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90_SB0857

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          Amends the Regulatory Agency Sunset  Act  to  extend  the
      sunset date of the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act,
      the   Illinois   Nursing   Act  of  1987,  the  Nursing  Home
      Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Act, the  Physician
      Assistant   Practice   Act   of   1987,   and   the  Illinois
      Speech-Language  Pathology  and  Audiology  Practice  Act  to
      January 1, 2008. Amends the Acupuncture Practice Act.  Grants
      additional   rulemaking   authority   to  the  Department  of
      Professional    Regulation.    Changes    the    registration
      requirements to licensing requirements. Establishes the Board
      of Acupuncture and sets forth its powers and duties. Requires
      an applicant for licensure to provide proof to the Department
      that he or she has passed the  National  Commission  for  the
      Certification    of    Acupuncturists    examination   or   a
      substantially  equivalent   examination   approved   by   the
      Department.  Provides  that an applicant has 3 years from the
      date of application to complete the application process. Sets
      forth the procedures for restoring  an  expired  license  and
      placing a license on inactive status. Amends the Marriage and
      Family  Therapy  Licensing  Act,  the Illinois Nursing Act of
      1987,  the  Nursing   Home   Administrators   Licensing   and
      Disciplinary  Act,  the  Physician  Assistant Practice Act of
      1987,  and  the  Illinois   Speech-Language   Pathology   and
      Audiology Practice Act. Allows the Department or the Board or
      Committee  to compel a licensee or applicant for licensure to
      submit to a mental or physical examination upon a showing  of
      a  possible  violation of the Acts. Amends the licensing Acts
      to delete specified fee requirements and to provide that  the
      Department  of Professional Regulation shall set by rule fees
      for  the  administration  of  each  licensing  Act.  In  each
      licensing  Act  amended,  makes  technical   and   additional
      substantive  changes.  Reorganizes  certain provisions within
      the Act. Deletes obsolete language  in  each  licensing  Act.
      Effective  December  30,  1997,  except  that  changes to the
      Acupuncture Practice Act take effect immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to extend the boards of the  Marriage  and  Family
 2    Therapy   Licensing  Act,  the  Nursing  Home  Administrators
 3    Licensing and Disciplinary Act, the Speech-Language Pathology
 4    and Audiology Practice Act and the committees of the Illinois
 5    Nursing Act of 1987 and the Physician Assistant Practice  Act
 6    of 1987, concerning regulated professions, and amending named
 7    Acts.
 8        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 9    represented in the General Assembly:
10        Section 5. The Regulatory Agency Sunset Act is amended by
11    changing Section 4.9 and adding Section 4.18 as follows:
12        (5 ILCS 80/4.9) (from Ch. 127, par. 1904.9)
13        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-702)
14        Sec. 4.9.  The following Acts are repealed  December  31,
15    1997:
16        The Medical Practice Act of 1987.
17        The Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987.
18        The Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987.
19        The Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987.
20        The    Nursing    Home   Administrators   Licensing   and
21    Disciplinary Act.
22        The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987.
23        The Illinois Nursing Act of 1987.
24        The Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act.
25        The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act.
26        The  Illinois  Speech-Language  Pathology  and  Audiology
27    Practice Act.
28        The Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act.
29    (Source: P.A. 87-1237.)
30        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-702)
31        Sec. 4.9.  The following Acts are repealed  December  31,
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 1    1997:
 2        The Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987.
 3        The Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987.
 4        The    Nursing    Home   Administrators   Licensing   and
 5    Disciplinary Act.
 6        The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987.
 7        The Illinois Nursing Act of 1987.
 8        The Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act.
 9        The  Illinois  Speech-Language  Pathology  and  Audiology
10    Practice Act.
11        The Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act.
12    (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
13        (5 ILCS 80/4.18 new)
