Full Text of HB4249 95th General Assembly
HB4249sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Terry Link
Filed: 5/22/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4249
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4249 on page 2, | 3 |
| immediately below line 5, by inserting the following:
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| "Section 10. The Environmental Health Practitioner | 5 |
| Licensing Act is amended by changing Section 27 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 37/27)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2008)
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| Sec. 27. Renewals; restoration.
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| (a) The expiration date and renewal period for each license | 10 |
| issued under
this Act shall be set by rule. As a condition for | 11 |
| renewal of a license, the
licensee shall be required to | 12 |
| complete continuing education requirements as
set forth in | 13 |
| rules by the Department. Licensees who are 70 years of age
or | 14 |
| older and have been licensed under this Act for at least 4 | 15 |
| years shall be
exempt from the continuing education | 16 |
| requirements.
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| (b) A person who has permitted a license to expire for a | 2 |
| period of less than 5 years may have the license
restored by | 3 |
| making application to the Department and filing proof, | 4 |
| acceptable
to the Department, of fitness to have the license | 5 |
| restored. Proof may include
(i) sworn evidence certifying to | 6 |
| active practice in another jurisdiction that
is satisfactory to | 7 |
| the Department, (ii) complying with any continuing education
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| requirements, and (iii) paying the required restoration fee.
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| (b-5) A person seeking restoration of a license that has | 10 |
| been expired or placed on inactive status for a period of 5 | 11 |
| years or more may have the license restored by making | 12 |
| application to the Department and filing proof acceptable to | 13 |
| the Department of fitness to have the license restored. Proof | 14 |
| may include (i) sworn evidence of active practice in another | 15 |
| jurisdiction, (ii) an affidavit attesting to military service | 16 |
| of the type set forth in subsection (c) of this Section, (iii) | 17 |
| proof of passage of the Environmental Health Proficiency | 18 |
| Examination during the period in which the license lapsed or | 19 |
| was placed on inactive status, or (iv) sworn evidence | 20 |
| acceptable to the Department of lawful practice under the | 21 |
| supervision of an environmental health practitioner licensed | 22 |
| under this Act. Except as otherwise stated in this Section, an | 23 |
| applicant for restoration under this Section must pay any | 24 |
| restoration fees required under this Act and provide proof of | 25 |
| meeting continuing education requirements during the 2-year | 26 |
| period immediately prior to restoration. |
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| (c) If the person has not maintained an active practice in | 2 |
| another
jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department, the Board | 3 |
| shall determine, by an
evaluation program, established by rule, | 4 |
| the person's fitness to resume active
status. The Board may | 5 |
| require the person to complete a period of evaluated
clinical | 6 |
| experience and successful completion of a practical | 7 |
| examination.
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| However, a person whose license expired while (i) in | 9 |
| federal service on
active duty with the Armed Forces of the | 10 |
| United States or called into service
or training with the State | 11 |
| Militia or (ii) in training or education under the
supervision | 12 |
| of the United States, preliminary to induction into the | 13 |
| military
service may have his or her license renewed or | 14 |
| restored without paying any
lapsed renewal fees if, within 2 | 15 |
| years after honorable termination of the
service, training, or | 16 |
| education, except under conditions other than honorable,
he or | 17 |
| she furnishes the Department with satisfactory evidence to the | 18 |
| effect
that he or she has been so engaged and that the service, | 19 |
| training, or education
has been terminated.
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| (d) A person who notifies the Department, in writing on | 21 |
| forms prescribed
by the Department, may place his or her | 22 |
| license on inactive status and shall be
excused from the | 23 |
| payment of renewal fees until the person notifies the
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| Department, in writing, of the intention to resume active | 25 |
| practice.
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| (e) A person requesting his or her license be changed from |
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| inactive to
active status shall be required to pay the current | 2 |
| renewal fee and shall also
demonstrate compliance with the | 3 |
| continuing education requirements.
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| (f) An environmental health practitioner whose license is | 5 |
| not renewed
or whose license is on
inactive status shall not | 6 |
| engage in the practice of environmental health in the
State of | 7 |
| Illinois or use the title or advertise that he or she performs | 8 |
| the
services of a "licensed environmental health | 9 |
| practitioner".
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| (g) A person violating subsection (f) of this Section shall | 11 |
| be considered
to be practicing without a license and shall be | 12 |
| subject to the disciplinary
provisions of this Act.
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| (h) A license to practice shall not be denied any applicant | 14 |
| because of the
applicant's race, religion, creed, national | 15 |
| origin, political beliefs or
activities, age, sex, sexual | 16 |
| orientation, or physical impairment that does not affect a | 17 |
| person's ability to practice with reasonable judgment, skill, | 18 |
| or safety .
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| (Source: P.A. 91-724, eff. 6-2-00 .)".
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