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | provided in the Mental Health
and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
2 | Code operates as an automatic suspension. Such
suspension will | ||||||
3 | end only upon a finding by a court that the licensee is no | ||||||
4 | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial
admission | ||||||
5 | and issuance of an order so finding and discharging the | ||||||
6 | licensee.
| ||||||
7 | (3) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend | ||||||
8 | without hearing, as provided for in the Code of Civil | ||||||
9 | Procedure, the license of any person who fails to file a | ||||||
10 | return, to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed | ||||||
11 | return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or | ||||||
12 | interest as required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
13 | Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the | ||||||
14 | requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied in accordance | ||||||
15 | with subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of | ||||||
16 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
17 | Illinois. | ||||||
18 | (4) In enforcing this Section, the Department, upon a | ||||||
19 | showing of a possible violation, may compel any individual who | ||||||
20 | is licensed under this Act or any individual who has applied | ||||||
21 | for licensure to submit to a mental or physical examination or | ||||||
22 | evaluation, or both, which may include a substance abuse or | ||||||
23 | sexual offender evaluation, at the expense of the Department. | ||||||
24 | The Department shall specifically designate the examining | ||||||
25 | physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches | ||||||
26 | or, if applicable, the multidisciplinary team involved in |
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1 | providing the mental or physical examination and evaluation. | ||||||
2 | The multidisciplinary team shall be led by a physician licensed | ||||||
3 | to practice medicine in all of its branches and may consist of | ||||||
4 | one or more or a combination of physicians licensed to practice | ||||||
5 | medicine in all of its branches, licensed chiropractic | ||||||
6 | physicians, licensed clinical psychologists, licensed clinical | ||||||
7 | social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and | ||||||
8 | other professional and administrative staff. Any examining | ||||||
9 | physician or member of the multidisciplinary team may require | ||||||
10 | any person ordered to submit to an examination and evaluation | ||||||
11 | pursuant to this Section to submit to any additional | ||||||
12 | supplemental testing deemed necessary to complete any | ||||||
13 | examination or evaluation process, including, but not limited | ||||||
14 | to, blood testing, urinalysis, psychological testing, or | ||||||
15 | neuropsychological testing. | ||||||
16 | The Department may order the examining physician or any | ||||||
17 | member of the multidisciplinary team to provide to the | ||||||
18 | Department any and all records, including business records, | ||||||
19 | that relate to the examination and evaluation, including any | ||||||
20 | supplemental testing performed. The Department may order the | ||||||
21 | examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team | ||||||
22 | to present testimony concerning this examination and | ||||||
23 | evaluation of the licensee or applicant, including testimony | ||||||
24 | concerning any supplemental testing or documents relating to | ||||||
25 | the examination and evaluation. No information, report, | ||||||
26 | record, or other documents in any way related to the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | examination and evaluation shall be excluded by reason of any | ||||||
2 | common law or statutory privilege relating to communication | ||||||
3 | between the licensee or applicant and the examining physician | ||||||
4 | or any member of the multidisciplinary team. No authorization | ||||||
5 | is necessary from the licensee or applicant ordered to undergo | ||||||
6 | an evaluation and examination for the examining physician or | ||||||
7 | any member of the multidisciplinary team to provide | ||||||
8 | information, reports, records, or other documents or to provide | ||||||
9 | any testimony regarding the examination and evaluation. The | ||||||
10 | individual to be examined may have, at his or her own expense, | ||||||
11 | another physician of his or her choice present during all | ||||||
12 | aspects of the examination. | ||||||
13 | Failure of any individual to submit to a mental or physical | ||||||
14 | examination or evaluation, or both, when directed, shall result | ||||||
15 | in an automatic suspension without hearing, until such time as | ||||||
16 | the individual submits to the examination. If the Department | ||||||
17 | finds a licensee unable to practice because of the reasons set | ||||||
18 | forth in this Section, the Department shall require the | ||||||
19 | licensee to submit to care, counseling, or treatment by | ||||||
20 | physicians approved or designated by the Department as a | ||||||
21 | condition for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure. | ||||||
22 | When the Secretary immediately suspends a license under | ||||||
23 | this Section, a hearing upon such person's license must be | ||||||
24 | convened by the Department within 15 days after the suspension | ||||||
25 | and completed without appreciable delay. The Department shall | ||||||
26 | have the authority to review the licensee's record of treatment |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | and counseling regarding the impairment to the extent permitted | ||||||
2 | by applicable federal statutes and regulations safeguarding | ||||||
3 | the confidentiality of medical records. | ||||||
4 | Individuals licensed under this Act who are affected under | ||||||
5 | this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | ||||||
6 | the Department that they can resume practice in compliance with | ||||||
7 | acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions of | ||||||
8 | their license. | ||||||
9 | (5) (Blank) The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
10 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
11 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
12 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
13 | agency of this State in accordance with paragraph (5) of | ||||||
14 | subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of | ||||||
15 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
16 | Illinois . | ||||||
17 | (6) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
18 | Services has previously determined a licensee or a potential | ||||||
19 | licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of | ||||||
20 | child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency to | ||||||
21 | the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew or | ||||||
22 | may revoke or suspend that person's license or may take other | ||||||
23 | disciplinary action against that person based solely upon the | ||||||
24 | certification of delinquency made by the Department of | ||||||
25 | Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with paragraph (5) | ||||||
26 | of subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
2 | Illinois. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 98-214, eff. 8-9-13; 99-469, eff. 8-26-15.)
| ||||||
4 | Section 15. The Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 95 as follows:
| ||||||
6 | (225 ILCS 30/95) (from Ch. 111, par. 8401-95)
| ||||||
7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
| ||||||
8 | Sec. 95. Grounds for discipline.
| ||||||
9 | (1) The Department may refuse to issue or
renew, or may | ||||||
10 | revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other
| ||||||
11 | disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the Department may | ||||||
12 | deem appropriate, including imposing fines not to
exceed | ||||||
13 | $10,000 for each violation, with regard to any license or | ||||||
14 | certificate for
any one or combination of the following causes:
| ||||||
15 | (a) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
16 | the Department.
| ||||||
17 | (b) Violations of this Act or of
rules adopted under | ||||||
18 | this Act.
| ||||||
19 | (c) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | ||||||
20 | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or by | ||||||
21 | sentencing of any crime, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
22 | convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, | ||||||
23 | conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under | ||||||
24 | the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States (i) that |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | is a felony or (ii) that is a misdemeanor, an essential | ||||||
2 | element of which is dishonesty, or that is directly related | ||||||
3 | to the practice of the profession.
| ||||||
4 | (d) Fraud or any misrepresentation in applying for or | ||||||
5 | procuring a license under this Act or in connection with | ||||||
6 | applying for renewal of a license under this Act.
| ||||||
7 | (e) Professional incompetence or gross negligence.
| ||||||
8 | (f) Malpractice.
| ||||||
9 | (g) Aiding or assisting another person in violating any | ||||||
10 | provision of
this Act or its rules.
| ||||||
11 | (h) Failing to provide information within 60 days in | ||||||
12 | response to a
written request made by the Department.
| ||||||
13 | (i) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical or | ||||||
14 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
15 | defraud, or harm the public.
| ||||||
16 | (j) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs defined | ||||||
17 | in law as controlled substances, alcohol, or any other | ||||||
18 | substance that results in the
inability to practice with | ||||||
19 | reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
| ||||||
20 | (k) Discipline by another state, the District of | ||||||
21 | Columbia, territory, country, or governmental agency if at | ||||||
22 | least one
of the grounds for the discipline is the same or | ||||||
23 | substantially equivalent
to those set forth in this Act.
| ||||||
24 | (l) Charging for professional services not rendered, | ||||||
25 | including filing false statements for the collection of | ||||||
26 | fees for which services are not rendered. Nothing in this |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | paragraph (1) affects any bona fide independent contractor | ||||||
2 | or employment arrangements among health care | ||||||
3 | professionals, health facilities, health care providers, | ||||||
4 | or other entities, except as otherwise prohibited by law. | ||||||
5 | Any employment arrangements may include provisions for | ||||||
6 | compensation, health insurance, pension, or other | ||||||
7 | employment benefits for the provision of services within | ||||||
8 | the scope of the licensee's practice under this Act. | ||||||
9 | Nothing in this paragraph (1) shall be construed to require | ||||||
10 | an employment arrangement to receive professional fees for | ||||||
11 | services rendered.
| ||||||
12 | (m) A finding by the Department that the licensee, | ||||||
13 | after having his or her
license placed on probationary | ||||||
14 | status, has violated the terms of probation.
| ||||||
15 | (n) Willfully making or filing false records or reports | ||||||
16 | in his or her practice, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
17 | false records filed with State agencies or departments.
| ||||||
18 | (o) Allowing one's license under this Act to be used by | ||||||
19 | an unlicensed person in violation of this Act.
| ||||||
20 | (p) Practicing under a false or, except as provided by | ||||||
21 | law, an assumed name.
| ||||||
22 | (q) Gross and willful overcharging for professional | ||||||
23 | services.
| ||||||
24 | (r) (Blank).
| ||||||
25 | (s) Willfully failing to report an instance of | ||||||
26 | suspected child abuse
or neglect as required by the Abused |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
| ||||||
2 | (t) Cheating on or attempting to subvert a licensing | ||||||
3 | examination administered under this Act. | ||||||
4 | (u) Mental illness or disability that results in the | ||||||
5 | inability to practice under this Act with reasonable | ||||||
6 | judgment, skill, or safety. | ||||||
7 | (v) Physical illness, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
8 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor | ||||||
9 | skill that results in a licensee's inability to practice | ||||||
10 | under this Act with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety. | ||||||
11 | (w) Advising an individual to discontinue, reduce, | ||||||
12 | increase, or otherwise alter the intake of a drug | ||||||
13 | prescribed by a physician licensed to practice medicine in | ||||||
14 | all its branches or by a prescriber as defined in Section | ||||||
15 | 102 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. | ||||||
16 | (2) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend | ||||||
17 | without hearing, as provided for in the Code of Civil | ||||||
18 | Procedure, the license of any person who fails to file a | ||||||
19 | return, or pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed | ||||||
20 | return, or pay any final assessment of the tax, penalty, or | ||||||
21 | interest as required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
22 | Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the | ||||||
23 | requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied in accordance | ||||||
24 | with subsection (g) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil | ||||||
25 | Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
26 | (3) (Blank) The Department shall deny a license or renewal |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
2 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
3 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
4 | agency of this State in accordance with item (5) of subsection | ||||||
5 | (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
6 | Illinois . | ||||||
7 | (4) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
8 | Services has previously determined a licensee or a potential | ||||||
9 | licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of | ||||||
10 | child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency to | ||||||
11 | the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew or | ||||||
12 | may revoke or suspend that person's license or may take other | ||||||
13 | disciplinary action against that person based solely upon the | ||||||
14 | certification of delinquency made by the Department of | ||||||
15 | Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with item (5) of | ||||||
16 | subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil Administrative | ||||||
17 | Code of Illinois. | ||||||
18 | (5) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is | ||||||
19 | subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission, as | ||||||
20 | provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
21 | Code, operates as an automatic suspension. The suspension shall | ||||||
22 | end only upon a finding by a court that the patient is no | ||||||
23 | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission | ||||||
24 | and the issuance of an order so finding and discharging the | ||||||
25 | patient. | ||||||
26 | (6) In enforcing this Act, the Department, upon a showing |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of a possible violation, may compel an individual licensed to | ||||||
2 | practice under this Act, or who has applied for licensure under | ||||||
3 | this Act, to submit to a mental or physical examination, or | ||||||
4 | both, as required by and at the expense of the Department. The | ||||||
5 | Department may order the examining physician to present | ||||||
6 | testimony concerning the mental or physical examination of the | ||||||
7 | licensee or applicant. No information shall be excluded by | ||||||
8 | reason of any common law or statutory privilege relating to | ||||||
9 | communications between the licensee or applicant and the | ||||||
10 | examining physician. The examining physicians shall be | ||||||
11 | specifically designated by the Department. The individual to be | ||||||
12 | examined may have, at his or her own expense, another physician | ||||||
13 | of his or her choice present during all aspects of this | ||||||
14 | examination. The examination shall be performed by a physician | ||||||
15 | licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. Failure of | ||||||
16 | an individual to submit to a mental or physical examination, | ||||||
17 | when directed, shall result in an automatic suspension without | ||||||
18 | hearing. | ||||||
19 | A person holding a license under this Act or who has | ||||||
20 | applied for a license under this Act who, because of a physical | ||||||
21 | or mental illness or disability, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
22 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skill, | ||||||
23 | is unable to practice the profession with reasonable judgment, | ||||||
24 | skill, or safety, may be required by the Department to submit | ||||||
25 | to care, counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or | ||||||
26 | designated by the Department as a condition, term, or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | restriction for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to | ||||||
2 | practice. Submission to care, counseling, or treatment as | ||||||
3 | required by the Department shall not be considered discipline | ||||||
4 | of a license. If the licensee refuses to enter into a care, | ||||||
5 | counseling, or treatment agreement or fails to abide by the | ||||||
6 | terms of the agreement, then the Department may file a | ||||||
7 | complaint to revoke, suspend, or otherwise discipline the | ||||||
8 | license of the individual. The Secretary may order the license | ||||||
9 | suspended immediately, pending a hearing by the Department. | ||||||
10 | Fines shall not be assessed in disciplinary actions involving | ||||||
11 | physical or mental illness or impairment. | ||||||
12 | In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a | ||||||
13 | person's license under this Section, a hearing on that person's | ||||||
14 | license must be convened by the Department within 15 days after | ||||||
15 | the suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The | ||||||
16 | Department shall have the authority to review the subject | ||||||
17 | individual's record of treatment and counseling regarding the | ||||||
18 | impairment to the extent permitted by applicable federal | ||||||
19 | statutes and regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of
| ||||||
20 | medical records. | ||||||
21 | An individual licensed under this Act and affected under | ||||||
22 | this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | ||||||
23 | the Department that he or she can resume practice in compliance | ||||||
24 | with acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions | ||||||
25 | of his or her license.
| ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 97-1141, eff. 12-28-12; 98-148, eff. 8-2-13; |
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| |||||||
1 | 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
| ||||||
2 | Section 20. The Environmental Health Practitioner | ||||||
3 | Licensing Act is amended by changing Section 35 as follows:
| ||||||
4 | (225 ILCS 37/35)
| ||||||
5 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2019)
| ||||||
6 | Sec. 35. Grounds for discipline.
| ||||||
7 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may | ||||||
8 | revoke, suspend,
place on probation, reprimand, or take other | ||||||
9 | disciplinary action with regard to
any license issued under | ||||||
10 | this Act as the Department may consider proper,
including the | ||||||
11 | imposition of fines not to exceed $5,000 for each violation, | ||||||
12 | for
any one or combination of the following causes:
| ||||||
13 | (1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
14 | the Department.
| ||||||
15 | (2) Violations of this Act or its rules.
| ||||||
16 | (3) Conviction of any felony under the laws of any U.S. | ||||||
17 | jurisdiction, any
misdemeanor an essential element of | ||||||
18 | which is dishonesty, or any crime that is
directly related | ||||||
19 | to the practice of the profession.
| ||||||
20 | (4) Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of | ||||||
21 | obtaining a
certificate of registration.
| ||||||
22 | (5) Professional incompetence.
| ||||||
23 | (6) Aiding or assisting another person in violating any | ||||||
24 | provision of this
Act or its rules.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (7) Failing to provide information within 60 days in | ||||||
2 | response to a written
request made by the Department.
| ||||||
3 | (8) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
4 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
5 | defraud, or harm the public as defined by rules of
the | ||||||
6 | Department.
| ||||||
7 | (9) Habitual or excessive use or addiction to alcohol, | ||||||
8 | narcotics,
stimulants, or any other chemical agent or drug | ||||||
9 | that results in an
environmental health practitioner's | ||||||
10 | inability to practice with reasonable
judgment, skill, or | ||||||
11 | safety.
| ||||||
12 | (10) Discipline by another U.S. jurisdiction or | ||||||
13 | foreign nation, if at
least one of the grounds for a | ||||||
14 | discipline is the same or substantially
equivalent to those | ||||||
15 | set forth in this Act.
| ||||||
16 | (11) A finding by the Department that the registrant, | ||||||
17 | after having his or
her license placed on probationary | ||||||
18 | status, has violated the terms of
probation.
| ||||||
19 | (12) Willfully making or filing false records or | ||||||
20 | reports in his or her
practice, including, but not limited | ||||||
21 | to, false records filed with State
agencies or departments.
| ||||||
22 | (13) Physical illness, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
23 | deterioration
through the aging process or loss of motor | ||||||
24 | skills that result in the inability
to practice the | ||||||
25 | profession with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
| ||||||
26 | (14) Failure to comply with rules promulgated by the
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Illinois Department of Public Health or other State | ||||||
2 | agencies related to the
practice of environmental health.
| ||||||
3 | (15) (Blank) The Department shall deny any application | ||||||
4 | for a license or renewal of
a license under this Act, | ||||||
5 | without hearing, to a person who has defaulted on an
| ||||||
6 | educational loan guaranteed by the Illinois Student | ||||||
7 | Assistance Commission;
however, the Department may issue a | ||||||
8 | license or renewal of a license if the
person in default | ||||||
9 | has established a satisfactory repayment record as | ||||||
10 | determined
by the Illinois Student Assistance
Commission .
| ||||||
11 | (16) Solicitation of professional services by using | ||||||
12 | false or misleading
advertising.
| ||||||
13 | (17) A finding that the license has been applied for or | ||||||
14 | obtained by
fraudulent means.
| ||||||
15 | (18) Practicing or attempting to practice under a name | ||||||
16 | other than the full
name as shown on the license or any | ||||||
17 | other legally authorized name.
| ||||||
18 | (19) Gross overcharging for professional services | ||||||
19 | including filing
statements for collection of fees or | ||||||
20 | moneys for which services are not
rendered.
| ||||||
21 | (b) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the | ||||||
22 | license of any
person who fails to (i) file a return, (ii) pay | ||||||
23 | the tax, penalty, or interest
shown in a filed return; or (iii) | ||||||
24 | pay any final assessment of the tax, penalty,
or interest as | ||||||
25 | required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department
| ||||||
26 | of Revenue until the requirements of the tax Act are satisfied.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (c) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is | ||||||
2 | subject
to involuntary admission or judicial admission to a | ||||||
3 | mental health facility as
provided in the Mental Health and | ||||||
4 | Developmental Disabilities Code operates as
an automatic | ||||||
5 | suspension. The suspension may end only upon a finding by a | ||||||
6 | court
that the licensee is no longer subject to involuntary | ||||||
7 | admission or judicial
admission, the issuance of an order so | ||||||
8 | finding and discharging the patient, and
the recommendation of | ||||||
9 | the Board to the Director that the licensee be allowed to
| ||||||
10 | resume practice.
| ||||||
11 | (d) In enforcing this Section, the Department, upon a | ||||||
12 | showing of a
possible
violation, may compel any person licensed | ||||||
13 | to practice under this Act or who has
applied
for licensure or | ||||||
14 | certification pursuant to this Act to submit to a mental or
| ||||||
15 | physical
examination, or both, as required by and at the | ||||||
16 | expense of the Department. The
examining physicians shall be | ||||||
17 | those specifically
designated by
the Department. The | ||||||
18 | Department may order the examining physician
to present | ||||||
19 | testimony concerning this mental or
physical
examination of the
| ||||||
20 | licensee or applicant. No information shall be excluded by | ||||||
21 | reason of any
common law or
statutory privilege relating to | ||||||
22 | communications between the licensee or
applicant and the
| ||||||
23 | examining physician. The person to be examined may
have, at his
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24 | or her own expense, another physician of his or her
choice
| ||||||
25 | present during all aspects of the examination. Failure of any | ||||||
26 | person to submit
to a mental
or physical examination, when |
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1 | directed, shall be grounds for suspension of a
license until
| ||||||
2 | the person submits to the examination if the Department finds, | ||||||
3 | after notice and
hearing,
that the refusal to submit to the | ||||||
4 | examination was without reasonable cause.
| ||||||
5 | If the Department finds an individual unable to practice | ||||||
6 | because of the
reasons set
forth in this Section, the | ||||||
7 | Department may require that individual to submit to
care,
| ||||||
8 | counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or designated | ||||||
9 | by the
Department, as a
condition, term, or restriction for | ||||||
10 | continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure
to practice
or, in | ||||||
11 | lieu of care, counseling, or treatment, the Department may file | ||||||
12 | a
complaint to
immediately suspend, revoke, or otherwise | ||||||
13 | discipline the license of the
individual.
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14 | Any person whose license was granted, continued, | ||||||
15 | reinstated, renewed,
disciplined, or supervised subject to | ||||||
16 | such terms, conditions, or restrictions
and
who fails to comply | ||||||
17 | with such terms, conditions, or restrictions shall be
referred | ||||||
18 | to
the Director for a determination as to whether the person | ||||||
19 | shall have his or her
license suspended immediately, pending a | ||||||
20 | hearing by the Department.
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21 | In instances in which the Director immediately suspends a | ||||||
22 | person's license
under this Section, a hearing on that person's | ||||||
23 | license must be convened by the
Department within 15 days after | ||||||
24 | the suspension and completed without
appreciable delay. The | ||||||
25 | Department shall have the authority to review the
subject
| ||||||
26 | person's record of treatment and counseling regarding the |
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1 | impairment, to the
extent permitted by applicable federal | ||||||
2 | statutes and regulations safeguarding
the
confidentiality of | ||||||
3 | medical records.
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4 | A person licensed under this Act and affected under this | ||||||
5 | Section shall be
afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to the | ||||||
6 | Department that he or she can
resume practice in compliance | ||||||
7 | with acceptable and prevailing standards under
the
provisions | ||||||
8 | of his or her license.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 92-837, eff. 8-22-02 .)
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10 | Section 25. The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing | ||||||
11 | Code is amended by changing Section 15-75 as follows: | ||||||
12 | (225 ILCS 41/15-75) | ||||||
13 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 15-75. Violations; grounds for discipline; penalties. | ||||||
15 | (a) Each of the following acts is a Class A misdemeanor
for | ||||||
16 | the first offense, and a Class 4 felony for each subsequent | ||||||
17 | offense.
These penalties shall also apply to unlicensed owners | ||||||
18 | of funeral homes. | ||||||
19 | (1) Practicing the profession of funeral directing and | ||||||
20 | embalming or
funeral directing, or attempting to practice | ||||||
21 | the profession of funeral
directing and embalming or | ||||||
22 | funeral directing without a license as a
funeral director | ||||||
23 | and embalmer or funeral director. | ||||||
24 | (2) Serving or attempting to serve as an intern under a |
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1 | licensed funeral
director
and embalmer
without a license as | ||||||
2 | a licensed funeral director and embalmer intern. | ||||||
3 | (3) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license, | ||||||
4 | practice or business,
or any other thing of value, by fraud | ||||||
5 | or misrepresentation. | ||||||
6 | (4) Permitting any person in one's employ, under one's | ||||||
7 | control or in or
under one's service to serve as a funeral | ||||||
8 | director and embalmer, funeral
director, or funeral | ||||||
9 | director and embalmer intern when the
person does not have | ||||||
10 | the appropriate license. | ||||||
11 | (5) Failing to display a license as required by this | ||||||
12 | Code. | ||||||
13 | (6) Giving false information or making a false oath or | ||||||
14 | affidavit
required by this Code. | ||||||
15 | (b) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, revoke, | ||||||
16 | suspend, place on probation or administrative supervision, | ||||||
17 | reprimand, or take other disciplinary or non-disciplinary | ||||||
18 | action as the Department may deem appropriate, including | ||||||
19 | imposing fines not to exceed $10,000 for each violation, with | ||||||
20 | regard to any license under the Code for any one or combination | ||||||
21 | of the following: | ||||||
22 | (1) Fraud or any misrepresentation in applying for or | ||||||
23 | procuring a license under this Code or in connection with | ||||||
24 | applying for renewal of a license under this Code. | ||||||
25 | (2) For licenses, conviction by plea of guilty or nolo | ||||||
26 | contendere, finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of |
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1 | judgment or by sentencing of any crime, including, but not | ||||||
2 | limited to, convictions, preceding sentences of | ||||||
3 | supervision, conditional discharge, or first offender | ||||||
4 | probation, under the laws of any jurisdiction of the United | ||||||
5 | States: (i) that is a felony or (ii) that is a misdemeanor, | ||||||
6 | an essential element of which is dishonesty, or that is | ||||||
7 | directly related to the practice of the profession and, for | ||||||
8 | initial applicants, convictions set forth in Section 15-72 | ||||||
9 | of this Act. | ||||||
10 | (3) Violation of the laws of this State relating to the | ||||||
11 | funeral, burial
or disposition of deceased human bodies or | ||||||
12 | of the rules and regulations of the
Department, or the | ||||||
13 | Department of Public Health. | ||||||
14 | (4) Directly or indirectly paying or causing to be paid | ||||||
15 | any sum of money
or other valuable consideration for the | ||||||
16 | securing of business or for
obtaining authority to dispose | ||||||
17 | of any deceased human body. | ||||||
18 | (5) Professional incompetence, gross negligence, | ||||||
19 | malpractice, or untrustworthiness in the practice of | ||||||
20 | funeral
directing and embalming or funeral directing. | ||||||
21 | (6) (Blank). | ||||||
22 | (7) Engaging in, promoting, selling, or issuing burial | ||||||
23 | contracts, burial
certificates, or burial insurance | ||||||
24 | policies in connection with the
profession as a funeral | ||||||
25 | director and embalmer, funeral director, or funeral
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26 | director and embalmer intern in violation of any laws of |
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1 | the
State
of Illinois. | ||||||
2 | (8) Refusing, without cause, to surrender the custody | ||||||
3 | of a deceased
human body upon the proper request of the | ||||||
4 | person or persons lawfully
entitled to the custody of the | ||||||
5 | body. | ||||||
6 | (9) Taking undue advantage of a client or clients as to | ||||||
7 | amount to the
perpetration of fraud. | ||||||
8 | (10) Engaging in funeral directing and embalming or | ||||||
9 | funeral
directing without a license. | ||||||
10 | (11) Encouraging, requesting, or suggesting by a | ||||||
11 | licensee or some person
working on his behalf and with his | ||||||
12 | consent for compensation that a person
utilize the services | ||||||
13 | of a certain funeral director and embalmer, funeral
| ||||||
14 | director, or funeral establishment unless that information | ||||||
15 | has
been expressly requested by the person. This does not | ||||||
16 | prohibit general
advertising or pre-need solicitation. | ||||||
17 | (12) Making or causing to be made any false or | ||||||
18 | misleading statements
about the laws concerning the | ||||||
19 | disposition of human remains, including, but not
limited | ||||||
20 | to, the need to embalm, the need for a casket for cremation | ||||||
21 | or the
need for an outer burial container. | ||||||
22 | (13) (Blank). | ||||||
23 | (14) Embalming or attempting to embalm a deceased human | ||||||
24 | body without
express prior authorization of the person | ||||||
25 | responsible for making the
funeral arrangements for the | ||||||
26 | body. This does not apply to cases where
embalming is |
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1 | directed by local authorities who have jurisdiction or when
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2 | embalming is required by State or local law. A licensee may | ||||||
3 | embalm without express prior authorization if a good faith | ||||||
4 | effort has been made to contact family members and has been | ||||||
5 | unsuccessful and the licensee has no reason to believe the | ||||||
6 | family opposes embalming. | ||||||
7 | (15) Making a false statement on a Certificate of Death | ||||||
8 | where the
person making the statement knew or should have | ||||||
9 | known that the statement
was false. | ||||||
10 | (16) Soliciting human bodies after death or while death | ||||||
11 | is imminent. | ||||||
12 | (17) Performing any act or practice that is a violation
| ||||||
13 | of this Code, the rules for the administration of this | ||||||
14 | Code, or any
federal,
State or local laws, rules, or | ||||||
15 | regulations
governing the practice of funeral directing or | ||||||
16 | embalming. | ||||||
17 | (18) Performing any act or practice that is a violation | ||||||
18 | of Section 2 of
the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | ||||||
19 | Practices Act. | ||||||
20 | (19) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
21 | unprofessional conduct of a character
likely to deceive, | ||||||
22 | defraud or harm the public. | ||||||
23 | (20) Taking possession of a dead human body without | ||||||
24 | having first
obtained express permission from the person | ||||||
25 | holding the right to control the disposition in accordance | ||||||
26 | with Section 5 of the Disposition of Remains Act or a |
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1 | public agency legally
authorized to direct, control or | ||||||
2 | permit the removal of deceased human bodies. | ||||||
3 | (21) Advertising in a false or misleading manner or | ||||||
4 | advertising using
the name of an unlicensed person in | ||||||
5 | connection with any service being
rendered in the practice | ||||||
6 | of funeral directing or funeral directing and
embalming. | ||||||
7 | The use of any name of an unlicensed or unregistered person | ||||||
8 | in
an advertisement so as to imply that the person will | ||||||
9 | perform services is
considered misleading advertising. | ||||||
10 | Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent
including the name | ||||||
11 | of any owner, officer or corporate director of a funeral
| ||||||
12 | home, who is not a licensee, in any advertisement used by a | ||||||
13 | funeral home
with which the individual is affiliated, if | ||||||
14 | the advertisement specifies
the individual's affiliation | ||||||
15 | with the funeral home. | ||||||
16 | (22) Charging for professional services not rendered, | ||||||
17 | including filing false statements for the collection of | ||||||
18 | fees for which services are not rendered. | ||||||
19 | (23) Failing to account for or remit any monies, | ||||||
20 | documents, or personal
property that belongs to others that | ||||||
21 | comes into a licensee's possession. | ||||||
22 | (24) Treating any person differently to his detriment | ||||||
23 | because of
race, color, creed, gender, religion, or | ||||||
24 | national origin. | ||||||
25 | (25) Knowingly making any false statements, oral or | ||||||
26 | otherwise, of a
character likely to influence, persuade or |
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1 | induce others in the course of
performing professional | ||||||
2 | services or activities. | ||||||
3 | (26) Willfully making or filing false records or | ||||||
4 | reports in the practice
of funeral directing and embalming, | ||||||
5 | including, but not limited to, false records filed with | ||||||
6 | State agencies or departments. | ||||||
7 | (27) Failing to acquire continuing education required | ||||||
8 | under this Code. | ||||||
9 | (28) (Blank). | ||||||
10 | (29) Aiding or assisting another person in violating | ||||||
11 | any provision of this Code or rules adopted pursuant to | ||||||
12 | this Code. | ||||||
13 | (30) Failing within 10 days, to provide information in | ||||||
14 | response to a written request made by the Department. | ||||||
15 | (31) Discipline by another state, District of | ||||||
16 | Columbia, territory, foreign nation, or governmental | ||||||
17 | agency, if at least one of the grounds for the discipline | ||||||
18 | is the same or substantially equivalent to those set forth | ||||||
19 | in this Section. | ||||||
20 | (32) (Blank). | ||||||
21 | (33) Mental illness or disability which results in the | ||||||
22 | inability to practice the profession with reasonable | ||||||
23 | judgment, skill, or safety. | ||||||
24 | (34) Gross, willful, or continued overcharging for | ||||||
25 | professional services, including filing false statements | ||||||
26 | for collection of fees for which services are not rendered. |
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1 | (35) Physical illness, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
2 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor | ||||||
3 | skill which results in a licensee's inability to practice | ||||||
4 | under this Code with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety. | ||||||
5 | (36) Failing to comply with any of the following | ||||||
6 | required activities: | ||||||
7 | (A) When reasonably possible, a funeral director | ||||||
8 | licensee or funeral director and embalmer licensee or | ||||||
9 | anyone acting on his or
her behalf shall obtain the | ||||||
10 | express authorization of the person or persons
| ||||||
11 | responsible for making the funeral arrangements for a | ||||||
12 | deceased human body
prior to removing a body from the | ||||||
13 | place of death or any place it may be or
embalming or | ||||||
14 | attempting to embalm a deceased human body, unless | ||||||
15 | required by
State or local law. This requirement is | ||||||
16 | waived whenever removal or
embalming is directed by | ||||||
17 | local authorities who have jurisdiction.
If the | ||||||
18 | responsibility for the handling of the remains | ||||||
19 | lawfully falls under
the jurisdiction of a public | ||||||
20 | agency, then the regulations of the public
agency shall | ||||||
21 | prevail. | ||||||
22 | (B) A licensee shall clearly mark the price of any | ||||||
23 | casket offered for
sale or the price of any service | ||||||
24 | using the casket on or in the casket if
the casket is | ||||||
25 | displayed at the funeral establishment. If the casket | ||||||
26 | is
displayed at any other location, regardless of |
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1 | whether the licensee is in
control of that location, | ||||||
2 | the casket shall be clearly marked and the
registrant | ||||||
3 | shall use books, catalogues, brochures, or other | ||||||
4 | printed display
aids to show the price of each casket | ||||||
5 | or service. | ||||||
6 | (C) At the time funeral arrangements are made and | ||||||
7 | prior to rendering the
funeral services, a licensee | ||||||
8 | shall furnish a written statement of services to be
| ||||||
9 | retained by the person or persons making the funeral | ||||||
10 | arrangements, signed
by both parties, that shall | ||||||
11 | contain: (i) the name, address and telephone number
of | ||||||
12 | the funeral establishment and the date on which the | ||||||
13 | arrangements were made;
(ii) the price of the service | ||||||
14 | selected and the services and merchandise
included for | ||||||
15 | that price; (iii) a clear disclosure that the person or | ||||||
16 | persons
making the arrangement may decline and receive | ||||||
17 | credit for any service or
merchandise not desired and | ||||||
18 | not required by law or the funeral director or the
| ||||||
19 | funeral director and embalmer; (iv) the supplemental | ||||||
20 | items of service and
merchandise requested and the | ||||||
21 | price of each item; (v) the terms or method of
payment | ||||||
22 | agreed upon; and (vi) a statement as to any monetary | ||||||
23 | advances made by
the registrant on behalf of the | ||||||
24 | family. The licensee shall maintain a copy of the | ||||||
25 | written statement of services in its permanent | ||||||
26 | records. All written statements of services are |
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1 | subject to inspection by the Department. | ||||||
2 | (D) In all instances where the place of final | ||||||
3 | disposition of a deceased human body or the cremated | ||||||
4 | remains of a deceased human body is a cemetery, the | ||||||
5 | licensed funeral director and embalmer, or licensed | ||||||
6 | funeral director, who has been engaged to provide | ||||||
7 | funeral or embalming services shall remain at the | ||||||
8 | cemetery and personally witness the placement of the | ||||||
9 | human remains in their designated grave or the sealing | ||||||
10 | of the above ground depository, crypt, or urn. The | ||||||
11 | licensed funeral director or licensed funeral director | ||||||
12 | and embalmer may designate a licensed funeral director | ||||||
13 | and embalmer intern or representative of the funeral | ||||||
14 | home to be his or her witness to the placement of the | ||||||
15 | remains. If the cemetery authority, cemetery manager, | ||||||
16 | or any other agent of the cemetery takes any action | ||||||
17 | that prevents compliance with this paragraph (D), then | ||||||
18 | the funeral director and embalmer or funeral director | ||||||
19 | shall provide written notice to the Department within 5 | ||||||
20 | business days after failing to comply. If the | ||||||
21 | Department receives this notice, then the Department | ||||||
22 | shall not take any disciplinary action against the | ||||||
23 | funeral director and embalmer or funeral director for a | ||||||
24 | violation of this paragraph (D) unless the Department | ||||||
25 | finds that the cemetery authority, manager, or any | ||||||
26 | other agent of the cemetery did not prevent the funeral |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | director and embalmer or funeral director from | ||||||
2 | complying with this paragraph (D) as claimed in the | ||||||
3 | written notice. | ||||||
4 | (E) A funeral director or funeral director and | ||||||
5 | embalmer shall fully complete the portion of the | ||||||
6 | Certificate of Death under the responsibility of the | ||||||
7 | funeral director or funeral director and embalmer and | ||||||
8 | provide all required information. In the event that any | ||||||
9 | reported information subsequently changes or proves | ||||||
10 | incorrect, a funeral director or funeral director and | ||||||
11 | embalmer shall immediately upon learning the correct | ||||||
12 | information correct the Certificate of Death. | ||||||
13 | (37) A finding by the Department that the licensee, | ||||||
14 | after having his or
her license placed on probationary | ||||||
15 | status or subjected to conditions or
restrictions, | ||||||
16 | violated the terms of the probation or failed to comply | ||||||
17 | with such
terms or conditions. | ||||||
18 | (38) (Blank). | ||||||
19 | (39) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated | ||||||
20 | report by the Department
of Children and Family Services | ||||||
21 | pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child
Reporting Act | ||||||
22 | and, upon proof by clear and convincing evidence,
being | ||||||
23 | found to have caused a child to be an abused child or | ||||||
24 | neglected child as
defined
in the Abused and Neglected | ||||||
25 | Child Reporting Act. | ||||||
26 | (40) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs |
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| |||||||
1 | defined in law as controlled substances, alcohol, or any | ||||||
2 | other substance which results in the inability to practice | ||||||
3 | with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety. | ||||||
4 | (41) Practicing under a false or, except as provided by | ||||||
5 | law, an assumed name. | ||||||
6 | (42) Cheating on or attempting to subvert the licensing | ||||||
7 | examination administered under this Code. | ||||||
8 | (c) The Department may refuse to issue or renew or may | ||||||
9 | suspend without a hearing, as provided for in the Department of | ||||||
10 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
11 | Illinois, the license
of any person who fails to file a return, | ||||||
12 | to pay the tax, penalty or interest
shown in a filed return, or | ||||||
13 | to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty or
interest as | ||||||
14 | required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department | ||||||
15 | of
Revenue, until the time as the requirements of the tax Act | ||||||
16 | are satisfied in accordance with subsection (g) of Section | ||||||
17 | 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the | ||||||
18 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
19 | (d) No action may be taken under this Code against a person | ||||||
20 | licensed under this Code unless the action is commenced within | ||||||
21 | 5 years after the occurrence of the alleged violations. A | ||||||
22 | continuing violation shall be deemed to have occurred on the | ||||||
23 | date when the circumstances last existed that give rise to the | ||||||
24 | alleged violation. | ||||||
25 | (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed or enforced | ||||||
26 | to give a funeral director and embalmer, or his or her |
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| |||||||
1 | designees, authority over the operation of a cemetery or over | ||||||
2 | cemetery employees. Nothing in this Section shall be construed | ||||||
3 | or enforced to impose duties or penalties on cemeteries with | ||||||
4 | respect to the timing of the placement of human remains in | ||||||
5 | their designated grave or the sealing of the above ground | ||||||
6 | depository, crypt, or urn due to patron safety, the allocation | ||||||
7 | of cemetery staffing, liability insurance, a collective | ||||||
8 | bargaining agreement, or other such reasons. | ||||||
9 | (f) All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid 60 | ||||||
10 | days after the effective date of the order imposing the fine. | ||||||
11 | (g) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
12 | authorized by this Code to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
13 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
14 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
15 | agency of this State in accordance with item (5) of subsection | ||||||
16 | (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional | ||||||
17 | Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
18 | (h) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
19 | Services has previously determined a licensee or a potential | ||||||
20 | licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of | ||||||
21 | child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency to | ||||||
22 | the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew or | ||||||
23 | may revoke or suspend that person's license or may take other | ||||||
24 | disciplinary action against that person based solely upon the | ||||||
25 | certification of delinquency made by the Department of | ||||||
26 | Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with item (5) of |
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1 | subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of | ||||||
2 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
3 | Illinois. | ||||||
4 | (i) A person not licensed under this Code who is an owner | ||||||
5 | of a funeral establishment or funeral business shall not aid, | ||||||
6 | abet, assist, procure, advise, employ, or contract with any | ||||||
7 | unlicensed person to offer funeral services or aid, abet, | ||||||
8 | assist, or direct any licensed person contrary to or in | ||||||
9 | violation of any rules or provisions of this Code. A person | ||||||
10 | violating this subsection shall be treated as a licensee for | ||||||
11 | the purposes of disciplinary action under this Section and | ||||||
12 | shall be subject to cease and desist orders as provided in this | ||||||
13 | Code, the imposition of a fine up to $10,000 for each violation | ||||||
14 | and any other penalty provided by law. | ||||||
15 | (j) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is | ||||||
16 | subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission as | ||||||
17 | provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
18 | Code, as amended, operates as an automatic suspension. The | ||||||
19 | suspension may end only upon a finding by a court that the | ||||||
20 | licensee is no longer subject to the involuntary admission or | ||||||
21 | judicial admission and issues an order so finding and | ||||||
22 | discharging the licensee, and upon the recommendation of the | ||||||
23 | Board to the Secretary that the licensee be allowed to resume | ||||||
24 | his or her practice. | ||||||
25 | (k) In enforcing this Code, the Department, upon a showing | ||||||
26 | of a possible violation, may compel an individual licensed to |
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| |||||||
1 | practice under this Code, or who has applied for licensure | ||||||
2 | under this Code, to submit to a mental or physical examination, | ||||||
3 | or both, as required by and at the expense of the Department. | ||||||
4 | The Department may order the examining physician to present | ||||||
5 | testimony concerning the mental or physical examination of the | ||||||
6 | licensee or applicant. No information shall be excluded by | ||||||
7 | reason of any common law or statutory privilege relating to | ||||||
8 | communications between the licensee or applicant and the | ||||||
9 | examining physician. The examining physician shall be | ||||||
10 | specifically designated by the Department. The individual to be | ||||||
11 | examined may have, at his or her own expense, another physician | ||||||
12 | of his or her choice present during all aspects of this | ||||||
13 | examination. The examination shall be performed by a physician | ||||||
14 | licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. Failure of | ||||||
15 | an individual to submit to a mental or physical examination, | ||||||
16 | when directed, shall result in an automatic suspension without | ||||||
17 | hearing. | ||||||
18 | A person holding a license under this Code or who has | ||||||
19 | applied for a license under this Code who, because of a | ||||||
20 | physical or mental illness or disability, including, but not | ||||||
21 | limited to, deterioration through the aging process or loss of | ||||||
22 | motor skill, is unable to practice the profession with | ||||||
23 | reasonable judgment, skill, or safety, may be required by the | ||||||
24 | Department to submit to care, counseling, or treatment by | ||||||
25 | physicians approved or designated by the Department as a | ||||||
26 | condition, term, or restriction for continued, reinstated, or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | renewed licensure to practice. Submission to care, counseling, | ||||||
2 | or treatment as required by the Department shall not be | ||||||
3 | considered discipline of a license. If the licensee refuses to | ||||||
4 | enter into a care, counseling, or treatment agreement or fails | ||||||
5 | to abide by the terms of the agreement, the Department may file | ||||||
6 | a complaint to revoke, suspend, or otherwise discipline the | ||||||
7 | license of the individual. The Secretary may order the license | ||||||
8 | suspended immediately, pending a hearing by the Department. | ||||||
9 | Fines shall not be assessed in disciplinary actions involving | ||||||
10 | physical or mental illness or impairment. | ||||||
11 | In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a | ||||||
12 | person's license under this Section, a hearing on that person's | ||||||
13 | license must be convened by the Department within 15 days after | ||||||
14 | the suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The | ||||||
15 | Department shall have the authority to review the subject | ||||||
16 | individual's record of treatment and counseling regarding the | ||||||
17 | impairment to the extent permitted by applicable federal | ||||||
18 | statutes and regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of | ||||||
19 | medical records. | ||||||
20 | An individual licensed under this Code and affected under | ||||||
21 | this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | ||||||
22 | the Department that he or she can resume practice in compliance | ||||||
23 | with acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions | ||||||
24 | of his or her license. | ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 99-876, eff. 1-1-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.) |
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1 | Section 30. The Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act | ||||||
2 | is amended by changing Section 85 as follows:
| ||||||
3 | (225 ILCS 55/85) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-85)
| ||||||
4 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
| ||||||
5 | Sec. 85. Refusal, revocation, or suspension.
