HB5639 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5639

Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 15/1

from Ch. 111, par. 5351

Amends the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title and policy of the Act.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

(225 ILCS 15/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 5351)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017)

Sec. 1. The The practice of clinical psychology in Illinois is hereby declared to affect the public health, safety and welfare, and to be subject to regulations in the public interest to protect the public from persons who are unauthorized or unqualified to represent themselves as clinical psychologists or as being able to render clinical psychological services as herein defined, and from unprofessional conduct by persons licensed to practice clinical psychology. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act".

(Source: P.A. 85-1305.)