14        Sec. 4.18. Act repealed on January 1, 2008. The following
15    Act is repealed on January 1, 2008:
16        The   Nursing   Home   Administrators    Licensing    and
17    Disciplinary Act.
18        The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987.
19        The Illinois Nursing Act of 1987.
20        The Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Act.
21        The Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act.
22        Section  10.  The  Acupuncture Practice Act is amended by
23    changing Sections 10, 15, 20, 25, 35, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90,
24    100, 110, 130, 140, 145, 150, 155, 160, 165, 170,  175,  180,
25    185,  and  195  and by adding Sections 55, 75, 105, 135, 152,
26    and 154 as follows:
27        (225 ILCS 2/10)
28        Sec. 10.   Definitions.  As used in this Act:
29        "Acupuncture"  means  the  evaluation  or  treatment   of
30    persons affected through a method of stimulation of a certain
31    point  or  points  on or immediately below the surface of the
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 1    body  by  the  insertion   of   pre-sterilized,   single-use,
 2    disposable needles, unless medically contraindicated, with or
 3    without  the  application of heat, electronic stimulation, or
 4    manual pressure to prevent or modify the perception of  pain,
 5    to normalize physiological functions, or for the treatment of
 6    certain  diseases  or  dysfunctions  of the body. Acupuncture
 7    does  not  include  radiology,  electrosurgery,  chiropractic
 8    technique, physical therapy, naprapathic  technique,  use  or
 9    prescribing  of  any drugs, medications, herbal preparations,
10    nutritional   supplements,   serums,    or    vaccines,    or
11    determination  of  a differential diagnosis. An acupuncturist
12    registered under this Act who  is  not  also  licensed  as  a
13    physical  therapist  under  the Illinois Physical Therapy Act
14    shall not hold himself or herself out as being  qualified  to
15    provide  physical  therapy  or  physiotherapy  services.   An
16    acupuncturist shall refer to a licensed physician or dentist,
17    any patient whose condition should, at the time of evaluation
18    or treatment,  be  determined  to  be  beyond  the  scope  of
19    practice of the acupuncturist.
20        "Acupuncturist"  means a person who practices acupuncture
21    and  who  is  licensed  by  the  Department   has   met   all
22    requirements as provided in this Act.
23        "Board" means the Board of Acupuncture.
24        "Dentist"  means  a  person  licensed  under the Illinois
25    Dental Practice Act.
26        "Department"  means  the   Department   of   Professional
27    Regulation.
28        "Director" means the Director of Professional Regulation.
29        "Physician"  means  a  person  licensed under the Medical
30    Practice Act of 1987.
31        "Referral by written order"  for  purposes  of  this  Act
32    means  a diagnosis, substantiated by signature of a physician
33    or dentist, that a patient's condition is such that it may be
34    treated by acupuncture as defined in this Act.  The diagnosis
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 1    shall remain in effect until  changed  by  the  physician  or
 2    dentist who shall maintain management of the patient.
 3        "State" includes:
 4             (1)  the states of the United States of America;
 5             (2)  the District of Columbia; and
 6             (3)  the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
 8        (225 ILCS 2/15)
 9        Sec.   15.  Who  may  practice  acupuncture.   No  person
10    licensed registered under this Act may treat  human  ailments
11    otherwise  than  by the practice of acupuncture as defined in
12    this Act; and no person licensed registered  under  this  Act
13    may  practice acupuncture on another person without having on
14    file a written referral order from  a  physician  or  dentist
15    licensed  in  Illinois.   A  physician or dentist licensed in
16    Illinois may practice acupuncture  if  appropriately  skilled
17    and trained.
18    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
19        (225 ILCS 2/20)
20        Sec.  20. Registration; Exempt activities.  This Act does
21    not prohibit any person licensed in this State as  a  dentist
22    or  physician  from  engaging in the practice for which he or
23    she is licensed.
24    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
25        (225 ILCS 2/25)
26        Sec. 25.  Powers and duties of  Department.   Subject  to
27    the  provisions  of  this  Act, The Department shall exercise
28    powers and duties under this Act as follows:
29             (1)  Review   applications    to    ascertain    the
30        qualifications of applicants for licensure registration.
31             (2)  Adopt  rules  consistent with the provisions of
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 1        this Act for its administration and enforcement  and  may
 2        prescribe  forms  that  shall  be used in connection with
 3        this Act.  The rules may define  standards  and  criteria
 4        for  professional conduct and discipline.  The Department
 5        shall consult with the Board in adopting  rules.   Notice
 6        of proposed rulemaking shall be transmitted to the Board,
 7        and  the Department shall review the Board's response and
 8        any recommendations made in the response.
 9             (3)  The Department may at any time seek the  advice
10        and  the  expert  knowledge  of  the  Board on any matter
11        relating to the administration of this Act.
12             (3)  Submit all registered complaints related to the
13        profession received by the Department to the  Acupuncture
14        Examining  Committee  for  review.   The Department shall
15        also submit all complaints to the Medical Licensing Board
16        for review.
17             (4)  Maintain a list  of  registered  acupuncturists
18        authorized  to  practice  in  the State.  This list shall
19        show the name of every registrant, his or her last  known
20        place of residence, and the date and number of his or her
21        registration.  Any  interested  person  in  the State may
22        obtain a copy of that list on application to the Director
23        and payment of the required fee.
24    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
25        (225 ILCS 2/35)
26        Sec.  35.  Board  of  Acupuncture.   The  Director  shall
27    appoint a Board of Acupuncture to consist of  7  persons  who
28    shall be appointed by and shall serve in an advisory capacity
29    to  the Director. Four members must hold an active license to
30    engage in the practice of  acupuncture  in  this  State,  one
31    member  shall  be a chiropractic physician licensed under the
32    Medical Practice Act of 1987 who is actively engaged  in  the
33    practice  of  acupuncture,  one  member  shall be a physician
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 1    licensed to practice medicine  in  all  of  its  branches  in
 2    Illinois,  and  one member must be a member of the public who
 3    is not licensed under this Act or a similar  Act  of  another
 4    jurisdiction  and  who has no connection with the profession.