| ||||||
6 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew a license, | ||||||
7 | or may revoke, suspend, reprimand, place on probation, or take | ||||||
8 | any other
disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the | ||||||
9 | Department may deem proper, including the imposition of fines | ||||||
10 | not
to exceed $10,000
for each violation, with regard to any | ||||||
11 | license issued under the provisions of this Act for any one or
| ||||||
12 | combination of the following grounds:
| ||||||
13 | (1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
14 | the Department.
| ||||||
15 | (2) Violation of any provision of this Act or its | ||||||
16 | rules.
| ||||||
17 | (3) Conviction of or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo | ||||||
18 | contendere, finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of | ||||||
19 | judgment or sentencing, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
20 | convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, | ||||||
21 | conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under | ||||||
22 | the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States that is | ||||||
23 | (i) a felony or (ii)
a misdemeanor,
an
essential element of | ||||||
24 | which is dishonesty or that
is
directly related to the | ||||||
25 | practice of the profession.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (4) Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for or | ||||||
2 | procuring a license under this Act or in connection with | ||||||
3 | applying for renewal or restoration of a license under
this | ||||||
4 | Act or its rules.
| ||||||
5 | (5) Professional incompetence.
| ||||||
6 | (6) Gross negligence in practice under this Act.
| ||||||
7 | (7) Aiding or assisting another person in violating any | ||||||
8 | provision of
this Act or its rules.
| ||||||
9 | (8) Failing, within 60
days, to provide information in | ||||||
10 | response to a
written request made by the Department.
| ||||||
11 | (9) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
12 | unprofessional conduct of
a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
13 | defraud or harm the public as defined by the
rules of the | ||||||
14 | Department, or violating the rules of professional conduct
| ||||||
15 | adopted by the Department.
| ||||||
16 | (10) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs | ||||||
17 | defined in law as controlled substances, of alcohol, or any | ||||||
18 | other substance that results in the inability
to practice | ||||||
19 | with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
| ||||||
20 | (11) Discipline by another jurisdiction if at least one
| ||||||
21 | of the grounds for the discipline is the same or | ||||||
22 | substantially equivalent
to those set forth in this Act.
| ||||||
23 | (12) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | ||||||
24 | any person, firm,
corporation, partnership, or association | ||||||
25 | any fee, commission, rebate, or
other form of compensation | ||||||
26 | for any professional services not actually or
personally |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | rendered. Nothing in this paragraph (12) affects any bona | ||||||
2 | fide independent contractor or employment arrangements | ||||||
3 | among health care professionals, health facilities, health | ||||||
4 | care providers, or other entities, except as otherwise | ||||||
5 | prohibited by law. Any employment arrangements may include | ||||||
6 | provisions for compensation, health insurance, pension, or | ||||||
7 | other employment benefits for the provision of services | ||||||
8 | within the scope of the licensee's practice under this Act. | ||||||
9 | Nothing in this paragraph (12) shall be construed to | ||||||
10 | require an employment arrangement to receive professional | ||||||
11 | fees for services rendered.
| ||||||
12 | (13) A finding by the Department that the licensee, | ||||||
13 | after
having his or her license placed on probationary | ||||||
14 | status, has violated the
terms of probation or failed to | ||||||
15 | comply with the terms.
| ||||||
16 | (14) Abandonment of a patient without cause.
| ||||||
17 | (15) Willfully making or filing false records or | ||||||
18 | reports relating to a
licensee's practice, including but | ||||||
19 | not limited to false records filed with
State agencies or | ||||||
20 | departments.
| ||||||
21 | (16) Willfully failing to report an instance of | ||||||
22 | suspected child abuse
or neglect as required by the Abused | ||||||
23 | and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
| ||||||
24 | (17) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated | ||||||
25 | report by the
Department of Children and Family Services | ||||||
26 | under the Abused and Neglected
Child Reporting Act and upon |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | proof by clear and convincing evidence that
the licensee | ||||||
2 | has caused a child to be an abused child or neglected child | ||||||
3 | as
defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
| ||||||
4 | (18) Physical illness or mental illness or impairment, | ||||||
5 | including, but not limited to, deterioration through
the | ||||||
6 | aging process or loss of motor skill
that results
in the
| ||||||
7 | inability to practice the profession with reasonable | ||||||
8 | judgment, skill, or
safety.
| ||||||
9 | (19) Solicitation of professional services by using | ||||||
10 | false or misleading
advertising.
| ||||||
11 | (20) A pattern of practice or other behavior that | ||||||
12 | demonstrates incapacity or incompetence to practice under | ||||||
13 | this Act.
| ||||||
14 | (21) Practicing under a false or assumed name, except | ||||||
15 | as provided by law.
| ||||||
16 | (22) Gross, willful, and continued overcharging for | ||||||
17 | professional services, including filing false
statements | ||||||
18 | for collection of fees or moneys for which services
are not
| ||||||
19 | rendered.
| ||||||
20 | (23) Failure to establish and maintain records of | ||||||
21 | patient care and treatment as required by law. | ||||||
22 | (24) Cheating on or attempting to subvert the licensing | ||||||
23 | examinations administered under this Act. | ||||||
24 | (25) Willfully failing to report an instance of | ||||||
25 | suspected abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or | ||||||
26 | self-neglect of an eligible adult as defined in and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | required by the Adult Protective Services Act. | ||||||
2 | (26) Being named as an abuser in a verified report by | ||||||
3 | the Department on Aging and under the Adult Protective | ||||||
4 | Services Act and upon proof by clear and convincing | ||||||
5 | evidence that the licensee abused, neglected, or | ||||||
6 | financially exploited an eligible adult as defined in the | ||||||
7 | Adult Protective Services Act. | ||||||
8 | (b) (Blank). The Department shall deny any application for | ||||||
9 | a license or renewal, without
hearing, under this Act to any | ||||||
10 | person who has defaulted on an
educational loan guaranteed by | ||||||
11 | the Illinois Student Assistance Commission;
however, the | ||||||
12 | Department may issue a license or renewal if the person in | ||||||
13 | default
has established a satisfactory repayment record as | ||||||
14 | determined by the Illinois
Student Assistance Commission.
| ||||||
15 | (c) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is | ||||||
16 | subject to
involuntary admission or judicial admission, as | ||||||
17 | provided in the Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
18 | Code, operates as an automatic
suspension. The suspension will | ||||||
19 | terminate only upon a finding by a court
that the patient is no | ||||||
20 | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial
admission | ||||||
21 | and the issuance of an order so finding and discharging the
| ||||||
22 | patient, and upon the recommendation of the Board to the | ||||||
23 | Secretary
that the
licensee be allowed to resume his or her | ||||||
24 | practice as a licensed marriage
and family therapist or an | ||||||
25 | associate licensed marriage and family therapist.
| ||||||
26 | (d) The Department shall refuse to issue or may suspend the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | license of any
person who fails to file a return, pay the tax, | ||||||
2 | penalty, or interest shown
in a filed return or pay any final | ||||||
3 | assessment of tax, penalty, or interest,
as required by any tax | ||||||
4 | Act administered by the Illinois Department of
Revenue, until | ||||||
5 | the time the requirements of the tax Act are satisfied.
| ||||||
6 | (e) In enforcing this Section, the Department or Board upon | ||||||
7 | a showing of a
possible
violation may compel an individual | ||||||
8 | licensed to practice under this Act, or
who has applied for | ||||||
9 | licensure under this Act, to submit
to a mental or physical | ||||||
10 | examination, or both, which may include a substance abuse or | ||||||
11 | sexual offender evaluation, as required by and at the expense
| ||||||
12 | of the Department. | ||||||
13 | The Department shall specifically designate the examining | ||||||
14 | physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches | ||||||
15 | or, if applicable, the multidisciplinary team involved in | ||||||
16 | providing the mental or physical examination or both. The | ||||||
17 | multidisciplinary team shall be led by a physician licensed to | ||||||
18 | practice medicine in all of its branches and may consist of one | ||||||
19 | or more or a combination of physicians licensed to practice | ||||||
20 | medicine in all of its branches, licensed clinical | ||||||
21 | psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed | ||||||
22 | clinical professional counselors, licensed marriage and family | ||||||
23 | therapists, and other professional and administrative staff. | ||||||
24 | Any examining physician or member of the multidisciplinary team | ||||||
25 | may require any person ordered to submit to an examination and | ||||||
26 | evaluation pursuant to this Section to submit to any additional |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | supplemental testing deemed necessary to complete any | ||||||
2 | examination or evaluation process, including, but not limited | ||||||
3 | to, blood testing, urinalysis, psychological testing, or | ||||||
4 | neuropsychological testing. | ||||||
5 | The Department may order the examining physician or any | ||||||
6 | member of the multidisciplinary team to provide to the | ||||||
7 | Department any and all records, including business records, | ||||||
8 | that relate to the examination and evaluation, including any | ||||||
9 | supplemental testing performed. | ||||||
10 | The Department or Board may order the examining physician | ||||||
11 | or any member of the multidisciplinary team to
present
| ||||||
12 | testimony concerning the mental or physical examination of the | ||||||
13 | licensee or
applicant. No information, report, record, or other | ||||||
14 | documents in any way related to the examination shall be | ||||||
15 | excluded by reason of any common law or
statutory privilege | ||||||
16 | relating to communications between the licensee or
applicant | ||||||
17 | and the examining physician or any member of the | ||||||
18 | multidisciplinary team. No authorization is necessary from the | ||||||
19 | licensee or applicant ordered to undergo an examination for the | ||||||
20 | examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team | ||||||
21 | to provide information, reports, records, or other documents or | ||||||
22 | to provide any testimony regarding the examination and | ||||||
23 | evaluation. | ||||||
24 | The individual to be examined may have, at his or her own | ||||||
25 | expense, another
physician of his or her choice present during | ||||||
26 | all
aspects of this examination. However, that physician shall |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | be present only to observe and may not interfere in any way | ||||||
2 | with the examination. | ||||||
3 | Failure of an individual to submit to a mental
or
physical | ||||||
4 | examination, when ordered, shall result in an automatic | ||||||
5 | suspension of his or
her
license until the individual submits | ||||||
6 | to the examination.
| ||||||
7 | If the Department or Board finds an individual unable to | ||||||
8 | practice because of
the
reasons
set forth in this Section, the | ||||||
9 | Department or Board may require that individual
to submit
to
| ||||||
10 | care, counseling, or treatment by physicians approved
or | ||||||
11 | designated by the Department or Board, as a condition, term, or | ||||||
12 | restriction
for continued,
reinstated, or
renewed licensure to | ||||||
13 | practice; or, in lieu of care, counseling, or treatment,
the | ||||||
14 | Department may file, or
the Board may recommend to the | ||||||
15 | Department to file, a complaint to immediately
suspend, revoke, | ||||||
16 | or otherwise discipline the license of the individual.
An | ||||||
17 | individual whose
license was granted, continued, reinstated, | ||||||
18 | renewed, disciplined or supervised
subject to such terms, | ||||||
19 | conditions, or restrictions, and who fails to comply
with
such | ||||||
20 | terms, conditions, or restrictions, shall be referred to the | ||||||
21 | Secretary
for
a
determination as to whether the individual | ||||||
22 | shall have his or her license
suspended immediately, pending a | ||||||
23 | hearing by the Department.
| ||||||
24 | In instances in which the Secretary
immediately suspends a | ||||||
25 | person's license
under this Section, a hearing on that person's | ||||||
26 | license must be convened by
the Department within 30
days after |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the suspension and completed without
appreciable
delay.
The | ||||||
2 | Department and Board shall have the authority to review the | ||||||
3 | subject
individual's record of
treatment and counseling | ||||||
4 | regarding the impairment to the extent permitted by
applicable | ||||||
5 | federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the | ||||||
6 | confidentiality of
medical records.
| ||||||
7 | An individual licensed under this Act and affected under | ||||||
8 | this Section shall
be
afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | ||||||
9 | the Department or Board that he or
she can resume
practice in | ||||||
10 | compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under the
| ||||||
11 | provisions of his or her license.
| ||||||
12 | (f) A fine shall be paid within 60 days after the effective | ||||||
13 | date of the order imposing the fine or in accordance with the | ||||||
14 | terms set forth in the order imposing the fine. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 100-372, eff. 8-25-17.)
| ||||||
16 | Section 35. The Massage Licensing Act is amended by | ||||||
17 | changing Section 45 as follows:
| ||||||
18 | (225 ILCS 57/45)
| ||||||
19 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| ||||||
20 | Sec. 45. Grounds for discipline.
| ||||||
21 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may | ||||||
22 | revoke, suspend,
place
on
probation, reprimand, or take other | ||||||
23 | disciplinary or non-disciplinary action, as the Department
| ||||||
24 | considers appropriate,
including the imposition of fines not to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | exceed $10,000 for each violation, with
regard to any license | ||||||
2 | or licensee
for any one or more of the following:
| ||||||
3 | (1) violations of this Act or of the rules adopted | ||||||
4 | under this Act;
| ||||||
5 | (2) conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | ||||||
6 | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or by | ||||||
7 | sentencing of any crime, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
8 | convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, | ||||||
9 | conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under | ||||||
10 | the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States: (i) that | ||||||
11 | is a felony; or (ii) that is a misdemeanor, an essential | ||||||
12 | element of which is dishonesty, or that is directly related | ||||||
13 | to the practice of the profession;
| ||||||
14 | (3) professional incompetence;
| ||||||
15 | (4) advertising in a false, deceptive, or misleading | ||||||
16 | manner; | ||||||
17 | (5) aiding, abetting, assisting, procuring, advising, | ||||||
18 | employing, or contracting with any unlicensed person to | ||||||
19 | practice massage contrary to any rules or provisions of | ||||||
20 | this Act; | ||||||
21 | (6) engaging in immoral conduct in the commission of | ||||||
22 | any act, such as
sexual abuse, sexual misconduct, or sexual | ||||||
23 | exploitation, related to the
licensee's practice;
| ||||||
24 | (7) engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
25 | unprofessional conduct of a
character
likely to deceive, | ||||||
26 | defraud, or harm the public;
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (8) practicing or offering to practice beyond the scope | ||||||
2 | permitted by law
or
accepting and performing professional | ||||||
3 | responsibilities which the licensee knows
or has reason to
| ||||||
4 | know that he or she is not competent to perform;
| ||||||
5 | (9) knowingly delegating professional responsibilities | ||||||
6 | to a person
unqualified by
training, experience, or | ||||||
7 | licensure to perform;
| ||||||
8 | (10) failing to provide information in response to a | ||||||
9 | written request made
by the
Department within 60 days;
| ||||||
10 | (11) having a habitual or excessive use of or addiction | ||||||
11 | to alcohol,
narcotics,
stimulants, or
any other chemical | ||||||
12 | agent or drug which results in the inability to practice
| ||||||
13 | with reasonable
judgment, skill, or safety;
| ||||||
14 | (12) having a pattern of practice or other behavior | ||||||
15 | that demonstrates
incapacity
or
incompetence to practice | ||||||
16 | under this Act;
| ||||||
17 | (13) discipline by another state, District of | ||||||
18 | Columbia, territory, or foreign nation, if at least one of | ||||||
19 | the grounds for the discipline is the same or substantially | ||||||
20 | equivalent to those set forth in this Section; | ||||||
21 | (14) a finding by the Department that the licensee, | ||||||
22 | after having his or her license placed on probationary | ||||||
23 | status, has violated the terms of probation; | ||||||
24 | (15) willfully making or filing false records or | ||||||
25 | reports in his or her practice, including, but not limited | ||||||
26 | to, false records filed with State agencies or departments; |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (16) making a material misstatement in furnishing | ||||||
2 | information to the
Department or
otherwise making | ||||||
3 | misleading, deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent | ||||||
4 | representations
in violation of this
Act or otherwise in | ||||||
5 | the practice of the profession;
| ||||||
6 | (17) fraud or misrepresentation in applying for or | ||||||
7 | procuring a license under this Act or in connection with | ||||||
8 | applying for renewal of a license under this Act;
| ||||||
9 | (18) inability to practice the profession with | ||||||
10 | reasonable judgment, skill, or safety as a result of | ||||||
11 | physical illness, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
12 | deterioration through the aging process, loss of motor | ||||||
13 | skill, or a mental illness or disability;
| ||||||
14 | (19) charging for professional services not rendered, | ||||||
15 | including filing false statements for the collection of | ||||||
16 | fees for which services are not rendered; | ||||||
17 | (20) practicing under a false or, except as provided by | ||||||
18 | law, an assumed name; or | ||||||
19 | (21) cheating on or attempting to subvert the licensing | ||||||
20 | examination administered under this Act. | ||||||
21 | All fines shall be paid within 60 days of the effective | ||||||
22 | date of the order imposing the fine. | ||||||
23 | (b) A person not licensed under this Act and engaged in the | ||||||
24 | business of offering massage therapy services through others, | ||||||
25 | shall not aid, abet, assist, procure, advise, employ, or | ||||||
26 | contract with any unlicensed person to practice massage therapy |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | contrary to any rules or provisions of this Act. A person | ||||||
2 | violating this subsection (b) shall be treated as a licensee | ||||||
3 | for the purposes of disciplinary action under this Section and | ||||||
4 | shall be subject to cease and desist orders as provided in | ||||||
5 | Section 90 of this Act. | ||||||
6 | (c) The Department shall revoke any license issued under | ||||||
7 | this Act of any person who is convicted of prostitution, rape, | ||||||
8 | sexual misconduct, or any crime that subjects the licensee to | ||||||
9 | compliance with the requirements of the Sex Offender | ||||||
10 | Registration Act and any such conviction shall operate as a | ||||||
11 | permanent bar in the State of Illinois to practice as a massage | ||||||
12 | therapist. | ||||||
13 | (d) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the | ||||||
14 | license of any
person who
fails to file a tax return, to pay | ||||||
15 | the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a
filed
tax return, or | ||||||
16 | to pay any final
assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as | ||||||
17 | required by any tax Act
administered by the Illinois
Department | ||||||
18 | of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of the tax Act | ||||||
19 | are
satisfied in accordance with subsection (g) of Section | ||||||
20 | 2105-15 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
| ||||||
21 | (e) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
22 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
23 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
24 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
25 | agency of this State in accordance with item (5) of subsection | ||||||
26 | (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil Administrative Code of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Illinois. | ||||||
2 | (f) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
3 | Services has previously determined that a licensee or a | ||||||
4 | potential licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the | ||||||
5 | payment of child support and has subsequently certified the | ||||||
6 | delinquency to the Department, the Department may refuse to | ||||||
7 | issue or renew or may revoke or suspend that person's license | ||||||
8 | or may take other disciplinary action against that person based | ||||||
9 | solely upon the certification of delinquency made by the | ||||||
10 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with | ||||||
11 | item (5) of subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil | ||||||
12 | Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
13 | (g) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is
| ||||||
14 | subject
to involuntary admission or judicial admission, as | ||||||
15 | provided in the Mental
Health and
Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
16 | Code, operates as an automatic suspension. The
suspension
will | ||||||
17 | end only upon a finding by a court that the patient is no | ||||||
18 | longer
subject to
involuntary admission or judicial admission | ||||||
19 | and the issuance of a court
order so finding
and discharging | ||||||
20 | the patient.
| ||||||
21 | (h) In enforcing this Act, the Department or Board, upon a | ||||||
22 | showing of a
possible violation, may compel an individual | ||||||
23 | licensed to practice under this
Act, or who
has applied for | ||||||
24 | licensure under this Act, to submit to a mental or physical
| ||||||
25 | examination, or
both, as required by and at the expense of the | ||||||
26 | Department. The Department or
Board may
order the examining |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | physician to present testimony concerning the mental or
| ||||||
2 | physical
examination of the licensee or applicant. No | ||||||
3 | information shall be excluded by
reason of
any common law or | ||||||
4 | statutory privilege relating to communications between the
| ||||||
5 | licensee
or applicant and the examining physician. The | ||||||
6 | examining physicians shall be
specifically
designated by the | ||||||
7 | Board or Department. The individual to be examined may have,
at | ||||||
8 | his
or her own expense, another physician of his or her choice | ||||||
9 | present during all aspects of
this examination. The examination | ||||||
10 | shall be performed by a physician licensed
to practice
medicine | ||||||
11 | in all its branches. Failure of an individual to submit to a | ||||||
12 | mental
or physical
examination, when directed, shall result in | ||||||
13 | an automatic suspension without hearing.
| ||||||
14 | A person holding a license under this Act or who has | ||||||
15 | applied for a license under this Act who, because of a physical | ||||||
16 | or mental illness or disability, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
17 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skill, | ||||||
18 | is unable to practice the profession with reasonable judgment, | ||||||
19 | skill, or safety, may be required by the Department to submit | ||||||
20 | to care, counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or | ||||||
21 | designated by the Department as a condition, term, or | ||||||
22 | restriction for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to | ||||||
23 | practice. Submission to care, counseling, or treatment as | ||||||
24 | required by the Department shall not be considered discipline | ||||||
25 | of a license. If the licensee refuses to enter into a care, | ||||||
26 | counseling, or treatment agreement or fails to abide by the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | terms of the agreement, the Department may file a complaint to | ||||||
2 | revoke, suspend, or otherwise discipline the license of the | ||||||
3 | individual. The Secretary may order the license suspended | ||||||
4 | immediately, pending a hearing by the Department. Fines shall | ||||||
5 | not be assessed in disciplinary actions involving physical or | ||||||
6 | mental illness or impairment.
| ||||||
7 | In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a | ||||||
8 | person's license
under
this Section, a hearing on that person's | ||||||
9 | license must be convened by the
Department
within 15 days after | ||||||
10 | the suspension and completed without appreciable delay.
The
| ||||||
11 | Department and Board shall have the authority to review the | ||||||
12 | subject
individual's record
of treatment and counseling | ||||||
13 | regarding the impairment to the extent permitted by
applicable | ||||||
14 | federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the | ||||||
15 | confidentiality of
medical
records.
| ||||||
16 | An individual licensed under this Act and affected under | ||||||
17 | this Section shall
be
afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | ||||||
18 | the Department or Board that he or
she can
resume practice in | ||||||
19 | compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under
the
| ||||||
20 | provisions of his or her license.
| ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 97-514, eff. 8-23-11; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
| ||||||
22 | Section 40. The Naprapathic Practice Act is amended by | ||||||
23 | changing Section 110 as follows:
| ||||||
24 | (225 ILCS 63/110)
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
| ||||||
2 | Sec. 110. Grounds for disciplinary action; refusal, | ||||||
3 | revocation,
suspension. | ||||||
4 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or to renew, or may | ||||||
5 | revoke, suspend,
place on probation, reprimand or take other | ||||||
6 | disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as
the
Department may | ||||||
7 | deem appropriate, including imposing fines not to exceed | ||||||
8 | $10,000 for each
violation, with regard to any licensee or | ||||||
9 | license for any one or
combination of
the
following causes:
| ||||||
10 | (1) Violations of this Act or of rules adopted under | ||||||
11 | this Act.
| ||||||
12 | (2) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
13 | the Department.
| ||||||
14 | (3) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | ||||||
15 | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment, or by | ||||||
16 | sentencing of any crime, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
17 | convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, | ||||||
18 | conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under | ||||||
19 | the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States: (i) that | ||||||
20 | is a felony or (ii) that is a misdemeanor, an essential | ||||||
21 | element of which is dishonesty, or that is directly related | ||||||
22 | to the practice of the profession.
| ||||||
23 | (4) Fraud or any misrepresentation in applying for or | ||||||
24 | procuring a license under this Act or in connection with | ||||||
25 | applying for renewal of a license under this Act.
| ||||||
26 | (5) Professional incompetence or gross negligence.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (6) Malpractice.
| ||||||
2 | (7) Aiding or assisting another person in violating any
| ||||||
3 | provision of
this Act or its rules.
| ||||||
4 | (8) Failing to provide information within 60 days in | ||||||
5 | response
to a
written request made by the Department.
| ||||||
6 | (9) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
7 | unprofessional
conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
8 | defraud, or harm the public.
| ||||||
9 | (10) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs | ||||||
10 | defined in law as controlled substances, alcohol, or any | ||||||
11 | other substance which results in the
inability to practice | ||||||
12 | with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
| ||||||
13 | (11) Discipline by another U.S. jurisdiction or | ||||||
14 | foreign
nation if at
least one of the grounds for the | ||||||
15 | discipline is the same or substantially
equivalent to those | ||||||
16 | set forth in this Act.
| ||||||
17 | (12) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | ||||||
18 | any
person, firm,
corporation, partnership, or association | ||||||
19 | any fee, commission, rebate, or
other form of compensation | ||||||
20 | for any professional services not actually or
personally | ||||||
21 | rendered. This shall not be deemed to include rent or other
| ||||||
22 | remunerations paid to an individual, partnership, or | ||||||
23 | corporation by a
naprapath for the lease, rental, or use of | ||||||
24 | space, owned or controlled by
the individual, partnership, | ||||||
25 | corporation, or association. Nothing in this paragraph | ||||||
26 | (12) affects any bona fide independent contractor or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | employment arrangements among health care professionals, | ||||||
2 | health facilities, health care providers, or other | ||||||
3 | entities, except as otherwise prohibited by law. Any | ||||||
4 | employment arrangements may include provisions for | ||||||
5 | compensation, health insurance, pension, or other | ||||||
6 | employment benefits for the provision of services within | ||||||
7 | the scope of the licensee's practice under this Act. | ||||||
8 | Nothing in this paragraph (12) shall be construed to | ||||||
9 | require an employment arrangement to receive professional | ||||||
10 | fees for services rendered.
| ||||||
11 | (13) Using the title "Doctor" or its abbreviation | ||||||
12 | without further
clarifying that title or abbreviation with | ||||||
13 | the word "naprapath" or "naprapathy"
or the designation | ||||||
14 | "D.N.".
| ||||||
15 | (14) A finding by the Department that the licensee, | ||||||
16 | after
having his
or her license placed on probationary | ||||||
17 | status, has violated the terms of
probation.
| ||||||
18 | (15) Abandonment of a patient without cause.
| ||||||
19 | (16) Willfully making or filing false records or | ||||||
20 | reports
relating to a licensee's
practice, including but | ||||||
21 | not limited to, false records filed with State
agencies or | ||||||
22 | departments.
| ||||||
23 | (17) Willfully failing to report an instance of | ||||||
24 | suspected
child abuse or
neglect as required by the Abused | ||||||
25 | and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
| ||||||
26 | (18) Physical or mental illness or disability, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | including, but not limited to,
deterioration
through the | ||||||
2 | aging process or loss of motor skill that results in the
| ||||||
3 | inability to practice the profession with reasonable | ||||||
4 | judgment, skill,
or safety.
| ||||||
5 | (19) Solicitation of professional services by means | ||||||
6 | other
than
permitted advertising.
| ||||||
7 | (20) Failure to provide a patient with a copy of his or | ||||||
8 | her
record
upon the written request of the patient.
| ||||||
9 | (21) Cheating on or attempting to subvert the licensing | ||||||
10 | examination administered under this Act.
| ||||||
11 | (22) Allowing one's license under this Act to be used | ||||||
12 | by an unlicensed person in violation of this Act.
| ||||||
13 | (23) (Blank).
| ||||||
14 | (24) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated | ||||||
15 | report by
the
Department of Children and Family Services | ||||||
16 | under the Abused and Neglected
Child Reporting Act and upon | ||||||
17 | proof by clear and convincing evidence that the
licensee | ||||||
18 | has caused a child to be an abused child or a neglected | ||||||
19 | child as
defined in the Abused and Neglected Child | ||||||
20 | Reporting Act.
| ||||||
21 | (25) Practicing under a false or, except as provided by | ||||||
22 | law, an assumed name.
| ||||||
23 | (26) Immoral conduct in the commission of any act, such | ||||||
24 | as
sexual abuse,
sexual misconduct, or sexual | ||||||
25 | exploitation, related to the licensee's practice.
| ||||||
26 | (27) Maintaining a professional relationship with any |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | person,
firm, or
corporation when the naprapath knows, or | ||||||
2 | should know, that the person,
firm, or corporation is | ||||||
3 | violating this Act.
| ||||||
4 | (28) Promotion of the sale of food supplements, | ||||||
5 | devices,
appliances, or
goods provided for a client or | ||||||
6 | patient in such manner as to exploit the
patient or client | ||||||
7 | for financial gain of the licensee.
| ||||||
8 | (29) Having treated ailments of human beings other than | ||||||
9 | by
the
practice of naprapathy as defined in this Act, or | ||||||
10 | having treated ailments
of human beings as a licensed | ||||||
11 | naprapath independent of a documented
referral or | ||||||
12 | documented current and relevant diagnosis from a | ||||||
13 | physician,
dentist, or podiatric physician, or having | ||||||
14 | failed to notify the physician, dentist,
or podiatric | ||||||
15 | physician who established a documented current and | ||||||
16 | relevant
diagnosis that the patient is receiving | ||||||
17 | naprapathic treatment pursuant to
that diagnosis.
| ||||||
18 | (30) Use by a registered naprapath of the word | ||||||
19 | "infirmary",
"hospital",
"school", "university", in | ||||||
20 | English or any other language, in connection
with the place | ||||||
21 | where naprapathy may be practiced or demonstrated.
| ||||||
22 | (31) Continuance of a naprapath in the employ of any | ||||||
23 | person,
firm, or
corporation, or as an assistant to any | ||||||
24 | naprapath or naprapaths, directly or
indirectly, after his | ||||||
25 | or her employer or superior has been found guilty of
| ||||||
26 | violating or has been enjoined from violating the laws of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the State of
Illinois relating to the practice of | ||||||
2 | naprapathy when the employer or
superior persists in that | ||||||
3 | violation.
| ||||||
4 | (32) The performance of naprapathic service in | ||||||
5 | conjunction
with a scheme
or plan with another person, | ||||||
6 | firm, or corporation known to be advertising in
a manner | ||||||
7 | contrary to this Act or otherwise violating the laws of the | ||||||
8 | State
of Illinois concerning the practice of naprapathy.
| ||||||
9 | (33) Failure to provide satisfactory proof of having
| ||||||
10 | participated in
approved continuing education programs as | ||||||
11 | determined by and
approved by the Secretary. Exceptions for | ||||||
12 | extreme hardships are to be
defined by the rules of the | ||||||
13 | Department.
| ||||||
14 | (34) (Blank).
| ||||||
15 | (35) Gross or willful overcharging for
professional | ||||||
16 | services.
| ||||||
17 | (36) (Blank).
| ||||||
18 | All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid within | ||||||
19 | 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the | ||||||
20 | fine. | ||||||
21 | (b) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend | ||||||
22 | without hearing, as provided for in the Department of | ||||||
23 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code, | ||||||
24 | the license of any person who fails to file a return, or pay | ||||||
25 | the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or pay | ||||||
26 | any final assessment of the tax, penalty, or interest as |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department | ||||||
2 | of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of any such tax | ||||||
3 | Act are satisfied in accordance with subsection (g) of Section | ||||||
4 | 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the | ||||||
5 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
6 | (c) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
7 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
8 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
9 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
10 | agency of this State in accordance with item (5) of subsection | ||||||
11 | (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional | ||||||
12 | Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
13 | (d) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
14 | Services has previously determined a licensee or a potential | ||||||
15 | licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of | ||||||
16 | child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency to | ||||||
17 | the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew or | ||||||
18 | may revoke or suspend that person's license or may take other | ||||||
19 | disciplinary action against that person based solely upon the | ||||||
20 | certification of delinquency made by the Department of | ||||||
21 | Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with item (5) of | ||||||
22 | subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of | ||||||
23 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
24 | Illinois. | ||||||
25 | (e) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is | ||||||
26 | subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission, as |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
2 | Code, operates as an automatic suspension. The suspension shall | ||||||
3 | end only upon a finding by a court that the patient is no | ||||||
4 | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission | ||||||
5 | and the issuance of an order so finding and discharging the | ||||||
6 | patient. | ||||||
7 | (f) In enforcing this Act, the Department, upon a showing | ||||||
8 | of a possible violation, may compel an individual licensed to | ||||||
9 | practice under this Act, or who has applied for licensure under | ||||||
10 | this Act, to submit to a mental or physical examination and | ||||||
11 | evaluation, or both, which may include a substance abuse or | ||||||
12 | sexual offender evaluation, as required by and at the expense | ||||||
13 | of the Department. The Department shall specifically designate | ||||||
14 | the examining physician licensed to practice medicine in all of | ||||||
15 | its branches or, if applicable, the multidisciplinary team | ||||||
16 | involved in providing the mental or physical examination and | ||||||
17 | evaluation, or both. The multidisciplinary team shall be led by | ||||||
18 | a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its | ||||||
19 | branches and may consist of one or more or a combination of | ||||||
20 | physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of its | ||||||
21 | branches, licensed chiropractic physicians, licensed clinical | ||||||
22 | psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed | ||||||
23 | clinical professional counselors, and other professional and | ||||||
24 | administrative staff. Any examining physician or member of the | ||||||
25 | multidisciplinary team may require any person ordered to submit | ||||||
26 | to an examination and evaluation pursuant to this Section to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | submit to any additional supplemental testing deemed necessary | ||||||
2 | to complete any examination or evaluation process, including, | ||||||
3 | but not limited to, blood testing, urinalysis, psychological | ||||||
4 | testing, or neuropsychological testing. | ||||||
5 | The Department may order the examining physician or any | ||||||
6 | member of the multidisciplinary team to provide to the | ||||||
7 | Department any and all records including business records that | ||||||
8 | relate to the examination and evaluation, including any | ||||||
9 | supplemental testing performed. The Department may order the | ||||||
10 | examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team | ||||||
11 | to present testimony concerning the examination and evaluation | ||||||
12 | of the licensee or applicant, including testimony concerning | ||||||
13 | any supplemental testing or documents in any way related to the | ||||||
14 | examination and evaluation. No information, report, record, or | ||||||
15 | other documents in any way related to the examination and | ||||||
16 | evaluation shall be excluded by reason of any common law or | ||||||
17 | statutory privilege relating to communications between the | ||||||
18 | licensee or applicant and the examining physician or any member | ||||||
19 | of the multidisciplinary team. No authorization is necessary | ||||||
20 | from the licensee or applicant ordered to undergo an evaluation | ||||||
21 | and examination for the examining physician or any member of | ||||||
22 | the multidisciplinary team to provide information, reports, | ||||||
23 | records, or other documents or to provide any testimony | ||||||
24 | regarding the examination and evaluation. The individual to be | ||||||
25 | examined may have, at his or her own expense, another physician | ||||||
26 | of his or her choice present during all aspects of this |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | examination. Failure of an individual to submit to a mental or | ||||||
2 | physical examination and evaluation, or both, when directed, | ||||||
3 | shall result in an automatic suspension without hearing, until | ||||||
4 | such time as the individual submits to the examination. | ||||||
5 | A person holding a license under this Act or who has | ||||||
6 | applied for a license under this Act who, because of a physical | ||||||
7 | or mental illness or disability, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
8 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skill, | ||||||
9 | is unable to practice the profession with reasonable judgment, | ||||||
10 | skill, or safety, may be required by the Department to submit | ||||||
11 | to care, counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or | ||||||
12 | designated by the Department as a condition, term, or | ||||||
13 | restriction for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to | ||||||
14 | practice. Submission to care, counseling, or treatment as | ||||||
15 | required by the Department shall not be considered discipline | ||||||
16 | of a license. If the licensee refuses to enter into a care, | ||||||
17 | counseling, or treatment agreement or fails to abide by the | ||||||
18 | terms of the agreement, the Department may file a complaint to | ||||||
19 | revoke, suspend, or otherwise discipline the license of the | ||||||
20 | individual. The Secretary may order the license suspended | ||||||
21 | immediately, pending a hearing by the Department. Fines shall | ||||||
22 | not be assessed in disciplinary actions involving physical or | ||||||
23 | mental illness or impairment. | ||||||
24 | In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a | ||||||
25 | person's license under this Section, a hearing on that person's | ||||||
26 | license must be convened by the Department within 15 days after |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The | ||||||
2 | Department shall have the authority to review the subject | ||||||
3 | individual's record of treatment and counseling regarding the | ||||||
4 | impairment to the extent permitted by applicable federal | ||||||
5 | statutes and regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of | ||||||
6 | medical records. | ||||||
7 | An individual licensed under this Act and affected under | ||||||
8 | this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | ||||||
9 | the Department that he or she can resume practice in compliance | ||||||
10 | with acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions | ||||||
11 | of his or her license.
| ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 97-778, eff. 7-13-12; 98-214, eff. 8-9-13; | ||||||
13 | 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
| ||||||
14 | Section 45. The Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act | ||||||
15 | is amended by changing Section 19 as follows:
| ||||||
16 | (225 ILCS 75/19) (from Ch. 111, par. 3719)
| ||||||
17 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
| ||||||
18 | Sec. 19. Grounds for discipline. | ||||||
19 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may | ||||||
20 | revoke,
suspend, place on probation, reprimand or take other | ||||||
21 | disciplinary or non-disciplinary
action as the Department may | ||||||
22 | deem proper, including imposing fines not to exceed
$10,000 for | ||||||
23 | each violation and the assessment of costs as provided under | ||||||
24 | Section 19.3 of this Act, with regard to any license for
any |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | one or combination of the following:
| ||||||
2 | (1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
3 | the Department;
| ||||||
4 | (2) Violations of this Act, or of the rules promulgated | ||||||
5 | thereunder;
| ||||||
6 | (3) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | ||||||
7 | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or | ||||||
8 | sentencing of any crime, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
9 | convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, | ||||||
10 | conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under | ||||||
11 | the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States that is | ||||||
12 | (i) a felony or (ii) a misdemeanor, an essential element of | ||||||
13 | which is dishonesty, or that is directly related to the | ||||||
14 | practice of the profession;
| ||||||
15 | (4) Fraud or any misrepresentation in applying for or | ||||||
16 | procuring a license under this Act, or in connection with | ||||||
17 | applying for renewal of a license under this Act;
| ||||||
18 | (5) Professional incompetence;
| ||||||
19 | (6) Aiding or assisting another person, firm, | ||||||
20 | partnership or
corporation in violating any provision of | ||||||
21 | this Act or rules;
| ||||||
22 | (7) Failing, within 60 days, to provide information in | ||||||
23 | response to a
written request made by the Department;
| ||||||
24 | (8) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical or | ||||||
25 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
26 | defraud or harm the public;
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (9) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs defined | ||||||
2 | in law as controlled substances, alcohol, or any other | ||||||
3 | substance that results in the inability to practice with | ||||||
4 | reasonable judgment, skill, or safety;
| ||||||
5 | (10) Discipline by another state, unit of government, | ||||||
6 | government agency, the District of Columbia, a territory,
| ||||||
7 | or foreign nation, if at least one of the grounds for the | ||||||
8 | discipline is
the same or substantially equivalent to those | ||||||
9 | set forth herein;
| ||||||
10 | (11) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | ||||||
11 | any person, firm,
corporation, partnership, or association | ||||||
12 | any fee, commission, rebate or other
form of compensation | ||||||
13 | for professional services not actually or personally
| ||||||
14 | rendered. Nothing in this paragraph (11) affects any bona | ||||||
15 | fide independent contractor or employment arrangements | ||||||
16 | among health care professionals, health facilities, health | ||||||
17 | care providers, or other entities, except as otherwise | ||||||
18 | prohibited by law. Any employment arrangements may include | ||||||
19 | provisions for compensation, health insurance, pension, or | ||||||
20 | other employment benefits for the provision of services | ||||||
21 | within the scope of the licensee's practice under this Act. | ||||||
22 | Nothing in this paragraph (11) shall be construed to | ||||||
23 | require an employment arrangement to receive professional | ||||||
24 | fees for services rendered;
| ||||||
25 | (12) A finding by the Department that the license | ||||||
26 | holder, after having his
license disciplined, has violated |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the terms of the discipline;
| ||||||
2 | (13) Wilfully making or filing false records or reports | ||||||
3 | in the practice
of occupational therapy, including but not | ||||||
4 | limited to false records filed
with the State agencies or | ||||||
5 | departments;
| ||||||
6 | (14) Physical illness, including but not limited to, | ||||||
7 | deterioration through
the aging process, or loss of motor | ||||||
8 | skill which results in the inability
to practice under this | ||||||
9 | Act with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety;
| ||||||
10 | (15) Solicitation of professional services other than | ||||||
11 | by permitted
advertising;
| ||||||
12 | (16) Allowing one's license under this Act to be used | ||||||
13 | by an unlicensed person in violation of this Act;
| ||||||
14 | (17) Practicing under a false or, except as provided by | ||||||
15 | law, assumed name;
| ||||||
16 | (18) Professional incompetence or gross negligence;
| ||||||
17 | (19) Malpractice;
| ||||||
18 | (20) Promotion of the sale of drugs, devices, | ||||||
19 | appliances, or goods provided for a patient in any manner | ||||||
20 | to exploit the client for financial gain of the licensee;
| ||||||
21 | (21) Gross, willful, or continued overcharging for | ||||||
22 | professional services;
| ||||||
23 | (22) Mental illness or disability that results in the | ||||||
24 | inability to practice under this Act with reasonable | ||||||
25 | judgment, skill, or safety;
| ||||||
26 | (23) Violating the Health Care Worker Self-Referral |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Act;
| ||||||
2 | (24) Having treated patients other than by the practice | ||||||
3 | of occupational
therapy as defined in this Act, or having | ||||||
4 | treated patients as a licensed
occupational therapist | ||||||
5 | independent of a referral from a physician, advanced | ||||||
6 | practice registered nurse or physician assistant in | ||||||
7 | accordance with Section 3.1, dentist,
podiatric physician, | ||||||
8 | or optometrist, or having failed to notify the physician,
| ||||||
9 | advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant,
| ||||||
10 | dentist, podiatric physician, or optometrist who | ||||||
11 | established a diagnosis that the
patient is
receiving | ||||||
12 | occupational therapy pursuant to that diagnosis;
| ||||||
13 | (25) Cheating on or attempting to subvert the licensing | ||||||
14 | examination administered under this Act; and | ||||||
15 | (26) Charging for professional services not rendered, | ||||||
16 | including filing false statements for the collection of | ||||||
17 | fees for which services are not rendered. | ||||||
18 | All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid within | ||||||
19 | 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the fine | ||||||
20 | or in accordance with the terms set forth in the order imposing | ||||||
21 | the fine. | ||||||
22 | (b) The determination by a circuit court that a license | ||||||
23 | holder is subject
to involuntary admission or judicial | ||||||
24 | admission as provided in the Mental
Health and Developmental | ||||||
25 | Disabilities Code, as now or hereafter amended,
operates as an | ||||||
26 | automatic suspension. Such suspension will end only upon
a |
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1 | finding by a court that the patient is no longer subject to | ||||||
2 | involuntary
admission or judicial admission and an order by the | ||||||
3 | court so finding and
discharging the patient. In any case where | ||||||
4 | a license is suspended under this provision, the licensee shall | ||||||
5 | file a petition for restoration and shall include evidence | ||||||
6 | acceptable to the Department that the licensee can resume | ||||||
7 | practice in compliance with acceptable and prevailing | ||||||
8 | standards of their profession.
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9 | (c) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend | ||||||
10 | without hearing, as provided for in the Code of Civil | ||||||
11 | Procedure,
the license of any person who fails to file a | ||||||
12 | return, to pay the tax, penalty,
or interest
shown in a filed | ||||||
13 | return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or
| ||||||
14 | interest as
required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Department of Revenue, until such
time as
the | ||||||
16 | requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied in accordance | ||||||
17 | with subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of | ||||||
18 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
19 | Illinois.
| ||||||
20 | (d) In enforcing this Section, the Department, upon a | ||||||
21 | showing of a possible violation, may compel any individual who | ||||||
22 | is licensed under this Act or any individual who has applied | ||||||
23 | for licensure to submit to a mental or physical examination or | ||||||
24 | evaluation, or both, which may include a substance abuse or | ||||||
25 | sexual offender evaluation, at the expense of the Department. | ||||||
26 | The Department shall specifically designate the examining |
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1 | physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches | ||||||
2 | or, if applicable, the multidisciplinary team involved in | ||||||
3 | providing the mental or physical examination and evaluation. | ||||||
4 | The multidisciplinary team shall be led by a physician licensed | ||||||
5 | to practice medicine in all of its branches and may consist of | ||||||
6 | one or more or a combination of physicians licensed to practice | ||||||
7 | medicine in all of its branches, licensed chiropractic | ||||||
8 | physicians, licensed clinical psychologists, licensed clinical | ||||||
9 | social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and | ||||||
10 | other professional and administrative staff. Any examining | ||||||
11 | physician or member of the multidisciplinary team may require | ||||||
12 | any person ordered to submit to an examination and evaluation | ||||||
13 | pursuant to this Section to submit to any additional | ||||||
14 | supplemental testing deemed necessary to complete any | ||||||
15 | examination or evaluation process, including, but not limited | ||||||
16 | to, blood testing, urinalysis, psychological testing, or | ||||||
17 | neuropsychological testing. | ||||||
18 | The Department may order the examining physician or any | ||||||
19 | member of the multidisciplinary team to provide to the | ||||||
20 | Department any and all records, including business records, | ||||||
21 | that relate to the examination and evaluation, including any | ||||||
22 | supplemental testing performed. The Department may order the | ||||||
23 | examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team | ||||||
24 | to present testimony concerning this examination and | ||||||
25 | evaluation of the licensee or applicant, including testimony | ||||||
26 | concerning any supplemental testing or documents relating to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the examination and evaluation. No information, report, | ||||||
2 | record, or other documents in any way related to the | ||||||
3 | examination and evaluation shall be excluded by reason of any | ||||||
4 | common law or statutory privilege relating to communication | ||||||
5 | between the licensee or applicant and the examining physician | ||||||
6 | or any member of the multidisciplinary team. No authorization | ||||||
7 | is necessary from the licensee or applicant ordered to undergo | ||||||
8 | an evaluation and examination for the examining physician or | ||||||
9 | any member of the multidisciplinary team to provide | ||||||
10 | information, reports, records, or other documents or to provide | ||||||
11 | any testimony regarding the examination and evaluation. The | ||||||
12 | individual to be examined may have, at his or her own expense, | ||||||
13 | another physician of his or her choice present during all | ||||||
14 | aspects of the examination. | ||||||
15 | Failure of any individual to submit to mental or physical | ||||||
16 | examination or evaluation, or both, when directed, shall result | ||||||
17 | in an automatic suspension without hearing, until such time as | ||||||
18 | the individual submits to the examination. If the Department | ||||||
19 | finds a licensee unable to practice because of the reasons set | ||||||
20 | forth in this Section, the Department shall require the | ||||||
21 | licensee to submit to care, counseling, or treatment by | ||||||
22 | physicians approved or designated by the Department as a | ||||||
23 | condition for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure. | ||||||
24 | When the Secretary immediately suspends a license under | ||||||
25 | this Section, a hearing upon such person's license must be | ||||||
26 | convened by the Department within 15 days after the suspension |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | and completed without appreciable delay. The Department shall | ||||||
2 | have the authority to review the licensee's record of treatment | ||||||
3 | and counseling regarding the impairment to the extent permitted | ||||||
4 | by applicable federal statutes and regulations safeguarding | ||||||
5 | the confidentiality of medical records. | ||||||
6 | Individuals licensed under this Act that are affected under | ||||||
7 | this Section, shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate | ||||||
8 | to the Department that they can resume practice in compliance | ||||||
9 | with acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions | ||||||
10 | of their license.
| ||||||
11 | (e) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
12 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
13 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
14 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
15 | agency of this State in accordance with paragraph (5) of | ||||||
16 | subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of | ||||||
17 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
18 | Illinois. | ||||||
19 | (f) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
20 | Services has previously determined a licensee or a potential | ||||||
21 | licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of | ||||||
22 | child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency to | ||||||
23 | the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew or | ||||||
24 | may revoke or suspend that person's license or may take other | ||||||
25 | disciplinary action against that person based solely upon the | ||||||
26 | certification of delinquency made by the Department of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with paragraph (5) | ||||||
2 | of subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of | ||||||
3 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
4 | Illinois. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18 .)
| ||||||
6 | Section 50. The Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics | ||||||
7 | Practice Act is amended by changing Section 90 as follows:
| ||||||
8 | (225 ILCS 84/90)
| ||||||
9 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
| ||||||
10 | Sec. 90. Grounds for discipline.
| ||||||
11 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew a license, | ||||||
12 | or may revoke or
suspend a license, or may suspend, place on | ||||||
13 | probation, or reprimand a
licensee
or take other disciplinary | ||||||
14 | or non-disciplinary action as the Department may deem proper, | ||||||
15 | including, but not limited to, the imposition of fines not to | ||||||
16 | exceed $10,000 for each violation for one or any combination of | ||||||
17 | the following:
| ||||||
18 | (1) Making a material misstatement in furnishing | ||||||
19 | information to the
Department or the Board.
| ||||||
20 | (2) Violations of or negligent or intentional | ||||||
21 | disregard of this Act or
its rules.
| ||||||
22 | (3) Conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo | ||||||
23 | contendere to any crime that is a felony under the laws of | ||||||
24 | the United States or any state or territory thereof or that |
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1 | is a misdemeanor of which an essential element is | ||||||
2 | dishonesty, or any crime that is directly related to the | ||||||
3 | practice of the profession.
| ||||||
4 | (4) Making a misrepresentation for the purpose of | ||||||
5 | obtaining a
license.
| ||||||
6 | (5) A pattern of practice or other behavior that | ||||||
7 | demonstrates incapacity
or incompetence to practice under | ||||||
8 | this Act.
| ||||||
9 | (6) Gross negligence under this Act.
| ||||||
10 | (7) Aiding or assisting another person in violating a | ||||||
11 | provision of
this Act or its rules.
| ||||||
12 | (8) Failing to provide information within 60 days in | ||||||
13 | response to a
written request made by the Department.
| ||||||
14 | (9) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
15 | unprofessional conduct
or conduct of a character likely to | ||||||
16 | deceive, defraud, or harm the public.
| ||||||
17 | (10) Inability to practice with reasonable judgment, | ||||||
18 | skill, or safety as a result of habitual or excessive use | ||||||
19 | or addiction to alcohol, narcotics, stimulants, or any | ||||||
20 | other chemical agent or drug.
| ||||||
21 | (11) Discipline by another state or territory of the | ||||||
22 | United States, the
federal government, or foreign nation, | ||||||
23 | if at least one of the grounds for the
discipline is the | ||||||
24 | same or substantially equivalent to one set forth in this
| ||||||
25 | Section.
| ||||||
26 | (12) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | a person,
firm, corporation, partnership, or association a | ||||||
2 | fee, commission, rebate, or
other form of compensation for | ||||||
3 | professional services not actually or
personally rendered. | ||||||
4 | Nothing in this paragraph (12) affects any bona fide | ||||||
5 | independent contractor or employment arrangements among | ||||||
6 | health care professionals, health facilities, health care | ||||||
7 | providers, or other entities, except as otherwise | ||||||
8 | prohibited by law. Any employment arrangements may include | ||||||
9 | provisions for compensation, health insurance, pension, or | ||||||
10 | other employment benefits for the provision of services | ||||||
11 | within the scope of the licensee's practice under this Act. | ||||||
12 | Nothing in this paragraph (12) shall be construed to | ||||||
13 | require an employment arrangement to receive professional | ||||||
14 | fees for services rendered.
| ||||||
15 | (13) A finding by the Board that the licensee or | ||||||
16 | registrant, after
having his or her license placed on | ||||||
17 | probationary status, has violated the terms
of probation.
| ||||||
18 | (14) Abandonment of a patient or client.
| ||||||
19 | (15) Willfully making or filing false records or | ||||||
20 | reports in his or her
practice including, but not limited | ||||||
21 | to, false records filed with State agencies
or departments.
| ||||||
22 | (16) Willfully failing to report an instance of | ||||||
23 | suspected child abuse
or neglect as required by the Abused | ||||||
24 | and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
| ||||||
25 | (17) Inability to practice the profession with | ||||||
26 | reasonable judgment, skill, or safety as a result of a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | physical illness, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
2 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor | ||||||
3 | skill, or a mental illness or disability.
| ||||||
4 | (18) Solicitation of professional services using false | ||||||
5 | or misleading
advertising.
| ||||||
6 | (b) In enforcing this Section, the Department or Board upon | ||||||
7 | a showing of a possible violation, may compel a licensee or | ||||||
8 | applicant to submit to a mental or physical examination, or | ||||||
9 | both, as required by and at the expense of the Department. The | ||||||
10 | Department or Board may order the examining physician to | ||||||
11 | present testimony concerning the mental or physical | ||||||
12 | examination of the licensee or applicant. No information shall | ||||||
13 | be excluded by reason of any common law or statutory privilege | ||||||
14 | relating to communications between the licensee or applicant | ||||||
15 | and the examining physician. The examining physicians shall be | ||||||
16 | specifically designated by the Board or Department. The | ||||||
17 | individual to be examined may have, at his or her own expense, | ||||||
18 | another physician of his or her choice present during all | ||||||
19 | aspects of this examination. Failure of an individual to submit | ||||||
20 | to a mental or physical examination, when directed, shall be | ||||||
21 | grounds for the immediate suspension of his or her license | ||||||
22 | until the individual submits to the examination if the | ||||||
23 | Department finds that the refusal to submit to the examination | ||||||
24 | was without reasonable cause as defined by rule. | ||||||
25 | In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a | ||||||
26 | person's license for his or her failure to submit to a mental |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | or physical examination, when directed, a hearing on that | ||||||
2 | person's license must be convened by the Department within 15 | ||||||
3 | days after the suspension and completed without appreciable | ||||||
4 | delay. | ||||||
5 | In instances in which the Secretary otherwise suspends a | ||||||
6 | person's license pursuant to the results of a compelled mental | ||||||
7 | or physical examination, a hearing on that person's license | ||||||
8 | must be convened by the Department within 15 days after the | ||||||
9 | suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The | ||||||
10 | Department and Board shall have the authority to review the | ||||||
11 | subject individual's record of treatment and counseling | ||||||
12 | regarding the impairment to the extent permitted by applicable | ||||||
13 | federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the | ||||||
14 | confidentiality of medical records. | ||||||
15 | An individual licensed under this Act and affected under | ||||||
16 | this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | ||||||
17 | the Department or Board that he or she can resume practice in | ||||||
18 | compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under the | ||||||
19 | provisions of his or her license.
| ||||||
20 | (c) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
21 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
22 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
23 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
24 | agency of this State in accordance with subsection (a)(5) of | ||||||
25 | Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation | ||||||
26 | Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | 2105/2105-15).
| ||||||
2 | (d) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
3 | Services (formerly Department of Public Aid) has previously | ||||||
4 | determined that a licensee or a potential licensee is more than | ||||||
5 | 30 days delinquent in the payment of child support and has | ||||||
6 | subsequently certified the delinquency to the Department, the | ||||||
7 | Department may refuse to issue or renew or may revoke or | ||||||
8 | suspend that person's license or may take other disciplinary | ||||||
9 | action against that person based solely upon the certification | ||||||
10 | of delinquency made by the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
11 | Services in accordance with subsection (a)(5) of Section | ||||||
12 | 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the | ||||||
13 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS 2105/2105-15). | ||||||
14 | (e) The Department may refuse to issue or renew a license, | ||||||
15 | or may revoke or suspend a license, for failure to file a | ||||||
16 | return, to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed | ||||||
17 | return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or | ||||||
18 | interest as required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
19 | Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of | ||||||
20 | the tax Act are satisfied in accordance with subsection (g) of | ||||||
21 | Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation | ||||||
22 | Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS | ||||||
23 | 2105/2105-15). | ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
| ||||||
25 | Section 55. The Professional Counselor and Clinical |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Professional Counselor
Licensing and Practice Act is amended by | ||||||
2 | changing Section 80 as follows:
| ||||||
3 | (225 ILCS 107/80)
| ||||||
4 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
| ||||||
5 | Sec. 80. Grounds for discipline. | ||||||
6 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue, renew, or may | ||||||
7 | revoke, suspend, place
on probation, reprimand, or take other | ||||||
8 | disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the Department
| ||||||
9 | deems appropriate, including the issuance of fines not to | ||||||
10 | exceed $10,000 for each
violation, with regard to any license | ||||||
11 | for any one or more of the following:
| ||||||
12 | (1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
13 | the
Department or to any other State agency.
| ||||||
14 | (2) Violations or negligent or intentional disregard | ||||||
15 | of this Act or rules adopted under this Act.
| ||||||
16 | (3) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | ||||||
17 | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or by | ||||||
18 | sentencing of any crime, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
19 | convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, | ||||||
20 | conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under | ||||||
21 | the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States: (i) that | ||||||
22 | is a felony or (ii) that is a misdemeanor, an essential | ||||||
23 | element of which is dishonesty, or that is directly related | ||||||
24 | to the practice of the profession.
| ||||||
25 | (4) Fraud or any misrepresentation in applying for or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | procuring a license under this Act or in connection with | ||||||
2 | applying for renewal of a license under this Act.
| ||||||
3 | (5) Professional incompetence or gross negligence in | ||||||
4 | the rendering of
professional counseling or clinical | ||||||
5 | professional counseling services.
| ||||||
6 | (6) Malpractice.
| ||||||
7 | (7) Aiding or assisting another person in violating any | ||||||
8 | provision of
this Act or any rules.
| ||||||
9 | (8) Failing to provide information within 60 days in | ||||||
10 | response to a
written request made by the Department.
| ||||||
11 | (9) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
12 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
13 | defraud, or harm the public and violating the
rules of | ||||||
14 | professional conduct adopted by the Department.
| ||||||
15 | (10) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs as | ||||||
16 | defined in law as controlled substances, alcohol, or any | ||||||
17 | other substance which results in inability
to practice with | ||||||
18 | reasonable skill, judgment, or safety.
| ||||||
19 | (11) Discipline by another jurisdiction, the District | ||||||
20 | of Columbia, territory, county, or governmental agency, if | ||||||
21 | at least one of the grounds
for the discipline is the same | ||||||
22 | or substantially equivalent to those set
forth in this | ||||||
23 | Section.
| ||||||
24 | (12) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | ||||||
25 | any person, firm,
corporation, partnership, or association | ||||||
26 | any fee, commission, rebate or
other form of compensation |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | for any professional service not actually rendered. | ||||||
2 | Nothing in this paragraph (12) affects any bona fide | ||||||
3 | independent contractor or employment arrangements among | ||||||
4 | health care professionals, health facilities, health care | ||||||
5 | providers, or other entities, except as otherwise | ||||||
6 | prohibited by law. Any employment arrangements may include | ||||||
7 | provisions for compensation, health insurance, pension, or | ||||||
8 | other employment benefits for the provision of services | ||||||
9 | within the scope of the licensee's practice under this Act. | ||||||
10 | Nothing in this paragraph (12) shall be construed to | ||||||
11 | require an employment arrangement to receive professional | ||||||
12 | fees for services rendered.
| ||||||
13 | (13) A finding by the Board that the licensee, after | ||||||
14 | having the license
placed on probationary status, has | ||||||
15 | violated the terms of probation.
| ||||||
16 | (14) Abandonment of a client.
| ||||||
17 | (15) Willfully filing false reports relating to a | ||||||
18 | licensee's practice,
including but not limited to false | ||||||
19 | records filed with federal or State
agencies or | ||||||
20 | departments.
| ||||||
21 | (16) Willfully failing to report an instance of | ||||||
22 | suspected child abuse or
neglect as required by the Abused | ||||||
23 | and Neglected Child Reporting Act and in matters pertaining | ||||||
24 | to suspected abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or | ||||||
25 | self-neglect of adults with disabilities and older adults | ||||||
26 | as set forth in the Adult Protective Services Act.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (17) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated | ||||||
2 | report by the
Department of Children and Family Services | ||||||
3 | pursuant to the Abused and
Neglected Child Reporting Act, | ||||||
4 | and upon proof by clear and convincing
evidence that the | ||||||
5 | licensee has caused a child to be an abused child or
| ||||||
6 | neglected child as defined in the Abused and Neglected | ||||||
7 | Child Reporting Act.
| ||||||
8 | (18) Physical or mental illness or disability, | ||||||
9 | including, but not limited to, deterioration through the
| ||||||
10 | aging process or loss of abilities and skills which results | ||||||
11 | in the inability to
practice the profession with reasonable | ||||||
12 | judgment, skill, or safety.
| ||||||
13 | (19) Solicitation of professional services by using | ||||||
14 | false or misleading
advertising.
| ||||||
15 | (20) Allowing one's license under this Act to be used | ||||||
16 | by an unlicensed person in violation of this Act.
| ||||||
17 | (21) A finding that licensure has been applied for or | ||||||
18 | obtained
by fraudulent means.
| ||||||
19 | (22) Practicing under a false or, except as provided by | ||||||
20 | law, an assumed name.
| ||||||
21 | (23) Gross and willful overcharging for professional | ||||||
22 | services including filing
statements for collection of | ||||||
23 | fees or monies for which services are not
rendered.
| ||||||
24 | (24) Rendering professional counseling or clinical | ||||||
25 | professional
counseling
services without a license or | ||||||
26 | practicing outside the scope of a license.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (25) Clinical supervisors failing to adequately and | ||||||
2 | responsibly monitor
supervisees.
| ||||||
3 | All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid within | ||||||
4 | 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the | ||||||
5 | fine. | ||||||
6 | (b) (Blank). The Department shall deny, without hearing, | ||||||
7 | any application or
renewal for a license under this Act to any | ||||||
8 | person who has defaulted on an
educational loan guaranteed by | ||||||
9 | the Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
10 | agency of this State in accordance with item (5) of subsection | ||||||
11 | (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional | ||||||
12 | Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
| ||||||
13 | (b-5) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend | ||||||
14 | without hearing, as provided for in the Code of Civil | ||||||
15 | Procedure, the license of any person who fails to file a | ||||||
16 | return, pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed | ||||||
17 | return, or pay any final assessment of the tax, penalty, or | ||||||
18 | interest as required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the | ||||||
20 | requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied in accordance | ||||||
21 | with subsection (g) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of | ||||||
22 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
23 | Illinois. | ||||||
24 | (b-10) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
25 | Family Services has previously determined a licensee or a | ||||||
26 | potential licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | payment of child support and has subsequently certified the | ||||||
2 | delinquency to the Department, the Department may refuse to | ||||||
3 | issue or renew or may revoke or suspend that person's license | ||||||
4 | or may take other disciplinary action against that person based | ||||||
5 | solely upon the certification of delinquency made by the | ||||||
6 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with | ||||||
7 | item (5) of subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department | ||||||
8 | of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code | ||||||
9 | of Illinois. | ||||||
10 | (c) The determination by a court that a licensee is subject | ||||||
11 | to
involuntary admission or judicial admission as provided in | ||||||
12 | the Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities Code will | ||||||
13 | result in an automatic
suspension of his or her license. The | ||||||
14 | suspension will end upon a finding by a
court that the licensee | ||||||
15 | is no longer subject to involuntary admission or
judicial | ||||||
16 | admission, the issuance of an order so finding and discharging | ||||||
17 | the
patient, and the recommendation of the Board to the | ||||||
18 | Secretary that the licensee
be allowed to resume professional | ||||||
19 | practice.
| ||||||
20 | (c-5) In enforcing this Act, the Department, upon a showing | ||||||
21 | of a possible violation, may compel an individual licensed to | ||||||
22 | practice under this Act, or who has applied for licensure under | ||||||
23 | this Act, to submit to a mental or physical examination, or | ||||||
24 | both, as required by and at the expense of the Department. The | ||||||
25 | Department may order the examining physician to present | ||||||
26 | testimony concerning the mental or physical examination of the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | licensee or applicant. No information shall be excluded by | ||||||
2 | reason of any common law or statutory privilege relating to | ||||||
3 | communications between the licensee or applicant and the | ||||||
4 | examining physician. The examining physicians shall be | ||||||
5 | specifically designated by the Department. The individual to be | ||||||
6 | examined may have, at his or her own expense, another physician | ||||||
7 | of his or her choice present during all aspects of this | ||||||
8 | examination. The examination shall be performed by a physician | ||||||
9 | licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. Failure of | ||||||
10 | an individual to submit to a mental or physical examination, | ||||||
11 | when directed, shall result in an automatic suspension without | ||||||
12 | hearing. | ||||||
13 | A person holding a license under this Act or who has | ||||||
14 | applied for a license under this Act who, because of a physical | ||||||
15 | or mental illness or disability, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
16 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skill, | ||||||
17 | is unable to practice the profession with reasonable judgment, | ||||||
18 | skill, or safety, may be required by the Department to submit | ||||||
19 | to care, counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or | ||||||
20 | designated by the Department as a condition, term, or | ||||||
21 | restriction for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to | ||||||
22 | practice. Submission to care, counseling, or treatment as | ||||||
23 | required by the Department shall not be considered discipline | ||||||
24 | of a license. If the licensee refuses to enter into a care, | ||||||
25 | counseling, or treatment agreement or fails to abide by the | ||||||
26 | terms of the agreement, the Department may file a complaint to |
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1 | revoke, suspend, or otherwise discipline the license of the | ||||||
2 | individual. The Secretary may order the license suspended | ||||||
3 | immediately, pending a hearing by the Department. Fines shall | ||||||
4 | not be assessed in disciplinary actions involving physical or | ||||||
5 | mental illness or impairment. | ||||||
6 | In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a | ||||||
7 | person's license under this Section, a hearing on that person's | ||||||
8 | license must be convened by the Department within 15 days after | ||||||
9 | the suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The | ||||||
10 | Department shall have the authority to review the subject | ||||||
11 | individual's record of treatment and counseling regarding the | ||||||
12 | impairment to the extent permitted by applicable federal | ||||||
13 | statutes and regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of | ||||||
14 | medical records. | ||||||
15 | An individual licensed under this Act and affected under | ||||||
16 | this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | ||||||
17 | the Department that he or she can resume practice in compliance | ||||||
18 | with acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions | ||||||
19 | of his or her license. | ||||||
20 | (d) (Blank).
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21 | (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
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22 | Section 60. The Sex Offender Evaluation and Treatment | ||||||
23 | Provider Act is amended by changing Section 75 as follows: | ||||||
24 | (225 ILCS 109/75)
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1 | Sec. 75. Refusal, revocation, or suspension.
| ||||||
2 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may | ||||||
3 | revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other | ||||||
4 | disciplinary or nondisciplinary action, as the Department | ||||||
5 | considers appropriate, including the imposition of fines not to | ||||||
6 | exceed $10,000 for each violation, with regard to any license | ||||||
7 | or licensee for any one or more of the following:
| ||||||
8 | (1) violations of this Act or of the rules adopted | ||||||
9 | under this Act; | ||||||
10 | (2) discipline by the Department under other state law | ||||||
11 | and rules which the licensee is subject to; | ||||||
12 | (3) conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | ||||||
13 | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or by | ||||||
14 | sentencing for any crime, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
15 | convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, | ||||||
16 | conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under | ||||||
17 | the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States: (i) that | ||||||
18 | is a felony; or (ii) that is a misdemeanor, an essential | ||||||
19 | element of which is dishonesty, or that is directly related | ||||||
20 | to the practice of the profession; | ||||||
21 | (4) professional incompetence; | ||||||
22 | (5) advertising in a false, deceptive, or misleading | ||||||
23 | manner; | ||||||
24 | (6) aiding, abetting, assisting, procuring, advising, | ||||||
25 | employing, or contracting with any unlicensed person to | ||||||
26 | provide sex offender evaluation or treatment services |
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1 | contrary to any rules or provisions of this Act; | ||||||
2 | (7) engaging in immoral conduct in the commission of | ||||||
3 | any act, such as sexual abuse, sexual misconduct, or sexual | ||||||
4 | exploitation, related to the licensee's practice; | ||||||
5 | (8) engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
6 | unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive, | ||||||
7 | defraud, or harm the public; | ||||||
8 | (9) practicing or offering to practice beyond the scope | ||||||
9 | permitted by law or accepting and performing professional | ||||||
10 | responsibilities which the licensee knows or has reason to | ||||||
11 | know that he or she is not competent to perform; | ||||||
12 | (10) knowingly delegating professional | ||||||
13 | responsibilities to a person unqualified by training, | ||||||
14 | experience, or licensure to perform; | ||||||
15 | (11) failing to provide information in response to a | ||||||
16 | written request made by the Department within 60 days; | ||||||
17 | (12) having a habitual or excessive use of or addiction | ||||||
18 | to alcohol, narcotics, stimulants, or any other chemical | ||||||
19 | agent or drug which results in the inability to practice | ||||||
20 | with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety; | ||||||
21 | (13) having a pattern of practice or other behavior | ||||||
22 | that demonstrates incapacity or incompetence to practice | ||||||
23 | under this Act; | ||||||
24 | (14) discipline by another state, District of | ||||||
25 | Columbia, territory, or foreign nation, if at least one of | ||||||
26 | the grounds for the discipline is the same or substantially |
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| |||||||
1 | equivalent to those set forth in this Section; | ||||||
2 | (15) a finding by the Department that the licensee, | ||||||
3 | after having his or her license placed on probationary | ||||||
4 | status, has violated the terms of probation; | ||||||
5 | (16) willfully making or filing false records or | ||||||
6 | reports in his or her practice, including, but not limited | ||||||
7 | to, false records filed with State agencies or departments; | ||||||
8 | (17) making a material misstatement in furnishing | ||||||
9 | information to the Department or otherwise making | ||||||
10 | misleading, deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent | ||||||
11 | representations in violation of this Act or otherwise in | ||||||
12 | the practice of the profession; | ||||||
13 | (18) fraud or misrepresentation in applying for or | ||||||
14 | procuring a license under this Act or in connection with | ||||||
15 | applying for renewal of a license under this Act; | ||||||
16 | (19) inability to practice the profession with | ||||||
17 | reasonable judgment, skill, or safety as a result of | ||||||
18 | physical illness, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
19 | deterioration through the aging process, loss of motor | ||||||
20 | skill, or a mental illness or disability; | ||||||
21 | (20) charging for professional services not rendered, | ||||||
22 | including filing false statements for the collection of | ||||||
23 | fees for which services are not rendered; or | ||||||
24 | (21) practicing under a false or, except as provided by | ||||||
25 | law, an assumed name. | ||||||
26 | All fines shall be paid within 60 days of the effective |
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| |||||||
1 | date of the order imposing the fine.
| ||||||
2 | (b) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the | ||||||
3 | license of any person who fails to file a tax return, to pay | ||||||
4 | the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed tax return, or | ||||||
5 | to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as | ||||||
6 | required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department | ||||||
7 | of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of the tax Act | ||||||
8 | are satisfied in accordance with subsection (g) of Section | ||||||
9 | 2105-15 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
10 | (c) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
11 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
12 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
13 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
14 | agency of this State in accordance with item (5) of subsection | ||||||
15 | (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
16 | Illinois. | ||||||
17 | (d) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
18 | Services has previously determined that a licensee or a | ||||||
19 | potential licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the | ||||||
20 | payment of child support and has subsequently certified the | ||||||
21 | delinquency to the Department, the Department may refuse to | ||||||
22 | issue or renew or may revoke or suspend that person's license | ||||||
23 | or may take other disciplinary action against that person based | ||||||
24 | solely upon the certification of delinquency made by the | ||||||
25 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with | ||||||
26 | item (5) of subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil |
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| |||||||
1 | Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
2 | (e) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is | ||||||
3 | subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission, as | ||||||
4 | provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
5 | Code, operates as an automatic suspension. The suspension will | ||||||
6 | end only upon a finding by a court that the patient is no | ||||||
7 | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission | ||||||
8 | and the issuance of a court order so finding and discharging | ||||||
9 | the patient. | ||||||
10 | (f) In enforcing this Act, the Department or Board, upon a | ||||||
11 | showing of a possible violation, may compel an individual | ||||||
12 | licensed to practice under this Act, or who has applied for | ||||||
13 | licensure under this Act, to submit to a mental or physical | ||||||
14 | examination, or both, as required by and at the expense of the | ||||||
15 | Department. The Department or Board may order the examining | ||||||
16 | physician to present testimony concerning the mental or | ||||||
17 | physical examination of the licensee or applicant. No | ||||||
18 | information shall be excluded by reason of any common law or | ||||||
19 | statutory privilege relating to communications between the | ||||||
20 | licensee or applicant and the examining physician. The | ||||||
21 | examining physician shall be specifically designated by the | ||||||
22 | Board or Department. The individual to be examined may have, at | ||||||
23 | his or her own expense, another physician of his or her choice | ||||||
24 | present during all aspects of this examination. The examination | ||||||
25 | shall be performed by a physician licensed to practice medicine | ||||||
26 | in all its branches. Failure of an individual to submit to a |
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| |||||||
1 | mental or physical examination, when directed, shall result in | ||||||
2 | an automatic suspension without hearing.
| ||||||
3 | A person holding a license under this Act or who has | ||||||
4 | applied for a license under this Act who, because of a physical | ||||||
5 | or mental illness or disability, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
6 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skill, | ||||||
7 | is unable to practice the profession with reasonable judgment, | ||||||
8 | skill, or safety, may be required by the Department to submit | ||||||
9 | to care, counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or | ||||||
10 | designated by the Department as a condition, term, or | ||||||
11 | restriction for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to | ||||||
12 | practice. Submission to care, counseling, or treatment as | ||||||
13 | required by the Department shall not be considered discipline | ||||||
14 | of a license. If the licensee refuses to enter into a care, | ||||||
15 | counseling, or treatment agreement or fails to abide by the | ||||||
16 | terms of the agreement, the Department may file a complaint to | ||||||
17 | revoke, suspend, or otherwise discipline the license of the | ||||||
18 | individual. The Secretary may order the license suspended | ||||||
19 | immediately, pending a hearing by the Department. Fines shall | ||||||
20 | not be assessed in disciplinary actions involving physical or | ||||||
21 | mental illness or impairment. | ||||||
22 | In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a | ||||||
23 | person's license under this Section, a hearing on that person's | ||||||
24 | license must be convened by the Department within 15 days after | ||||||
25 | the suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The | ||||||
26 | Department and Board shall have the authority to review the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | subject individual's record of treatment and counseling | ||||||
2 | regarding the impairment to the extent permitted by applicable | ||||||
3 | federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the | ||||||
4 | confidentiality of medical records. | ||||||
5 | An individual licensed under this Act and subject to action | ||||||
6 | under this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to | ||||||
7 | demonstrate to the Department or Board that he or she can | ||||||
8 | resume practice in compliance with acceptable and prevailing | ||||||
9 | standards under the provisions of his or her license.
| ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 97-1098, eff. 7-1-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.) | ||||||
11 | Section 65. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
| ||||||
12 | Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Section 16 as | ||||||
13 | follows:
| ||||||
14 | (225 ILCS 110/16) (from Ch. 111, par. 7916)
| ||||||
15 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
| ||||||
16 | Sec. 16. Refusal, revocation or suspension of licenses.
| ||||||
17 | (1) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may | ||||||
18 | revoke, suspend,
place on probation, censure, reprimand or take | ||||||
19 | other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as
the | ||||||
20 | Department may deem proper, including fines not to exceed | ||||||
21 | $10,000 for
each violation, with regard to any license for any | ||||||
22 | one or
combination of the following causes:
| ||||||
23 | (a) Fraud in procuring the license.
| ||||||
24 | (b) (Blank).
