103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2499

 

Introduced 2/15/2023, by Rep. Bob Morgan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 80/4.34
5 ILCS 80/4.39
225 ILCS 412/10
225 ILCS 412/12 new
225 ILCS 412/32
225 ILCS 412/40
225 ILCS 412/90
225 ILCS 412/120

    Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Repeals the Electrologist Licensing Act on January 1, 2029 (rather than January 1, 2024). Amends the Electrologist Licensing Act. Provides that all applicants and licensees shall: (1) provide a valid physical address and email address to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which shall serve as the address of record and email address of record, respectively, at the time of applicant for licensure or renewal of a license; and (2) inform the Department of any change of address of record or email address of record within 14 days. Provides that the changes must be made either through the Department's website or by contacting the Department through the Department's licensure maintenance unit. Provides that every application for an original license under this Act shall include the applicant's social security number or individual taxpayer identification number. Provides that specified written notices may be served electronically to the licensee's email address of record. Provides that in any case involving the refusal to issue or renew a license, a copy of the hearing officer's report shall be served upon the respondent by the Secretary (rather than the Department). Makes corresponding changes. Provisions amending the Regulatory Sunset Act are effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Regulatory Sunset Act is amended by
5changing Sections 4.34 and 4.39 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 80/4.34)
7    Sec. 4.34. Acts and Section repealed on January 1, 2024.
8The following Acts and Section of an Act are repealed on
9January 1, 2024:
10        The Crematory Regulation Act.
11        The Electrologist Licensing Act.
12        The Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of
13    1984.
14        The Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act.
15        The Illinois Public Accounting Act.
16        The Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private
17    Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004.
18        The Registered Surgical Assistant and Registered
19    Surgical Technologist Title Protection Act.
20        Section 2.5 of the Illinois Plumbing License Law.
21        The Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of
22    2004.
23(Source: P.A. 102-291, eff. 8-6-21.)
 

 

 

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1    (5 ILCS 80/4.39)
2    Sec. 4.39. Acts repealed on January 1, 2029 and December
331, 2029.
4    (a) The following Act is repealed on January 1, 2029:
5        The Electrologist Licensing Act.
6        The Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act.
7    (b) The following Act is repealed on December 31, 2029:
8        The Structural Pest Control Act.
9(Source: P.A. 100-716, eff. 8-3-18; 100-796, eff. 8-10-18;
10101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
 
11    Section 10. The Electrologist Licensing Act is amended by
12changing Sections 10, 32, 40, 90, and 120 and by adding Section
1312 as follows:
 
14    (225 ILCS 412/10)
15    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
16    Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
17    "Address of Record" means the designated address recorded
18by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application
19file or license file as maintained by the Department's
20licensure maintenance unit. It is the duty of the applicant or
21licensee to inform the Department of any change of address,
22and those changes must be made either through the Department's
23website or by contacting the Department.

 

 

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1    "Department" means the Department of Financial and
2Professional Regulation.
3    "Electrologist" means an individual licensed to practice
4electrology pursuant to the provisions of this Act.
5    "Electrology" means the practice or teaching of services
6for permanent hair removal utilizing only solid probe
7electrode type epilation, which may include thermolysis
8(shortwave, high frequency), electrolysis (galvanic), or a
9combination of both (superimposed or sequential blend).
10    "Email address of record" means the designated email
11address recorded by the Department in the applicant's
12application file or in a licensee's license file, as
13maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit.
14    "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
15Professional Regulation.
16(Source: P.A. 98-363, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
17    (225 ILCS 412/12 new)
18    Sec. 12. Address of record and email address of record.
19All applicants and licensees shall:
20        (1) provide a valid physical address and email address
21    to the Department, which shall serve as the address of
22    record and email address of record, respectively, at the
23    time of application for licensure or renewal of a license;
24    and
25        (2) inform the Department of any change of address of

 

 

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1    record or email address of record within 14 days. Those
2    changes must be made either through the Department's
3    website or by contacting the Department through the
4    Department's licensure maintenance unit.
 