 5    The initial appointees who would otherwise be required to  be
 6    licensed acupuncturists shall instead be individuals who have
 7    been  practicing acupuncture for at least 5 years and who are
 8    eligible under this Act for licensure as acupuncturists.
 9        Members  shall  serve  4-year  terms  and   until   their
10    successors  are  appointed  and qualified, except that of the
11    initial appointments, one member shall be appointed to  serve
12    for  1  year,  2  members  shall  be appointed to serve for 2
13    years, 2 members shall be appointed to serve for 3 years, and
14    2 members shall be appointed to serve for 4 years  and  until
15    their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified.  No member
16    shall be reappointed to the Board for a term that would cause
17    his or her continuous service on the Board to be longer  than
18    8 consecutive years.  Appointments to fill vacancies shall be
19    made  in  the  same  manner  as original appointments for the
20    unexpired portion of the vacated term.  Initial  terms  shall
21    begin upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
22        The  Board  shall  annually  elect  a  chairperson  and a
23    vice-chairperson who shall preside  in  the  absence  of  the
24    chairperson.   The  membership of the Board should reasonably
25    reflect representation from  the  geographic  areas  in  this
26    State.   The  Director  may  terminate the appointment of any
27    member for cause. The Director may give due consideration  to
28    all  recommendations  of  the Board.  A majority of the Board
29    members currently appointed shall  constitute  a  quorum.   A
30    vacancy  in  the membership of the Board shall not impair the
31    right of a quorum to exercise the right and perform  all  the
32    duties  of  the  Board.   Members  of the Board shall have no
33    liability  in  any  action  based   upon   any   disciplinary
34    proceeding  or  other  activity  performed in good faith as a
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 1    member of  the  Board.  Requirements  for  registration.   No
 2    person  shall be registered to practice acupuncture unless he
 3    or  she  has   paid  the  required   registration   fee   and
 4    demonstrated   competence   in   performing   acupuncture  by
 5    submitting proof of passing the National Commission  for  the
 6    Certification of Acupuncturists examination.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
 8        (225 ILCS 2/40)
 9        Sec.   40.  Application   for   licensure   registration.
10    Applications   for  original  licensure  registration  as  an
11    acupuncturist shall be made to the Department in  writing  on
12    forms  prescribed  by the Department and shall be accompanied
13    by the required fee, which shall not be refundable.
14        Applicants shall submit with  the  application  proof  of
15    passing  the  National  Commission  for  the Certification of
16    Acupuncturists  examination  or  a  substantially  equivalent
17    examination approved by the Department and meeting any  other
18    qualifications established by the Department.
19        An  applicant  has  3  years  from the date of his or her
20    application to complete  the  application  process.   If  the
21    process  has  not  been completed in 3 years, the application
22    shall  be  denied,  the  fee  shall  be  forfeited,  and  the
23    applicant must reapply and meet the requirements in effect at
24    the time of reapplication.  Each  application  shall  contain
25    proof  of  the  particular  qualifications  required  of  the
26    applicant  and  shall be verified by the applicant under oath
27    or affirmation.
28    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
29        (225 ILCS 2/50)
30        Sec. 50.  Practice prohibited Title  and  designation  of
31    registered acupuncturists.  Unless he or she has been issued,
32    by  the Department, a valid, existing license registration as
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 1    an acupuncturist under this Act, no person may use the  title
 2    and  designation  of  "Acupuncturist",  "Licensed  Registered
 3    Acupuncturist",  "Certified  Acupuncturist",  "C.A.", "Act.",
 4    "Lic. Reg. Act.", or  "Lic.  Reg.  Ac."  either  directly  or
 5    indirectly,  in  connection  with  his  or  her profession or
 6    business.  No person licensed registered under this  Act  may
 7    use  the  designation  "medical",  directly or indirectly, in
 8    connection with his or her profession or  business.   Nothing
 9    shall   prevent   a  physician  from  using  the  designation
10    "Acupuncturist".
11        No person may practice, offer  to  practice,  attempt  to
12    practice,  or  hold  himself  or herself out to practice as a
13    licensed acupuncturist without being licensed under this Act.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
15        (225 ILCS 2/55 new)
16        Sec.  55.   Endorsement.   The  Department  may,  at  its
17    discretion, license as an acupuncturist without  examination,
18    on  payment  of the fee, an applicant for licensure who is an
19    acupuncturist  under  the  laws  of  another  state  if   the
20    requirements  pertaining to acupuncture in that state were at
21    the date of his or her licensure substantially equal  to  the
22    requirements  in  force  in  Illinois  on  that date or if an
23    applicant  possesses  individual  qualifications   that   are
24    substantially equal to the requirements under this Act.
