(720 ILCS 570/303.1) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1303.1)
Sec. 303.1.
Any person who delivers a check or other payment to the
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation that is returned to the Department
unpaid by the financial institution upon which it is drawn shall pay to the
Department,
in addition to the amount already owed to the Department, a fine of $50. If
the check or other payment was for a renewal or issuance fee and that person
practices without
paying the renewal fee or issuance fee and the fine due, an additional fine
of $100 shall be imposed. The fines imposed by this Section are in addition
to any other discipline provided under this Act for unlicensed
practice or practice on a nonrenewed license. The Department
of Financial and Professional Regulation shall notify the person that payment of fees
and fines shall be paid to the Department
by certified check or money order within 30 calendar days of the
notification. If, after the expiration of 30 days from the date of the
notification, the person has failed to submit the necessary remittance, the
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall automatically terminate the
license or certificate or deny
the application, without hearing. If, after termination or denial, the
person seeks a license or certificate, he or she shall apply to the
Department for restoration or issuance of the license or certificate and
pay all fees and fines due to the Department. The Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation may establish
a fee for the processing of an application for restoration of a license or
certificate to pay all expenses of processing this application. The Secretary
may waive the fines due under this Section in individual cases where the Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
finds that the fines would be unreasonable or unnecessarily
burdensome.
(Source: P.A. 97-334, eff. 1-1-12.)
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