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| |||||||
1 | (c) Willful or repeated violations of the rules of the | ||||||
2 | Department of
Public Health.
| ||||||
3 | (d) Division of fees or agreeing to split or divide the | ||||||
4 | fees received
for speech-language pathology or audiology | ||||||
5 | services with any person for
referring an individual, or | ||||||
6 | assisting in the care or treatment of an
individual, | ||||||
7 | without the knowledge of the individual or his or her legal
| ||||||
8 | representative. Nothing in this paragraph (d) affects any | ||||||
9 | bona fide independent contractor or employment | ||||||
10 | arrangements among health care professionals, health | ||||||
11 | facilities, health care providers, or other entities, | ||||||
12 | except as otherwise prohibited by law. Any employment | ||||||
13 | arrangements may include provisions for compensation, | ||||||
14 | health insurance, pension, or other employment benefits | ||||||
15 | for the provision of services within the scope of the | ||||||
16 | licensee's practice under this Act. Nothing in this | ||||||
17 | paragraph (d) shall be construed to require an employment | ||||||
18 | arrangement to receive professional fees for services | ||||||
19 | rendered.
| ||||||
20 | (e) Employing, procuring, inducing, aiding or abetting | ||||||
21 | a person not
licensed as a speech-language pathologist or | ||||||
22 | audiologist to engage in the
unauthorized practice of | ||||||
23 | speech-language pathology or audiology.
| ||||||
24 | (e-5) Employing, procuring, inducing, aiding, or | ||||||
25 | abetting a person not
licensed as a speech-language | ||||||
26 | pathology assistant to perform the
functions and duties of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | a speech-language pathology assistant.
| ||||||
2 | (f) Making any misrepresentations or false promises, | ||||||
3 | directly or
indirectly, to influence, persuade or induce | ||||||
4 | patronage.
| ||||||
5 | (g) Professional connection or association with, or | ||||||
6 | lending his or her
name to
another for the illegal practice | ||||||
7 | of speech-language pathology or audiology
by another, or | ||||||
8 | professional connection or association with any person, | ||||||
9 | firm
or corporation holding itself out in any manner | ||||||
10 | contrary to this Act.
| ||||||
11 | (h) Obtaining or seeking to obtain checks, money, or | ||||||
12 | any other things
of value by false or fraudulent | ||||||
13 | representations, including but not limited
to, engaging in | ||||||
14 | such fraudulent practice to defraud the medical assistance
| ||||||
15 | program of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services | ||||||
16 | (formerly Department of Public Aid).
| ||||||
17 | (i) Practicing under a name other than his or her own.
| ||||||
18 | (j) Improper, unprofessional or dishonorable conduct | ||||||
19 | of a character likely
to deceive, defraud or harm the | ||||||
20 | public.
| ||||||
21 | (k) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | ||||||
22 | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or | ||||||
23 | sentencing, including, but not limited to, convictions, | ||||||
24 | preceding sentences of supervision, conditional discharge, | ||||||
25 | or first offender probation, under the laws of any | ||||||
26 | jurisdiction of the United States that is (i) a felony or |
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| |||||||
1 | (ii) a misdemeanor, an essential element of which is | ||||||
2 | dishonesty, or that is directly related to the practice of | ||||||
3 | the profession.
| ||||||
4 | (1) Permitting a person under his or her supervision to | ||||||
5 | perform any
function
not authorized by this Act.
| ||||||
6 | (m) A violation of any provision of this Act or rules | ||||||
7 | promulgated
thereunder.
| ||||||
8 | (n) Discipline by another state, the District of | ||||||
9 | Columbia, territory, or
foreign nation of a license to | ||||||
10 | practice speech-language pathology or audiology
or a | ||||||
11 | license to practice as a speech-language pathology | ||||||
12 | assistant in its
jurisdiction if at least one of the | ||||||
13 | grounds for that discipline is the
same as or the | ||||||
14 | equivalent of one of the grounds for discipline set forth
| ||||||
15 | herein.
| ||||||
16 | (o) Willfully failing to report an instance of | ||||||
17 | suspected child abuse or
neglect as required by the Abused | ||||||
18 | and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
| ||||||
19 | (p) Gross or repeated malpractice.
| ||||||
20 | (q) Willfully making or filing false records or reports | ||||||
21 | in his or her
practice
as a speech-language pathologist, | ||||||
22 | speech-language pathology assistant, or
audiologist, | ||||||
23 | including, but not limited
to, false records to support | ||||||
24 | claims against the public assistance program
of the | ||||||
25 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
| ||||||
26 | Illinois Department of Public Aid).
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| |||||||
1 | (r) Professional incompetence as manifested by poor | ||||||
2 | standards of care or
mental incompetence as declared by a | ||||||
3 | court of competent jurisdiction.
| ||||||
4 | (s) Repeated irregularities in billing a third party | ||||||
5 | for services
rendered to an individual. For purposes of | ||||||
6 | this Section, "irregularities
in billing" shall include:
| ||||||
7 | (i) reporting excessive charges for the purpose of | ||||||
8 | obtaining a total
payment in excess of that usually | ||||||
9 | received by the speech-language
pathologist, | ||||||
10 | speech-language pathology assistant, or audiologist | ||||||
11 | for the
services rendered;
| ||||||
12 | (ii) reporting charges for services not rendered; | ||||||
13 | or
| ||||||
14 | (iii) incorrectly reporting services rendered for | ||||||
15 | the purpose of
obtaining payment not earned.
| ||||||
16 | (t) (Blank).
| ||||||
17 | (u) Violation of the Health Care Worker Self-Referral | ||||||
18 | Act.
| ||||||
19 | (v) Inability to practice with
reasonable judgment, | ||||||
20 | skill, or safety as a result of habitual or excessive use | ||||||
21 | of or addiction to alcohol, narcotics, or stimulants or any | ||||||
22 | other chemical agent or drug or as a result of physical | ||||||
23 | illness, including, but not limited to, deterioration | ||||||
24 | through the aging process or loss of motor skill, mental | ||||||
25 | illness, or disability.
| ||||||
26 | (w) Violation of the Hearing Instrument Consumer |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Protection Act.
| ||||||
2 | (x) Failure by a speech-language pathology assistant | ||||||
3 | and supervising
speech-language pathologist to comply with | ||||||
4 | the supervision
requirements set forth in Section 8.8.
| ||||||
5 | (y) Willfully exceeding the scope of duties | ||||||
6 | customarily undertaken by
speech-language pathology | ||||||
7 | assistants set forth in Section 8.7
that results in, or may | ||||||
8 | result in, harm to the public.
| ||||||
9 | (z) Willfully failing to report an instance of | ||||||
10 | suspected abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or | ||||||
11 | self-neglect of an eligible adult as defined in and | ||||||
12 | required by the Adult Protective Services Act. | ||||||
13 | (aa) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated | ||||||
14 | report by the Department on Aging under the Adult | ||||||
15 | Protective Services Act, and upon proof by clear and | ||||||
16 | convincing evidence that the licensee has caused an | ||||||
17 | eligible adult to be abused, neglected, or financially | ||||||
18 | exploited as defined in the Adult Protective Services Act. | ||||||
19 | (bb) Violating Section 8.2 of this Act. | ||||||
20 | (cc) Violating Section 8.3 of this Act. | ||||||
21 | (2) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
22 | authorized by this
Act to any person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
23 | educational loan guaranteed by
the Illinois State Scholarship | ||||||
24 | Commission; however, the Department may
issue a license or | ||||||
25 | renewal if the aforementioned persons have established a
| ||||||
26 | satisfactory repayment record as determined by the Illinois |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | State
Scholarship Commission.
| ||||||
2 | (3) The entry of an order by a circuit court establishing | ||||||
3 | that any
person holding a license under this Act is subject to | ||||||
4 | involuntary admission or
judicial admission as provided for in | ||||||
5 | the Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code, | ||||||
6 | operates as an automatic suspension of that license. That
| ||||||
7 | person may have his or her license restored only upon the | ||||||
8 | determination by a
circuit court that the patient is no longer | ||||||
9 | subject to involuntary admission or
judicial admission and the | ||||||
10 | issuance of an order so finding and discharging the
patient, | ||||||
11 | and upon the Board's recommendation to the Department that the | ||||||
12 | license
be restored. Where the circumstances so indicate, the | ||||||
13 | Board may recommend to
the Department that it require an | ||||||
14 | examination prior to restoring any license
automatically | ||||||
15 | suspended under this subsection.
| ||||||
16 | (4) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the | ||||||
17 | license of any
person who fails to file a return, or to pay the | ||||||
18 | tax, penalty, or interest
shown
in a filed return, or to pay | ||||||
19 | any final assessment of the tax penalty or
interest, as | ||||||
20 | required by any tax Act administered by the Department of
| ||||||
21 | Revenue, until such time as the requirements of any such tax | ||||||
22 | Act are
satisfied.
| ||||||
23 | (5) In enforcing this Section, the Board upon a showing of | ||||||
24 | a possible
violation may compel an individual licensed to | ||||||
25 | practice under this Act, or
who has applied for licensure | ||||||
26 | pursuant to this Act, to submit
to a mental or physical |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | examination, or both, as required by and at the expense
of the | ||||||
2 | Department. The examining physicians or clinical psychologists
| ||||||
3 | shall be those specifically designated by the Board.
The | ||||||
4 | individual to be examined may have, at his or her own expense, | ||||||
5 | another
physician or clinical psychologist of his or her choice | ||||||
6 | present during all
aspects of this examination. Failure of any | ||||||
7 | individual to submit to a mental
or
physical examination, when | ||||||
8 | directed, shall be grounds for suspension of his or
her
license | ||||||
9 | until the individual submits to the examination if the Board | ||||||
10 | finds,
after notice and hearing, that the refusal to submit to | ||||||
11 | the examination was
without reasonable cause.
| ||||||
12 | If the Board finds an individual unable to practice because | ||||||
13 | of the reasons
set forth in this Section, the Board may require | ||||||
14 | that individual to submit to
care, counseling, or treatment by | ||||||
15 | physicians or clinical psychologists approved
or designated by | ||||||
16 | the Board, as a condition, term, or restriction for continued, | ||||||
17 | restored, or
renewed licensure to practice; or, in lieu of | ||||||
18 | care, counseling, or treatment,
the
Board may recommend to the | ||||||
19 | Department to file a complaint to immediately
suspend, revoke, | ||||||
20 | or otherwise discipline the license of the individual.
Any | ||||||
21 | individual whose
license was granted, continued, restored, | ||||||
22 | renewed, disciplined or supervised
subject to such terms, | ||||||
23 | conditions, or restrictions, and who fails to comply
with
such | ||||||
24 | terms, conditions, or restrictions, shall be referred to the | ||||||
25 | Secretary for
a
determination as to whether the individual | ||||||
26 | shall have his or her license
suspended immediately, pending a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | hearing by the Board.
| ||||||
2 | In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a | ||||||
3 | person's license
under this Section, a hearing on that person's | ||||||
4 | license must be convened by
the Board within 15 days after the | ||||||
5 | suspension and completed without appreciable
delay.
The Board | ||||||
6 | shall have the authority to review the subject individual's | ||||||
7 | record of
treatment and counseling regarding the impairment to | ||||||
8 | the extent permitted by
applicable federal statutes and | ||||||
9 | regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of
medical | ||||||
10 | records.
| ||||||
11 | An individual licensed under this Act and affected under | ||||||
12 | this Section shall
be
afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | ||||||
13 | the Board that he or she can resume
practice in compliance with | ||||||
14 | acceptable and prevailing standards under the
provisions of his | ||||||
15 | or her license.
| ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 100-530, eff. 1-1-18 .)
| ||||||
17 | Section 70. The Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice | ||||||
18 | Act of 2004 is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:
| ||||||
19 | (225 ILCS 115/25) (from Ch. 111, par. 7025)
| ||||||
20 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
| ||||||
21 | Sec. 25. Disciplinary actions.
| ||||||
22 | 1. The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may | ||||||
23 | revoke,
suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other | ||||||
24 | disciplinary or non-disciplinary
action as the Department may |
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| |||||||
1 | deem appropriate, including imposing fines not to
exceed | ||||||
2 | $10,000 for each violation and the assessment of costs as | ||||||
3 | provided for in Section 25.3 of this Act, with regard to any
| ||||||
4 | license or certificate for any one or combination of the | ||||||
5 | following:
| ||||||
6 | A. Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
7 | the
Department.
| ||||||
8 | B. Violations of this Act, or of the rules adopted | ||||||
9 | pursuant to this Act.
| ||||||
10 | C. Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | ||||||
11 | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or by | ||||||
12 | sentencing of any crime, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
13 | convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, | ||||||
14 | conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under | ||||||
15 | the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States that is | ||||||
16 | (i) a felony or (ii) a misdemeanor, an essential element of | ||||||
17 | which is dishonesty, or that is directly related to the | ||||||
18 | practice of the profession.
| ||||||
19 | D. Fraud or any misrepresentation in applying for or | ||||||
20 | procuring a license under this Act or in connection with | ||||||
21 | applying for renewal of a license under this Act.
| ||||||
22 | E. Professional incompetence.
| ||||||
23 | F. Malpractice.
| ||||||
24 | G. Aiding or assisting another person in violating any | ||||||
25 | provision of this
Act or rules.
| ||||||
26 | H. Failing, within 60 days, to provide information in |
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| |||||||
1 | response to a
written request made by the Department.
| ||||||
2 | I. Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
3 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
4 | defraud, or harm the public.
| ||||||
5 | J. Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs defined | ||||||
6 | in law as controlled substances, alcohol, or any other | ||||||
7 | substance that results in the inability
to practice with | ||||||
8 | reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
| ||||||
9 | K. Discipline by another state, unit of government, | ||||||
10 | government agency, District of Columbia, territory, or
| ||||||
11 | foreign nation, if at least one of the grounds for the | ||||||
12 | discipline is the same
or substantially equivalent to those | ||||||
13 | set forth herein.
| ||||||
14 | L. Charging for professional services not rendered, | ||||||
15 | including filing false statements for the collection of | ||||||
16 | fees for which services are not rendered.
| ||||||
17 | M. A finding by the Board that the licensee or | ||||||
18 | certificate holder,
after having his license or | ||||||
19 | certificate placed on probationary status, has
violated | ||||||
20 | the terms of probation.
| ||||||
21 | N. Willfully making or filing false records or reports | ||||||
22 | in his practice,
including but not limited to false records | ||||||
23 | filed with State agencies or
departments.
| ||||||
24 | O. Physical illness, including but not limited to, | ||||||
25 | deterioration through
the aging process, or loss of motor | ||||||
26 | skill which results in the inability
to practice under this |
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| |||||||
1 | Act with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
| ||||||
2 | P. Solicitation of professional services other than | ||||||
3 | permitted
advertising.
| ||||||
4 | Q. Allowing one's license under this Act to be used by | ||||||
5 | an unlicensed person in violation of this Act.
| ||||||
6 | R. Conviction of or cash compromise of a charge or | ||||||
7 | violation of the
Harrison Act or the Illinois Controlled | ||||||
8 | Substances Act, regulating narcotics.
| ||||||
9 | S. Fraud or dishonesty in applying, treating, or | ||||||
10 | reporting on
tuberculin or other biological tests.
| ||||||
11 | T. Failing to report, as required by law, or making | ||||||
12 | false report of any
contagious or infectious diseases.
| ||||||
13 | U. Fraudulent use or misuse of any health certificate, | ||||||
14 | shipping
certificate, brand inspection certificate, or | ||||||
15 | other blank forms used in
practice that might lead to the | ||||||
16 | dissemination of disease or the transportation
of diseased | ||||||
17 | animals dead or alive; or dilatory methods, willful | ||||||
18 | neglect, or
misrepresentation in the inspection of milk, | ||||||
19 | meat, poultry, and the by-products
thereof.
| ||||||
20 | V. Conviction on a charge of cruelty to animals.
| ||||||
21 | W. Failure to keep one's premises and all equipment | ||||||
22 | therein in a clean
and sanitary condition.
| ||||||
23 | X. Failure to provide satisfactory proof of having | ||||||
24 | participated in
approved continuing education programs.
| ||||||
25 | Y. Mental illness or disability that results in the | ||||||
26 | inability to practice under this Act with reasonable |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | judgment, skill, or safety.
| ||||||
2 | Z. Conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction, | ||||||
3 | either within or
outside this State, of any violation of | ||||||
4 | any law governing the practice of
veterinary medicine, if | ||||||
5 | the Department determines, after investigation, that
the | ||||||
6 | person has not been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant | ||||||
7 | the public trust.
| ||||||
8 | AA. Promotion of the sale of drugs, devices, | ||||||
9 | appliances, or goods provided
for a patient in any manner | ||||||
10 | to exploit the client for financial gain of the
| ||||||
11 | veterinarian.
| ||||||
12 | BB. Gross, willful, or continued overcharging for | ||||||
13 | professional services.
| ||||||
14 | CC. Practicing under a false or, except as provided by | ||||||
15 | law, an assumed
name.
| ||||||
16 | DD. Violating state or federal laws or regulations | ||||||
17 | relating to controlled substances or legend drugs.
| ||||||
18 | EE. Cheating on or attempting to subvert the licensing | ||||||
19 | examination
administered under this Act.
| ||||||
20 | FF. Using, prescribing, or selling a prescription drug | ||||||
21 | or the
extra-label use of a prescription drug by any means | ||||||
22 | in the absence of a valid
veterinarian-client-patient | ||||||
23 | relationship.
| ||||||
24 | GG. Failing to report a case of suspected aggravated | ||||||
25 | cruelty, torture,
or
animal fighting pursuant to Section | ||||||
26 | 3.07 or 4.01 of the Humane Care for
Animals Act or Section |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | 26-5 or 48-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal | ||||||
2 | Code of 2012.
| ||||||
3 | All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid within | ||||||
4 | 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the fine | ||||||
5 | or in accordance with the terms set forth in the order imposing | ||||||
6 | the fine. | ||||||
7 | 2. The determination by a circuit court that a licensee or | ||||||
8 | certificate
holder is subject to involuntary admission or | ||||||
9 | judicial admission as provided in
the Mental Health and | ||||||
10 | Developmental Disabilities Code operates as an automatic
| ||||||
11 | suspension. The suspension will end only upon a finding by a | ||||||
12 | court that the
patient is no longer subject to involuntary | ||||||
13 | admission or judicial admission and
issues an order so finding | ||||||
14 | and discharging the patient. In any case where a license is | ||||||
15 | suspended under this provision, the licensee shall file a | ||||||
16 | petition for restoration and shall include evidence acceptable | ||||||
17 | to the Department that the licensee can resume practice in | ||||||
18 | compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards of his or | ||||||
19 | her profession.
| ||||||
20 | 3. All proceedings to suspend, revoke, place on | ||||||
21 | probationary status, or
take any other disciplinary action as | ||||||
22 | the Department may deem proper, with
regard to a license or | ||||||
23 | certificate on any of the foregoing grounds, must be
commenced | ||||||
24 | within 5 years after receipt by the Department of a complaint
| ||||||
25 | alleging the commission of or notice of the conviction order | ||||||
26 | for any of the
acts described in this Section. Except for |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | proceedings brought for violations
of items (CC), (DD), or | ||||||
2 | (EE), no action shall be commenced more than 5 years
after the | ||||||
3 | date of the incident or act alleged to have violated this | ||||||
4 | Section.
In the event of the settlement of any claim or cause | ||||||
5 | of action in favor of the
claimant or the reduction to final | ||||||
6 | judgment of any civil action in favor of the
plaintiff, the | ||||||
7 | claim, cause of action, or civil action being grounded on the
| ||||||
8 | allegation that a person licensed or certified under this Act | ||||||
9 | was negligent in
providing care, the Department shall have an | ||||||
10 | additional period of one year from
the date of the settlement | ||||||
11 | or final judgment in which to investigate and begin
formal | ||||||
12 | disciplinary proceedings under Section 25.2 of this Act, except | ||||||
13 | as
otherwise provided by law. The time during which the holder | ||||||
14 | of the license or
certificate was outside the State of Illinois | ||||||
15 | shall not be included within any
period of time limiting the | ||||||
16 | commencement of disciplinary action by the
Department.
| ||||||
17 | 4. The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend | ||||||
18 | without hearing, as provided for in the Illinois Code of Civil | ||||||
19 | Procedure,
the license of any person who fails to file a | ||||||
20 | return, to pay the tax, penalty,
or interest
shown in a filed | ||||||
21 | return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or
| ||||||
22 | interest as
required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
23 | Illinois Department of Revenue, until such
time as
the | ||||||
24 | requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied in accordance | ||||||
25 | with subsection (g) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil | ||||||
26 | Administrative Code of Illinois.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | 5. In enforcing this Section, the Department, upon a | ||||||
2 | showing of a possible violation, may compel any individual who | ||||||
3 | is registered under this Act or any individual who has applied | ||||||
4 | for registration to submit to a mental or physical examination | ||||||
5 | or evaluation, or both, which may include a substance abuse or | ||||||
6 | sexual offender evaluation, at the expense of the Department. | ||||||
7 | The Department shall specifically designate the examining | ||||||
8 | physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches | ||||||
9 | or, if applicable, the multidisciplinary team involved in | ||||||
10 | providing the mental or physical examination and evaluation. | ||||||
11 | The multidisciplinary team shall be led by a physician licensed | ||||||
12 | to practice medicine in all of its branches and may consist of | ||||||
13 | one or more or a combination of physicians licensed to practice | ||||||
14 | medicine in all of its branches, licensed chiropractic | ||||||
15 | physicians, licensed clinical psychologists, licensed clinical | ||||||
16 | social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and | ||||||
17 | other professional and administrative staff. Any examining | ||||||
18 | physician or member of the multidisciplinary team may require | ||||||
19 | any person ordered to submit to an examination and evaluation | ||||||
20 | pursuant to this Section to submit to any additional | ||||||
21 | supplemental testing deemed necessary to complete any | ||||||
22 | examination or evaluation process, including, but not limited | ||||||
23 | to, blood testing, urinalysis, psychological testing, or | ||||||
24 | neuropsychological testing. | ||||||
25 | The Department may order the examining physician or any | ||||||
26 | member of the multidisciplinary team to provide to the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Department any and all records, including business records, | ||||||
2 | that relate to the examination and evaluation, including any | ||||||
3 | supplemental testing performed. The Department may order the | ||||||
4 | examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team | ||||||
5 | to present testimony concerning this examination and | ||||||
6 | evaluation of the registrant or applicant, including testimony | ||||||
7 | concerning any supplemental testing or documents relating to | ||||||
8 | the examination and evaluation. No information, report, | ||||||
9 | record, or other documents in any way related to the | ||||||
10 | examination and evaluation shall be excluded by reason of any | ||||||
11 | common law or statutory privilege relating to communication | ||||||
12 | between the licensee or applicant and the examining physician | ||||||
13 | or any member of the multidisciplinary team. No authorization | ||||||
14 | is necessary from the registrant or applicant ordered to | ||||||
15 | undergo an evaluation and examination for the examining | ||||||
16 | physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team to | ||||||
17 | provide information, reports, records, or other documents or to | ||||||
18 | provide any testimony regarding the examination and | ||||||
19 | evaluation. The individual to be examined may have, at his or | ||||||
20 | her own expense, another physician of his or her choice present | ||||||
21 | during all aspects of the examination. | ||||||
22 | Failure of any individual to submit to mental or physical | ||||||
23 | examination or evaluation, or both, when directed, shall result | ||||||
24 | in an automatic suspension without hearing, until such time as | ||||||
25 | the individual submits to the examination. If the Department | ||||||
26 | finds a registrant unable to practice because of the reasons |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | set forth in this Section, the Department shall require such | ||||||
2 | registrant to submit to care, counseling, or treatment by | ||||||
3 | physicians approved or designated by the Department as a | ||||||
4 | condition for continued, reinstated, or renewed registration. | ||||||
5 | In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a | ||||||
6 | registration under this Section, a hearing upon such person's | ||||||
7 | registration must be convened by the Department within 15 days | ||||||
8 | after such suspension and completed without appreciable delay. | ||||||
9 | The Department shall have the authority to review the | ||||||
10 | registrant's record of treatment and counseling regarding the | ||||||
11 | impairment to the extent permitted by applicable federal | ||||||
12 | statutes and regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of | ||||||
13 | medical records. | ||||||
14 | Individuals registered under this Act who are affected | ||||||
15 | under this Section, shall be afforded an opportunity to | ||||||
16 | demonstrate to the Department that they can resume practice in | ||||||
17 | compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under the | ||||||
18 | provisions of their registration.
| ||||||
19 | 6. (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
20 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
21 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
22 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
23 | agency of this State in accordance with paragraph (5) of | ||||||
24 | subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil Administrative | ||||||
25 | Code of Illinois. | ||||||
26 | 7. In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Services has previously determined a licensee or a potential | ||||||
2 | licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of | ||||||
3 | child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency to | ||||||
4 | the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew or | ||||||
5 | may revoke or suspend that person's license or may take other | ||||||
6 | disciplinary action against that person based solely upon the | ||||||
7 | certification of delinquency made by the Department of | ||||||
8 | Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with paragraph (5) | ||||||
9 | of subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil | ||||||
10 | Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 98-339, eff. 12-31-13; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
| ||||||
12 | Section 75. The Registered Surgical Assistant and | ||||||
13 | Registered Surgical
Technologist Title Protection Act is | ||||||
14 | amended by changing Section 75 as follows:
| ||||||
15 | (225 ILCS 130/75)
| ||||||
16 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
| ||||||
17 | Sec. 75. Grounds for disciplinary action.
| ||||||
18 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue, renew, or restore a
| ||||||
19 | registration, may revoke or suspend a registration, or may | ||||||
20 | place on
probation, reprimand, or take other disciplinary or | ||||||
21 | non-disciplinary
action with regard to a person registered | ||||||
22 | under this Act,
including but not limited to the imposition of | ||||||
23 | fines not to
exceed $10,000 for each violation and the | ||||||
24 | assessment of costs as provided for in Section 90, for any one |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | or combination
of the following causes:
| ||||||
2 | (1) Making a material misstatement in furnishing
| ||||||
3 | information to the Department.
| ||||||
4 | (2) Violating a provision of this Act or rules adopted | ||||||
5 | under this Act.
| ||||||
6 | (3) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | ||||||
7 | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or by | ||||||
8 | sentencing of any crime, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
9 | convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, | ||||||
10 | conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under | ||||||
11 | the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States that is | ||||||
12 | (i) a felony or (ii) a misdemeanor, an essential element of | ||||||
13 | which is dishonesty, or that is directly related to the | ||||||
14 | practice of the profession.
| ||||||
15 | (4) Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for, | ||||||
16 | renewing, restoring, reinstating, or procuring a | ||||||
17 | registration under this Act.
| ||||||
18 | (5) Aiding or assisting another person in
violating a | ||||||
19 | provision of this Act or its rules.
| ||||||
20 | (6) Failing to provide information within 60 days
in | ||||||
21 | response to a written request made by the Department.
| ||||||
22 | (7) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or
| ||||||
23 | unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive,
| ||||||
24 | defraud, or harm the public, as defined by rule of the
| ||||||
25 | Department.
| ||||||
26 | (8) Discipline by another United States
jurisdiction, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | governmental agency, unit of government, or foreign | ||||||
2 | nation, if at least one of the
grounds for discipline is | ||||||
3 | the same or substantially
equivalent to those set forth in | ||||||
4 | this Section.
| ||||||
5 | (9) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving
from | ||||||
6 | a person, firm, corporation, partnership, or
association a | ||||||
7 | fee, commission, rebate, or other form of
compensation for | ||||||
8 | professional services not actually or
personally rendered. | ||||||
9 | Nothing in this paragraph (9) affects any bona fide | ||||||
10 | independent contractor or employment arrangements among | ||||||
11 | health care professionals, health facilities, health care | ||||||
12 | providers, or other entities, except as otherwise | ||||||
13 | prohibited by law. Any employment arrangements may include | ||||||
14 | provisions for compensation, health insurance, pension, or | ||||||
15 | other employment benefits for the provision of services | ||||||
16 | within the scope of the registrant's practice under this | ||||||
17 | Act. Nothing in this paragraph (9) shall be construed to | ||||||
18 | require an employment arrangement to receive professional | ||||||
19 | fees for services rendered.
| ||||||
20 | (10) A finding by the Department that the registrant, | ||||||
21 | after
having his or her registration placed on probationary | ||||||
22 | status,
has violated the terms of probation.
| ||||||
23 | (11) Willfully making or filing false records or
| ||||||
24 | reports in his or her practice, including but not limited
| ||||||
25 | to false records or reports filed with State agencies.
| ||||||
26 | (12) Willfully making or signing a false statement,
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | certificate, or affidavit to induce payment.
| ||||||
2 | (13) Willfully failing to report an instance of
| ||||||
3 | suspected child abuse or neglect as required under the
| ||||||
4 | Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
| ||||||
5 | (14) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated
| ||||||
6 | report by the Department of Children and Family Services
| ||||||
7 | under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act and
upon | ||||||
8 | proof by clear and convincing evidence that the
registrant | ||||||
9 | has caused a child to be an abused child or
neglected child | ||||||
10 | as defined in the Abused and Neglected
Child Reporting Act.
| ||||||
11 | (15) (Blank).
| ||||||
12 | (16) Failure to report to the Department (A) any
| ||||||
13 | adverse final action taken against the registrant by
| ||||||
14 | another registering or licensing jurisdiction,
government | ||||||
15 | agency, law enforcement agency, or
any court or (B) | ||||||
16 | liability for conduct that would
constitute grounds for | ||||||
17 | action as set forth in this
Section.
| ||||||
18 | (17) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs | ||||||
19 | defined in law as controlled substances, alcohol, or any | ||||||
20 | other substance that results in the inability to practice | ||||||
21 | with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
| ||||||
22 | (18) Physical or mental illness, including but not | ||||||
23 | limited to
deterioration through the aging process or loss | ||||||
24 | of motor
skills, which results in the inability to practice | ||||||
25 | the
profession for which he or she is registered with
| ||||||
26 | reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (19) Gross malpractice.
| ||||||
2 | (20) Immoral conduct in the commission of an act | ||||||
3 | related to the
registrant's practice, including but not | ||||||
4 | limited to sexual abuse, sexual
misconduct,
or sexual | ||||||
5 | exploitation.
| ||||||
6 | (21) Violation of
the Health Care Worker Self-Referral | ||||||
7 | Act.
| ||||||
8 | (b) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend | ||||||
9 | without hearing the
registration of a person who fails to file | ||||||
10 | a return, to pay the
tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed | ||||||
11 | return, or to pay
a final assessment of the tax, penalty, or | ||||||
12 | interest as
required by a tax Act administered by the | ||||||
13 | Department of
Revenue, until the requirements of the tax Act | ||||||
14 | are satisfied in accordance with subsection (g) of Section | ||||||
15 | 2105-15 of the Department of Regulation Law of the Civil | ||||||
16 | Administrative Code of Illinois.
| ||||||
17 | (c) The determination by a circuit court that a registrant
| ||||||
18 | is subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission as
| ||||||
19 | provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
| ||||||
20 | Code operates as an automatic suspension. The suspension will
| ||||||
21 | end only upon (1) a finding by a court that the patient is no
| ||||||
22 | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial
admission, | ||||||
23 | (2) issuance of an order so finding and
discharging the | ||||||
24 | patient, and (3) filing of a petition for restoration | ||||||
25 | demonstrating fitness to practice.
| ||||||
26 | (d) (Blank). The Department shall deny a registration or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | renewal authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on | ||||||
2 | an educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by | ||||||
3 | the Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
4 | agency of this State in accordance with paragraph (5) of | ||||||
5 | subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of | ||||||
6 | Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
7 | (e) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
8 | Services has previously determined a registrant or a potential | ||||||
9 | registrant is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of | ||||||
10 | child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency to | ||||||
11 | the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew or | ||||||
12 | may revoke or suspend that person's registration or may take | ||||||
13 | other disciplinary action against that person based solely upon | ||||||
14 | the certification of delinquency made by the Department of | ||||||
15 | Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with paragraph (5) | ||||||
16 | of subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of | ||||||
17 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
18 | Illinois. | ||||||
19 | (f) In enforcing this Section, the Department, upon a | ||||||
20 | showing of a possible violation, may compel any individual | ||||||
21 | registered under this Act or any individual who has applied for | ||||||
22 | registration to submit to a mental or physical examination and | ||||||
23 | evaluation, or both, that may include a substance abuse or | ||||||
24 | sexual offender evaluation, at the expense of the Department. | ||||||
25 | The Department shall specifically designate the examining | ||||||
26 | physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | or, if applicable, the multidisciplinary team involved in | ||||||
2 | providing the mental or physical examination and evaluation, or | ||||||
3 | both. The multidisciplinary team shall be led by a physician | ||||||
4 | licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches and may | ||||||
5 | consist of one or more or a combination of physicians licensed | ||||||
6 | to practice medicine in all of its branches, licensed | ||||||
7 | chiropractic physicians, licensed clinical psychologists, | ||||||
8 | licensed clinical social workers, licensed clinical | ||||||
9 | professional counselors, and other professional and | ||||||
10 | administrative staff. Any examining physician or member of the | ||||||
11 | multidisciplinary team may require any person ordered to submit | ||||||
12 | to an examination and evaluation pursuant to this Section to | ||||||
13 | submit to any additional supplemental testing deemed necessary | ||||||
14 | to complete any examination or evaluation process, including, | ||||||
15 | but not limited to, blood testing, urinalysis, psychological | ||||||
16 | testing, or neuropsychological testing. | ||||||
17 | The Department may order the examining physician or any | ||||||
18 | member of the multidisciplinary team to provide to the | ||||||
19 | Department any and all records, including business records, | ||||||
20 | that relate to the examination and evaluation, including any | ||||||
21 | supplemental testing performed. The Department may order the | ||||||
22 | examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team | ||||||
23 | to present testimony concerning this examination and | ||||||
24 | evaluation of the registrant or applicant, including testimony | ||||||
25 | concerning any supplemental testing or documents relating to | ||||||
26 | the examination and evaluation. No information, report, |
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1 | record, or other documents in any way related to the | ||||||
2 | examination and evaluation shall be excluded by reason of any | ||||||
3 | common law or statutory privilege relating to communication | ||||||
4 | between the registrant or applicant and the examining physician | ||||||
5 | or any member of the multidisciplinary team. No authorization | ||||||
6 | is necessary from the registrant or applicant ordered to | ||||||
7 | undergo an evaluation and examination for the examining | ||||||
8 | physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team to | ||||||
9 | provide information, reports, records, or other documents or to | ||||||
10 | provide any testimony regarding the examination and | ||||||
11 | evaluation. The individual to be examined may have, at his or | ||||||
12 | her own expense, another physician of his or her choice present | ||||||
13 | during all aspects of the examination. | ||||||
14 | Failure of any individual to submit to mental or physical | ||||||
15 | examination and evaluation, or both, when directed, shall | ||||||
16 | result in an automatic suspension without a hearing until such | ||||||
17 | time as the individual submits to the examination. If the | ||||||
18 | Department finds a registrant unable to practice because of the | ||||||
19 | reasons set forth in this Section, the Department shall require | ||||||
20 | such registrant to submit to care, counseling, or treatment by | ||||||
21 | physicians approved or designated by the Department as a | ||||||
22 | condition for continued, reinstated, or renewed registration. | ||||||
23 | When the Secretary immediately suspends a registration | ||||||
24 | under this Section, a hearing upon such person's registration | ||||||
25 | must be convened by the Department within 15 days after such | ||||||
26 | suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The |
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1 | Department shall have the authority to review the registrant's | ||||||
2 | record of treatment and counseling regarding the impairment to | ||||||
3 | the extent permitted by applicable federal statutes and | ||||||
4 | regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of medical | ||||||
5 | records. | ||||||
6 | Individuals registered under this Act and affected under | ||||||
7 | this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | ||||||
8 | the Department that they can resume practice in compliance with | ||||||
9 | acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions of | ||||||
10 | their registration. | ||||||
11 | (g) All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid | ||||||
12 | within 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing | ||||||
13 | the fine or in accordance with the terms set forth in the order | ||||||
14 | imposing the fine. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 98-364, eff. 12-31-13.)
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16 | Section 80. The Genetic Counselor Licensing Act is amended | ||||||
17 | by changing Section 95 as follows: | ||||||
18 | (225 ILCS 135/95) | ||||||
19 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2025) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 95. Grounds for discipline.
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21 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue, renew, or may | ||||||
22 | revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other | ||||||
23 | disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the Department | ||||||
24 | deems appropriate, including the issuance of fines not to |
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1 | exceed $10,000 for each violation, with regard to any license | ||||||
2 | for any one or more of the following: | ||||||
3 | (1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
4 | the Department or to any other State agency.
| ||||||
5 | (2) Violations or negligent or intentional disregard | ||||||
6 | of this Act, or any of its rules.
| ||||||
7 | (3) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | ||||||
8 | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or | ||||||
9 | sentencing, including, but not limited to, convictions, | ||||||
10 | preceding sentences of supervision, conditional discharge, | ||||||
11 | or first offender probation, under the laws of any | ||||||
12 | jurisdiction of the United States: (i) that is a felony or | ||||||
13 | (ii) that is a misdemeanor, an essential element of which | ||||||
14 | is dishonesty, or that is directly related to the practice | ||||||
15 | of genetic counseling.
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16 | (4) Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of | ||||||
17 | obtaining a license, or violating any provision of this Act | ||||||
18 | or its rules. | ||||||
19 | (5) Negligence in the rendering of genetic counseling | ||||||
20 | services.
| ||||||
21 | (6) Failure to provide genetic testing results and any | ||||||
22 | requested information to a referring physician licensed to | ||||||
23 | practice medicine in all its branches, advanced practice | ||||||
24 | registered nurse, or physician assistant.
| ||||||
25 | (7) Aiding or assisting another person in violating any | ||||||
26 | provision of this Act or any rules.
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1 | (8) Failing to provide information within 60 days in | ||||||
2 | response to a written request made by the Department.
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3 | (9) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
4 | unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive, | ||||||
5 | defraud, or harm the public and violating the rules of | ||||||
6 | professional conduct adopted by the Department.
| ||||||
7 | (10) Failing to maintain the confidentiality of any | ||||||
8 | information received from a client, unless otherwise | ||||||
9 | authorized or required by law.
| ||||||
10 | (10.5) Failure to maintain client records of services | ||||||
11 | provided and provide copies to clients upon request. | ||||||
12 | (11) Exploiting a client for personal advantage, | ||||||
13 | profit, or interest.
| ||||||
14 | (12) Habitual or excessive use or addiction to alcohol, | ||||||
15 | narcotics, stimulants, or any other chemical agent or drug | ||||||
16 | which results in inability to practice with reasonable | ||||||
17 | skill, judgment, or safety.
| ||||||
18 | (13) Discipline by another governmental agency or unit | ||||||
19 | of government, by any jurisdiction of the United States, or | ||||||
20 | by a foreign nation, if at least one of the grounds for the | ||||||
21 | discipline is the same or substantially equivalent to those | ||||||
22 | set forth in this Section.