25        An  applicant  has  3  years  from the date of his or her
26    application to complete  the  application  process.   If  the
27    process  has  not  been completed in 3 years, the application
28    shall  be  denied,  the  fee  shall  be  forfeited,  and  the
29    applicant must reapply and meet the requirements in effect at
30    the time of reapplication.
31        (225 ILCS 2/60)
32        Sec. 60.  Display of  license  registration  certificate;
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 1    change  of  address.   A  holder  of  a  license registration
 2    certificate  under  this  Act  shall  display   the   license
 3    certificate  in  a conspicuous place in the office or offices
 4    where  the  holder   practices   acupuncture.    A   licensee
 5    registrant  shall,  whenever  requested,  exhibit  his or her
 6    license certificate of registration to any representative  of
 7    the Department and shall notify the Department of the address
 8    or  addresses,  and  of  every  change  of address, where the
 9    licensee registrant practices acupuncture.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
11        (225 ILCS 2/70)
12        Sec.  70.  Renewal,  reinstatement,  or  restoration   of
13    license registration; continuing education; military service.
14    The  expiration  date  and  renewal  period  for each license
15    registration issued under this Act shall be set by rule.  The
16    holder of a license registration certificate may  renew  that
17    license   registration   during   the   month  preceding  its
18    expiration date by paying the required fee.
19        In order to renew  or  restore  a  license,  All  renewal
20    applicants shall provide proof of having met the requirements
21    of  continuing  education registration set forth in the rules
22    of the Department.
23        A person who has permitted his or her license  to  expire
24    or who has had his or her license on inactive status may have
25    the  license  restored  by  submitting  an application to the
26    Department, by meeting continuing education requirements, and
27    by filing proof acceptable to the Department  of  fitness  to
28    have  the  license restored, which may include sworn evidence
29    certifying  to  active  practice  in   another   jurisdiction
30    satisfactory  to  the  Department  and by paying the required
31    restoration fee.  If the person has not maintained an  active
32    practice   in   another   jurisdiction  satisfactory  to  the
33    Department, the Department shall determine, by an  evaluation
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 1    program  established  by  rule,  his or her fitness to resume
 2    active status and may require the person to complete a period
 3    of evaluated clinical experience and may  require  successful
 4    completion of a practical examination.
 5        Any  acupuncturist  whose  license  registration  expired
 6    while  he  or  she  was (1) in federal service on active duty
 7    with the Armed Forces of  the  United  States  or  the  State
 8    Militia called into service or training or (2) in training or
 9    education   under   the  supervision  of  the  United  States
10    preliminary to induction into the military service,  however,
11    may  have his or her registration restored without paying any
12    lapsed  renewal  fees  if  within  2  years  after  honorable
13    termination of service, training, or  education,  he  or  she
14    furnishes  the  Department with satisfactory evidence that he
15    or she has been so engaged  and  that  his  or  her  service,
16    training, or education has been terminated.
17    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
18        (225 ILCS 2/75 new)
19        Sec. 75.  Inactive licenses.  A licensee who notifies the
20    Department  in  writing on forms prescribed by the Department
21    may elect to place his or her license on inactive status  and
22    shall,  subject  to  rules of the Department, be excused from
23    payment  of  renewal  fees  until  he  or  she  notifies  the
24    Department in writing of his or her desire to  resume  active
25    status.   A  licensee  requesting  restoration  from inactive
26    status shall be required to  pay  the  current  renewal  fee,
27    shall  meet  the continuing education requirements, and shall
28    be required to restore his or  her  license  as  provided  in
29    Section 70 of this Act.
30        (225 ILCS 2/80)
31        Sec. 80.  Fees.  The Department shall provide by rule for
32    a  schedule of fees for the administration and enforcement of
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 1    this Act, including but not limited  to  original  licensure,
 2    renewal,  and  restoration.  The fees shall be nonrefundable.
 3    The fees for application for registration, the renewal  of  a
 4    registration,  and  all other purposes are not refundable and
 5    shall be adopted by rule.
 6        All fees collected under this Act shall be deposited into
 7    the  General  Professions  Dedicated  Fund   and   shall   be
 8    appropriated   to   the   Department  for  the  ordinary  and
 9    contingent expenses of the Department in  the  administration
10    of this Act.
11    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
12        (225 ILCS 2/90)
13        Sec. 90.  Roster.  The Department shall maintain a roster
14    of  the  names and addresses of all licensees registrants and
15    of all persons person whose licenses registrations have  been
16    disciplined.   This  roster  shall  be available upon written
17    request and payment of the required fee.
