Full Text of HB2776 102nd General Assembly
HB2776eng 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 5 | | amended by adding Section 5-518 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 5/5-518 new) | 7 | | Sec. 5-518. Exception to professional state licensure for | 8 | | service members and spouses. | 9 | | (a) In this Section: | 10 | | "Service member" means any person who, at the time of | 11 | | notification under this Section, is an active duty member of | 12 | | the United States Armed Forces or any reserve component of the | 13 | | United States Armed Forces, the Coast Guard, or the National | 14 | | Guard of any state, commonwealth, or territory of the United | 15 | | States or the District of Columbia or whose active duty | 16 | | service concluded within the preceding 2 years. | 17 | | "Military spouse" means a resident or nonresident spouse, | 18 | | at the time of notification under this Section, of an active | 19 | | duty member of the United States Armed Forces or any reserve | 20 | | component of the United States Armed Forces, the Coast Guard, | 21 | | or the National Guard of any state, commonwealth, or territory | 22 | | of the United States or the District of Columbia or whose | 23 | | active duty service concluded within the preceding 2 years. |
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| 1 | | (b) Except as otherwise provided by statute or rule, | 2 | | service member or military spouse may engage in the practice | 3 | | of his or her occupation or profession while the individual is | 4 | | stationed within this State, subject to the stated | 5 | | circumstances and limitations, without being licensed: | 6 | | (i) the service member or military spouse holds a | 7 | | valid license to practice a regulated occupation or | 8 | | profession issued by another state, commonwealth, | 9 | | territory of the United States, or the District of | 10 | | Columbia; | 11 | | (ii) the license is current and the service member or | 12 | | military spouse is in good standing in the state of | 13 | | licensure, the individual has not had a license or | 14 | | certificate revoked, the individual has not voluntarily | 15 | | surrendered a license or certificate in any other state or | 16 | | country while under investigation for unprofessional | 17 | | conduct, the individual has not had discipline imposed by | 18 | | any other regulating entity, and the individual does not | 19 | | have a complaint, allegation or investigation pending | 20 | | before another regulating entity in another state or | 21 | | country that relates to unprofessional conduct; | 22 | | (iii) when the service member or military spouse was | 23 | | licensed or certified by another state, commonwealth, | 24 | | territory of the United States, or the District of | 25 | | Columbia, there were minimum education requirements and, | 26 | | if applicable, work experience and clinical supervision |
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| 1 | | requirements in effect and the other state, commonwealth, | 2 | | territory of the United States, or the District of | 3 | | Columbia verifies that the individual met those | 4 | | requirements in order to be licensed or certified; | 5 | | (iv) the service member or military spouse previously | 6 | | passed an examination required for the license or | 7 | | certification if required by the other state; | 8 | | (v) a complete set of the service member's or military | 9 | | spouse's fingerprints has been submitted to the Illinois | 10 | | State Police for statewide and national criminal history | 11 | | checks; the service member or military spouse shall pay | 12 | | the fee to the Illinois State Police or to the fingerprint | 13 | | vendor for electronic fingerprint processing; exception to | 14 | | licensure is not applicable if the statewide or national | 15 | | criminal history check discloses information that would | 16 | | cause the denial of licensure under any applicable | 17 | | occupational or professional licensing Act; and | 18 | | (vi) the service member or military spouse is not | 19 | | ineligible for licensure pursuant to Section 2105-165 of | 20 | | the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil | 21 | | Administrative Code of Illinois. | 22 | | (c) A service member or military spouse who is exempted | 23 | | from licensure under subsection (a) shall comply with each | 24 | | requirement of the licensing jurisdiction from which the | 25 | | practitioner derives authority to practice. | 26 | | (d) A service member or military spouse who is authorized |
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| 1 | | under this Section to practice or engage in an occupation or | 2 | | profession may engage in the lawful, professional, and | 3 | | competent practice of that occupation or profession without | 4 | | additional licensure under other State law, except as | 5 | | otherwise provided by this Section. | 6 | | (e) Violation of a limitation imposed by this Section | 7 | | constitutes grounds for removal of exempt status, denial of | 8 | | license, or other disciplinary proceedings. | 9 | | (f) Each director of a department that issues an | 10 | | occupational or professional license shall verify that the | 11 | | existing license of a service member or military spouse is in | 12 | | good standing from any state, commonwealth, or territory of | 13 | | the United States or the District of Columbia. | 14 | | (g) If an existing license of a service member or military | 15 | | spouse is in good standing, the Department of Financial and | 16 | | Professional Regulation shall waive any examination, | 17 | | educational, or experience requirements enabling exception to | 18 | | State licensure requirements. | 19 | | (h) A department may adopt any rules necessary for the | 20 | | implementation and administration of this Section and by rule | 21 | | shall provide for fees for the administration of this Section.
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