Full Text of SB1455 98th General Assembly
SB1455 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB1455 Introduced 2/6/2013, by Sen. William Delgado SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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225 ILCS 20/11 | from Ch. 111, par. 6361 |
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Amends the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act. Provides that no fewer than 3 of the continuing education hours required by the Act must include content that relates to cultural competence in the practice of social work. Provides that no more than 50% of the continuing education hours may be obtained by a method other than face-to-face instruction or other experience, unless a waiver or variance is allowed. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Clinical Social Work and Social Work | 5 | | Practice Act is amended by changing Section 11 as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 20/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 6361)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
| 8 | | Sec. 11. Licenses; renewal; restoration; person in | 9 | | military service; inactive status.
| 10 | | (a) The expiration date and renewal period for each license | 11 | | issued under this Act shall be set by rule.
The licensee may | 12 | | renew a license during the 60-day period preceding its
| 13 | | expiration date by paying the required fee and by demonstrating | 14 | | compliance
with any continuing education requirements. The | 15 | | Department shall adopt rules establishing minimum requirements | 16 | | of continuing education and means for verification of the | 17 | | completion of the continuing education requirements. No fewer | 18 | | than 3 of the continuing education hours must include content | 19 | | that relates to cultural competence in the practice of social | 20 | | work. In addition, no more than 50% of the continuing education | 21 | | hours may be obtained by a method other than face-to-face | 22 | | instruction or other experience, unless a waiver or variance is | 23 | | allowed. The Department may, by rule, specify circumstances |
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| 1 | | under which the continuing education requirements may be | 2 | | waived.
| 3 | | (b) Any person who has permitted a license to expire or who | 4 | | has a
license on inactive status may have it restored by | 5 | | submitting an application to
the Department and filing proof of | 6 | | fitness, as defined by rule, to have the license restored,
| 7 | | including, if appropriate, evidence which is satisfactory to | 8 | | the
Department certifying the active practice of clinical | 9 | | social work or
social work in another jurisdiction and by | 10 | | paying the required fee.
| 11 | | (b-5) If the person has not maintained an active practice | 12 | | in another
jurisdiction which is satisfactory to the | 13 | | Department, the Department
shall determine the person's | 14 | | fitness to resume active status. The Department may also | 15 | | require the person to
complete a specific period of evaluated | 16 | | clinical social work or social
work experience and may require | 17 | | successful completion of an examination.
| 18 | | (b-7) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any | 19 | | person whose license expired while on active duty with
the | 20 | | armed forces of the United States, while called into service or
| 21 | | training with the State Militia or in training or education | 22 | | under the
supervision of the United States government prior to | 23 | | induction into the
military service may have his or her license | 24 | | restored without paying any
renewal
fees if, within 2 years | 25 | | after the honorable termination of that service,
training or | 26 | | education, except under conditions other than honorable, the
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| 1 | | Department is furnished with satisfactory evidence that the | 2 | | person has been
so engaged and that the service, training or | 3 | | education has
been so terminated.
| 4 | | (c) A license to practice shall not be denied any applicant | 5 | | because of the applicant's race, religion, creed, national | 6 | | origin, political beliefs or activities, age, sex, sexual | 7 | | orientation, or physical impairment.
| 8 | | (d) (Blank).
| 9 | | (e) (Blank).
| 10 | | (f) (Blank).
| 11 | | (g) The Department shall indicate on each license the | 12 | | academic degree of
the licensee.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 95-687, eff. 10-23-07.)
| 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 | | becoming law.
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