18    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
19        (225 ILCS 2/100)
20        Sec. 100. Advertisement. Any person  licensed  registered
21    under this Act may advertise the availability of professional
22    services  in  the  public media or on the premises where such
23    professional services are rendered.  Such  advertising  shall
24    be limited to the following information:
25             (1)  publication of the person's name, title, office
26        hours, address and telephone number;
27             (2)  information pertaining to the person's areas of
28        specialization or limitation of professional practice;
29             (3)  information  on  usual  and  customary fees for
30        routine professional services offered, which  information
31        shall include, notification that fees may be adjusted due
32        to complications or unforeseen circumstances;
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 1             (4)  announcement  of  the  opening  of,  change of,
 2        absence from, or return to business;
 3             (5)  announcement of additions to or deletions  from
 4        professional registered staff; and
 5             (6)  the issuance of business or appointment cards.
 6        It  is  unlawful for any person registered under this Act
 7    to use testimonials or claims of superior quality of care  to
 8    entice  the  public.   It  shall be unlawful to advertise fee
 9    comparisons of available services with those of other persons
10    providing acupuncture services.
11        This  Act  does  not   authorize   the   advertising   of
12    professional  services  that  the offeror of such services is
13    not licensed registered to render.  Nor shall the  advertiser
14    use  statements that contain false, fraudulent, deceptive, or
15    misleading material or guarantees of success, statements that
16    play upon the vanity or fears of the  public,  or  statements
17    that promote or produce unfair competition.
18    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
19        (225 ILCS 2/105 new)
20        Sec.  105.  Unlicensed practice; civil penalty.  A person
21    who practices, offers to practice, attempts to  practice,  or
22    holds  himself  or  herself  out  to  practice  as a licensed
23    acupuncturist without being licensed under this Act shall, in
24    addition to any other penalty provided by law,  pay  a  civil
25    penalty  to  the Department in an amount not to exceed $5,000
26    for each offense as determined by the Department.  The  civil
27    penalty  shall  be assessed by the Department after a hearing
28    is held in accordance with the provisions set forth  in  this
29    Act  regarding  the provision of a hearing for the discipline
30    of a licensee.
31        (225 ILCS 2/110)
32        Sec. 110.  Grounds for disciplinary action.
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 1        (a)  The Department may refuse  to  issue  or  to  renew,
 2    place   on   probation,   suspend,   revoke   or  take  other
 3    disciplinary  action  as  deemed  appropriate  including  the
 4    imposition of or may revoke a registration  or  impose  fines
 5    not  to  exceed  $5,000 for each violation, as the Department
 6    may deem proper, with regard to a  license  registration  for
 7    any one or combination of the following causes:
 8             (1)  Violations of the Act or its rules.
 9             (2)  Conviction  of  any crime under the laws of any
10        U.S.  jurisdiction  that  is  (i)  a   felony,   (ii)   a
11        misdemeanor, an essential element of which is dishonesty,
12        or   (iii)  directly  related  to  the  practice  of  the
13        profession.
14             (3)  Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of
15        obtaining a license registration.
16             (4)  Aiding or assisting another person in violating
17        any provision of this Act or its rules.
18             (5)  Failing to provide information within  60  days
19        in  response  to a written request made by the Department
20        which has been sent by certified or  registered  mail  to
21        the licensee's registrant's last known address.
22             (6)  Discipline  by  another  U.S.  jurisdiction  or
23        foreign  nation,  if  at least one of the grounds for the
24        discipline is the same or substantially equivalent to one
25        set forth in this Section.
26             (7) Solicitation of professional services  by  means
27        other than permitted under this Act advertising.
28             (8)  Failure to provide a patient with a copy of his
29        or her record upon the written request of the patient.
30             (9) Gross negligence in the practice of  acupuncture
31        Conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction, either
32        within  or outside of this State, or any violation of any
33        law governing the practice of acupuncture; conviction  in
34        this  or  another  state  of  any crime which is a felony
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 1        under the laws of this State or conviction of a felony in
 2        a federal  court,  if  the  Department  determines  after
 3        investigation  that  the person has not been sufficiently
 4        rehabilitated to warrant the public trust.
 5             (10)  Habitual or  excessive  use  or  addiction  to
 6        alcohol,  narcotics,  stimulants,  or  any other chemical
 7        agent  or  drug  that  results  in   an   acupuncturist's
 8        inability to practice with reasonable judgment, skill, or
 9        safety.
10             (11) (10)  A finding that licensure registration has
11        been applied for or obtained by fraudulent means.
12             (12)  A  pattern  of practice or other behavior that
13        demonstrates incapacity or incompetence to practice under
14        this Act.