5    (225 ILCS 412/32)
6    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
7    Sec. 32. Social Security number or federal individual
8taxpayer identification Number on license application. In
9addition to any other information required to be contained in
10the application, every application for an original license
11under this Act shall include the applicant's social security
12number or federal individual taxpayer identification number,
13which shall be retained in the agency's records pertaining to
14the license. As soon as practical, the Department shall assign
15a customer's identification number to each applicant for a
16license.
17    Every application for a renewed, reinstated, or restored
18license shall require the applicant's customer identification
19number.
20(Source: P.A. 97-400, eff. 1-1-12; 98-363, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
21    (225 ILCS 412/40)
22    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
23    Sec. 40. Administrative Procedure Act. The Illinois
24Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and

 

 

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1incorporated in this Act as if all of the provisions of the
2Illinois Administrative Procedure Act where included in this
3Act, except that the provision of paragraph (d) of Section
410-65 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, which
5provides that at hearings the licensee has the right to show
6compliance with all lawful requirements for retention,
7continuation, or renewal of the license, is specifically
8excluded. For the purposes of this Act, the notice required
9under Section 10-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
10Act is considered to be sufficient when mailed to the
11licensee's address of record or email address of record.
12(Source: P.A. 98-363, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
13    (225 ILCS 412/90)
14    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
15    Sec. 90. Investigations; notice and hearing.
16    (a) The Department may investigate the actions of an
17applicant or a person holding or claiming to hold a license.
18    (b) Before refusing to issue or renew a license or take any
19disciplinary or non-disciplinary action against a licensed
20electrologist pursuant to Section 75 of this Act, the
21Department shall notify in writing the applicant or the
22licensee of the nature of the charges and that a hearing will
23be held on the date designated, which shall be at least 30 days
24after the date of the notice. The Department shall direct the
25applicant or licensee to file a written answer to the

 

 

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1Department under oath within 20 days after the service of the
2notice and inform the applicant or licensee that failure to
3file an answer will result in default being taken against the
4applicant or licensee and that the license may be suspended,
5revoked, placed on probationary status, or other disciplinary
6or non-disciplinary action may be taken, including limiting
7the scope, nature, or extent of business as the Secretary may
8deem proper. Written notice may be served by certified or
9registered mail sent to the licensee's address of record.
10    The written notice and any notice in the subsequent
11proceeding may be served by regular mail to the licensee's
12address of record or electronically to the licensee's email
13address of record.
14    If the applicant or licensee fails to file an answer after
15receiving notice, the license may, in the discretion of the
16Department, be suspended, revoked, or placed on probationary
17status, or the Department may take whatever disciplinary
18action considered proper including limiting the scope, nature,
19or extent of the person's practice or the imposition of a fine,
20without a hearing if the act or acts charged constitute
21sufficient grounds for such action under this Act.
22    At the time and place fixed in the notice, the Department
23shall proceed to hear the charges, and the parties or their
24counsel shall be accorded ample opportunity to present any
25pertinent statements, testimony, evidence, and argument. The
26Department may continue a hearing from time to time.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 98-363, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
2    (225 ILCS 412/120)
3    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
4    Sec. 120. Motion for rehearing. In any case involving the
5refusal to issue or renew a license, or the discipline of a
6licensee, a copy of the hearing officer's report shall be
7served upon the respondent by the Secretary Department, either
8personally or as provided in this Act for the service of the
9notice of hearing. Within 20 days after service, the
10respondent may present to the Department a motion in writing
11for a rehearing which shall specify the particular grounds for
12rehearing. If no motion for rehearing is filed, then upon the
13expiration of the time specified for filing a motion, or if a
14motion for rehearing is denied, then upon denial, the
15Secretary may enter an order in accordance with the
16recommendation of the hearing officer. If the respondent
17orders from the reporting service, and pays for a transcript
18of the record within the time for filing a motion for
19rehearing, the 20-day period within which a motion may be
20filed shall commence upon the delivery of the transcript to
21the respondent.
22(Source: P.A. 98-363, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Section and Section 5
24take effect upon becoming law.