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(225 ILCS 60/26) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-26)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 26. Advertising.
(1) Any person licensed under this Act may
advertise the availability of professional services in the
public media or on the premises where such professional
services are rendered. Such advertising shall be limited to
the following information:
(a) Publication of the person's name, title, office |
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(b) Information pertaining to the person's areas of
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| specialization, including appropriate board certification or limitation of professional practice;
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(c) Information on usual and customary fees for
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| routine professional services offered, which information shall include, notification that fees may be adjusted due to complications or unforeseen circumstances;
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(d) Announcement of the opening of, change of,
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| absence from, or return to business;
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(e) Announcement of additions to or deletions from
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| professional licensed staff;
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(f) The issuance of business or appointment cards.
(2) It is unlawful for any person licensed under this Act
to use claims of superior quality of care to
entice the public. It shall be unlawful to advertise fee
comparisons of available services with those of other
persons licensed under this Act.
(3) This Act does not authorize the advertising of
professional services which the offeror of such services is
not licensed to render. Nor shall the advertiser use
statements which contain false, fraudulent, deceptive or
misleading material or guarantees of success, statements
which play upon the vanity or fears of the public, or
statements which promote or produce unfair competition.
(4) A licensee shall include in every advertisement for services regulated
under
this Act his or her title as it appears on the license or the initials
authorized under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11.)
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