15             (13)  (11)  Being  named  as  a  perpetrator  in  an
16        indicated report by the Department of Children and Family
17        Services under the Abused and Neglected  Child  Reporting
18        Act  and upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that
19        the licensee registrant has  caused  a  child  to  be  an
20        abused  child  or  a  neglected  child  as defined in the
21        Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
22             (14) (12)  Wilfully failing to report an instance of
23        suspected child abuse  or  neglect  as  required  by  the
24        Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
25             (15)  (13)  The  use  of  any  words, abbreviations,
26        figures  or  letters  (such  as  Acupuncturist,  Licensed
27        Registered Acupuncturist, Certified Acupuncturist,  C.A.,
28        Act.,  Lic.  Reg.  Act.,  or  Lic.  Reg.  Ac.)  with  the
29        intention of indicating practice as a licensed registered
30        acupuncturist  without a valid license registration as an
31        acupuncturist issued under this Act.
32             (16)  Using  testimonials  or  claims  of   superior
33        quality  of  care to entice the public or advertising fee
34        comparisons of available services  with  those  of  other
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 1        persons providing acupuncture services.
 2             (17)  Advertising  of professional services that the
 3        offeror of  the  services  is  not  licensed  to  render.
 4        Advertising of professional services that contains false,
 5        fraudulent,   deceptive,   or   misleading   material  or
 6        guarantees of success,  statements  that  play  upon  the
 7        vanity or fears of the public, or statements that promote
 8        or produce unfair competition.
 9             (14)  The  performance  of  acupuncture  service  in
10        conjunction  with  a  scheme or plan with another person,
11        firm, or  corporation  known  by  the  registrant  to  be
12        advertising in a manner contrary to this Act or otherwise
13        violating  the  laws  of the State of Illinois concerning
14        the practice of acupuncture.
15             (18) (15)  Having treated ailments of  human  beings
16        other  than  by the practice of acupuncture as defined in
17        this Act, or having treated ailments of human beings as a
18        licensed  registered  acupuncturist  independent   of   a
19        written  referral  order  from a physician or dentist, or
20        having failed to notify  the  physician  or  dentist  who
21        established  the  diagnosis that the patient is receiving
22        acupuncture treatment pursuant to that diagnosis.
23             (19)  Unethical,  unauthorized,  or   unprofessional
24        conduct as defined by rule.
25             (20)  Physical  illness including but not limited to
26        deterioration through the aging process, mental  illness,
27        or  disability  that results in the inability to practice
28        the  profession  with  reasonable  judgment,  skill,  and
29        safety.
30             (21)  Violation   of   the   Health   Care    Worker
31        Self-Referral Act.
32        The  entry  of  an  order by a circuit court establishing
33    that any person holding a license under this Act  is  subject
34    to  involuntary  admission  or judicial admission as provided
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 1    for in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code,
 2    operates as an automatic suspension of  that  license.   That
 3    person  may  have  his  or her license restored only upon the
 4    determination by a circuit  court  that  the  patient  is  no
 5    longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission
 6    and  the  issuance of an order so finding and discharging the
 7    patient and upon the Board's recommendation to the Department
 8    that the license be restored.   Where  the  circumstances  so
 9    indicate,  the  Board may recommend to the Department that it
10    require  an  examination  prior  to  restoring  a   suspended
11    license.
12        The   Department   may  refuse  to  issue  or  renew  the
13    registration of any person who fails to (i) file a return  or
14    to  pay  the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return
15    or (ii) pay any final assessment  of  the  tax,  penalty,  or
16    interest  as  required  by  any  tax  Act administered by the
17    Illinois Department of  Revenue,  until  the  time  that  the
18    requirements of that tax Act are satisfied.
19        In enforcing this Section, the Department or Board upon a
20    showing  of  a  possible  violation  may compel an individual
21    licensed to practice under this Act, or who has  applied  for
22    licensure  under  this Act, to submit to a mental or physical
23    examination, or both, as required by and at  the  expense  of
24    the  Department.  The  Department  or  Board  may  order  the
25    examining  physician  to  present  testimony  concerning  the
26    mental  or physical examination of the licensee or applicant.
27    No information shall be excluded by reason of any common  law
28    or statutory privilege relating to communications between the
29    licensee  or  applicant  and  the  examining  physician.  The
30    examining  physicians shall be specifically designated by the
31    Board or Department. The individual to be examined may  have,
32    at  his  or  her own expense, another physician of his or her
33    choice  present  during  all  aspects  of  this  examination.
34    Failure of an individual to submit to a  mental  or  physical
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 1    examination,  when  directed, shall be grounds for suspension
 2    of his or her license until the  individual  submits  to  the
 3    examination   if  the  Department  finds,  after  notice  and
 4    hearing, that the refusal to submit to  the  examination  was
 5    without reasonable cause.
