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90_HB1381

      225 ILCS 30/60            from Ch. 111, par. 8401-60
          Amends the Dietetic and Nutrition Services  Practice  Act
      to make a technical change.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Dietetic  and Nutrition Services
 2    Practice Act by changing Section 60.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The Dietetic and Nutrition Services Practice
 6    Act is amended by changing Section 60 as follows:
 7        (225 ILCS 30/60) (from Ch. 111, par. 8401-60)
 8        Sec. 60.  Licensure without examination.
 9        (a)  For the 24 months beginning on the effective date of
10    this  Act,  the  Department  shall  grant  a  license  as   a
11    dietitian,  upon  review  of the application, to an applicant
12    who is a registered dietitian and who practices dietetics  in
13    Illinois or any individual who can document employment in the
14    practice  of  dietetics in this State Illinois for 3 of the 5
15    years preceding the effective date of this Act and who  meets
16    the  educational  qualifications  of this Act, if that person
17    submits an application and pays the necessary fees.
18        (b)  For the 24 months beginning on the effective date of
19    this Act, the Department shall grant a license as a nutrition
20    counselor to any person who practices nutrition  services  in
21    Illinois,  can  document employment as a nutrition counselor,
22    and received remuneration for  nutrition  counseling  for  at
23    least 3 of the last 5 years before the effective date of this
24    Act,   if  that  person  submits  an  application,  pays  the
25    necessary  fees,  and  upon  evaluation   of   his   or   her
26    qualifications  by the Department is found to have a level of
27    competency required by this Act.
28    (Source: P.A. 87-784; 87-1000.)

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