Full Text of HB2444 96th General Assembly
HB2444ren 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act | | 5 |
| is amended by changing Section 3 and by adding Section 9.5 as | | 6 |
| follows:
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| (225 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 7403)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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| Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, except as the | | 10 |
| context
requires otherwise:
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| "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
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| "Director" means the Director of the Department of Public | | 13 |
| Health.
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| "License" means a license
issued by the State under this
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| Act to a hearing instrument dispenser.
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| "Licensed Audiologist" means a person
licensed
as an | | 17 |
| audiologist under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and | | 18 |
| Audiology
Practice Act.
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| "National Board Certified Hearing Instrument
Specialist" | | 20 |
| means a person
who has had at least 2 years in practice as a | | 21 |
| licensed hearing
instrument dispenser and has
been certified | | 22 |
| after qualification by examination by the National Board for
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| Certification in Hearing Instruments Sciences.
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| "Licensed physician" or "physician" means a physician | | 2 |
| licensed
in Illinois to
practice medicine in all of its | | 3 |
| branches.
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| "Trainee" means a person who is licensed to perform the | | 5 |
| functions of a hearing instrument dispenser in accordance with | | 6 |
| the Department rules and only under the direct supervision of a | | 7 |
| hearing instrument dispenser or audiologist who is licensed in | | 8 |
| the State. | | 9 |
| "Board" means the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection
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| Board.
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| "Hearing instrument" or "hearing aid" means any instrument | | 12 |
| or
device
designed, intended,
or offered for the purpose of | | 13 |
| improving a person's hearing and any parts,
attachments,
or
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| accessories, including earmold.
Batteries, cords, and | | 15 |
| individual or group auditory training devices and any
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| instrument or device used by a public utility in providing | | 17 |
| telephone or
other communication services are excluded.
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| "Practice of fitting, dispensing, or servicing of hearing
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| instruments" means
the measurement of human hearing with an
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| audiometer, calibrated to
the current American National | | 21 |
| Standard Institute standards, for the
purpose of making | | 22 |
| selections, recommendations, adaptions, services, or sales of
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| hearing instruments including the making of earmolds as a part | | 24 |
| of the hearing
instrument.
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| "Sell" or "sale" means any transfer of title or of the | | 26 |
| right to use
by lease, bailment, or any other contract, |
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| excluding wholesale transactions
with distributors or dealers.
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| "Hearing instrument dispenser" means a person who
is a | | 3 |
| hearing care professional that engages
in the selling,
practice | | 4 |
| of fitting, selecting, recommending, dispensing, or servicing
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| of hearing instruments or the testing for means of hearing
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| instrument selection or who
advertises or displays a sign or | | 7 |
| represents himself or herself as a person
who
practices the | | 8 |
| testing, fitting, selecting, servicing, dispensing,
or selling | | 9 |
| of hearing instruments.
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| "Fund" means the Hearing Instrument Dispenser Examining
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| and Disciplinary Fund.
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| "Hearing Care Professional" means a person who is a | | 13 |
| licensed
audiologist, a licensed hearing instrument dispenser, | | 14 |
| or a licensed
physician.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-72, eff. 12-31-95.)
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| (225 ILCS 50/9.5 new) | | 17 |
| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016) | | 18 |
| Sec. 9.5. Trainees. | | 19 |
| (a) In order to receive a trainee license, a person must | | 20 |
| apply to the Department and provide acceptable evidence of his | | 21 |
| or her completion of the required courses pursuant to | | 22 |
| subsection (e) of Section 8 of this Act, or its equivalent as | | 23 |
| determined by the Department. A trainee license expires 6 | | 24 |
| months from the date of issue and is non-renewable. | | 25 |
| (b) A trainee shall perform the functions of a hearing |
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| instrument dispenser in accordance with the Department rules | | 2 |
| and only under the direct supervision of a hearing instrument | | 3 |
| dispenser or audiologist who is licensed in the State. For the | | 4 |
| purposes of this Section, "direct supervision" means that the | | 5 |
| licensed hearing instrument dispenser or audiologist shall | | 6 |
| give final approval to all work performed by the trainee and | | 7 |
| shall be physically present anytime the trainee has contact | | 8 |
| with the client. The licensed hearing instrument dispenser or | | 9 |
| audiologist is responsible for all of the work that is | | 10 |
| performed by the trainee. | | 11 |
| (c) The Department may limit the number of trainees that | | 12 |
| may be under the direct supervision of the same licensed | | 13 |
| hearing instrument dispenser or licensed audiologist.
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| (d) The Department may establish a trainee licensing fee by | | 15 |
| rule. |
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