 6        If  the Department or Board finds an individual unable to
 7    practice because of the reasons set forth  in  this  Section,
 8    the Department or Board may require that individual to submit
 9    to  care,  counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or
10    designated by the Department or Board, as a condition,  term,
11    or   restriction   for   continued,  reinstated,  or  renewed
12    licensure to practice; or, in lieu of  care,  counseling,  or
13    treatment,   the  Department  may  file,  or  the  Board  may
14    recommend  to  the  Department  to  file,  a   complaint   to
15    immediately  suspend,  revoke,  or  otherwise  discipline the
16    license of the individual. An individual  whose  license  was
17    granted,   continued,  reinstated,  renewed,  disciplined  or
18    supervised   subject   to   such   terms,   conditions,    or
19    restrictions,  and  who  fails  to  comply  with  such terms,
20    conditions,  or  restrictions,  shall  be  referred  to   the
21    Director  for  a  determination  as to whether the individual
22    shall have his or her license suspended immediately,  pending
23    a hearing by the Department.
24        In instances in which the Director immediately suspends a
25    person's  license  under  this  Section,  a  hearing  on that
26    person's license must be convened by the Department within 15
27    days after the suspension and completed  without  appreciable
28    delay.  The  Department and Board shall have the authority to
29    review the  subject  individual's  record  of  treatment  and
30    counseling  regarding  the impairment to the extent permitted
31    by applicable federal statutes and  regulations  safeguarding
32    the confidentiality of medical records.
33        An  individual licensed under this Act and affected under
34    this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to  demonstrate
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 1    to the Department or Board that he or she can resume practice
 2    in  compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under
 3    the provisions of his or her license.
 4    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
 5        (225 ILCS 2/130)
 6        Sec.  130.  Injunctions;  criminal  offenses;  cease  and
 7    desist order.
 8        (a)  If any person violates the provisions of  this  Act,
 9    the  Director  may, in the name of the People of the State of
10    Illinois, through  the  Attorney  General  of  the  State  of
11    Illinois  or the State's Attorney for any county in which the
12    action is  brought,  petition  for  an  order  enjoining  the
13    violation or for an order enforcing compliance with this Act.
14    Upon  the  filing  of a verified petition in court, the court
15    may issue a temporary restraining order,  without  notice  or
16    condition  bond, and may preliminarily and permanently enjoin
17    the violation.  If it is  established  that  the  person  has
18    violated or is violating the injunction, the Court may punish
19    the  offender  for contempt of court.  Proceedings under this
20    Section shall be in addition to, and  not  in  lieu  of,  all
21    other remedies and penalties provided by this Act.
22        (b)  Whenever  in  the opinion of the Department a person
23    violates a provision of this Act, the Department may issue  a
24    rule  to  show  cause why an order to cease and desist should
25    not be entered against that person.  The rule  shall  clearly
26    set forth the grounds relied upon by the Department and shall
27    allow  at  least  7 days from the date of the rule to file an
28    answer to the satisfaction of  the  Department.   Failure  to
29    answer  to  the satisfaction of the Department shall cause an
30    order to cease and desist to be issued immediately.
31        (c) (b)  Other than as provided in  Section  20  of  this
32    Act,  if  any  person  practices as an acupuncturist or holds
33    himself or herself out as a licensed registered acupuncturist
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 1    under this Act without being issued a valid existing  license
 2    registration by the Department,  then any licensed registered
 3    acupuncturist,  any  interested  party, or any person injured
 4    thereby may, in addition to the Director, petition for relief
 5    as provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
 6        Whoever  knowingly  practices  or  offers   to   practice
 7    acupuncture  in  this State without being registered for that
 8    purpose shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and for each
 9    subsequent conviction, shall be guilty of a Class  4  felony.
10    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, all criminal
11    fines, monies, or other property collected or received by the
12    Department  under  this Section or any other State or federal
13    statute, including, but not limited to, property forfeited to
14    the Department under Section 505 of the  Illinois  Controlled
15    Substances  Act,  shall  be  deposited  into the Professional
16    Regulation Evidence Fund.
17        (c)  Whenever in the opinion of the Department any person
18    violates any provision of this Act, the Department may  issue
19    a  rule to show cause why an order to cease and desist should
20    not be entered against that person.  The rule  shall  clearly
21    set  forth  the  grounds relied upon the Department and shall
22    provide a period of 7 days from the date of the rule to  file
23    an  answer to the satisfaction of the Department.  Failure to
24    answer to the satisfaction of the Department shall  cause  an
25    order to cease and desist to be issued immediately.
26    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
27        (225 ILCS 2/135 new)
28        Sec.   135.    Criminal  violations.   Whoever  knowingly
29    practices or offers to practice  acupuncture  in  this  State
30    without  being licensed for that purpose shall be guilty of a
31    Class A misdemeanor and for each subsequent conviction  shall
32    be  guilty  of  a  Class 4 felony.  Notwithstanding any other
33    provision of this Act, all criminal fines, moneys,  or  other
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 1    property  collected  or received by the Department under this
 2    Section or any other State or federal statute, including  but
 3    not  limited  to  property  forfeited to the Department under
 4    Section 505 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act,  shall
 5    be deposited into the Professional Regulation Evidence Fund.