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23 | (14) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | ||||||
24 | any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association | ||||||
25 | any fee, commission, rebate, or other form of compensation | ||||||
26 | for any professional service not actually rendered. |
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1 | Nothing in this paragraph (14) affects any bona fide | ||||||
2 | independent contractor or employment arrangements among | ||||||
3 | health care professionals, health facilities, health care | ||||||
4 | providers, or other entities, except as otherwise | ||||||
5 | prohibited by law. Any employment arrangements may include | ||||||
6 | provisions for compensation, health insurance, pension, or | ||||||
7 | other employment benefits for the provision of services | ||||||
8 | within the scope of the licensee's practice under this Act. | ||||||
9 | Nothing in this paragraph (14) shall be construed to | ||||||
10 | require an employment arrangement to receive professional | ||||||
11 | fees for services rendered. | ||||||
12 | (15) A finding by the Department that the licensee, | ||||||
13 | after having the license placed on probationary status has | ||||||
14 | violated the terms of probation.
| ||||||
15 | (16) Failing to refer a client to other health care | ||||||
16 | professionals when the licensee is unable or unwilling to | ||||||
17 | adequately support or serve the client.
| ||||||
18 | (17) Willfully filing false reports relating to a | ||||||
19 | licensee's practice, including but not limited to false | ||||||
20 | records filed with federal or State agencies or | ||||||
21 | departments.
| ||||||
22 | (18) Willfully failing to report an instance of | ||||||
23 | suspected child abuse or neglect as required by the Abused | ||||||
24 | and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
| ||||||
25 | (19) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated | ||||||
26 | report by the Department of Children and Family Services |
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| |||||||
1 | pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, | ||||||
2 | and upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that the | ||||||
3 | licensee has caused a child to be an abused child or | ||||||
4 | neglected child as defined in the Abused and Neglected | ||||||
5 | Child Reporting Act.
| ||||||
6 | (20) Physical or mental disability, including | ||||||
7 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of | ||||||
8 | abilities and skills which results in the inability to | ||||||
9 | practice the profession with reasonable judgment, skill, | ||||||
10 | or safety.
| ||||||
11 | (21) Solicitation of professional services by using | ||||||
12 | false or misleading advertising.
| ||||||
13 | (22) Failure to file a return, or to pay the tax, | ||||||
14 | penalty of interest shown in a filed return, or to pay any | ||||||
15 | final assessment of tax, penalty or interest, as required | ||||||
16 | by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department of | ||||||
17 | Revenue or any successor agency or the Internal Revenue | ||||||
18 | Service or any successor agency.
| ||||||
19 | (23) Fraud or making any misrepresentation in applying | ||||||
20 | for or procuring a license under this Act or in connection | ||||||
21 | with applying for renewal of a license under this Act.
| ||||||
22 | (24) Practicing or attempting to practice under a name | ||||||
23 | other than the full name as shown on the license or any | ||||||
24 | other legally authorized name.
| ||||||
25 | (25) Gross overcharging for professional services, | ||||||
26 | including filing statements for collection of fees or |
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| |||||||
1 | monies for which services are not rendered.
| ||||||
2 | (26) (Blank).
| ||||||
3 | (27) Charging for professional services not rendered, | ||||||
4 | including filing false statements for the collection of | ||||||
5 | fees for which services are not rendered. | ||||||
6 | (28) Allowing one's license under this Act to be used | ||||||
7 | by an unlicensed person in violation of this Act. | ||||||
8 | (b) (Blank). The Department shall deny, without hearing, | ||||||
9 | any application or renewal for a license under this Act to any | ||||||
10 | person who has defaulted on an educational loan guaranteed by | ||||||
11 | the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; however, the | ||||||
12 | Department may issue a license or renewal if the person in | ||||||
13 | default has established a satisfactory repayment record as | ||||||
14 | determined by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
| ||||||
15 | (c) The determination by a court that a licensee is subject | ||||||
16 | to involuntary admission or judicial admission as provided in | ||||||
17 | the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code will | ||||||
18 | result in an automatic suspension of his or her license. The | ||||||
19 | suspension will end upon a finding by a court that the licensee | ||||||
20 | is no longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial | ||||||
21 | admission, the issuance of an order so finding and discharging | ||||||
22 | the patient, and the determination of the Secretary that the | ||||||
23 | licensee be allowed to resume professional practice. | ||||||
24 | (d) The Department may refuse to issue or renew or may | ||||||
25 | suspend without hearing the license of any person who fails to | ||||||
26 | file a return, to pay the tax penalty or interest shown in a |
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1 | filed return, or to pay any final assessment of the tax, | ||||||
2 | penalty, or interest as required by any Act regarding the | ||||||
3 | payment of taxes administered by the Illinois Department of | ||||||
4 | Revenue until the requirements of the Act are satisfied in | ||||||
5 | accordance with subsection (g) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil | ||||||
6 | Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
7 | (e) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
8 | Services has previously determined that a licensee or a | ||||||
9 | potential licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the | ||||||
10 | payment of child support and has subsequently certified the | ||||||
11 | delinquency to the Department, the Department may refuse to | ||||||
12 | issue or renew or may revoke or suspend that person's license | ||||||
13 | or may take other disciplinary action against that person based | ||||||
14 | solely upon the certification of delinquency made by the | ||||||
15 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with | ||||||
16 | item (5) of subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department | ||||||
17 | of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code | ||||||
18 | of Illinois. | ||||||
19 | (f) All fines or costs imposed under this Section shall be | ||||||
20 | paid within 60 days after the effective date of the order | ||||||
21 | imposing the fine or costs or in accordance with the terms set | ||||||
22 | forth in the order imposing the fine.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 99-173, eff. 7-29-15; 99-633, eff. 1-1-17; | ||||||
24 | 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18 .) | ||||||
25 | Section 85. The Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989 |
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1 | is amended by changing Section 22 as follows:
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2 | (225 ILCS 305/22) (from Ch. 111, par. 1322)
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3 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
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4 | Sec. 22. Refusal, suspension and revocation of licenses; | ||||||
5 | causes.
| ||||||
6 | (a) The Department may, singularly or in combination, | ||||||
7 | refuse to issue,
renew or restore, or may suspend,
revoke, | ||||||
8 | place on probation, or take other disciplinary or | ||||||
9 | non-disciplinary action as deemed appropriate, including, but | ||||||
10 | not limited to, the imposition of fines not to exceed $10,000 | ||||||
11 | for each violation, as the Department may deem proper, with | ||||||
12 | regard to a license for any one or combination of the following | ||||||
13 | causes:
| ||||||
14 | (1) material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
15 | the Department;
| ||||||
16 | (2) negligence, incompetence or misconduct in the | ||||||
17 | practice of
architecture;
| ||||||
18 | (3) failure to comply with any of the provisions of | ||||||
19 | this Act or any of the
rules;
| ||||||
20 | (4) making any misrepresentation for the purpose of | ||||||
21 | obtaining licensure;
| ||||||
22 | (5) purposefully making false statements or signing | ||||||
23 | false statements,
certificates or affidavits to induce | ||||||
24 | payment;
| ||||||
25 | (6) conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere |
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1 | to any crime that is a felony under the laws of the United | ||||||
2 | States or any
state or territory thereof or that is a
| ||||||
3 | misdemeanor, an essential element of which is
dishonesty, | ||||||
4 | or any crime that is directly
related to the practice of | ||||||
5 | the profession of architecture;
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6 | (7) aiding or assisting another person in violating any | ||||||
7 | provision of
this Act or its rules;
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8 | (8) signing, affixing the architect's seal or | ||||||
9 | permitting the
architect's seal to be affixed to any | ||||||
10 | technical submission not prepared
by the architect or under | ||||||
11 | that architect's responsible control;
| ||||||
12 | (9) engaging in dishonorable, unethical or | ||||||
13 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
14 | defraud or harm the public;
| ||||||
15 | (10) habitual or excessive use or addiction to alcohol, | ||||||
16 | narcotics, stimulants, or any other chemical agent or drug | ||||||
17 | that results in the inability to practice with reasonable | ||||||
18 | judgment, skill, or safety;
| ||||||
19 | (11) making a statement of compliance pursuant to the | ||||||
20 | Environmental
Barriers Act that technical submissions | ||||||
21 | prepared by the architect or
prepared under the architect's | ||||||
22 | responsible control for
construction or alteration of an | ||||||
23 | occupancy required to be in compliance with
the | ||||||
24 | Environmental Barriers Act are in compliance with the | ||||||
25 | Environmental
Barriers Act when such technical submissions | ||||||
26 | are not in compliance;
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| |||||||
1 | (12) a finding by the Board that an applicant or | ||||||
2 | registrant
has failed to pay a fine imposed by the | ||||||
3 | Department or a
registrant, whose license has been
placed | ||||||
4 | on probationary status, has violated the terms of | ||||||
5 | probation;
| ||||||
6 | (13) discipline by another state, territory, foreign | ||||||
7 | country, the
District of Columbia, the United States | ||||||
8 | government, or any other
governmental agency, if at least | ||||||
9 | one of the grounds for discipline is the
same or | ||||||
10 | substantially equivalent to those set forth herein;
| ||||||
11 | (14) failure to provide information in response to a | ||||||
12 | written request
made by the Department within 30 days after | ||||||
13 | the receipt of such written
request;
| ||||||
14 | (15) physical illness, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
15 | deterioration
through the aging process or loss of motor | ||||||
16 | skill, mental illness, or disability which results in the
| ||||||
17 | inability to practice the profession with reasonable | ||||||
18 | judgment, skill, and safety, including without limitation | ||||||
19 | deterioration through the aging process, mental illness, | ||||||
20 | or disability.
| ||||||
21 | (a-5) In enforcing this Section, the Department or Board, | ||||||
22 | upon a showing of a possible violation, may order a licensee or | ||||||
23 | applicant to submit to a mental or physical examination, or | ||||||
24 | both, at the expense of the Department. The Department or Board | ||||||
25 | may order the examining physician to present testimony | ||||||
26 | concerning his or her examination of the licensee or applicant. |
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1 | No information shall be excluded by reason of any common law or | ||||||
2 | statutory privilege relating to communications between the | ||||||
3 | licensee or applicant and the examining physician. The | ||||||
4 | examining physicians shall be specifically designated by the | ||||||
5 | Board or Department. The licensee or applicant may have, at his | ||||||
6 | or her own expense, another physician of his or her choice | ||||||
7 | present during all aspects of the examination. Failure of a | ||||||
8 | licensee or applicant to submit to any such examination when | ||||||
9 | directed, without reasonable cause as defined by rule, shall be | ||||||
10 | grounds for either the immediate suspension of his or her | ||||||
11 | license or immediate denial of his or her application. | ||||||
12 | If the Secretary immediately suspends the license of a | ||||||
13 | licensee for his or her failure to submit to a mental or | ||||||
14 | physical examination when directed, a hearing must be convened | ||||||
15 | by the Department within 15 days after the suspension and | ||||||
16 | completed without appreciable delay. | ||||||
17 | If the Secretary otherwise suspends a license pursuant to | ||||||
18 | the results of the licensee's mental or physical examination, a | ||||||
19 | hearing must be convened by the Department within 15 days after | ||||||
20 | the suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The | ||||||
21 | Department and Board shall have the authority to review the | ||||||
22 | licensee's record of treatment and counseling regarding the | ||||||
23 | relevant impairment or impairments to the extent permitted by | ||||||
24 | applicable federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the | ||||||
25 | confidentiality of medical records. | ||||||
26 | Any licensee suspended under this subsection (a-5) shall be |
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| |||||||
1 | afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to the Department or | ||||||
2 | Board that he or she can resume practice in compliance with the | ||||||
3 | acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions of his | ||||||
4 | or her license.
| ||||||
5 | (b) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is | ||||||
6 | subject to
involuntary admission or judicial admission, as | ||||||
7 | provided in the Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
8 | Code, operates as an automatic
suspension. Such suspension will | ||||||
9 | end only upon a finding by a court that
the patient is no | ||||||
10 | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial
admission, | ||||||
11 | the issuance of an order so finding and discharging the | ||||||
12 | patient, and
the recommendation of the Board to the Secretary | ||||||
13 | that the licensee be
allowed to resume practice.
| ||||||
14 | (c) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
15 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
16 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
17 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
18 | agency of this State in accordance with subdivision (a)(5) of | ||||||
19 | Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation | ||||||
20 | Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
21 | (d) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
22 | Services (formerly the Department of Public Aid) has previously | ||||||
23 | determined that a licensee or a potential licensee is more than | ||||||
24 | 30 days delinquent in the payment of child support and has | ||||||
25 | subsequently certified the delinquency to the Department, the | ||||||
26 | Department shall refuse to issue or renew or shall revoke or |
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| |||||||
1 | suspend that person's license or shall take other disciplinary | ||||||
2 | action against that person based solely upon the certification | ||||||
3 | of delinquency made by the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
4 | Services in accordance with subdivision (a)(5) of Section | ||||||
5 | 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the | ||||||
6 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
7 | (e) The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
8 | authorized by this Act to a person who has failed to file a | ||||||
9 | return, to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed | ||||||
10 | return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or | ||||||
11 | interest as required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
12 | Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of | ||||||
13 | the tax Act are satisfied in accordance with subsection (g) of | ||||||
14 | Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation | ||||||
15 | Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
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16 | (f) Persons who assist the Department as consultants or | ||||||
17 | expert witnesses in
the investigation or prosecution of alleged | ||||||
18 | violations of the Act,
licensure matters, restoration | ||||||
19 | proceedings, or criminal prosecutions, shall
not be liable for | ||||||
20 | damages in any civil action or proceeding as a result of
such | ||||||
21 | assistance, except upon proof of actual malice. The attorney | ||||||
22 | general
shall defend such persons in any such action or | ||||||
23 | proceeding.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
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25 | Section 90. The Interior Design Title Act is amended by |
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| |||||||
1 | changing Section 13 as follows:
| ||||||
2 | (225 ILCS 310/13) (from Ch. 111, par. 8213)
| ||||||
3 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 13. Refusal, revocation or suspension of | ||||||
5 | registration. The Department may refuse to issue, renew, or | ||||||
6 | restore or may revoke, suspend,
place on probation, reprimand | ||||||
7 | or take other disciplinary action as the
Department may deem | ||||||
8 | proper, including fines not to exceed $5,000 for
each | ||||||
9 | violation, with regard to any registration for any one or | ||||||
10 | combination
of the following causes:
| ||||||
11 | (a) Fraud in procuring the certificate of | ||||||
12 | registration.
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13 | (b) Habitual intoxication or addiction to the use of | ||||||
14 | drugs.
| ||||||
15 | (c) Making any misrepresentations or false promises, | ||||||
16 | directly or
indirectly, to influence, persuade, or induce | ||||||
17 | patronage.
| ||||||
18 | (d) Professional connection or association with, or | ||||||
19 | lending his or her name, to
another for illegal use of the | ||||||
20 | title "registered interior designer", or professional | ||||||
21 | connection or association with any person,
firm, or | ||||||
22 | corporation holding itself out in any manner contrary to | ||||||
23 | this Act.
| ||||||
24 | (e) Obtaining or seeking to obtain checks, money, or | ||||||
25 | any other items of
value by false or fraudulent |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | representations.
| ||||||
2 | (f) Use of the title under a name other than his or her | ||||||
3 | own.
| ||||||
4 | (g) Improper, unprofessional, or dishonorable conduct | ||||||
5 | of a character
likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the | ||||||
6 | public.
| ||||||
7 | (h) Conviction in this or another state, or federal | ||||||
8 | court, of any crime
which is a felony, if the Department | ||||||
9 | determines, after investigation, that
such person has not | ||||||
10 | been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public
| ||||||
11 | trust.
| ||||||
12 | (i) A violation of any provision of this Act or its | ||||||
13 | rules.
| ||||||
14 | (j) Revocation by another state, the District of | ||||||
15 | Columbia, territory, or
foreign nation of an interior | ||||||
16 | design or residential interior design
registration if at | ||||||
17 | least one of the
grounds for that revocation is the same as | ||||||
18 | or the equivalent of one of the
grounds for revocation set | ||||||
19 | forth in this Act.
| ||||||
20 | (k) Mental incompetence as declared by a court of | ||||||
21 | competent jurisdiction.
| ||||||
22 | (l) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated report | ||||||
23 | by the
Department of Children and Family Services pursuant | ||||||
24 | to the Abused and
Neglected Child Reporting Act, and upon | ||||||
25 | proof by clear and convincing
evidence that the registrant | ||||||
26 | has caused a child to be an abused child or
neglected child |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | as defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
| ||||||
2 | The Department shall deny a registration or renewal | ||||||
3 | authorized by
this Act to any person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
4 | educational loan guaranteed
by the Illinois Student Assistance | ||||||
5 | Commission; however, the Department may
issue a certificate of | ||||||
6 | registration or renewal if such person has
established a | ||||||
7 | satisfactory repayment record as determined by the
Illinois | ||||||
8 | Student Assistance Commission.
| ||||||
9 | The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the | ||||||
10 | registration
of any person who fails to file a return, or to | ||||||
11 | pay the tax, penalty, or
interest showing in a filed return, or | ||||||
12 | to pay any final assessment of tax,
penalty, or interest, as | ||||||
13 | required by any tax Act administered by the
Illinois Department | ||||||
14 | of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of any
such tax | ||||||
15 | Act are satisfied.
| ||||||
16 | The entry of a decree by any circuit court establishing | ||||||
17 | that any person
holding a certificate of registration under | ||||||
18 | this Act is a person subject to
involuntary admission under the | ||||||
19 | Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Code shall | ||||||
20 | operate as a suspension of that registration. That person may
| ||||||
21 | resume using the title "registered interior designer" only upon | ||||||
22 | a finding by the Board that he or she has been determined to be | ||||||
23 | no
longer subject to involuntary admission by the court and | ||||||
24 | upon the Board's
recommendation to the Director that he or she | ||||||
25 | be permitted to resume using the title
"registered interior | ||||||
26 | designer".
|
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| |||||||
1 | (Source: P.A. 95-1023, eff. 6-1-09; 96-1334, eff. 7-27-10 .)
| ||||||
2 | Section 95. The Professional Engineering Practice Act of | ||||||
3 | 1989 is amended by changing Section 24 as follows:
| ||||||
4 | (225 ILCS 325/24) (from Ch. 111, par. 5224)
| ||||||
5 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
| ||||||
6 | Sec. 24. Rules of professional conduct; disciplinary or
| ||||||
7 | administrative
action. | ||||||
8 | (a) The Department shall adopt rules setting standards of | ||||||
9 | professional
conduct and establish appropriate penalties
for | ||||||
10 | the breach of such rules.
| ||||||
11 | (a-1) The Department may, singularly or in combination,
| ||||||
12 | refuse to issue, renew, or restore a license or may revoke,
| ||||||
13 | suspend, place on probation,
reprimand,
or take other | ||||||
14 | disciplinary or non-disciplinary action with regard to a person | ||||||
15 | licensed under this Act, including but not limited to, the | ||||||
16 | imposition of a fine
not to exceed $10,000 per violation upon | ||||||
17 | any person, corporation,
partnership, or professional design | ||||||
18 | firm licensed or registered under
this Act, for any one or | ||||||
19 | combination of the following causes:
| ||||||
20 | (1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
21 | the
Department.
| ||||||
22 | (2) Violations of this Act or any of its
rules.
| ||||||
23 | (3) Conviction of or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo | ||||||
24 | contendere to any crime that is a felony under the laws of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the United States or
any state or territory thereof, or | ||||||
2 | that is a
misdemeanor, an essential element of which is | ||||||
3 | dishonesty,
or any crime that is directly related to the | ||||||
4 | practice of engineering.
| ||||||
5 | (4) Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of | ||||||
6 | obtaining, renewing, or restoring a license
or violating | ||||||
7 | any provision of this Act or the rules promulgated under | ||||||
8 | this Act pertaining to advertising.
| ||||||
9 | (5) Willfully making or signing a false statement, | ||||||
10 | certificate, or affidavit to induce payment.
| ||||||
11 | (6) Negligence, incompetence or misconduct in the | ||||||
12 | practice of professional
engineering as a licensed | ||||||
13 | professional engineer or in working as an engineer
intern.
| ||||||
14 | (7) Aiding or assisting another person in violating any | ||||||
15 | provision of
this Act or its rules.
| ||||||
16 | (8) Failing to provide information in response to a | ||||||
17 | written request
made by the Department within 30 days after | ||||||
18 | receipt of such written
request.
| ||||||
19 | (9) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical or | ||||||
20 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
21 | defraud or harm the public.
| ||||||
22 | (10) Inability to practice the profession with | ||||||
23 | reasonable judgment, skill, or safety as a result of a | ||||||
24 | physical illness, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
25 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor | ||||||
26 | skill, or mental illness or disability.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (11) Discipline by the United States Government, | ||||||
2 | another state,
District of Columbia, territory, foreign | ||||||
3 | nation or government agency, if
at least one of the grounds | ||||||
4 | for the discipline is the same or
substantially equivalent | ||||||
5 | to those set forth in this Act.
| ||||||
6 | (12) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | ||||||
7 | any person,
firm, corporation, partnership or association | ||||||
8 | any fee, commission,
rebate or other form of compensation | ||||||
9 | for any professional services not
actually or personally | ||||||
10 | rendered.
| ||||||
11 | (13) A finding by the Department that
an applicant or | ||||||
12 | registrant has failed to pay a fine imposed
by the | ||||||
13 | Department, a registrant
whose license has been
placed on | ||||||
14 | probationary status has violated the terms of probation, or | ||||||
15 | a
registrant has practiced on an expired, inactive, | ||||||
16 | suspended, or
revoked license.
| ||||||
17 | (14) Signing, affixing the professional engineer's | ||||||
18 | seal or permitting
the professional engineer's seal to be | ||||||
19 | affixed to any technical
submissions not prepared as | ||||||
20 | required by Section 14 or completely reviewed by
the | ||||||
21 | professional engineer or under the professional engineer's | ||||||
22 | direct
supervision.
| ||||||
23 | (15) Inability to practice the profession with | ||||||
24 | reasonable judgment, skill or
safety as a result of | ||||||
25 | habitual or excessive use or addiction to alcohol, | ||||||
26 | narcotics, stimulants, or any other chemical agent or drug.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (16) The making of a statement pursuant to the | ||||||
2 | Environmental Barriers
Act that a plan for construction or | ||||||
3 | alteration of a public facility or
for construction of a | ||||||
4 | multi-story housing unit is in compliance with the
| ||||||
5 | Environmental Barriers Act when such plan is not in | ||||||
6 | compliance.
| ||||||
7 | (17) (Blank).
| ||||||
8 | (a-2) The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
9 | authorized by this Act to a person who has failed to file a | ||||||
10 | return, to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed | ||||||
11 | return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or | ||||||
12 | interest as required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
13 | Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of | ||||||
14 | the tax Act are satisfied in accordance with subsection (g) of | ||||||
15 | Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation | ||||||
16 | Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS | ||||||
17 | 2105/2105-15). | ||||||
18 | (a-3) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or | ||||||
19 | renewal authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on | ||||||
20 | an educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by | ||||||
21 | the Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
22 | agency of this State in accordance with subdivision (a)(5) of | ||||||
23 | Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation | ||||||
24 | Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS | ||||||
25 | 2105/2105-15). | ||||||
26 | (a-4) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Family Services (formerly the Department of Public Aid) has | ||||||
2 | previously determined that a licensee or a potential licensee | ||||||
3 | is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of child support | ||||||
4 | and has subsequently certified the delinquency to the | ||||||
5 | Department, the Department shall refuse to issue or renew or | ||||||
6 | shall revoke or suspend that person's license or shall take | ||||||
7 | other disciplinary action against that person based solely upon | ||||||
8 | the certification of delinquency made by the Department of | ||||||
9 | Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with subdivision | ||||||
10 | (a)(5) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional | ||||||
11 | Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (20 | ||||||
12 | ILCS 2105/2105-15). | ||||||
13 | (a-5) In enforcing this Section, the Department or Board, | ||||||
14 | upon a showing of a possible violation, may order a licensee or | ||||||
15 | applicant to submit to a mental or physical examination, or | ||||||
16 | both, at the expense of the Department. The Department or Board | ||||||
17 | may order the examining physician to present testimony | ||||||
18 | concerning his or her examination of the licensee or applicant. | ||||||
19 | No information shall be excluded by reason of any common law or | ||||||
20 | statutory privilege relating to communications between the | ||||||
21 | licensee or applicant and the examining physician. The | ||||||
22 | examining physicians shall be specifically designated by the | ||||||
23 | Board or Department. The licensee or applicant may have, at his | ||||||
24 | or her own expense, another physician of his or her choice | ||||||
25 | present during all aspects of the examination. Failure of a | ||||||
26 | licensee or applicant to submit to any such examination when |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | directed, without reasonable cause as defined by rule, shall be | ||||||
2 | grounds for either the immediate suspension of his or her | ||||||
3 | license or immediate denial of his or her application. | ||||||
4 | If the Secretary immediately suspends the license of a | ||||||
5 | licensee for his or her failure to submit to a mental or | ||||||
6 | physical examination when directed, a hearing must be convened | ||||||
7 | by the Department within 15 days after the suspension and | ||||||
8 | completed without appreciable delay. | ||||||
9 | If the Secretary otherwise suspends a license pursuant to | ||||||
10 | the results of the licensee's mental or physical examination, a | ||||||
11 | hearing must be convened by the Department within 15 days after | ||||||
12 | the suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The | ||||||
13 | Department and Board shall have the authority to review the | ||||||
14 | licensee's record of treatment and counseling regarding the | ||||||
15 | relevant impairment or impairments to the extent permitted by | ||||||
16 | applicable federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the | ||||||
17 | confidentiality of medical records. | ||||||
18 | Any licensee suspended under this subsection (a-5) shall be | ||||||
19 | afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to the Department or | ||||||
20 | Board that he or she can resume practice in compliance with the | ||||||
21 | acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions of his | ||||||
22 | or her license.
| ||||||
23 | (b) The determination by a circuit court that a registrant | ||||||
24 | is subject
to involuntary admission or judicial admission as | ||||||
25 | provided in the Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
26 | Code, as now or hereafter amended,
operates as an automatic |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | suspension. Such suspension will end only upon
a finding by a | ||||||
2 | court that the patient is no longer subject to
involuntary | ||||||
3 | admission or judicial admission, the issuance of an order
so | ||||||
4 | finding and discharging the patient, and the recommendation of | ||||||
5 | the Board to
the Director that the registrant be allowed to | ||||||
6 | resume practice.
| ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
| ||||||
8 | Section 100. The Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of | ||||||
9 | 1989 is amended by changing Section 27 as follows:
| ||||||
10 | (225 ILCS 330/27) (from Ch. 111, par. 3277)
| ||||||
11 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
| ||||||
12 | Sec. 27. Grounds for disciplinary action.
| ||||||
13 | (a) The Department may refuse to
issue or renew a license,
| ||||||
14 | or may place on probation or administrative supervision, | ||||||
15 | suspend, or revoke any license, or may reprimand or take any | ||||||
16 | disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the Department may | ||||||
17 | deem proper, including the imposition of fines not to
exceed | ||||||
18 | $10,000 per violation, upon any person, corporation, | ||||||
19 | partnership, or professional land
surveying firm licensed or | ||||||
20 | registered under this Act for any
of the following reasons:
| ||||||
21 | (1) material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
22 | the Department;
| ||||||
23 | (2) violation, including, but not limited to, neglect | ||||||
24 | or intentional
disregard, of this Act, or its rules;
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (3) conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo | ||||||
2 | contendere to, any crime that is a felony under the laws of | ||||||
3 | the United States or any state or territory thereof or that | ||||||
4 | is a misdemeanor of which an essential element is | ||||||
5 | dishonesty, or any crime that is directly related to the | ||||||
6 | practice of the profession;
| ||||||
7 | (4) making any misrepresentation for the purpose of | ||||||
8 | obtaining a license,
or in applying for restoration or | ||||||
9 | renewal, or the practice of any fraud or
deceit in taking | ||||||
10 | any examination to qualify for licensure under this Act;
| ||||||
11 | (5) purposefully making false statements or signing | ||||||
12 | false statements,
certificates, or affidavits to induce | ||||||
13 | payment;
| ||||||
14 | (6) proof of carelessness, incompetence, negligence, | ||||||
15 | or misconduct in
practicing land surveying;
| ||||||
16 | (7) aiding or assisting another person in violating any | ||||||
17 | provision of
this Act or its rules;
| ||||||
18 | (8) failing to provide information in response to a | ||||||
19 | written request made
by the Department within 30 days after | ||||||
20 | receipt of such written request;
| ||||||
21 | (9) engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
22 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
23 | defraud, or harm the public;
| ||||||
24 | (10) inability to practice with reasonable judgment, | ||||||
25 | skill, or safety as a result of habitual or excessive use | ||||||
26 | of, or addiction to, alcohol, narcotics, stimulants or any |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | other chemical agent or drug;
| ||||||
2 | (11) discipline by the United States government, | ||||||
3 | another state, District
of Columbia, territory, foreign | ||||||
4 | nation or government agency if at least
one of the grounds | ||||||
5 | for the discipline is the same or substantially
equivalent | ||||||
6 | to those set forth in this Act;
| ||||||
7 | (12) directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | ||||||
8 | any person,
firm, corporation, partnership, or association | ||||||
9 | any fee, commission, rebate,
or other form of compensation | ||||||
10 | for any professional services not actually or
personally | ||||||
11 | rendered;
| ||||||
12 | (12.5) issuing a map or plat of survey where the fee | ||||||
13 | for professional
services is contingent on a real estate | ||||||
14 | transaction closing;
| ||||||
15 | (13) a finding by the Department that an applicant or | ||||||
16 | licensee has failed to
pay
a fine imposed by the Department | ||||||
17 | or a licensee whose license has been
placed on probationary | ||||||
18 | status has violated the terms of probation;
| ||||||
19 | (14) practicing on an expired, inactive, suspended, or | ||||||
20 | revoked license;
| ||||||
21 | (15) signing, affixing the Professional Land | ||||||
22 | Surveyor's seal or
permitting the Professional Land | ||||||
23 | Surveyor's seal to be affixed to any map
or plat of survey | ||||||
24 | not prepared by the Professional
Land Surveyor or under the | ||||||
25 | Professional Land Surveyor's direct supervision and
| ||||||
26 | control;
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (16)
inability to practice the profession with | ||||||
2 | reasonable judgment, skill, or
safety as a result of | ||||||
3 | physical illness, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
4 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor | ||||||
5 | skill or a mental illness or disability;
| ||||||
6 | (17) (blank); or
| ||||||
7 | (18) failure to adequately supervise or control land | ||||||
8 | surveying
operations being performed by subordinates.
| ||||||
9 | (a-5) In enforcing this Section, the Department or Board, | ||||||
10 | upon a showing of a possible violation, may compel a person | ||||||
11 | licensed to practice under this Act, or who has applied for | ||||||
12 | licensure or certification pursuant to this Act, to submit to a | ||||||
13 | mental or physical examination, or both, as required by and at | ||||||
14 | the expense of the Department. The Department or Board may | ||||||
15 | order the examining physician to present testimony concerning | ||||||
16 | the mental or physical examination of the licensee or | ||||||
17 | applicant. No information shall be excluded by reason of any | ||||||
18 | common law or statutory privilege relating to communications | ||||||
19 | between the licensee or applicant and the examining physician. | ||||||
20 | The examining physicians shall be specifically designated by | ||||||
21 | the Board or Department. The individual to be examined may | ||||||
22 | have, at his or her own expense, another physician of his or | ||||||
23 | her choice present during all aspects of the examination. | ||||||
24 | Failure of an individual to submit to a mental or physical | ||||||
25 | examination when directed shall be grounds for the immediate | ||||||
26 | suspension of his or her license until the individual submits |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | to the examination if the Department finds that the refusal to | ||||||
2 | submit to the examination was without reasonable cause as | ||||||
3 | defined by rule. | ||||||
4 | If the Secretary immediately suspends the license of a | ||||||
5 | licensee for his or her failure to submit to a mental or | ||||||
6 | physical examination when directed, a hearing must be convened | ||||||
7 | by the Department within 15 days after the suspension and | ||||||
8 | completed without appreciable delay. | ||||||
9 | If the Secretary otherwise suspends a person's license | ||||||
10 | pursuant to the results of a compelled mental or physical | ||||||
11 | examination, a hearing on that person's license must be | ||||||
12 | convened by the Department within 15 days after the suspension | ||||||
13 | and completed without appreciable delay. The Department and | ||||||
14 | Board shall have the authority to review the subject | ||||||
15 | individual's record of treatment and counseling regarding | ||||||
16 | impairment to the extent permitted by applicable federal | ||||||
17 | statutes and regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of | ||||||
18 | medical records. | ||||||
19 | Any licensee suspended under this subsection (a-5) shall be | ||||||
20 | afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to the Department or | ||||||
21 | Board that he or she can resume practice in compliance with the | ||||||
22 | acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions of his | ||||||
23 | or her license.
| ||||||
24 | (b) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is | ||||||
25 | subject to
involuntary admission or judicial admission as | ||||||
26 | provided in the Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Code, as
now or hereafter amended, operates as an automatic | ||||||
2 | license suspension. Such
suspension will end only upon a | ||||||
3 | finding by a court that the patient is no
longer subject to | ||||||
4 | involuntary admission or judicial admission and the
issuance of | ||||||
5 | an order so finding and discharging the patient and upon the
| ||||||
6 | recommendation of the Board to the Director that the licensee | ||||||
7 | be allowed to
resume his or her practice.
| ||||||
8 | (c) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
9 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
10 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
12 | agency of this State in accordance with subdivision (a)(5) of | ||||||
13 | Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation | ||||||
14 | Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS | ||||||
15 | 2105/2105-15). | ||||||
16 | (d) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
17 | Services (formerly the Department of Public Aid) has previously | ||||||
18 | determined that a licensee or a potential licensee is more than | ||||||
19 | 30 days delinquent in the payment of child support and has | ||||||
20 | subsequently certified the delinquency to the Department, the | ||||||
21 | Department shall refuse to issue or renew or shall revoke or | ||||||
22 | suspend that person's license or shall take other disciplinary | ||||||
23 | action against that person based solely upon the certification | ||||||
24 | of delinquency made by the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
25 | Services in accordance with subdivision (a)(5) of Section | ||||||
26 | 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS 2105/2105-15). | ||||||
2 | (e) The Department shall refuse to issue or renew or shall | ||||||
3 | revoke or suspend a person's license or shall take other | ||||||
4 | disciplinary action against that person for his or her failure | ||||||
5 | to file a return, to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in | ||||||
6 | a filed return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, | ||||||
7 | or interest as required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
8 | Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of | ||||||
9 | the tax Act are satisfied in accordance with subsection (g) of | ||||||
10 | Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation | ||||||
11 | Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS | ||||||
12 | 2105/2105-15). | ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
| ||||||
14 | Section 105. The Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing Act is | ||||||
15 | amended by changing Section 9.1 as follows: | ||||||
16 | (225 ILCS 335/9.1) (from Ch. 111, par. 7509.1) | ||||||
17 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026) | ||||||
18 | Sec. 9.1. Grounds for disciplinary action. | ||||||
19 | (1) The Department may refuse
to issue or to renew, or may | ||||||
20 | revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand
or take other | ||||||
21 | disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the Department may | ||||||
22 | deem proper,
including fines not to exceed $10,000 for each | ||||||
23 | violation, with regard to any
license for any one or | ||||||
24 | combination of the following: |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (a) violation of this Act or its rules; | ||||||
2 | (b) for licensees, conviction or plea of guilty or nolo | ||||||
3 | contendere, finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of | ||||||
4 | judgment or sentencing of any crime, including, but not | ||||||
5 | limited to, convictions, preceding sentences of | ||||||
6 | supervision, conditional discharge, or first offender | ||||||
7 | probation, under the laws of any jurisdiction of the United | ||||||
8 | States that is (i) a felony or (ii) a misdemeanor, an | ||||||
9 | essential element
of which is dishonesty or that is
| ||||||
10 | directly related to the
practice of the profession and, for | ||||||
11 | initial applicants, convictions set forth in Section 7.1 of | ||||||
12 | this Act; | ||||||
13 | (c) fraud or any misrepresentation in applying for or | ||||||
14 | procuring a license under this Act, or in connection with | ||||||
15 | applying for renewal of a license under this Act; | ||||||
16 | (d) professional incompetence or gross negligence in | ||||||
17 | the practice of
roofing contracting, prima facie evidence | ||||||
18 | of which may be a conviction or judgment in any court of | ||||||
19 | competent jurisdiction against an applicant or licensee | ||||||
20 | relating to the practice of roofing contracting or the | ||||||
21 | construction of a roof or repair thereof that results in | ||||||
22 | leakage within 90 days after the completion of such work; | ||||||
23 | (e) (blank); | ||||||
24 | (f) aiding or assisting another person in violating any | ||||||
25 | provision of
this Act or rules; | ||||||
26 | (g) failing, within 60 days, to provide information in |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | response to a
written request made by the Department; | ||||||
2 | (h) engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
3 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
4 | defraud, or harm the public; | ||||||
5 | (i) habitual or excessive use or abuse of controlled | ||||||
6 | substances, as defined by the Illinois Controlled | ||||||
7 | Substances Act, alcohol, or any other substance that | ||||||
8 | results in the
inability to practice with reasonable | ||||||
9 | judgment, skill, or safety; | ||||||
10 | (j) discipline by another state, unit of government, or | ||||||
11 | government agency, the District of Columbia, a territory, | ||||||
12 | or a foreign nation, if at
least one of the grounds for the | ||||||
13 | discipline is the same or substantially
equivalent to those | ||||||
14 | set forth in this Section; | ||||||
15 | (k) directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | ||||||
16 | any person, firm,
corporation, partnership, or association | ||||||
17 | any fee, commission, rebate, or
other form of compensation | ||||||
18 | for any professional services not actually or
personally | ||||||
19 | rendered; | ||||||
20 | (l) a finding by the Department that the licensee, | ||||||
21 | after having his
or her license disciplined, has violated | ||||||
22 | the terms of the discipline; | ||||||
23 | (m) a finding by any court of competent jurisdiction, | ||||||
24 | either within or
without this State, of any violation of | ||||||
25 | any law governing the practice of
roofing contracting, if | ||||||
26 | the Department determines, after investigation,
that such |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | person has not been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant | ||||||
2 | the
public trust; | ||||||
3 | (n) willfully making or filing false records or reports | ||||||
4 | in the practice of roofing contracting, including, but not | ||||||
5 | limited to, false records filed with the State agencies or | ||||||
6 | departments; | ||||||
7 | (o) practicing, attempting to practice, or advertising | ||||||
8 | under
a name
other than the
full name as shown on the | ||||||
9 | license or any other legally authorized name; | ||||||
10 | (p) gross and willful overcharging for professional | ||||||
11 | services including
filing false statements for collection | ||||||
12 | of fees or monies for which services
are not rendered; | ||||||
13 | (q) (blank); | ||||||
14 | (r) (blank); | ||||||
15 | (s) failure to continue to meet the requirements of | ||||||
16 | this Act shall be
deemed a violation; | ||||||
17 | (t) physical or mental disability, including | ||||||
18 | deterioration through the
aging process or loss of | ||||||
19 | abilities and skills that result in an inability to
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20 | practice the profession with reasonable judgment, skill, | ||||||
21 | or safety; | ||||||
22 | (u) material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
23 | the Department or
to
any other State agency; | ||||||
24 | (v) (blank); | ||||||
25 | (w) advertising in any manner that is false, | ||||||
26 | misleading, or deceptive; |
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1 | (x) taking undue advantage of a customer, which results | ||||||
2 | in the perpetration of a fraud; | ||||||
3 | (y) performing any act or practice that is a violation | ||||||
4 | of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act; | ||||||
5 | (z) engaging in the practice of roofing contracting, as | ||||||
6 | defined in this Act, with a suspended, revoked, or | ||||||
7 | cancelled license; | ||||||
8 | (aa) treating any person differently to the person's | ||||||
9 | detriment because of race, color, creed, gender, age, | ||||||
10 | religion, or national origin; | ||||||
11 | (bb) knowingly making any false statement, oral, | ||||||
12 | written, or otherwise, of a character likely to influence, | ||||||
13 | persuade, or induce others in the course of obtaining or | ||||||
14 | performing roofing contracting services; | ||||||
15 | (cc) violation of any final administrative action of | ||||||
16 | the Secretary;
| ||||||
17 | (dd) allowing the use of his or her roofing license by | ||||||
18 | an unlicensed roofing contractor for the purposes of | ||||||
19 | providing roofing or waterproofing services; or | ||||||
20 | (ee) (blank); | ||||||
21 | (ff) cheating or attempting to subvert a licensing | ||||||
22 | examination administered under this Act; or | ||||||
23 | (gg) use of a license to permit or enable an unlicensed | ||||||
24 | person to provide roofing contractor services. | ||||||
25 | (2) The determination by a circuit court that a license | ||||||
26 | holder is subject to involuntary admission or judicial |
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| |||||||
1 | admission, as provided in the Mental Health and Developmental | ||||||
2 | Disabilities Code, operates as an automatic suspension. Such | ||||||
3 | suspension will end only upon a finding by a court that the | ||||||
4 | patient is no longer subject to involuntary admission or | ||||||
5 | judicial admission, an order by the court so finding and | ||||||
6 | discharging the patient, and the recommendation of the Board to | ||||||
7 | the Director that the license holder be allowed to resume his | ||||||
8 | or her practice. | ||||||
9 | (3) The Department may refuse to issue or take disciplinary | ||||||
10 | action concerning the license of any person who fails to file a | ||||||
11 | return, to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed | ||||||
12 | return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or | ||||||
13 | interest as required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
14 | Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of | ||||||
15 | any such tax Act are satisfied as determined by the Department | ||||||
16 | of Revenue. | ||||||
17 | (4) In enforcing this Section, the Department, upon a | ||||||
18 | showing of a possible violation, may compel any individual who | ||||||
19 | is licensed under this Act or any individual who has applied | ||||||
20 | for licensure to submit to a mental or physical examination or | ||||||
21 | evaluation, or both, which may include a substance abuse or | ||||||
22 | sexual offender evaluation, at the expense of the Department. | ||||||
23 | The Department shall specifically designate the examining | ||||||
24 | physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches | ||||||
25 | or, if applicable, the multidisciplinary team involved in | ||||||
26 | providing the mental or physical examination and evaluation. |
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1 | The multidisciplinary team shall be led by a physician licensed | ||||||
2 | to practice medicine in all of its branches and may consist of | ||||||
3 | one or more or a combination of physicians licensed to practice | ||||||
4 | medicine in all of its branches, licensed chiropractic | ||||||
5 | physicians, licensed clinical psychologists, licensed clinical | ||||||
6 | social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and | ||||||
7 | other professional and administrative staff. Any examining | ||||||
8 | physician or member of the multidisciplinary team may require | ||||||
9 | any person ordered to submit to an examination and evaluation | ||||||
10 | pursuant to this Section to submit to any additional | ||||||
11 | supplemental testing deemed necessary to complete any | ||||||
12 | examination or evaluation process, including, but not limited | ||||||
13 | to, blood testing, urinalysis, psychological testing, or | ||||||
14 | neuropsychological testing. | ||||||
15 | (5) The Department may order the examining physician or any | ||||||
16 | member of the multidisciplinary team to provide to the | ||||||
17 | Department any and all records, including business records, | ||||||
18 | that relate to the examination and evaluation, including any | ||||||
19 | supplemental testing performed. The Department may order the | ||||||
20 | examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team | ||||||
21 | to present testimony concerning this examination and | ||||||
22 | evaluation of the licensee or applicant, including testimony | ||||||
23 | concerning any supplemental testing or documents relating to | ||||||
24 | the examination and evaluation. No information, report, | ||||||
25 | record, or other documents in any way related to the | ||||||
26 | examination and evaluation shall be excluded by reason of any |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | common law or statutory privilege relating to communication | ||||||
2 | between the licensee or applicant and the examining physician | ||||||
3 | or any member of the multidisciplinary team. No authorization | ||||||
4 | is necessary from the licensee or applicant ordered to undergo | ||||||
5 | an evaluation and examination for the examining physician or | ||||||
6 | any member of the multidisciplinary team to provide | ||||||
7 | information, reports, records, or other documents or to provide | ||||||
8 | any testimony regarding the examination and evaluation. The | ||||||
9 | individual to be examined may have, at his or her own expense, | ||||||
10 | another physician of his or her choice present during all | ||||||
11 | aspects of the examination. | ||||||
12 | (6) Failure of any individual to submit to mental or | ||||||
13 | physical examination or evaluation, or both, when directed, | ||||||
14 | shall result in an automatic suspension without hearing until | ||||||
15 | such time as the individual submits to the examination. If the | ||||||
16 | Department finds a licensee unable to practice because of the | ||||||
17 | reasons set forth in this Section, the Department shall require | ||||||
18 | the licensee to submit to care, counseling, or treatment by | ||||||
19 | physicians approved or designated by the Department as a | ||||||
20 | condition for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure. | ||||||
21 | (7) When the Secretary immediately suspends a license under | ||||||
22 | this Section, a hearing upon such person's license must be | ||||||
23 | convened by the Department within 15 days after the suspension | ||||||
24 | and completed without appreciable delay. The Department shall | ||||||
25 | have the authority to review the licensee's record of treatment | ||||||
26 | and counseling regarding the impairment to the extent permitted |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | by applicable federal statutes and regulations safeguarding | ||||||
2 | the confidentiality of medical records. | ||||||
3 | (8) Licensees affected under this Section shall be afforded | ||||||
4 | an opportunity to demonstrate to the Department that they can | ||||||
5 | resume practice in compliance with acceptable and prevailing | ||||||
6 | standards under the provisions of their license. | ||||||
7 | (9) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
8 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
9 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
10 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
11 | agency of this State in accordance with paragraph (5) of | ||||||
12 | subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of | ||||||
13 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
14 | Illinois. | ||||||
15 | (10) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
16 | Services has previously determined a licensee or a potential | ||||||
17 | licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of | ||||||
18 | child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency to | ||||||
19 | the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew or | ||||||
20 | may revoke or suspend that person's license or may take other | ||||||
21 | disciplinary action against that person based solely upon the | ||||||
22 | certification of delinquency made by the Department of | ||||||
23 | Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with paragraph (5) | ||||||
24 | of subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of | ||||||
25 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
26 | Illinois. |
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| |||||||
1 | The changes to this Act made by this amendatory Act of 1997 | ||||||
2 | apply only
to disciplinary actions relating to events occurring | ||||||
3 | after the effective date
of
this amendatory Act of 1997. | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 99-469, eff. 8-26-15; 99-876, eff. 1-1-17 .) | ||||||
5 | Section 110. The Structural Engineering Practice Act of | ||||||
6 | 1989 is amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
| ||||||
7 | (225 ILCS 340/20) (from Ch. 111, par. 6620)
| ||||||
8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
| ||||||
9 | Sec. 20. Refusal; revocation; suspension. | ||||||
10 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may | ||||||
11 | revoke a license, or may suspend, place on probation, fine, or | ||||||
12 | take any disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the | ||||||
13 | Department may deem proper, including a fine not to exceed | ||||||
14 | $10,000 for each violation, with regard to any licensee for any | ||||||
15 | one or combination of the following reasons:
| ||||||
16 | (1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
17 | the Department;
| ||||||
18 | (2) Negligence, incompetence or misconduct in the | ||||||
19 | practice of
structural engineering;
| ||||||
20 | (3) Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of | ||||||
21 | obtaining licensure;
| ||||||
22 | (4) The affixing of a licensed structural engineer's | ||||||
23 | seal to any plans,
specifications or drawings which have | ||||||
24 | not been prepared by or under the
immediate personal |
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| |||||||
1 | supervision of that licensed structural engineer or
| ||||||
2 | reviewed as provided in this Act;
| ||||||
3 | (5) Conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo | ||||||
4 | contendere to, any crime that is a felony under the laws of | ||||||
5 | the United States or of any state or territory thereof, or | ||||||
6 | that is a misdemeanor an essential element of which is | ||||||
7 | dishonesty, or any crime that is directly related to the | ||||||
8 | practice of the profession;
| ||||||
9 | (6) Making a statement of compliance pursuant to the | ||||||
10 | Environmental
Barriers Act, as now or hereafter amended, | ||||||
11 | that a plan for construction or
alteration of a public | ||||||
12 | facility or for construction of a multi-story
housing unit | ||||||
13 | is in compliance with the Environmental Barriers Act when | ||||||
14 | such
plan is not in compliance;
| ||||||
15 | (7) Failure to comply with any of the provisions of | ||||||
16 | this Act or its rules;
| ||||||
17 | (8) Aiding or assisting another person in violating any | ||||||
18 | provision of
this Act or its rules;
| ||||||
19 | (9) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical or | ||||||
20 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
21 | defraud or harm the public, as defined by
rule;
| ||||||
22 | (10) Habitual or excessive use or addiction to alcohol, | ||||||
23 | narcotics, stimulants, or any other chemical agent or drug | ||||||
24 | that results in the inability to practice with reasonable | ||||||
25 | judgment, skill, or safety;
| ||||||
26 | (11) Failure of an applicant or licensee
to pay
a fine |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | imposed by the Department or a licensee whose license has | ||||||
2 | been
placed on probationary status has violated the terms | ||||||
3 | of probation;
| ||||||
4 | (12) Discipline by another state, territory, foreign | ||||||
5 | country, the
District of Columbia, the United States | ||||||
6 | government, or any other
governmental agency, if at least | ||||||
7 | one of the grounds for discipline is the
same or | ||||||
8 | substantially equivalent to those set forth in this | ||||||
9 | Section;
| ||||||
10 | (13) Failure to provide information in response to a | ||||||
11 | written request
made by the Department within 30 days after | ||||||
12 | the receipt of such written
request; or
| ||||||
13 | (14) Physical illness, including but not limited to, | ||||||
14 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor | ||||||
15 | skill, mental illness, or disability which results in the | ||||||
16 | inability to practice the
profession of structural | ||||||
17 | engineering with reasonable judgment, skill, or
safety.
| ||||||
18 | (a-5) In enforcing this Section, the Department or Board, | ||||||
19 | upon a showing of a possible violation, may order a licensee or | ||||||
20 | applicant to submit to a mental or physical examination, or | ||||||
21 | both, at the expense of the Department. The Department or Board | ||||||
22 | may order the examining physician to present testimony | ||||||
23 | concerning his or her examination of the licensee or applicant. | ||||||
24 | No information shall be excluded by reason of any common law or | ||||||
25 | statutory privilege relating to communications between the | ||||||
26 | licensee or applicant and the examining physician. The |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | examining physicians shall be specifically designated by the | ||||||
2 | Board or Department. The licensee or applicant may have, at his | ||||||
3 | or her own expense, another physician of his or her choice | ||||||
4 | present during all aspects of the examination. Failure of a | ||||||
5 | licensee or applicant to submit to any such examination when | ||||||
6 | directed, without reasonable cause as defined by rule, shall be | ||||||
7 | grounds for either the immediate suspension of his or her | ||||||
8 | license or immediate denial of his or her application. | ||||||
9 | If the Secretary immediately suspends the license of a | ||||||
10 | licensee for his or her failure to submit to a mental or | ||||||
11 | physical examination when directed, a hearing must be convened | ||||||
12 | by the Department within 15 days after the suspension and | ||||||
13 | completed without appreciable delay. | ||||||
14 | If the Secretary otherwise suspends a license pursuant to | ||||||
15 | the results of the licensee's mental or physical examination, a | ||||||
16 | hearing must be convened by the Department within 15 days after | ||||||
17 | the suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The | ||||||
18 | Department and Board shall have the authority to review the | ||||||
19 | licensee's record of treatment and counseling regarding the | ||||||
20 | relevant impairment or impairments to the extent permitted by | ||||||
21 | applicable federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the | ||||||
22 | confidentiality of medical records. | ||||||
23 | Any licensee suspended under this subsection (a-5) shall be | ||||||
24 | afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to the Department or | ||||||
25 | Board that he or she can resume practice in compliance with the | ||||||
26 | acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions of his |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | or her license.
| ||||||
2 | (b) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is | ||||||
3 | subject to
involuntary admission or judicial admission, as | ||||||
4 | provided in the Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
5 | Code, operates as an automatic
suspension. Such suspension will | ||||||
6 | end only upon a finding by a court that
the patient is no | ||||||
7 | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial
admission, | ||||||
8 | the issuance of an order so finding and discharging the | ||||||
9 | patient,
and the recommendation of the Board to the Secretary | ||||||
10 | that
the licensee be allowed to resume practice.
| ||||||
11 | (c) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
12 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
13 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
14 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
15 | agency of this State in accordance with subdivision (a)(5) of | ||||||
16 | Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation | ||||||
17 | Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
18 | (d) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
19 | Services (formerly the Department of Public Aid) has previously | ||||||
20 | determined that a licensee or a potential licensee is more than | ||||||
21 | 30 days delinquent in the payment of child support and has | ||||||
22 | subsequently certified the delinquency to the Department, the | ||||||
23 | Department shall refuse to issue or renew or shall revoke or | ||||||
24 | suspend that person's license or shall take other disciplinary | ||||||
25 | action against that person based solely upon the certification | ||||||
26 | of delinquency made by the Department of Healthcare and Family |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Services in accordance with subdivision (a)(5) of Section | ||||||
2 | 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the | ||||||
3 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
4 | (e) The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
5 | authorized by this Act to a person who has failed to file a | ||||||
6 | return, to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed | ||||||
7 | return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or | ||||||
8 | interest as required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
9 | Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of | ||||||
10 | the tax Act are satisfied in accordance with subsection (g) of | ||||||
11 | Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation | ||||||
12 | Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
| ||||||
13 | (f) Persons who assist the Department as consultants or | ||||||
14 | expert witnesses in
the investigation or prosecution of alleged | ||||||
15 | violations of the Act,
licensure matters, restoration | ||||||
16 | proceedings, or criminal prosecutions, are
not liable for | ||||||
17 | damages in any civil action or proceeding as a result of
such | ||||||
18 | assistance, except upon proof of actual malice. The Attorney | ||||||
19 | General
of the State of Illinois shall defend such persons in | ||||||
20 | any such action or
proceeding.
| ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
| ||||||
22 | Section 115. The Auction License Act is amended by changing | ||||||
23 | Section 20-20 as follows:
| ||||||
24 | (225 ILCS 407/20-20)
|
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| |||||||
1 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
| ||||||
2 | Sec. 20-20. Termination without hearing for failure to pay | ||||||
3 | taxes or , child
support , or a
student loan . The Department
may | ||||||
4 | terminate or otherwise discipline any license issued
under this | ||||||
5 | Act without
hearing if the appropriate administering agency | ||||||
6 | provides adequate information
and proof that the
licensee has:
| ||||||
7 | (1) failed to file a return, to pay the tax, penalty, | ||||||
8 | or interest shown in
a filed return,
or to pay any final | ||||||
9 | assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as required by any
| ||||||
10 | tax act administered by
the Illinois Department of Revenue | ||||||
11 | until the requirements of the tax act are
satisfied;
| ||||||
12 | (2) failed to pay any court ordered child support as | ||||||
13 | determined by a court
order or by
referral from the | ||||||
14 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
| ||||||
15 | Illinois Department of Public Aid); or
| ||||||
16 | (3) (blank). failed to repay any student loan or | ||||||
17 | assistance as determined by the
Illinois Student
| ||||||
18 | Assistance Commission.
| ||||||
19 | If a license is terminated or otherwise disciplined | ||||||
20 | pursuant to this Section,
the licensee may
request a hearing as | ||||||
21 | provided by this Act within 30 days of notice of
termination or | ||||||
22 | discipline.
| ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-572, eff. 6-1-08 .)
| ||||||
24 | Section 120. The Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair | ||||||
25 | Braiding, and Nail
Technology Act of 1985 is amended by |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | changing Section 4-7 as follows:
| ||||||
2 | (225 ILCS 410/4-7) (from Ch. 111, par. 1704-7)
| ||||||
3 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
| ||||||
4 | Sec. 4-7. Refusal, suspension and revocation of licenses; | ||||||
5 | causes;
disciplinary action. | ||||||
6 | (1) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, and
may | ||||||
7 | suspend, revoke, place on probation, reprimand or take any | ||||||
8 | other
disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the | ||||||
9 | Department may deem proper, including civil
penalties not to | ||||||
10 | exceed $500 for each violation, with regard to any
license for | ||||||
11 | any one, or any combination, of
the
following causes:
| ||||||
12 | a. For licensees, conviction of any crime
under the | ||||||
13 | laws of the United States or any state or territory thereof | ||||||
14 | that
is (i) a felony, (ii) a misdemeanor, an essential | ||||||
15 | element
of which is dishonesty, or (iii) a crime which is | ||||||
16 | related to the practice of
the profession and, for initial | ||||||
17 | applicants, convictions set forth in Section 4-6.1 of this | ||||||
18 | Act.
| ||||||
19 | b. Conviction of any of the violations listed in
| ||||||
20 | Section 4-20.
| ||||||
21 | c. Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
22 | the Department.
| ||||||
23 | d. Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of | ||||||
24 | obtaining
a license or violating any provision of this Act | ||||||
25 | or its rules.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | e. Aiding or assisting another person in violating any | ||||||
2 | provision of this
Act or its rules.
| ||||||
3 | f. Failing, within 60 days, to provide information in | ||||||
4 | response to a
written request made by the Department.
| ||||||
5 | g. Discipline by another state, territory, or country | ||||||
6 | if at least one of
the grounds for the discipline is the | ||||||
7 | same as or substantially equivalent to
those set forth in | ||||||
8 | this Act.
| ||||||
9 | h. Practice in the barber, nail technology, esthetics, | ||||||
10 | hair braiding, or
cosmetology profession, or an attempt to | ||||||
11 | practice in those professions, by
fraudulent | ||||||
12 | misrepresentation.
| ||||||
13 | i. Gross malpractice or gross incompetency.
| ||||||
14 | j. Continued practice by a person knowingly having an
| ||||||
15 | infectious
or contagious disease.
| ||||||
16 | k. Solicitation of professional services by using | ||||||
17 | false or
misleading advertising.
| ||||||
18 | l. A finding by the Department that the licensee, after | ||||||
19 | having his or
her license placed on probationary status, | ||||||
20 | has violated the terms of
probation.
| ||||||
21 | m. Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | ||||||
22 | any person, firm,
corporation, partnership or association | ||||||
23 | any fee, commission, rebate, or other
form of compensation | ||||||
24 | for any professional services not actually or personally
| ||||||
25 | rendered.
| ||||||
26 | n. Violating any of the provisions of this Act or rules |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | adopted
pursuant to this Act.
| ||||||
2 | o. Willfully making or filing false records or reports | ||||||
3 | relating to a
licensee's practice, including but not | ||||||
4 | limited to, false records filed with
State agencies or | ||||||
5 | departments.
| ||||||
6 | p. Habitual or excessive use
or addiction to alcohol, | ||||||
7 | narcotics, stimulants, or any other chemical agent or
drug | ||||||
8 | that results in the inability to practice with reasonable | ||||||
9 | judgment, skill
or safety.
| ||||||
10 | q. Engaging in dishonorable, unethical or | ||||||
11 | unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive,
| ||||||
12 | defraud, or harm the public as may be defined by rules of | ||||||
13 | the Department, or
violating
the rules of professional | ||||||
14 | conduct which may be adopted by the Department.
| ||||||
15 | r. Permitting any person to use for any unlawful or | ||||||
16 | fraudulent
purpose one's diploma or license or certificate | ||||||
17 | of registration as a
cosmetologist, nail technician, | ||||||
18 | esthetician, hair braider, or barber or cosmetology,
nail | ||||||
19 | technology, esthetics, hair braiding, or barber teacher or | ||||||
20 | salon or shop or
cosmetology clinic teacher.
| ||||||
21 | s. Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated report | ||||||
22 | by the Department
of Children and Family Services under the | ||||||
23 | Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
Act and upon proof by | ||||||
24 | clear and convincing evidence that the licensee has
caused | ||||||
25 | a child to be an abused child or neglected child as defined | ||||||
26 | in the
Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | t. Operating a salon or shop without a valid | ||||||
2 | registration. | ||||||
3 | u. Failure to complete required continuing education | ||||||
4 | hours. | ||||||
5 | (2) In rendering an order, the Secretary shall take into
| ||||||
6 | consideration the facts and circumstances involving the type of | ||||||
7 | acts
or omissions in paragraph (1) of this Section including, | ||||||
8 | but not limited to:
| ||||||
9 | (a) the extent to which public confidence in the | ||||||
10 | cosmetology, nail
technology, esthetics, hair braiding, or | ||||||
11 | barbering profession was, might have been, or may be,
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12 | injured;
| ||||||
13 | (b) the degree of trust and dependence among the | ||||||
14 | involved parties;
| ||||||
15 | (c) the character and degree of harm which did result | ||||||
16 | or might
have resulted;
| ||||||
17 | (d) the intent or mental state of the licensee at the
| ||||||
18 | time of the acts or omissions.
| ||||||
19 | (3) The Department may reissue the license or registration | ||||||
20 | upon
certification by the Board that the disciplined licensee | ||||||
21 | or registrant
has complied with all of the terms and conditions | ||||||
22 | set forth in the final
order or has been sufficiently | ||||||
23 | rehabilitated to warrant the public trust.
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24 | (4) The Department shall refuse to issue or renew or | ||||||
25 | suspend without hearing the license or
certificate of | ||||||
26 | registration
of any person who fails to file a return, or to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | pay the tax, penalty or
interest shown in a filed return, or to | ||||||
2 | pay any final assessment of tax,
penalty or interest, as | ||||||
3 | required by any tax Act administered by the
Illinois Department | ||||||
4 | of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of any
such tax | ||||||
5 | Act are satisfied as determined by the Department of Revenue.
| ||||||
6 | (5) (Blank). The Department shall deny without hearing any | ||||||
7 | application for a
license or renewal of a license under this | ||||||
8 | Act by a person who has defaulted on
an educational loan | ||||||
9 | guaranteed by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission;
| ||||||
10 | however, the Department may issue or renew a license if the | ||||||
11 | person in default
has established a satisfactory repayment | ||||||
12 | record as determined by the Illinois
Student Assistance | ||||||
13 | Commission.
| ||||||
14 | (6) All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid | ||||||
15 | within 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing | ||||||
16 | the fine or in accordance with the terms set forth in the order | ||||||
17 | imposing the fine. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 98-911, eff. 1-1-15; 99-427, eff. 8-21-15; | ||||||
19 | 99-876, eff. 1-1-17 .)
| ||||||
20 | Section 125. The Electrologist Licensing Act is amended by | ||||||
21 | changing Section 75 as follows:
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22 | (225 ILCS 412/75)
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23 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
| ||||||
24 | Sec. 75. Grounds for discipline.
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1 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew and may
| ||||||
2 | revoke or suspend a license under this Act, and may place on | ||||||
3 | probation,
reprimand, or take other
disciplinary or | ||||||
4 | non-disciplinary action with regard to any licensee
under this | ||||||
5 | Act, as the
Department may consider appropriate, including | ||||||
6 | imposing fines not to exceed $10,000
for each violation and | ||||||
7 | assess costs as provided for under Section 95 of this Act, for | ||||||
8 | one or any combination of the following causes:
| ||||||
9 | (1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
10 | the Department.
| ||||||
11 | (2) Violation of this Act or rules adopted under this | ||||||
12 | Act.
| ||||||
13 | (3) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | ||||||
14 | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or | ||||||
15 | sentencing, including, but not limited to, convictions, | ||||||
16 | preceding sentences of supervision, conditional discharge, | ||||||
17 | or first offender probation, under the laws of any | ||||||
18 | jurisdiction of the United States that is (i) a felony or | ||||||
19 | (ii) a misdemeanor, an essential element of which is | ||||||
20 | dishonesty, or that is directly related to the practice of | ||||||
21 | electrology.
| ||||||
22 | (4) Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for or | ||||||
23 | procuring a license under this Act, or in connection with | ||||||
24 | applying for renewal of a license under this Act.
| ||||||
25 | (5) Aiding or assisting another person in violating any | ||||||
26 | provision of
this Act or its rules.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (6) Failing to provide information within 60 days in | ||||||
2 | response to a
written request made by the Department.
| ||||||
3 | (7) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
4 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
5 | defraud, or harm the public.
| ||||||
6 | (8) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs defined | ||||||
7 | in law as controlled substances, alcohol, or any other | ||||||
8 | substance that results in an
electrologist's
inability to | ||||||
9 | practice with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
| ||||||
10 | (9) Discipline by another governmental agency, unit of | ||||||
11 | government, U.S. jurisdiction, or foreign nation if at
| ||||||
12 | least one of the grounds for discipline is the same as or | ||||||
13 | substantially
equivalent to any of those set forth in this | ||||||
14 | Act.
| ||||||
15 | (10) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | ||||||
16 | any person, firm,
corporation, partnership, or association | ||||||
17 | any fee, commission, rebate, or
other form of compensation | ||||||
18 | for any professional services not
actually or personally | ||||||
19 | rendered. Nothing in this paragraph (10) affects any bona | ||||||
20 | fide independent contractor or employment arrangements | ||||||
21 | among health care professionals, health facilities, health | ||||||
22 | care providers, or other entities, except as otherwise | ||||||
23 | prohibited by law. Any employment arrangements with health | ||||||
24 | care providers may include provisions for compensation, | ||||||
25 | health insurance, pension, or other employment benefits | ||||||
26 | for the provision of services within the scope of the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | licensee's practice under this Act. Nothing in this | ||||||
2 | paragraph (10) shall be construed to require an employment | ||||||
3 | arrangement to receive professional fees for services | ||||||
4 | rendered.
| ||||||
5 | (11) A finding by the Department that the licensee, | ||||||
6 | after having his or
her
license placed on probationary | ||||||
7 | status, has violated the terms of probation.
| ||||||
8 | (12) Abandonment of a patient.
| ||||||
9 | (13) Willfully making or filing false records or | ||||||
10 | reports in the
licensee's practice, including, but not | ||||||
11 | limited to, false records filed
with State agencies or
| ||||||
12 | departments.
| ||||||
13 | (14) Mental or physical illness or disability, | ||||||
14 | including, but not limited to, deterioration
through the | ||||||
15 | aging process or loss of motor skill that results in the
| ||||||
16 | inability to practice the profession with reasonable | ||||||
17 | judgment, skill,
or safety.
| ||||||
18 | (15) Negligence in his or her practice under this Act.
| ||||||
19 | (16) Use of fraud, deception, or any unlawful means in | ||||||
20 | applying for
and securing a license as an electrologist.
| ||||||
21 | (17) Immoral conduct in the commission of any act, such | ||||||
22 | as sexual abuse,
sexual misconduct, or sexual | ||||||
23 | exploitation, related to the licensee's practice.
| ||||||
24 | (18) Failure to comply with standards of sterilization | ||||||
25 | and sanitation as
defined in the rules of the Department.
| ||||||
26 | (19) Charging for professional services not rendered, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | including filing false statements for the collection of | ||||||
2 | fees for which services are not rendered. | ||||||
3 | (20) Allowing one's license under this Act to be used | ||||||
4 | by an unlicensed person in
violation of this Act. | ||||||
5 | (b) The Department may refuse to issue or renew or may | ||||||
6 | suspend without hearing the
license of any person who fails to | ||||||
7 | file a return, to pay the tax, penalty or
interest
shown in a | ||||||
8 | filed return, or to pay any final assessment of the tax, | ||||||
9 | penalty, or
interest as required by any tax Act administered by | ||||||
10 | the Illinois Department
of Revenue until the requirements of | ||||||
11 | the tax Act are satisfied in accordance with subsection (g) of | ||||||
12 | Section 2105-15 of the Department of
Professional Regulation | ||||||
13 | Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
| ||||||
14 | (c) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is | ||||||
15 | subject to
involuntary admission or judicial admission as | ||||||
16 | provided in the Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
17 | Code
operates as an automatic suspension. The
suspension will | ||||||
18 | end only upon a finding by a court that the patient is no
| ||||||
19 | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission, | ||||||
20 | the issuance of
an
order so finding and discharging the | ||||||
21 | patient, and the filing of a petition for restoration | ||||||
22 | demonstrating fitness to practice.
| ||||||
23 | (d) In enforcing this Section, the Department, upon a | ||||||
24 | showing of a possible
violation, may compel any individual who | ||||||
25 | is licensed to practice under this Act or any individual who | ||||||
26 | has applied for licensure to submit to a mental or physical |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | examination and evaluation, or both, that may include a | ||||||
2 | substance abuse or sexual offender evaluation, at the expense | ||||||
3 | of the Department. The Department shall specifically designate | ||||||
4 | the examining physician licensed to practice medicine in all of | ||||||
5 | its branches or, if applicable, the multidisciplinary team | ||||||
6 | involved in providing the mental or physical examination and | ||||||
7 | evaluation, or both. The multidisciplinary team shall be led by | ||||||
8 | a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its | ||||||
9 | branches and may consist of one or more or a combination of | ||||||
10 | physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of its | ||||||
11 | branches, licensed chiropractic physicians, licensed clinical | ||||||
12 | psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed | ||||||
13 | clinical professional counselors, and other professional and | ||||||
14 | administrative staff. Any examining physician or member of the | ||||||
15 | multidisciplinary team may require any person ordered to submit | ||||||
16 | to an examination and evaluation pursuant to this Section to | ||||||
17 | submit to any additional supplemental testing deemed necessary | ||||||
18 | to complete any examination or evaluation process, including, | ||||||
19 | but not limited to, blood testing, urinalysis, psychological | ||||||
20 | testing, or neuropsychological testing.
| ||||||
21 | The Department may order the examining physician or any | ||||||
22 | member of the multidisciplinary team to provide to the | ||||||
23 | Department any and all records, including business records, | ||||||
24 | that relate to the examination and evaluation, including any | ||||||
25 | supplemental testing performed. The Department may order the | ||||||
26 | examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | to present testimony concerning this examination and | ||||||
2 | evaluation of the licensee, permit holder, or applicant, | ||||||
3 | including testimony concerning any supplemental testing or | ||||||
4 | documents relating to the examination and evaluation. No | ||||||
5 | information, report, record, or other documents in any way | ||||||
6 | related to the examination and evaluation shall be excluded by | ||||||
7 | reason of any common law or statutory privilege relating to | ||||||
8 | communication between the licensee or applicant and the | ||||||
9 | examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary | ||||||
10 | team. No authorization is necessary from the licensee or | ||||||
11 | applicant ordered to undergo an evaluation and examination for | ||||||
12 | the examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary | ||||||
13 | team to provide information, reports, records, or other | ||||||
14 | documents or to provide any testimony regarding the examination | ||||||
15 | and evaluation. The individual to be examined may have, at his | ||||||
16 | or her own expense, another physician of his or her choice | ||||||
17 | present during all aspects of the examination. | ||||||
18 | Failure of any individual to submit to mental or physical | ||||||
19 | examination and evaluation, or both, when directed, shall | ||||||
20 | result in an automatic suspension without hearing, until such | ||||||
21 | time as the individual submits to the examination. If the | ||||||
22 | Department finds a licensee unable to practice because of the | ||||||
23 | reasons set forth in this Section, the Department shall require | ||||||
24 | the licensee to submit to care, counseling, or treatment by | ||||||
25 | physicians approved or designated by the Department as a | ||||||
26 | condition for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | practice. | ||||||
2 | When the Secretary immediately suspends a license under | ||||||
3 | this Section, a hearing upon the person's license must be | ||||||
4 | convened by the Department within 15 days after the suspension | ||||||
5 | and completed without appreciable delay. The Department shall | ||||||
6 | have the authority to review the licensee's record of treatment | ||||||
7 | and counseling regarding the impairment to the extent permitted | ||||||
8 | by applicable federal statutes and regulations safeguarding | ||||||
9 | the confidentiality of medical records. | ||||||
10 | Individuals licensed under this Act affected under this | ||||||
11 | Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to the | ||||||
12 | Department that they can resume practice in compliance with | ||||||
13 | acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions of | ||||||
14 | their license. | ||||||
15 | (e) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
16 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
17 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
18 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
19 | agency of this State in accordance with item (5) of subsection | ||||||
20 | (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of
Professional | ||||||
21 | Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
22 | (f) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
23 | Services has previously determined a licensee or a potential | ||||||
24 | licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of | ||||||
25 | child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency to | ||||||
26 | the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | may revoke or suspend that person's license or may take other | ||||||
2 | disciplinary action against that person based solely upon the | ||||||
3 | certification of delinquency made by the Department of | ||||||
4 | Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with item (5) of | ||||||
5 | subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of | ||||||
6 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
7 | Illinois. | ||||||
8 | (g) All fines or costs imposed under this Section shall be | ||||||
9 | paid within 60 days after the effective date of the order | ||||||
10 | imposing the fine or costs or in accordance with the terms set | ||||||
11 | forth in the order imposing the fine.
| ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 98-363, eff. 8-16-13.)
| ||||||
13 | Section 130. The Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters | ||||||
14 | Act of 1984 is amended by changing Section 23 as follows:
| ||||||
15 | (225 ILCS 415/23) (from Ch. 111, par. 6223)
| ||||||
16 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
| ||||||
17 | Sec. 23. Grounds for disciplinary action.
| ||||||
18 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may | ||||||
19 | revoke,
suspend, place on probation, reprimand or take other | ||||||
20 | disciplinary
or non-disciplinary action as the Department may | ||||||
21 | deem appropriate, including imposing fines not to
exceed | ||||||
22 | $10,000 for each violation and the assessment of costs as | ||||||
23 | provided for in Section 23.3 of this Act, with regard to any | ||||||
24 | license for any one
or combination of the following:
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
2 | the Department;
| ||||||
3 | (2) Violations of this Act, or of the rules promulgated | ||||||
4 | thereunder;
| ||||||
5 | (3) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | ||||||
6 | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or by | ||||||
7 | sentencing of any crime, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
8 | convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, | ||||||
9 | conditional discharge, or first offender probation under | ||||||
10 | the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States: (i) that | ||||||
11 | is a felony or (ii) that is a misdemeanor, an essential | ||||||
12 | element of which is dishonesty, or that is directly related | ||||||
13 | to the practice of the profession;
| ||||||
14 | (4) Fraud or any misrepresentation in applying for or | ||||||
15 | procuring a license under this Act or in connection with | ||||||
16 | applying for renewal of a license under this Act;
| ||||||
17 | (5) Professional incompetence;
| ||||||
18 | (6) Aiding or assisting another person, firm, | ||||||
19 | partnership or corporation
in violating any provision of | ||||||
20 | this Act or rules;
| ||||||
21 | (7) Failing, within 60 days, to provide information in | ||||||
22 | response to a
written request made by the Department;
| ||||||
23 | (8) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical or | ||||||
24 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
25 | defraud or harm the public;
| ||||||
26 | (9) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs defined |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | in law as controlled substances, alcohol, or any other | ||||||
2 | substances that results in the inability to practice with | ||||||
3 | reasonable judgment, skill, or safety;
| ||||||
4 | (10) Discipline by another state, unit of government, | ||||||
5 | government agency, the District of Columbia, a territory,
| ||||||
6 | or foreign nation, if at least one of the grounds for the | ||||||
7 | discipline is
the same or substantially equivalent to those | ||||||
8 | set forth herein;
| ||||||
9 | (11) Charging for professional services not rendered, | ||||||
10 | including filing false statements for the collection of | ||||||
11 | fees for which services were not rendered, or giving, | ||||||
12 | directly or indirectly, any gift or anything of value to | ||||||
13 | attorneys or their staff or any other persons or entities | ||||||
14 | associated with any litigation, that exceeds $100 total per | ||||||
15 | year; for the purposes of this Section, pro bono services, | ||||||
16 | as defined by State law, are permissible in any amount;
| ||||||
17 | (12) A finding by the Board that the certificate | ||||||
18 | holder, after having
his certificate placed on | ||||||
19 | probationary status, has violated the terms of
probation;
| ||||||
20 | (13) Willfully making or filing false records or | ||||||
21 | reports in the practice
of shorthand reporting, including | ||||||
22 | but not limited to false records filed
with State agencies | ||||||
23 | or departments;
| ||||||
24 | (14) Physical illness, including but not limited to, | ||||||
25 | deterioration through
the aging process, or loss of motor | ||||||
26 | skill which results in the inability
to practice under this |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Act with reasonable judgment, skill or safety;
| ||||||
2 | (15) Solicitation of professional services other than | ||||||
3 | by permitted
advertising;
| ||||||
4 | (16) Willful failure to take full and accurate | ||||||
5 | stenographic notes of
any proceeding;
| ||||||
6 | (17) Willful alteration of any stenographic notes | ||||||
7 | taken at any proceeding;
| ||||||
8 | (18) Willful failure to accurately transcribe verbatim | ||||||
9 | any stenographic
notes taken at any proceeding;
| ||||||
10 | (19) Willful alteration of a transcript of | ||||||
11 | stenographic notes taken at
any proceeding;
| ||||||
12 | (20) Affixing one's signature to any transcript of his | ||||||
13 | stenographic notes
or certifying to its correctness unless | ||||||
14 | the transcript has been prepared
by him or under his | ||||||
15 | immediate supervision;
| ||||||
16 | (21) Willful failure to systematically retain | ||||||
17 | stenographic notes or transcripts on paper or any | ||||||
18 | electronic media for 10 years
from the date that the notes | ||||||
19 | or transcripts were taken;
| ||||||
20 | (22) Failure to deliver transcripts in a timely manner | ||||||
21 | or in accordance
with contractual agreements;
| ||||||
22 | (23) Establishing contingent fees as a basis of | ||||||
23 | compensation;
| ||||||
24 | (24) Mental illness or disability that results in the | ||||||
25 | inability to practice under this Act with reasonable | ||||||
26 | judgment, skill, or safety; |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (25) Practicing under a false or assumed name, except | ||||||
2 | as provided by law; | ||||||
3 | (26) Cheating on or attempting to subvert the licensing | ||||||
4 | examination administered under this Act; | ||||||
5 | (27) Allowing one's license under this Act to be used | ||||||
6 | by an unlicensed person in violation of this Act. | ||||||
7 | All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid within | ||||||
8 | 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the fine | ||||||
9 | or in accordance with the terms set forth in the order imposing | ||||||
10 | the fine. | ||||||
11 | (b) The determination by a circuit court that a certificate | ||||||
12 | holder is
subject to involuntary admission or judicial | ||||||
13 | admission as provided in the
Mental Health and Developmental | ||||||
14 | Disabilities Code, operates as an automatic
suspension. Such | ||||||
15 | suspension will end only upon a
finding by a court that the | ||||||
16 | patient is no longer subject to involuntary
admission or | ||||||
17 | judicial admission, an order by the court so finding and
| ||||||
18 | discharging the patient. In any case where a license is | ||||||
19 | suspended under this Section, the licensee may file a petition | ||||||
20 | for restoration and shall include evidence acceptable to the | ||||||
21 | Department that the licensee can resume practice in compliance | ||||||
22 | with acceptable and prevailing standards of the profession.
| ||||||
23 | (c) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
24 | Services has previously determined a licensee or a potential | ||||||
25 | licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of | ||||||
26 | child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew or | ||||||
2 | may revoke or suspend that person's license or may take other | ||||||
3 | disciplinary action against that person based solely upon the | ||||||
4 | certification of delinquency made by the Department of | ||||||
5 | Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with item (5) of | ||||||
6 | subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil Administrative | ||||||
7 | Code of Illinois. | ||||||
8 | (d) In enforcing this Section, the Department, upon a | ||||||
9 | showing of a possible violation, may compel any individual who | ||||||
10 | is certified under this Act or any individual who has applied | ||||||
11 | for certification under this Act to submit to a mental or | ||||||
12 | physical examination and evaluation, or both, which may include | ||||||
13 | a substance abuse or sexual offender evaluation, at the expense | ||||||
14 | of the Department. The Department shall specifically designate | ||||||
15 | the examining physician licensed to practice medicine in all of | ||||||
16 | its branches or, if applicable, the multidisciplinary team | ||||||
17 | involved in providing the mental or physical examination and | ||||||
18 | evaluation, or both. The multidisciplinary team shall be led by | ||||||
19 | a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its | ||||||
20 | branches and may consist of one or more or a combination of | ||||||
21 | physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of its | ||||||
22 | branches, licensed chiropractic physicians, licensed clinical | ||||||
23 | psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed | ||||||
24 | clinical professional counselors, and other professional and | ||||||
25 | administrative staff. Any examining physician or member of the | ||||||
26 | multidisciplinary team may require any person ordered to submit |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | to an examination and evaluation pursuant to this Section to | ||||||
2 | submit to any additional supplemental testing deemed necessary | ||||||
3 | to complete any examination or evaluation process, including, | ||||||
4 | but not limited to, blood testing, urinalysis, psychological | ||||||
5 | testing, or neuropsychological testing. | ||||||
6 | The Department may order the examining physician or any | ||||||
7 | member of the multidisciplinary team to provide to the | ||||||
8 | Department any and all records, including business records, | ||||||
9 | that relate to the examination and evaluation, including any | ||||||
10 | supplemental testing performed. The Department may order the | ||||||
11 | examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team | ||||||
12 | to present testimony concerning this examination and | ||||||
13 | evaluation of the certified shorthand reporter or applicant, | ||||||
14 | including testimony concerning any supplemental testing or | ||||||
15 | documents relating to the examination and evaluation. No | ||||||
16 | information, report, record, or other documents in any way | ||||||
17 | related to the examination and evaluation shall be excluded by | ||||||
18 | reason of any common law or statutory privilege relating to | ||||||
19 | communication between the licensee or applicant and the | ||||||
20 | examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary | ||||||
21 | team. No authorization is necessary from the certified | ||||||
22 | shorthand reporter or applicant ordered to undergo an | ||||||
23 | evaluation and examination for the examining physician or any | ||||||
24 | member of the multidisciplinary team to provide information, | ||||||
25 | reports, records, or other documents or to provide any | ||||||
26 | testimony regarding the examination and evaluation. The |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | individual to be examined may have, at his or her own expense, | ||||||
2 | another physician of his or her choice present during all | ||||||
3 | aspects of the examination. | ||||||
4 | Failure of any individual to submit to mental or physical | ||||||
5 | examination and evaluation, or both, when directed, shall | ||||||
6 | result in an automatic suspension, without hearing, until such | ||||||
7 | time as the individual submits to the examination. If the | ||||||
8 | Department finds a certified shorthand reporter unable to | ||||||
9 | practice because of the reasons set forth in this Section, the | ||||||
10 | Department shall require the certified shorthand reporter to | ||||||
11 | submit to care, counseling, or treatment by physicians approved | ||||||
12 | or designated by the Department, as a condition for continued, | ||||||
13 | reinstated, or renewed certification. | ||||||
14 | When the Secretary immediately suspends a certificate | ||||||
15 | under this Section, a hearing upon the person's certificate | ||||||
16 | must be convened by the Department within 15 days after the | ||||||
17 | suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The | ||||||
18 | Department shall have the authority to review the certified | ||||||
19 | shorthand reporter's record of treatment and counseling | ||||||
20 | regarding the impairment, to the extent permitted by applicable | ||||||
21 | federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the | ||||||
22 | confidentiality of medical records. | ||||||
23 | Individuals certified under this Act, affected under this | ||||||
24 | Section, shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to the | ||||||
25 | Department that they can resume practice in compliance with | ||||||
26 | acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions of |
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1 | their certification. | ||||||
2 | (e) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
3 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
4 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
5 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
6 | agency of this State in accordance with item (5) of subsection | ||||||
7 | (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
8 | Illinois. | ||||||
9 | (f) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend | ||||||
10 | without hearing, as provided for in the Code of Civil | ||||||
11 | Procedure, the license of any person who fails to file a | ||||||
12 | return, to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed | ||||||
13 | return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or | ||||||
14 | interest as required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the | ||||||
16 | requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied in accordance | ||||||
17 | with subsection (g) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil | ||||||
18 | Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 98-445, eff. 12-31-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
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20 | Section 135. The Collection Agency Act is amended by | ||||||
21 | changing Section 9 as follows:
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22 | (225 ILCS 425/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 2012)
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23 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
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24 | Sec. 9. Disciplinary actions. |
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1 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may
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2 | revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand or take other | ||||||
3 | disciplinary or non-disciplinary
action as the Department may | ||||||
4 | deem proper, including fines not to exceed $10,000 per | ||||||
5 | violation, for any one or any combination of the
following | ||||||
6 | causes:
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7 | (1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
8 | the Department.
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9 | (2) Violations of this Act or of the rules promulgated | ||||||
10 | hereunder.
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11 | (3) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | ||||||
12 | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or by | ||||||
13 | sentencing of any crime, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
14 | convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, | ||||||
15 | conditional discharge, or first offender probation of the | ||||||
16 | collection agency or any of the officers or owners of more | ||||||
17 | than 10% interest of the agency
of any crime under the laws | ||||||
18 | of any U.S. jurisdiction that (i) is a felony, (ii) is a | ||||||
19 | misdemeanor, an essential element of which is dishonesty, | ||||||
20 | or (iii) is directly related to the practice of a | ||||||
21 | collection agency.
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22 | (4) Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for, or | ||||||
23 | procuring, a license under this Act or in connection with | ||||||
24 | applying for renewal of a license
under this Act. | ||||||
25 | (5) Aiding or assisting another person in violating any | ||||||
26 | provision of this Act or rules adopted under this Act. |
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1 | (6) Failing, within 60 days, to provide information in | ||||||
2 | response to a written request made by the Department.
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3 | (7) Habitual or excessive use or addiction to alcohol, | ||||||
4 | narcotics,
stimulants or any other chemical agent or drug | ||||||
5 | which results in the
inability to practice with reasonable | ||||||
6 | judgment, skill, or safety by any of
the officers or owners | ||||||
7 | of 10% or more interest of a collection agency.
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8 | (8) Discipline by another state, the District of | ||||||
9 | Columbia, a territory of the United States, or a foreign | ||||||
10 | nation, if at
least one of the grounds for the discipline | ||||||
11 | is the same or substantially
equivalent to those set forth | ||||||
12 | in this Act.
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13 | (9) A finding by the Department that the licensee, | ||||||
14 | after having his
license placed on probationary status, has | ||||||
15 | violated the terms of probation. | ||||||
16 | (10) Willfully making or filing false records or | ||||||
17 | reports in his or her practice, including, but not limited | ||||||
18 | to, false records filed with State agencies or departments.
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19 | (11) Practicing or attempting to practice under a false | ||||||
20 | or, except as provided by law, an assumed name.
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21 | (12) A finding by the Federal Trade Commission that a | ||||||
22 | licensee violated
the federal Fair Debt Collection | ||||||
23 | Practices Act or its rules.
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24 | (13) Failure to file a return, or to pay the tax, | ||||||
25 | penalty or interest
shown in a filed return, or to pay any | ||||||
26 | final assessment of tax, penalty or
interest, as required |
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1 | by any tax Act administered by the Illinois
Department of | ||||||
2 | Revenue until such time as the requirements of any such tax
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3 | Act are satisfied.
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4 | (14) Using or threatening to use force or violence to | ||||||
5 | cause physical
harm to a debtor, his or her family or his | ||||||
6 | or her property.
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7 | (15) Threatening to instigate an arrest or criminal | ||||||
8 | prosecution where no
basis for a criminal complaint | ||||||
9 | lawfully exists.
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10 | (16) Threatening the seizure, attachment or sale of a | ||||||
11 | debtor's property
where such action can only be taken | ||||||
12 | pursuant to court order without
disclosing that prior court | ||||||
13 | proceedings are required.
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14 | (17) Disclosing or threatening to disclose information | ||||||
15 | adversely
affecting a debtor's reputation for credit | ||||||
16 | worthiness with knowledge the
information is false.
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17 | (18) Initiating or threatening to initiate | ||||||
18 | communication with a debtor's
employer unless there has | ||||||
19 | been a default of the payment of the obligation
for at | ||||||
20 | least 30 days and at least 5 days prior written notice, to | ||||||
21 | the last
known address of the debtor, of the intention to | ||||||
22 | communicate with the
employer has been given to the | ||||||
23 | employee, except as expressly permitted by
law or court | ||||||
24 | order.
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25 |
(19) Communicating with the debtor or any member of | ||||||
26 | the debtor's family
at such a time of day or night and with |
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1 | such frequency as to constitute
harassment of the debtor or | ||||||
2 | any member of the debtor's family. For
purposes of this | ||||||
3 | Section the following conduct shall constitute harassment:
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4 |
(A) Communicating with the debtor or any member of | ||||||
5 | his or her family
in connection with the collection of | ||||||
6 | any debt without the prior consent of the
debtor given | ||||||
7 | directly to the debt collector, or the express | ||||||
8 | permission of a
court of competent jurisdiction, at any | ||||||
9 | unusual time or place or a time or
place known or which | ||||||
10 | should be known to be inconvenient to the debtor. In
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11 | the absence of knowledge of circumstances to the | ||||||
12 | contrary, a debt collector
shall assume that the | ||||||
13 | convenient time for communicating with a consumer is
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14 | after 8 o'clock a.m. and before 9 o'clock p.m. local | ||||||
15 | time at the debtor's
location.
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16 |
(B) The threat of publication or publication of a | ||||||
17 | list of consumers who
allegedly refuse to pay debts, | ||||||
18 | except to a consumer reporting agency.
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19 | (C) The threat of advertisement or advertisement | ||||||
20 | for sale of any debt to
coerce payment of the debt.
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21 | (D) Causing a telephone to ring or engaging any | ||||||
22 | person in telephone
conversation repeatedly or | ||||||
23 | continuously with intent to annoy, abuse, or
harass any | ||||||
24 | person at the called number.
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25 | (20) Using profane, obscene or abusive language in | ||||||
26 | communicating with a
debtor, his or her family or others.
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1 | (21) Disclosing or threatening to disclose information | ||||||
2 | relating to a
debtor's debt to any other person except | ||||||
3 | where such other person has
a legitimate business need for | ||||||
4 | the information or except where such
disclosure is | ||||||
5 | permitted by law.
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6 | (22) Disclosing or threatening to disclose information | ||||||
7 | concerning the
existence of a debt which the collection | ||||||
8 | agency knows to be
disputed by the debtor without | ||||||
9 | disclosing the fact that the debtor
disputes the debt.
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10 | (23) Engaging in any conduct that is intended to
cause | ||||||
11 | and did cause mental or physical illness to the debtor or | ||||||
12 | his
or her
family.
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13 | (24) Attempting or threatening to enforce a right or | ||||||
14 | remedy with
knowledge or reason to know that the right or | ||||||
15 | remedy does not exist.
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16 | (25) Failing to disclose to the debtor or his or her | ||||||
17 | family the
corporate, partnership or proprietary name, or | ||||||
18 | other trade or business name,
under
which the collection | ||||||
19 | agency is engaging in debt collections and which he or
she | ||||||
20 | is legally authorized to use.
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21 | (26) Using any form of communication which simulates | ||||||
22 | legal or judicial
process or which gives the appearance of | ||||||
23 | being authorized, issued or
approved by a governmental | ||||||
24 | agency or official or by an attorney at law
when it is not.
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25 | (27) Using any badge, uniform, or other indicia of any | ||||||
26 | governmental
agency or official except as authorized by |
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1 | law.
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2 | (28) Conducting business under any name or in any | ||||||
3 | manner which suggests
or implies that the collection agency | ||||||
4 | is a
branch of or is affiliated in any way with a | ||||||
5 | governmental agency or court if such
collection agency is | ||||||
6 | not.
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7 | (29) Failing to disclose, at the time of making any | ||||||
8 | demand for payment,
the name of the person to whom the debt | ||||||
9 | is owed and at the request of the
debtor, the address where | ||||||
10 | payment is to be made and the address of the
person to whom | ||||||
11 | the debt is owed.
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12 | (30) Misrepresenting the amount of the debt alleged to | ||||||
13 | be owed.
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14 | (31) Representing that an existing debt may be | ||||||
15 | increased by the addition
of attorney's fees, | ||||||
16 | investigation fees or any other fees or charges when
such | ||||||
17 | fees or charges may not legally be added to the existing | ||||||
18 | debt.
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19 | (32) Representing that the collection agency is an | ||||||
20 | attorney at law or an
agent for an attorney if he or she is | ||||||
21 | not.
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22 | (33) Collecting or attempting to collect any interest | ||||||
23 | or other charge or
fee in excess of the actual debt unless | ||||||
24 | such interest or other
charge or fee is expressly | ||||||
25 | authorized by the agreement creating the debt unless | ||||||
26 | expressly authorized by law or unless in a commercial
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1 | transaction such interest or other charge or fee is | ||||||
2 | expressly authorized in
a subsequent agreement. If a | ||||||
3 | contingency or hourly fee arrangement (i) is
established | ||||||
4 | under an agreement between a collection agency and a | ||||||
5 | creditor to
collect a debt and (ii) is paid by a debtor | ||||||
6 | pursuant to a contract between the
debtor and the creditor, | ||||||
7 | then that fee arrangement does not violate this
Section | ||||||
8 | unless the fee is unreasonable. The Department shall | ||||||
9 | determine what
constitutes a reasonable collection fee.
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10 | (34) Communicating or threatening to communicate with | ||||||
11 | a debtor when the
collection agency is informed in writing | ||||||
12 | by an attorney that the attorney
represents the debtor | ||||||
13 | concerning the debt. If the attorney fails to respond | ||||||
14 | within a reasonable period of
time, the collector may | ||||||
15 | communicate with the debtor. The collector may
communicate | ||||||
16 | with the debtor when the attorney gives his or her consent.
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17 | (35) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
18 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
19 | defraud, or harm the public.
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20 | (b) The Department shall deny any license or renewal | ||||||
21 | authorized by this
Act to any person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
22 | educational loan guaranteed by
the Illinois State Scholarship | ||||||
23 | Commission; however, the Department may
issue a license or | ||||||
24 | renewal if the person in default has established a
satisfactory | ||||||
25 | repayment record as determined by the Illinois State
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26 | Scholarship Commission. No collection agency while collecting |
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1 | or attempting to collect a debt shall
engage in any of the Acts | ||||||
2 | specified in this Section, each of which shall
be unlawful | ||||||
3 | practice.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)
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5 | Section 140. The Community Association Manager Licensing | ||||||
6 | and Disciplinary Act is amended by changing Section 85 as | ||||||
7 | follows: | ||||||
8 | (225 ILCS 427/85)
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9 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 85. Grounds for discipline; refusal, revocation, or | ||||||
11 | suspension. | ||||||
12 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew a license, | ||||||
13 | or may place on probation, reprimand, suspend, or revoke any | ||||||
14 | license, or take any other disciplinary or non-disciplinary | ||||||
15 | action as the Department may deem proper and impose a fine not | ||||||
16 | to exceed $10,000 for each violation upon any licensee or | ||||||
17 | applicant under this Act or any person or entity who holds | ||||||
18 | himself, herself, or itself out as an applicant or licensee for | ||||||
19 | any one or combination of the following causes: | ||||||
20 | (1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
21 | the Department. | ||||||
22 | (2) Violations of this Act or its rules. | ||||||
23 | (3) Conviction of or entry of a plea of guilty or plea | ||||||
24 | of nolo contendere to a felony or a misdemeanor under the |
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1 | laws of the United States, any state, or any other | ||||||
2 | jurisdiction or entry of an administrative sanction by a | ||||||
3 | government agency in this State or any other jurisdiction. | ||||||
4 | Action taken under this paragraph (3) for a misdemeanor or | ||||||
5 | an administrative sanction is limited to a misdemeanor or | ||||||
6 | administrative sanction that has as an essential element | ||||||
7 | dishonesty or fraud, that involves larceny, embezzlement, | ||||||
8 | or obtaining money, property, or credit by false pretenses | ||||||
9 | or by means of a confidence game, or that is directly | ||||||
10 | related to the practice of the profession. | ||||||
11 | (4) Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of | ||||||
12 | obtaining a license or violating any provision of this Act | ||||||
13 | or its rules. | ||||||
14 | (5) Professional incompetence. | ||||||
15 | (6) Gross negligence. | ||||||
16 | (7) Aiding or assisting another person in violating any | ||||||
17 | provision of this Act or its rules. | ||||||
18 | (8) Failing, within 30 days, to provide information in | ||||||
19 | response to a request made by the Department. | ||||||
20 | (9) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
21 | unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive, | ||||||
22 | defraud or harm the public as defined by the rules of the | ||||||
23 | Department, or violating the rules of professional conduct | ||||||
24 | adopted by the Department. | ||||||
25 | (10) Habitual or excessive use or addiction to alcohol, | ||||||
26 | narcotics, stimulants, or any other chemical agent or drug |
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1 | that results in the inability to practice with reasonable | ||||||
2 | judgment, skill, or safety. | ||||||
3 | (11) Having been disciplined by another state, the | ||||||
4 | District of Columbia, a territory, a foreign nation, or a | ||||||
5 | governmental agency authorized to impose discipline if at | ||||||
6 | least one of the grounds for the discipline is the same or | ||||||
7 | substantially equivalent of one of the grounds for which a | ||||||
8 | licensee may be disciplined under this Act. A certified | ||||||
9 | copy of the record of the action by the other state or | ||||||
10 | jurisdiction shall be prima facie evidence thereof. | ||||||
11 | (12) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | ||||||
12 | any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association | ||||||
13 | any fee, commission, rebate, or other form of compensation | ||||||
14 | for any professional services not actually or personally | ||||||
15 | rendered. | ||||||
16 | (13) A finding by the Department that the licensee, | ||||||
17 | after having his, her, or its license placed on | ||||||
18 | probationary status, has violated the terms of probation. | ||||||
19 | (14) Willfully making or filing false records or | ||||||
20 | reports relating to a licensee's practice, including but | ||||||
21 | not limited to false records filed with any State or | ||||||
22 | federal agencies or departments. | ||||||
23 | (15) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated | ||||||
24 | report by the Department of Children and Family Services | ||||||
25 | under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act and upon | ||||||
26 | proof by clear and convincing evidence that the licensee |
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1 | has caused a child to be an abused child or neglected child | ||||||
2 | as defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. | ||||||
3 | (16) Physical illness or mental illness or impairment, | ||||||
4 | including, but not limited to, deterioration through the | ||||||
5 | aging process or loss of motor skill that results in the | ||||||
6 | inability to practice the profession with reasonable | ||||||
7 | judgment, skill, or safety. | ||||||
8 | (17) Solicitation of professional services by using | ||||||
9 | false or misleading advertising. | ||||||
10 | (18) A finding that licensure has been applied for or | ||||||
11 | obtained by fraudulent means. | ||||||
12 | (19) Practicing or attempting to practice under a name | ||||||
13 | other than the full name as shown on the license or any | ||||||
14 | other legally authorized name. | ||||||
15 | (20) Gross overcharging for professional services | ||||||
16 | including, but not limited to, (i) collection of fees or | ||||||
17 | moneys for services that are not rendered; and (ii) | ||||||
18 | charging for services that are not in accordance with the | ||||||
19 | contract between the licensee and the community | ||||||
20 | association. | ||||||
21 | (21) Improper commingling of personal and client funds | ||||||
22 | in violation of this Act or any rules promulgated thereto. | ||||||
23 | (22) Failing to account for or remit any moneys or | ||||||
24 | documents coming into the licensee's possession that | ||||||
25 | belong to another person or entity. | ||||||
26 | (23) Giving differential treatment to a person that is |
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1 | to that person's detriment because of race, color, creed, | ||||||
2 | sex, religion, or national origin. | ||||||
3 | (24) Performing and charging for services without | ||||||
4 | reasonable authorization to do so from the person or entity | ||||||
5 | for whom service is being provided. | ||||||
6 | (25) Failing to make available to the Department, upon | ||||||
7 | request, any books, records, or forms required by this Act. | ||||||
8 | (26) Purporting to be a supervising community | ||||||
9 | association manager of a firm without active participation | ||||||
10 | in the firm. | ||||||
11 | (27) Failing to make available to the Department at the | ||||||
12 | time of the request any indicia of licensure or | ||||||
13 | registration issued under this Act. | ||||||
14 | (28) Failing to maintain and deposit funds belonging to | ||||||
15 | a community association in accordance with subsection (b) | ||||||
16 | of Section 55 of this Act. | ||||||
17 | (29) Violating the terms of a disciplinary order issued | ||||||
18 | by the Department. | ||||||
19 | (b) (Blank). In accordance with subdivision (a)(5) of | ||||||
20 | Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation | ||||||
21 | Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS | ||||||
22 | 2105/2105-15), the Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
23 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
24 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
25 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
26 | agency of this State. |
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1 | (c) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is | ||||||
2 | subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission, as | ||||||
3 | provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
4 | Code, operates as an automatic suspension. The suspension will | ||||||
5 | terminate only upon a finding by a court that the patient is no | ||||||
6 | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission | ||||||
7 | and the issuance of an order so finding and discharging the | ||||||
8 | patient, and upon the recommendation of the Board to the | ||||||
9 | Secretary that the licensee be allowed to resume his or her | ||||||
10 | practice as a licensed community association manager. | ||||||
11 | (d) In accordance with subsection (g) of Section 2105-15 of | ||||||
12 | the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil | ||||||
13 | Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS 2105/2105-15), the | ||||||
14 | Department may refuse to issue or renew or may suspend the | ||||||
15 | license of any person who fails to file a return, to pay the | ||||||
16 | tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or to pay | ||||||
17 | any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as required | ||||||
18 | by any tax Act administered by the Department of Revenue, until | ||||||
19 | such time as the requirements of that tax Act are satisfied.
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20 | (e) In accordance with subdivision (a)(5) of Section | ||||||
21 | 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the | ||||||
22 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS 2105/2105-15) | ||||||
23 | and in cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
24 | Services (formerly Department of Public Aid) has previously | ||||||
25 | determined that a licensee or a potential licensee is more than | ||||||
26 | 30 days delinquent in the payment of child support and has |
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1 | subsequently certified the delinquency to the Department may | ||||||
2 | refuse to issue or renew or may revoke or suspend that person's | ||||||
3 | license or may take other disciplinary action against that | ||||||
4 | person based solely upon the certification of delinquency made | ||||||
5 | by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. | ||||||
6 | (f) In enforcing this Section, the Department or Board upon | ||||||
7 | a showing of a possible violation may compel a licensee or an | ||||||
8 | individual licensed to practice under this Act, or who has | ||||||
9 | applied for licensure under this Act, to submit to a mental or | ||||||
10 | physical examination, or both, as required by and at the | ||||||
11 | expense of the Department. The Department or Board may order | ||||||
12 | the examining physician to present testimony concerning the | ||||||
13 | mental or physical examination of the licensee or applicant. No | ||||||
14 | information shall be excluded by reason of any common law or | ||||||
15 | statutory privilege relating to communications between the | ||||||
16 | licensee or applicant and the examining physician. The | ||||||
17 | examining physicians shall be specifically designated by the | ||||||
18 | Board or Department. The individual to be examined may have, at | ||||||
19 | his or her own expense, another physician of his or her choice | ||||||
20 | present during all aspects of this examination. Failure of an | ||||||
21 | individual to submit to a mental or physical examination, when | ||||||
22 | directed, shall be grounds for suspension of his or her license | ||||||
23 | or denial of his or her application or renewal until the | ||||||
24 | individual submits to the examination if the Department finds, | ||||||
25 | after notice and hearing, that the refusal to submit to the | ||||||
26 | examination was without reasonable cause.
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1 | If the Department or Board finds an individual unable to | ||||||
2 | practice because of the reasons set forth in this Section, the | ||||||
3 | Department or Board may require that individual to submit to | ||||||
4 | care, counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or | ||||||
5 | designated by the Department or Board, as a condition, term, or | ||||||
6 | restriction for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to | ||||||
7 | practice; or, in lieu of care, counseling, or treatment, the | ||||||
8 | Department may file, or the Board may recommend to the | ||||||
9 | Department to file, a complaint to immediately suspend, revoke, | ||||||
10 | deny, or otherwise discipline the license of the individual. An | ||||||
11 | individual whose license was granted, continued, reinstated, | ||||||
12 | renewed, disciplined or supervised subject to such terms, | ||||||
13 | conditions, or restrictions, and who fails to comply with such | ||||||
14 | terms, conditions, or restrictions, shall be referred to the | ||||||
15 | Secretary for a determination as to whether the individual | ||||||
16 | shall have his or her license suspended immediately, pending a | ||||||
17 | hearing by the Department. | ||||||
18 | In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a | ||||||
19 | person's license under this Section, a hearing on that person's | ||||||
20 | license must be convened by the Department within 30 days after | ||||||
21 | the suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The | ||||||
22 | Department and Board shall have the authority to review the | ||||||
23 | subject individual's record of treatment and counseling | ||||||
24 | regarding the impairment to the extent permitted by applicable | ||||||
25 | federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the | ||||||
26 | confidentiality of medical records. |
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1 | An individual licensed under this Act and affected under | ||||||
2 | this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | ||||||
3 | the Department or Board that he or she can resume practice in | ||||||
4 | compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under the | ||||||
5 | provisions of his or her license.
| ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 98-365, eff. 1-1-14; | ||||||
7 | 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.) | ||||||
8 | Section 145. The Detection of Deception Examiners Act is | ||||||
9 | amended by changing Section 14 as follows:
| ||||||
10 | (225 ILCS 430/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 2415)
| ||||||
11 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| ||||||
12 | Sec. 14.
(a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew or | ||||||
13 | may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take | ||||||
14 | other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the | ||||||
15 | Department may deem appropriate, including imposing fines not | ||||||
16 | to exceed $10,000 for each violation, with regard to any | ||||||
17 | license for any one or a combination of the following:
| ||||||
18 | (1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | ||||||
19 | the Department.
| ||||||
20 | (2) Violations of this Act, or of the rules adopted | ||||||
21 | under this Act.
| ||||||
22 | (3) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | ||||||
23 | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or by | ||||||
24 | sentencing of any crime, including, but not limited to, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, | ||||||
2 | conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under | ||||||
3 | the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States: (i) that | ||||||
4 | is a felony or (ii) that is a misdemeanor, an essential | ||||||
5 | element of which is dishonesty, or that is directly related | ||||||
6 | to the practice of the profession.
| ||||||
7 | (4) Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of | ||||||
8 | obtaining licensure or violating any provision of this Act | ||||||
9 | or the rules adopted under this Act pertaining to | ||||||
10 | advertising.
| ||||||
11 | (5) Professional incompetence.
| ||||||
12 | (6) Allowing one's license under this Act to be used by | ||||||
13 | an unlicensed
person in violation of this Act.
| ||||||
14 | (7) Aiding or assisting another person in violating | ||||||
15 | this Act or
any rule adopted under this Act.
| ||||||
16 | (8) Where the license holder has been adjudged mentally | ||||||
17 | ill, mentally
deficient or subject to involuntary | ||||||
18 | admission as provided in the Mental
Health and | ||||||
19 | Developmental Disabilities Code.
| ||||||
20 | (9) Failing, within 60 days, to provide information in | ||||||
21 | response to a written request made
by the Department.
| ||||||
22 | (10) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
23 | unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive, | ||||||
24 | defraud, or harm the public. | ||||||
25 | (11) Inability to practice with reasonable judgment, | ||||||
26 | skill, or safety as a result of habitual or excessive use |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | or addiction to alcohol, narcotics, stimulants, or any | ||||||
2 | other chemical agent or drug. | ||||||
3 | (12) Discipline by another state, District of | ||||||
4 | Columbia, territory, or foreign nation, if at least one of | ||||||
5 | the grounds for the discipline is the same or substantially | ||||||
6 | equivalent to those set forth in this Section. | ||||||
7 | (13) A finding by the Department that the licensee, | ||||||
8 | after having his or her license placed on probationary | ||||||
9 | status, has violated the terms of probation. | ||||||
10 | (14) Willfully making or filing false records or | ||||||
11 | reports in his or her practice, including, but not limited | ||||||
12 | to, false records filed with State agencies or departments. | ||||||
13 | (15) Inability to practice the profession with | ||||||
14 | reasonable judgment, skill, or safety as a result of a | ||||||
15 | physical illness, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
16 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor | ||||||
17 | skill, or a mental illness or disability. | ||||||
18 | (16) Charging for professional services not rendered, | ||||||
19 | including filing false statements for the collection of | ||||||
20 | fees for which services are not rendered. | ||||||
21 | (17) Practicing under a false or, except as provided by | ||||||
22 | law, an assumed name. | ||||||
23 | (18) Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for, or | ||||||
24 | procuring, a license under this Act or in connection with | ||||||
25 | applying for renewal of a license under this Act. | ||||||
26 | (19) Cheating on or attempting to subvert the licensing |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | examination administered under this Act. | ||||||
2 | All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid within | ||||||
3 | 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the | ||||||
4 | fine.
| ||||||
5 | (b) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend | ||||||
6 | without hearing, as provided for in the Code of Civil | ||||||
7 | Procedure, the license of any person who fails to file a | ||||||
8 | return, or pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed | ||||||
9 | return, or pay any final assessment of the tax, penalty, or | ||||||
10 | interest as required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the | ||||||
12 | requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied in accordance | ||||||
13 | with subsection (g) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil | ||||||
14 | Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
15 | (c) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
16 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
17 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
18 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
19 | agency of this State in accordance with item (5) of subsection | ||||||
20 | (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
21 | Illinois. | ||||||
22 | (d) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
23 | Services has previously determined a licensee or a potential | ||||||
24 | licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of | ||||||
25 | child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency to | ||||||
26 | the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | may revoke or suspend that person's license or may take other | ||||||
2 | disciplinary action against that person based solely upon the | ||||||
3 | certification of delinquency made by the Department of | ||||||
4 | Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with item (5) of | ||||||
5 | subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil Administrative | ||||||
6 | Code of Illinois. | ||||||
7 | (e) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is | ||||||
8 | subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission, as | ||||||
9 | provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
10 | Code, operates as an automatic suspension. The suspension will | ||||||
11 | end only upon a finding by a court that the patient is no | ||||||
12 | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission | ||||||
13 | and the issuance of an order so finding and discharging the | ||||||
14 | patient. | ||||||
15 | (f) In enforcing this Act, the Department, upon a showing | ||||||
16 | of a possible violation, may compel an individual licensed to | ||||||
17 | practice under this Act, or who has applied for licensure under | ||||||
18 | this Act, to submit to a mental or physical examination, or | ||||||
19 | both, as required by and at the expense of the Department. The | ||||||
20 | Department may order the examining physician to present | ||||||
21 | testimony concerning the mental or physical examination of the | ||||||
22 | licensee or applicant. No information shall be excluded by | ||||||
23 | reason of any common law or statutory privilege relating to | ||||||
24 | communications between the licensee or applicant and the | ||||||
25 | examining physician. The examining physicians shall be | ||||||
26 | specifically designated by the Department. The individual to be |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | examined may have, at his or her own expense, another physician | ||||||
2 | of his or her choice present during all aspects of this | ||||||
3 | examination. The examination shall be performed by a physician | ||||||
4 | licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. Failure of | ||||||
5 | an individual to submit to a mental or physical examination, | ||||||
6 | when directed, shall result in an automatic suspension without | ||||||
7 | hearing. | ||||||
8 | A person holding a license under this Act or who has | ||||||
9 | applied for a license under this Act who, because of a physical | ||||||
10 | or mental illness or disability, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
11 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skill, | ||||||
12 | is unable to practice the profession with reasonable judgment, | ||||||
13 | skill, or safety, may be required by the Department to submit | ||||||
14 | to care, counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or | ||||||
15 | designated by the Department as a condition, term, or | ||||||
16 | restriction for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to | ||||||
17 | practice. Submission to care, counseling, or treatment as | ||||||
18 | required by the Department shall not be considered discipline | ||||||
19 | of a license. If the licensee refuses to enter into a care, | ||||||
20 | counseling, or treatment agreement or fails to abide by the | ||||||
21 | terms of the agreement, the Department may file a complaint to | ||||||
22 | revoke, suspend, or otherwise discipline the license of the | ||||||
23 | individual. The Secretary may order the license suspended | ||||||
24 | immediately, pending a hearing by the Department. Fines shall | ||||||
25 | not be assessed in disciplinary actions involving physical or | ||||||
26 | mental illness or impairment. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a | ||||||
2 | person's license under this Section, a hearing on that person's | ||||||
3 | license must be convened by the Department within 15 days after | ||||||
4 | the suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The | ||||||
5 | Department shall have the authority to review the subject | ||||||
6 | individual's record of treatment and counseling regarding the | ||||||
7 | impairment to the extent permitted by applicable federal | ||||||
8 | statutes and regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of | ||||||
9 | medical records. | ||||||
10 | An individual licensed under this Act and affected under | ||||||
11 | this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | ||||||
12 | the Department that he or she can resume practice in compliance | ||||||
13 | with acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions | ||||||
14 | of his or her license. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 97-168, eff. 7-22-11; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; | ||||||
16 | 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
| ||||||
17 | Section 150. The Home Inspector License Act is amended by | ||||||
18 | changing Section 15-10 as follows:
| ||||||
19 | (225 ILCS 441/15-10)
| ||||||
20 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| ||||||
21 | Sec. 15-10. Grounds for disciplinary action.
| ||||||
22 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may | ||||||
23 | revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other | ||||||
24 | disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the Department may |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | deem appropriate, including imposing fines not to exceed | ||||||
2 | $25,000 for each violation, with regard to any license for any | ||||||
3 | one or combination of the following:
| ||||||
4 | (1) Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for, or | ||||||
5 | procuring a license under this Act or in connection with | ||||||
6 | applying for renewal of a license under this Act.
| ||||||
7 | (2) Failing to meet the minimum qualifications for | ||||||
8 | licensure as a home
inspector established by this Act.
| ||||||
9 | (3) Paying money, other than for the fees provided for | ||||||
10 | by this Act, or
anything of value to an employee of the | ||||||
11 | Department to procure licensure under this Act.
| ||||||
12 | (4) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | ||||||
13 | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or by | ||||||
14 | sentencing of any crime, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
15 | convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, | ||||||
16 | conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under | ||||||
17 | the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States: (i) that | ||||||
18 | is a felony; (ii) that is a misdemeanor, an essential | ||||||
19 | element of which is dishonesty, or that is directly related | ||||||
20 | to the practice of the profession; or (iii) that is a crime | ||||||
21 | that subjects the licensee to compliance with the | ||||||
22 | requirements of the Sex Offender Registration Act.
| ||||||
23 | (5) Committing an act or omission involving | ||||||
24 | dishonesty, fraud, or
misrepresentation
with the intent to | ||||||
25 | substantially benefit the licensee or another person or | ||||||
26 | with
the intent to substantially injure another person.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (6) Violating a provision or standard for the | ||||||
2 | development or
communication of home inspections as | ||||||
3 | provided in Section 10-5 of this Act or as
defined in the | ||||||
4 | rules.
| ||||||
5 | (7) Failing or refusing to exercise reasonable
| ||||||
6 | diligence
in the development, reporting, or communication | ||||||
7 | of a home inspection report, as
defined
by this Act or the | ||||||
8 | rules.
| ||||||
9 | (8) Violating a provision of this Act or the rules.
| ||||||
10 | (9) Having been disciplined by another state, the | ||||||
11 | District of Columbia, a
territory, a foreign nation, a | ||||||
12 | governmental agency, or any other entity
authorized to | ||||||
13 | impose discipline if at least one of the grounds for
that
| ||||||
14 | discipline is the same as or substantially equivalent to | ||||||
15 | one of the grounds
for which a licensee may be disciplined | ||||||
16 | under this Act.
| ||||||
17 | (10) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
18 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
19 | defraud, or harm the public.
| ||||||
20 | (11) Accepting an inspection assignment when the | ||||||
21 | employment itself is
contingent upon the home inspector | ||||||
22 | reporting a predetermined analysis or
opinion, or when the | ||||||
23 | fee to be paid is contingent upon the analysis, opinion,
or | ||||||
24 | conclusion reached or upon the consequences resulting from | ||||||
25 | the home
inspection assignment.
| ||||||
26 | (12) Developing home inspection opinions or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | conclusions based on the race,
color, religion, sex, | ||||||
2 | national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, family
| ||||||
3 | status, physical or mental disability, or unfavorable | ||||||
4 | military discharge, as
defined under the Illinois Human | ||||||
5 | Rights Act, of the prospective or present
owners or | ||||||
6 | occupants of the area or property under home inspection.
| ||||||
7 | (13) Being adjudicated liable in a civil proceeding on | ||||||
8 | grounds of
fraud,
misrepresentation, or deceit. In a | ||||||
9 | disciplinary proceeding based upon a
finding of civil | ||||||
10 | liability, the home inspector shall be
afforded an | ||||||
11 | opportunity to present mitigating and extenuating | ||||||
12 | circumstances,
but may not collaterally attack the civil | ||||||
13 | adjudication.
| ||||||
14 | (14) Being adjudicated liable in a civil proceeding for | ||||||
15 | violation of
a
State or federal fair housing law.
| ||||||
16 | (15) Engaging in misleading or untruthful advertising | ||||||
17 | or using a trade
name or insignia of membership in a home | ||||||
18 | inspection organization of
which the licensee is not a | ||||||
19 | member.
| ||||||
20 | (16) Failing, within 30 days, to provide information in | ||||||
21 | response to a written request made by the Department.
| ||||||
22 | (17) Failing to include within the home inspection | ||||||
23 | report the home
inspector's license number and the date of | ||||||
24 | expiration of the license. All
home inspectors providing | ||||||
25 | significant contribution to the development and
reporting | ||||||
26 | of a home inspection must be disclosed in the home |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | inspection report.
It is a violation of this Act for a home | ||||||
2 | inspector to sign a home inspection
report knowing that a | ||||||
3 | person providing a significant contribution to the report
| ||||||
4 | has not been disclosed in the home inspection report.
| ||||||
5 | (18) Advising a client as to whether the client should | ||||||
6 | or should not
engage in a transaction regarding the | ||||||
7 | residential real property that is the
subject of the home | ||||||
8 | inspection.
| ||||||
9 | (19) Performing a home inspection in a manner that | ||||||
10 | damages or alters the
residential real property that is the | ||||||
11 | subject of the home inspection without
the consent of the | ||||||
12 | owner.
| ||||||
13 | (20) Performing a home inspection when the home | ||||||
14 | inspector is providing
or may also provide other services | ||||||
15 | in connection with the residential real
property or | ||||||
16 | transaction, or has an interest in the residential real | ||||||
17 | property,
without providing prior written notice of the | ||||||
18 | potential or actual conflict and
obtaining the prior | ||||||
19 | consent of the client as provided by rule.
| ||||||
20 | (21) Aiding or assisting another person in violating | ||||||
21 | any provision of this Act or rules adopted under this Act. | ||||||
22 | (22) Inability to practice with reasonable judgment, | ||||||
23 | skill, or safety as a result of habitual or excessive use | ||||||
24 | or addiction to alcohol, narcotics, stimulants, or any | ||||||
25 | other chemical agent or drug. | ||||||
26 | (23) A finding by the Department that the licensee, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | after having his or her license placed on probationary | ||||||
2 | status, has violated the terms of probation. | ||||||
3 | (24) Willfully making or filing false records or | ||||||
4 | reports in his or her practice, including, but not limited | ||||||
5 | to, false records filed with State agencies or departments. | ||||||
6 | (25) Charging for professional services not rendered, | ||||||
7 | including filing false statements for the collection of | ||||||
8 | fees for which services are not rendered. | ||||||
9 | (26) Practicing under a false or, except as provided by | ||||||
10 | law, an assumed name. | ||||||
11 | (27) Cheating on or attempting to subvert the licensing | ||||||
12 | examination administered under this Act. | ||||||
13 | (b) The Department may suspend, revoke,
or refuse to issue
| ||||||
14 | or renew an education provider's license, may reprimand, place | ||||||
15 | on probation, or
otherwise discipline
an education provider
| ||||||
16 | licensee, and may suspend or revoke the course approval of any | ||||||
17 | course offered
by an education provider, for any of the | ||||||
18 | following:
| ||||||
19 | (1) Procuring or attempting to procure licensure by | ||||||
20 | knowingly making a
false statement, submitting false | ||||||
21 | information, making any form of fraud or
| ||||||
22 | misrepresentation, or refusing to provide complete | ||||||
23 | information in response to a
question in an application for | ||||||
24 | licensure.
| ||||||
25 | (2) Failing to comply with the covenants certified to | ||||||
26 | on the application
for licensure as an education provider.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (3) Committing an act or omission involving | ||||||
2 | dishonesty, fraud, or
misrepresentation
or allowing any | ||||||
3 | such act or omission by any employee or contractor under | ||||||
4 | the
control of the education provider.
| ||||||
5 | (4) Engaging in misleading or untruthful advertising.
| ||||||
6 | (5) Failing to retain competent instructors in | ||||||
7 | accordance with rules
adopted under this Act.
| ||||||
8 | (6) Failing to meet the topic or time requirements for | ||||||
9 | course approval as
the provider of a pre-license curriculum | ||||||
10 | course or a continuing education
course.
| ||||||
11 | (7) Failing to administer an approved course using the | ||||||
12 | course materials,
syllabus, and examinations submitted as | ||||||
13 | the basis of the course approval.
| ||||||
14 | (8) Failing to provide an appropriate classroom | ||||||
15 | environment for
presentation of courses, with | ||||||
16 | consideration for student comfort, acoustics,
lighting, | ||||||
17 | seating, workspace, and visual aid material.
| ||||||
18 | (9) Failing to maintain student records in compliance | ||||||
19 | with the rules
adopted
under this Act.
| ||||||
20 | (10) Failing to provide a certificate, transcript, or | ||||||
21 | other student
record to the Department or to a student as | ||||||
22 | may be required by rule.
| ||||||
23 | (11) Failing to fully cooperate with a Department | ||||||
24 | investigation by knowingly
making a false statement, | ||||||
25 | submitting false or misleading information, or
refusing to | ||||||
26 | provide complete information in
response to written |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | interrogatories or a written request for
documentation | ||||||
2 | within 30 days of the request.
| ||||||
3 | (c) In appropriate cases, the Department may resolve a | ||||||
4 | complaint against a licensee
through the issuance of a Consent | ||||||
5 | to Administrative Supervision order. A
licensee subject to a | ||||||
6 | Consent to Administrative Supervision order
shall be | ||||||
7 | considered by the Department as an active licensee in good | ||||||
8 | standing.
This order shall not be reported as or considered by | ||||||
9 | the Department to be a discipline of
the licensee.
The records | ||||||
10 | regarding an investigation and a Consent to Administrative
| ||||||
11 | Supervision order shall be considered confidential and shall | ||||||
12 | not be released by
the Department except as
mandated by law. | ||||||
13 | The complainant shall be notified that his or her
complaint has | ||||||
14 | been resolved by a Consent to Administrative Supervision order.
| ||||||
15 | (d) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend | ||||||
16 | without hearing, as provided for in the Code of Civil | ||||||
17 | Procedure, the license of any person who fails to file a tax | ||||||
18 | return, to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed | ||||||
19 | tax return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or | ||||||
20 | interest, as required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
21 | Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the | ||||||
22 | requirements of the tax Act are satisfied in accordance with | ||||||
23 | subsection (g) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil Administrative | ||||||
24 | Code of Illinois. | ||||||
25 | (e) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
26 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
2 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
3 | agency of this State in accordance with item (5) of subsection | ||||||
4 | (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
5 | Illinois. | ||||||
6 | (f) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
7 | Services has previously determined that a licensee or a | ||||||
8 | potential licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the | ||||||
9 | payment of child support and has subsequently certified the | ||||||
10 | delinquency to the Department, the Department may refuse to | ||||||
11 | issue or renew or may revoke or suspend that person's license | ||||||
12 | or may take other disciplinary action against that person based | ||||||
13 | solely upon the certification of delinquency made by the | ||||||
14 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with | ||||||
15 | item (5) of subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil | ||||||
16 | Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
17 | (g) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is | ||||||
18 | subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission, as | ||||||
19 | provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
20 | Code, operates as an automatic suspension. The suspension will | ||||||
21 | end only upon a finding by a court that the patient is no | ||||||
22 | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission | ||||||
23 | and the issuance of a court order so finding and discharging | ||||||
24 | the patient. | ||||||
25 | (h) In enforcing this Act, the Department, upon a showing | ||||||
26 | of a possible violation, may compel an individual licensed to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | practice under this Act, or who has applied for licensure under | ||||||
2 | this Act, to submit to a mental or physical examination, or | ||||||
3 | both, as required by and at the expense of the Department. The | ||||||
4 | Department may order the examining physician to present | ||||||
5 | testimony concerning the mental or physical examination of the | ||||||
6 | licensee or applicant. No information shall be excluded by | ||||||
7 | reason of any common law or statutory privilege relating to | ||||||
8 | communications between the licensee or applicant and the | ||||||
9 | examining physician. The examining physician shall be | ||||||
10 | specifically designated by the Department. The individual to be | ||||||
11 | examined may have, at his or her own expense, another physician | ||||||
12 | of his or her choice present during all aspects of this | ||||||
13 | examination. The examination shall be performed by a physician | ||||||
14 | licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. Failure of | ||||||
15 | an individual to submit to a mental or physical examination, | ||||||
16 | when directed, shall result in an automatic suspension without | ||||||
17 | hearing. | ||||||
18 | A person holding a license under this Act or who has | ||||||
19 | applied for a license under this Act, who, because of a | ||||||
20 | physical or mental illness or disability, including, but not | ||||||
21 | limited to, deterioration through the aging process or loss of | ||||||
22 | motor skill, is unable to practice the profession with | ||||||
23 | reasonable judgment, skill, or safety, may be required by the | ||||||
24 | Department to submit to care, counseling, or treatment by | ||||||
25 | physicians approved or designated by the Department as a | ||||||
26 | condition, term, or restriction for continued, reinstated, or |
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1 | renewed licensure to practice. Submission to care, counseling, | ||||||
2 | or treatment as required by the Department shall not be | ||||||
3 | considered discipline of a license. If the licensee refuses to | ||||||
4 | enter into a care, counseling, or treatment agreement or fails | ||||||
5 | to abide by the terms of the agreement, the Department may file | ||||||
6 | a complaint to revoke, suspend, or otherwise discipline the | ||||||
7 | license of the individual. The Secretary may order the license | ||||||
8 | suspended immediately, pending a hearing by the Department. | ||||||
9 | Fines shall not be assessed in disciplinary actions involving | ||||||
10 | physical or mental illness or impairment. | ||||||
11 | In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a | ||||||
12 | person's license under this Section, a hearing on that person's | ||||||
13 | license must be convened by the Department within 15 days after | ||||||
14 | the suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The | ||||||
15 | Department shall have the authority to review the subject | ||||||
16 | individual's record of treatment and counseling regarding the | ||||||
17 | impairment to the extent permitted by applicable federal | ||||||
18 | statutes and regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of | ||||||
19 | medical records. | ||||||
20 | An individual licensed under this Act and affected under | ||||||
21 | this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | ||||||
22 | the Department that he or she can resume practice in compliance | ||||||
23 | with acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions | ||||||
24 | of his or her license. | ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 97-226, eff. 7-28-11; 97-877, eff. 8-2-12; | ||||||
26 | 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
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1 | (225 ILCS 447/40-35 rep.)
| ||||||
2 | Section 155. The Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private | ||||||
3 | Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
Locksmith Act of 2004 is | ||||||
4 | amended by repealing Section 40-35. | ||||||
5 | Section 160. The Illinois Public Accounting Act is amended | ||||||
6 | by changing Section 20.01 as follows:
| ||||||
7 | (225 ILCS 450/20.01) (from Ch. 111, par. 5521.01)
| ||||||
8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
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9 | Sec. 20.01. Grounds for discipline; license or | ||||||
10 | registration.
| ||||||
11 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may | ||||||
12 | revoke, suspend, or
reprimand any registration or registrant,
| ||||||
13 | any license or licensee, place a licensee or registrant on | ||||||
14 | probation for a period
of time subject to any conditions the | ||||||
15 | Department may specify including requiring
the licensee or | ||||||
16 | registrant to attend continuing education courses or to work | ||||||
17 | under the
supervision of another licensee or registrant, impose | ||||||
18 | a fine not to exceed $10,000 for each
violation, restrict the | ||||||
19 | authorized scope of practice, require a licensee
or registrant | ||||||
20 | to undergo a peer review program, assess costs as provided for | ||||||
21 | under Section 20.4, or take other disciplinary or | ||||||
22 | non-disciplinary action for any one or more of the following:
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23 | (1) Violation of any provision of this Act or rule |
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1 | adopted by the Department under this Act or violation of | ||||||
2 | professional standards.
| ||||||
3 | (2) Dishonesty, fraud, or deceit in obtaining, | ||||||
4 | reinstating, or restoring a license or registration.
| ||||||
5 | (3) Cancellation, revocation, suspension, denial of | ||||||
6 | licensure or registration, or refusal to renew a license or | ||||||
7 | privileges under Section 5.2 for disciplinary reasons in | ||||||
8 | any other U.S. jurisdiction, unit of government, or | ||||||
9 | government agency for any cause.
| ||||||
10 | (4) Failure, on the part of a licensee under Section 13 | ||||||
11 | or registrant under Section 16, to maintain compliance with | ||||||
12 | the requirements for issuance or renewal of a license or | ||||||
13 | registration or to report changes to the Department.
| ||||||
14 | (5) Revocation or suspension of the right to practice | ||||||
15 | by or before any state or federal regulatory authority or | ||||||
16 | by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
| ||||||
17 | (6) Dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or gross negligence in | ||||||
18 | the performance of services as a licensee or registrant or | ||||||
19 | individual granted privileges under Section 5.2.
| ||||||
20 | (7) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | ||||||
21 | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or | ||||||
22 | sentencing, including, but not limited to, convictions, | ||||||
23 | preceding sentences of supervision, conditional discharge, | ||||||
24 | or first offender probation, under the laws of any | ||||||
25 | jurisdiction of the United States that is (i) a felony or | ||||||
26 | (ii) a misdemeanor, an essential element of which is |
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1 | dishonesty, or that is directly related to the practice of | ||||||
2 | public accounting.
| ||||||
3 | (8) Performance of any fraudulent act while holding a | ||||||
4 | license or privilege issued under this Act or prior law.
| ||||||
5 | (9) Practicing on a revoked, suspended, or inactive | ||||||
6 | license or registration.
| ||||||
7 | (10) Making or filing a report or record that the | ||||||
8 | registrant or licensee knows to be false, willfully failing | ||||||
9 | to file a report or record required by State or federal | ||||||
10 | law, willfully impeding or obstructing the filing or | ||||||
11 | inducing another person to impede or obstruct only those | ||||||
12 | that are signed in the capacity of a licensed CPA or a | ||||||
13 | registered CPA.
| ||||||
14 | (11) Aiding or assisting another person in violating | ||||||
15 | any provision of
this Act or rules promulgated hereunder.
| ||||||
16 | (12) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
17 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
18 | defraud, or harm the public.
| ||||||
19 | (13) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs, | ||||||
20 | alcohol, narcotics,
stimulants, or any other substance | ||||||
21 | that results in the inability
to practice with reasonable | ||||||
22 | skill, judgment, or safety.
| ||||||
23 | (14) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | ||||||
24 | any person, firm,
corporation, partnership, or association | ||||||
25 | any fee, commission, rebate, or other
form of compensation | ||||||
26 | for any professional service not actually rendered.
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| |||||||
1 | (15) Physical illness, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
2 | deterioration through the
aging process or loss of motor | ||||||
3 | skill that results in the licensee or registrant's | ||||||
4 | inability to
practice under this Act with reasonable | ||||||
5 | judgment, skill, or safety.
| ||||||
6 | (16) Solicitation of professional services by using | ||||||
7 | false or misleading
advertising.
| ||||||
8 | (17) Any conduct reflecting adversely upon the | ||||||
9 | licensee's fitness to perform services while a licensee or | ||||||
10 | individual granted privileges under Section 5.2.
| ||||||
11 | (18) Practicing or attempting to practice under a name | ||||||
12 | other than the
full name as shown on the license or | ||||||
13 | registration or any other legally authorized name.
| ||||||
14 | (19) A finding by the Department that a licensee or | ||||||
15 | registrant has not complied with a
provision of any lawful | ||||||
16 | order issued by the Department.
| ||||||
17 | (20) Making a false statement to the Department
| ||||||
18 | regarding compliance with
continuing professional | ||||||
19 | education or peer review requirements.
| ||||||
20 | (21) Failing to make a substantive response to a | ||||||
21 | request for information
by the Department within 30 days of | ||||||
22 | the request.
| ||||||
23 | (b) (Blank).
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24 | (b-5) All fines or costs imposed under this Section shall | ||||||
25 | be paid within 60 days after the effective date of the order | ||||||
26 | imposing the fine or costs or in accordance with the terms set |
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1 | forth in the order imposing the fine or cost. | ||||||
2 | (c) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
3 | Services has previously determined a licensee or a potential | ||||||
4 | licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of | ||||||
5 | child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency to | ||||||
6 | the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew or | ||||||
7 | may revoke or suspend that person's license or may take other | ||||||
8 | disciplinary or non-disciplinary action against that person | ||||||
9 | based solely upon the certification of delinquency made by the | ||||||
10 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with | ||||||
11 | item (5) of subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department | ||||||
12 | of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code | ||||||
13 | of Illinois.
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14 | (d) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend | ||||||
15 | without hearing, as provided for in the Code of Civil | ||||||
16 | Procedure, the license or registration of any person who fails | ||||||
17 | to file a return, to pay a tax, penalty, or interest shown in a | ||||||
18 | filed return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, | ||||||
19 | or interest, as required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
20 | Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the | ||||||
21 | requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied in accordance | ||||||
22 | with subsection (g) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of | ||||||
23 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
24 | Illinois.
| ||||||
25 | (e) (Blank). The Department shall deny any application for | ||||||
26 | a license, registration, or renewal,
without hearing, to any |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | person who has defaulted on an educational loan
guaranteed by | ||||||
2 | the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; however, the
| ||||||
3 | Department
may issue a license, registration, or renewal if the | ||||||
4 | person in default has
established a satisfactory repayment | ||||||
5 | record as determined by the Illinois
Student Assistance | ||||||
6 | Commission.
| ||||||
7 | (f) The determination by a court that a licensee or | ||||||
8 | registrant is subject to involuntary
admission or judicial | ||||||
9 | admission as provided in the Mental Health and
Developmental | ||||||
10 | Disabilities Code will result in the automatic suspension of | ||||||
11 | his
or her license or registration. The licensee or registrant | ||||||
12 | shall be responsible for notifying the Department of the | ||||||
13 | determination by the court that the licensee or registrant is | ||||||
14 | subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission as | ||||||
15 | provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
16 | Code. The suspension shall end only upon a finding by a court | ||||||
17 | that the patient is no longer subject to involuntary admission | ||||||
18 | or judicial admission, the issuance of an order so finding and | ||||||
19 | discharging the patient, and the filing of a petition for | ||||||
20 | restoration demonstrating fitness to practice.
| ||||||
21 | (g) In enforcing this Section, the Department, upon a | ||||||
22 | showing of a possible violation, may compel, any licensee or | ||||||
23 | registrant or any individual who has applied for licensure | ||||||
24 | under this Act, to submit to a mental or physical examination | ||||||
25 | and evaluation, or both, which may include a substance abuse or | ||||||
26 | sexual offender evaluation, at the expense of the Department. |
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| |||||||
1 | The Department shall specifically designate the examining | ||||||
2 | physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches | ||||||
3 | or, if applicable, the multidisciplinary team involved in | ||||||
4 | providing the mental or physical examination and evaluation, or | ||||||
5 | both. The multidisciplinary team shall be led by a physician | ||||||
6 | licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches and may | ||||||
7 | consist of one or more or a combination of physicians licensed | ||||||
8 | to practice medicine in all of its branches, licensed | ||||||
9 | chiropractic physicians, licensed clinical psychologists, | ||||||
10 | licensed clinical social workers, licensed clinical | ||||||
11 | professional counselors, and other professional and | ||||||
12 | administrative staff. Any examining physician or member of the | ||||||
13 | multidisciplinary team may require any person ordered to submit | ||||||
14 | to an examination and evaluation under this Section to submit | ||||||
15 | to any additional supplemental testing deemed necessary to | ||||||
16 | complete any examination or evaluation process, including, but | ||||||
17 | not limited to, blood testing, urinalysis, psychological | ||||||
18 | testing, or neuropsychological testing. The Department may | ||||||
19 | order the examining physician or any member of the | ||||||
20 | multidisciplinary team to provide to the Department any and all | ||||||
21 | records, including business records, that relate to the | ||||||
22 | examination and evaluation, including any supplemental testing | ||||||
23 | performed. The Department may order the examining physician or | ||||||
24 | any member of the multidisciplinary team to present testimony | ||||||
25 | concerning this examination and evaluation of the licensee, | ||||||
26 | registrant, or applicant, including testimony concerning any |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | supplemental testing or documents relating to the examination | ||||||
2 | and evaluation. No information, report, record, or other | ||||||
3 | documents in any way related to the examination and evaluation | ||||||
4 | shall be excluded by reason of any common law or statutory | ||||||
5 | privilege relating to communication between the licensee, | ||||||
6 | registrant, or applicant and the examining physician or any | ||||||
7 | member of the multidisciplinary team. No authorization is | ||||||
8 | necessary from the individual ordered to undergo an evaluation | ||||||
9 | and examination for the examining physician or any member of | ||||||
10 | the multidisciplinary team to provide information, reports, | ||||||
11 | records, or other documents or to provide any testimony | ||||||
12 | regarding the examination and evaluation. | ||||||
13 | The individual to be examined may have, at his or her own | ||||||
14 | expense, another physician of his or her choice present during | ||||||
15 | all aspects of the examination. Failure of any individual to | ||||||
16 | submit to mental or physical examination and evaluation, or | ||||||
17 | both, when directed, shall result in an automatic suspension, | ||||||
18 | without hearing, until such time as the individual submits to | ||||||
19 | the examination. If the Department finds a licensee, | ||||||
20 | registrant, or applicant unable to practice because of the | ||||||
21 | reasons set forth in this Section, the Department shall require | ||||||
22 | such licensee, registrant, or applicant to submit to care, | ||||||
23 | counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or designated | ||||||
24 | by the Department, as a condition for continued, reinstated, or | ||||||
25 | renewed licensure to practice. | ||||||
26 | When the Secretary immediately suspends a license or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | registration under this Section, a hearing upon such person's | ||||||
2 | license or registration must be convened by the Department | ||||||
3 | within 15 days after such suspension and completed without | ||||||
4 | appreciable delay. The Department shall have the authority to | ||||||
5 | review the subject's record of treatment and counseling | ||||||
6 | regarding the impairment, to the extent permitted by applicable | ||||||
7 | federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the | ||||||
8 | confidentiality of medical records. | ||||||
9 | Individuals licensed or registered under this Act, | ||||||
10 | affected under this Section, shall be afforded an opportunity | ||||||
11 | to demonstrate to the Department that they can resume practice | ||||||
12 | in compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under | ||||||
13 | the provisions of their license or registration. | ||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 98-254, eff. 8-9-13.)
| ||||||
15 | Section 165. The Real Estate License Act of 2000 is amended | ||||||
16 | by changing Section 20-20 as follows:
| ||||||
17 | (225 ILCS 454/20-20)
| ||||||
18 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
| ||||||
19 | Sec. 20-20. Grounds for discipline. | ||||||
20 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew a license, | ||||||
21 | may place on probation, suspend,
or
revoke any
license, | ||||||
22 | reprimand, or take any other disciplinary or non-disciplinary | ||||||
23 | action as the Department may deem proper and impose a
fine not | ||||||
24 | to exceed
$25,000 upon any licensee or applicant under this Act |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | or any person who holds himself or herself out as an applicant | ||||||
2 | or licensee or against a licensee in handling his or her own | ||||||
3 | property, whether held by deed, option, or otherwise, for any | ||||||
4 | one or any combination of the
following causes:
| ||||||
5 | (1) Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for, or | ||||||
6 | procuring, a license under this Act or in connection with | ||||||
7 | applying for renewal of a license under this Act.
| ||||||
8 | (2) The conviction of or plea of guilty or plea of nolo | ||||||
9 | contendere to a felony or misdemeanor in this State or any | ||||||
10 | other jurisdiction; or the entry of an administrative | ||||||
11 | sanction by a government agency in this State or any other | ||||||
12 | jurisdiction. Action taken under this paragraph (2) for a | ||||||
13 | misdemeanor or an administrative sanction is limited to a | ||||||
14 | misdemeanor or administrative sanction that has as an
| ||||||
15 | essential element dishonesty or fraud or involves larceny, | ||||||
16 | embezzlement,
or obtaining money, property, or credit by | ||||||
17 | false pretenses or by means of a
confidence
game.
| ||||||
18 | (3) Inability to practice the profession with | ||||||
19 | reasonable judgment, skill, or safety as a result of a | ||||||
20 | physical illness, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
21 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor | ||||||
22 | skill, or a mental illness or disability.
| ||||||
23 | (4) Practice under this Act as a licensee in a retail | ||||||
24 | sales establishment from an office, desk, or space that
is | ||||||
25 | not
separated from the main retail business by a separate | ||||||
26 | and distinct area within
the
establishment.
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| |||||||
1 | (5) Having been disciplined by another state, the | ||||||
2 | District of Columbia, a territory, a foreign nation, or a | ||||||
3 | governmental agency authorized to impose discipline if at | ||||||
4 | least one of the grounds for that discipline is the same as | ||||||
5 | or
the
equivalent of one of the grounds for which a | ||||||
6 | licensee may be disciplined under this Act. A certified | ||||||
7 | copy of the record of the action by the other state or | ||||||
8 | jurisdiction shall be prima facie evidence thereof.
| ||||||
9 | (6) Engaging in the practice of real estate brokerage
| ||||||
10 | without a
license or after the licensee's license or | ||||||
11 | temporary permit was expired or while the license was
| ||||||
12 | inoperative.
| ||||||
13 | (7) Cheating on or attempting to subvert the Real
| ||||||
14 | Estate License Exam or continuing education exam. | ||||||
15 | (8) Aiding or abetting an applicant
to
subvert or cheat | ||||||
16 | on the Real Estate License Exam or continuing education | ||||||
17 | exam
administered pursuant to this Act.
| ||||||
18 | (9) Advertising that is inaccurate, misleading, or | ||||||
19 | contrary to the provisions of the Act.
| ||||||
20 | (10) Making any substantial misrepresentation or | ||||||
21 | untruthful advertising.
| ||||||
22 | (11) Making any false promises of a character likely to | ||||||
23 | influence,
persuade,
or induce.
| ||||||
24 | (12) Pursuing a continued and flagrant course of | ||||||
25 | misrepresentation or the
making
of false promises through | ||||||
26 | licensees, employees, agents, advertising, or
otherwise.
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| |||||||
1 | (13) Any misleading or untruthful advertising, or | ||||||
2 | using any trade name or
insignia of membership in any real | ||||||
3 | estate organization of which the licensee is
not a member.
| ||||||
4 | (14) Acting for more than one party in a transaction | ||||||
5 | without providing
written
notice to all parties for whom | ||||||
6 | the licensee acts.
| ||||||
7 | (15) Representing or attempting to represent a broker | ||||||
8 | other than the
sponsoring broker.
| ||||||
9 | (16) Failure to account for or to remit any moneys or | ||||||
10 | documents coming into
his or her possession that belong to | ||||||
11 | others.
| ||||||
12 | (17) Failure to maintain and deposit in a special | ||||||
13 | account, separate and
apart from
personal and other | ||||||
14 | business accounts, all escrow moneys belonging to others
| ||||||
15 | entrusted to a licensee
while acting as a broker, escrow | ||||||
16 | agent, or temporary custodian of
the funds of others or
| ||||||
17 | failure to maintain all escrow moneys on deposit in the | ||||||
18 | account until the
transactions are
consummated or | ||||||
19 | terminated, except to the extent that the moneys, or any | ||||||
20 | part
thereof, shall be: | ||||||
21 | (A)
disbursed prior to the consummation or | ||||||
22 | termination (i) in accordance with
the
written | ||||||
23 | direction of
the principals to the transaction or their | ||||||
24 | duly authorized agents, (ii) in accordance with
| ||||||
25 | directions providing for the
release, payment, or | ||||||
26 | distribution of escrow moneys contained in any written
|
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| |||||||
1 | contract signed by the
principals to the transaction or | ||||||
2 | their duly authorized agents,
or (iii)
pursuant to an | ||||||
3 | order of a court of competent
jurisdiction; or | ||||||
4 | (B) deemed abandoned and transferred to the Office | ||||||
5 | of the State Treasurer to be handled as unclaimed | ||||||
6 | property pursuant to the Revised Uniform Unclaimed | ||||||
7 | Property Act. Escrow moneys may be deemed abandoned | ||||||
8 | under this subparagraph (B) only: (i) in the absence of | ||||||
9 | disbursement under subparagraph (A); (ii) in the | ||||||
10 | absence of notice of the filing of any claim in a court | ||||||
11 | of competent jurisdiction; and (iii) if 6 months have | ||||||
12 | elapsed after the receipt of a written demand for the | ||||||
13 | escrow moneys from one of the principals to the | ||||||
14 | transaction or the principal's duly authorized agent.
| ||||||
15 | The account
shall be noninterest
bearing, unless the | ||||||
16 | character of the deposit is such that payment of interest
| ||||||
17 | thereon is otherwise
required by law or unless the | ||||||
18 | principals to the transaction specifically
require, in | ||||||
19 | writing, that the
deposit be placed in an interest bearing | ||||||
20 | account.
| ||||||
21 | (18) Failure to make available to the Department all | ||||||
22 | escrow records and related documents
maintained in | ||||||
23 | connection
with the practice of real estate within 24 hours | ||||||
24 | of a request for those
documents by Department personnel.
| ||||||
25 | (19) Failing to furnish copies upon request of | ||||||
26 | documents relating to a
real
estate transaction to a party |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | who has executed that document.
| ||||||
2 | (20) Failure of a sponsoring broker to timely provide | ||||||
3 | information, sponsor
cards,
or termination of licenses to | ||||||
4 | the Department.
| ||||||
5 | (21) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
6 | unprofessional conduct of a
character
likely to deceive, | ||||||
7 | defraud, or harm the public.
| ||||||
8 | (22) Commingling the money or property of others with | ||||||
9 | his or her own money or property.
| ||||||
10 | (23) Employing any person on a purely temporary or | ||||||
11 | single deal basis as a
means
of evading the law regarding | ||||||
12 | payment of commission to nonlicensees on some
contemplated
| ||||||
13 | transactions.
| ||||||
14 | (24) Permitting the use of his or her license as a | ||||||
15 | broker to enable a
leasing agent or
unlicensed person to | ||||||
16 | operate a real estate business without actual
| ||||||
17 | participation therein and control
thereof by the broker.
| ||||||
18 | (25) Any other conduct, whether of the same or a | ||||||
19 | different character from
that
specified in this Section, | ||||||
20 | that constitutes dishonest dealing.
| ||||||
21 | (26) Displaying a "for rent" or "for sale" sign on any | ||||||
22 | property without
the written
consent of an owner or his or | ||||||
23 | her duly authorized agent or advertising by any
means that | ||||||
24 | any property is
for sale or for rent without the written | ||||||
25 | consent of the owner or his or her
authorized agent.
| ||||||
26 | (27) Failing to provide information requested by the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Department, or otherwise respond to that request, within 30 | ||||||
2 | days of
the
request.
| ||||||
3 | (28) Advertising by means of a blind advertisement, | ||||||
4 | except as otherwise
permitted in Section 10-30 of this Act.
| ||||||
5 | (29) Offering guaranteed sales plans, as defined in | ||||||
6 | clause (A) of
this subdivision (29), except to
the extent | ||||||
7 | hereinafter set forth:
| ||||||
8 | (A) A "guaranteed sales plan" is any real estate | ||||||
9 | purchase or sales plan
whereby a licensee enters into a | ||||||
10 | conditional or unconditional written contract
with a | ||||||
11 | seller, prior to entering into a brokerage agreement | ||||||
12 | with the seller, by the
terms of which a licensee | ||||||
13 | agrees to purchase a property of the seller within a
| ||||||
14 | specified period of time
at a specific price in the | ||||||
15 | event the property is not sold in accordance with
the | ||||||
16 | terms of a brokerage agreement to be entered into | ||||||
17 | between the sponsoring broker and the seller.
| ||||||
18 | (B) A licensee offering a guaranteed sales plan | ||||||
19 | shall provide the
details
and conditions of the plan in | ||||||
20 | writing to the party to whom the plan is
offered.
| ||||||
21 | (C) A licensee offering a guaranteed sales plan | ||||||
22 | shall provide to the
party
to whom the plan is offered | ||||||
23 | evidence of sufficient financial resources to
satisfy | ||||||
24 | the commitment to
purchase undertaken by the broker in | ||||||
25 | the plan.
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26 | (D) Any licensee offering a guaranteed sales plan |
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1 | shall undertake to
market the property of the seller | ||||||
2 | subject to the plan in the same manner in
which the | ||||||
3 | broker would
market any other property, unless the | ||||||
4 | agreement with the seller provides
otherwise.
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5 | (E) The licensee cannot purchase seller's property | ||||||
6 | until the brokerage agreement has ended according to | ||||||
7 | its terms or is otherwise terminated. | ||||||
8 | (F) Any licensee who fails to perform on a | ||||||
9 | guaranteed sales plan in
strict accordance with its | ||||||
10 | terms shall be subject to all the penalties provided
in | ||||||
11 | this Act for
violations thereof and, in addition, shall | ||||||
12 | be subject to a civil fine payable
to the party injured | ||||||
13 | by the
default in an amount of up to $25,000.
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14 | (30) Influencing or attempting to influence, by any | ||||||
15 | words or acts, a
prospective
seller, purchaser, occupant, | ||||||
16 | landlord, or tenant of real estate, in connection
with | ||||||
17 | viewing, buying, or
leasing real estate, so as to promote | ||||||
18 | or tend to promote the continuance
or maintenance of
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19 | racially and religiously segregated housing or so as to | ||||||
20 | retard, obstruct, or
discourage racially
integrated | ||||||
21 | housing on or in any street, block, neighborhood, or | ||||||
22 | community.
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23 | (31) Engaging in any act that constitutes a violation | ||||||
24 | of any provision of
Article 3 of the Illinois Human Rights | ||||||
25 | Act, whether or not a complaint has
been filed with or
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26 | adjudicated by the Human Rights Commission.
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1 | (32) Inducing any party to a contract of sale or lease | ||||||
2 | or brokerage
agreement to
break the contract of sale or | ||||||
3 | lease or brokerage agreement for the purpose of
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4 | substituting, in lieu
thereof, a new contract for sale or | ||||||
5 | lease or brokerage agreement with a third
party.
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6 | (33) Negotiating a sale, exchange, or lease of real | ||||||
7 | estate directly with
any person
if the licensee knows that | ||||||
8 | the person has an exclusive brokerage
agreement with | ||||||
9 | another
broker, unless specifically authorized by that | ||||||
10 | broker.
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11 | (34) When a licensee is also an attorney, acting as the | ||||||
12 | attorney for
either the
buyer or the seller in the same | ||||||
13 | transaction in which the licensee is acting or
has acted as | ||||||
14 | a managing broker
or broker.
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15 | (35) Advertising or offering merchandise or services | ||||||
16 | as free if any
conditions or
obligations necessary for | ||||||
17 | receiving the merchandise or services are not
disclosed in | ||||||
18 | the same
advertisement or offer. These conditions or | ||||||
19 | obligations include without
limitation the
requirement | ||||||
20 | that the recipient attend a promotional activity or visit a | ||||||
21 | real
estate site. As used in this
subdivision (35), "free" | ||||||
22 | includes terms such as "award", "prize", "no charge",
"free | ||||||
23 | of charge",
"without charge", and similar words or phrases | ||||||
24 | that reasonably lead a person to
believe that he or she
may | ||||||
25 | receive or has been selected to receive something of value, | ||||||
26 | without any
conditions or
obligations on the part of the |
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1 | recipient.
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2 | (36) (Blank).
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3 | (37) Violating the terms of a disciplinary order
issued | ||||||
4 | by the Department.
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5 | (38) Paying or failing to disclose compensation in | ||||||
6 | violation of Article 10 of this Act.
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7 | (39) Requiring a party to a transaction who is not a | ||||||
8 | client of the
licensee
to allow the licensee to retain a | ||||||
9 | portion of the escrow moneys for payment of
the licensee's | ||||||
10 | commission or expenses as a condition for release of the | ||||||
11 | escrow
moneys to that party.
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12 | (40) Disregarding or violating any provision of this | ||||||
13 | Act or the published
rules
promulgated by the Department to | ||||||
14 | enforce this Act or aiding or abetting any individual,
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15 | partnership, registered limited liability partnership, | ||||||
16 | limited liability
company, or corporation in
disregarding | ||||||
17 | any provision of this Act or the published rules | ||||||
18 | promulgated by the Department
to enforce this Act.
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19 | (41) Failing to provide the minimum services required | ||||||
20 | by Section 15-75 of this Act when acting under an exclusive | ||||||
21 | brokerage agreement.
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22 | (42) Habitual or excessive use or addiction to alcohol, | ||||||
23 | narcotics, stimulants, or any other chemical agent or drug | ||||||
24 | that results in a managing broker, broker, or leasing | ||||||
25 | agent's inability to practice with reasonable skill or | ||||||
26 | safety. |
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1 | (43) Enabling, aiding, or abetting an auctioneer, as | ||||||
2 | defined in the Auction License Act, to conduct a real | ||||||
3 | estate auction in a manner that is in violation of this | ||||||
4 | Act. | ||||||
5 | (44) Permitting any leasing agent or temporary leasing | ||||||
6 | agent permit holder to engage in activities that require a | ||||||
7 | broker's or managing broker's license. | ||||||
8 | (b) The Department may refuse to issue or renew or may | ||||||
9 | suspend the license of any person who fails to file a return, | ||||||
10 | pay the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return, or | ||||||
11 | pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as | ||||||
12 | required by any tax Act administered by the Department of | ||||||
13 | Revenue, until such time as the requirements of that tax Act | ||||||
14 | are satisfied in accordance with subsection (g) of Section | ||||||
15 | 2105-15 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
16 | (c) (Blank). The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
17 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
18 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
20 | agency of this State in accordance with item (5) of subsection | ||||||
21 | (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
22 | Illinois. | ||||||
23 | (d) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
24 | Services (formerly Department of Public Aid) has previously | ||||||
25 | determined that a licensee or a potential licensee is more than | ||||||
26 | 30 days delinquent in the payment of child support and has |
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1 | subsequently certified the delinquency to the Department may | ||||||
2 | refuse to issue or renew or may revoke or suspend that person's | ||||||
3 | license or may take other disciplinary action against that | ||||||
4 | person based solely upon the certification of delinquency made | ||||||
5 | by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services in | ||||||
6 | accordance with item (5) of subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 | ||||||
7 | of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
8 | (e) In enforcing this Section, the Department or Board upon | ||||||
9 | a showing of a possible violation may compel an individual | ||||||
10 | licensed to practice under this Act, or who has applied for | ||||||
11 | licensure under this Act, to submit to a mental or physical | ||||||
12 | examination, or both, as required by and at the expense of the | ||||||
13 | Department. The Department or Board may order the examining | ||||||
14 | physician to present testimony concerning the mental or | ||||||
15 | physical examination of the licensee or applicant. No | ||||||
16 | information shall be excluded by reason of any common law or | ||||||
17 | statutory privilege relating to communications between the | ||||||
18 | licensee or applicant and the examining physician. The | ||||||
19 | examining physicians shall be specifically designated by the | ||||||
20 | Board or Department. The individual to be examined may have, at | ||||||
21 | his or her own expense, another physician of his or her choice | ||||||
22 | present during all aspects of this examination. Failure of an | ||||||
23 | individual to submit to a mental or physical examination, when | ||||||
24 | directed, shall be grounds for suspension of his or her license | ||||||
25 | until the individual submits to the examination if the | ||||||
26 | Department finds, after notice and hearing, that the refusal to |
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2 | If the Department or Board finds an individual unable to | ||||||
3 | practice because of the reasons set forth in this Section, the | ||||||
4 | Department or Board may require that individual to submit to | ||||||
5 | care, counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or | ||||||
6 | designated by the Department or Board, as a condition, term, or | ||||||
7 | restriction for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to | ||||||
8 | practice; or, in lieu of care, counseling, or treatment, the | ||||||
9 | Department may file, or the Board may recommend to the | ||||||
10 | Department to file, a complaint to immediately suspend, revoke, | ||||||
11 | or otherwise discipline the license of the individual. An | ||||||
12 | individual whose license was granted, continued, reinstated, | ||||||
13 | renewed, disciplined or supervised subject to such terms, | ||||||
14 | conditions, or restrictions, and who fails to comply with such | ||||||
15 | terms, conditions, or restrictions, shall be referred to the | ||||||
16 | Secretary for a determination as to whether the individual | ||||||
17 | shall have his or her license suspended immediately, pending a | ||||||
18 | hearing by the Department. | ||||||
19 | In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a | ||||||
20 | person's license under this Section, a hearing on that person's | ||||||
21 | license must be convened by the Department within 30 days after | ||||||
22 | the suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The | ||||||
23 | Department and Board shall have the authority to review the | ||||||
24 | subject individual's record of treatment and counseling | ||||||
25 | regarding the impairment to the extent permitted by applicable | ||||||
26 | federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the |
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7 | (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; 100-22, eff. 1-1-18; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 100-188, eff. 1-1-18; 100-534, eff. 9-22-17; revised 10-2-17.)
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9 | (225 ILCS 458/15-45 rep.)
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11 | 2002 is amended by repealing Section 15-45.
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13 | becoming law.
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