 6        (225 ILCS 2/140)
 7        Sec.  140.  Investigation; notice; hearing.  Licenses may
 8    be refused, revoked, suspended, or otherwise  disciplined  in
 9    the  manner  provided  by  this  Act  and not otherwise.  The
10    Department may  upon  its  own  motion  and  shall  upon  the
11    verified  complaint  in  writing  of any person setting forth
12    facts that if proven would constitute grounds for refusal  to
13    issue  or  for  suspension  or  revocation  under  this  Act,
14    investigate the actions of a person applying for, holding, or
15    claiming  to  hold  a  license.  The Department shall, before
16    refusing to issue or renew, suspending, or revoking a license
17    or taking other discipline pursuant to Section  110  of  this
18    Act,  and  at  least  30  days  prior to the date set for the
19    hearing, notify in writing the applicant or licensee  of  any
20    charges  made,  shall  afford  the  applicant  or licensee an
21    opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel in  reference
22    to  the charges, and direct the applicant or licensee to file
23    a written answer to the Department under oath within 20  days
24    after  the  service of the notice and inform the applicant or
25    licensee that failure  to  file  an  answer  will  result  in
26    default  being  taken  against  the applicant or licensee and
27    that  the  license  may  be  suspended,  revoked,  placed  on
28    probationary status, or  other  disciplinary  action  may  be
29    taken,  including  limiting  the  scope, nature, or extent of
30    practice, as the Director may deem  proper.   Written  notice
31    may  be  served  by  personal  delivery  to  the applicant or
32    licensee or by mailing the notice by certified mail to his or
33    her last known place of residence or to the place of business
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 1    last specified by the applicant or licensee  in  his  or  her
 2    last  notification to the Department.  If the person fails to
 3    file an answer after receiving notice,  his  or  her  license
 4    may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Department, be suspended,
 5    revoked, or placed on probationary status or  the  Department
 6    may   take   whatever   disciplinary  action  deemed  proper,
 7    including limiting  the  scope,  nature,  or  extent  of  the
 8    person's  practice  or  the  imposition  of a fine, without a
 9    hearing, if the act or  acts  charged  constitute  sufficient
10    grounds  for  such  action  under  this Act.  At the time and
11    place fixed in the notice, the Department  shall  proceed  to
12    hearing of the charges and both the applicant or licensee and
13    the  complainant  shall  be  afforded  ample  opportunity  to
14    present,  in person or by counsel, any statements, testimony,
15    evidence, and arguments that may be pertinent to the  charges
16    or  to  their defense.  The Department may continue a hearing
17    from time to time. If the Board is not sitting  at  the  time
18    and  place  fixed  in  the notice or at the time and place to
19    which the hearing shall have been continued,  the  Department
20    may  continue the hearing for a period not to exceed 30 days.
21    Investigation;   notice;   hearing.    The   Department   may
22    investigate the actions of any applicant or of any person  or
23    persons  holding  or claiming to hold a registration.  Before
24    taking  any  disciplinary   action   with   regard   to   any
25    registration,  at least 30 days prior to the date set for the
26    hearing, the Department  shall  (i)  notify  the  accused  in
27    writing  of  any  charges  made  and the time and place for a
28    hearing of the charges before the Department, (ii) direct him
29    or her to file a written answer  with  the  Department  under
30    oath  within  20  days  after  the service of the notice, and
31    (iii) inform him or her that failure answer shall  result  in
32    default  being  taken  against  him  or  her  and  his or her
33    registration being disciplined, as the  Department  may  deem
34    proper.   The  written  notice  may  be  served  by  personal
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 1    delivery  or  certified  delivery  or certified or registered
 2    mail to the registrant.  At the time and place fixed  in  the
 3    notice,  the Department shall proceed to hear the charges and
 4    the parties,  or  their  counsel,  shall  be  accorded  ample
 5    opportunity  to  present  any statements, testimony, evidence
 6    and argument that may be pertinent to the charges or to their
 7    defense.  The Department may continue the hearing  from  time
 8    to  time.   At  the  discretion  of the Director, the accused
 9    person's registration may be disciplined as the Director  may
10    deem  proper, including limiting the scope, nature, or extent
11    of the person's practice, without a hearing, if  the  act  or
12    acts  charged  constitute  sufficient grounds for that action
13    under this Act.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
15        (225 ILCS 2/145)
16        Sec. 145.  Formal hearing; preservation of  record.   The
17    Department,  at  its  expense, shall preserve a record of all
18    proceedings at the formal hearing of any case  involving  the
19    refusal   to   issue  or  renew  a  license  registration  or
20    discipline of a licensee registrant.  The notice of  hearing,
21    complaint, and all other documents in the nature of pleadings
22    and  written motions filed in the proceedings, the transcript
23    of testimony, the report of the hearing officer, and order of
24    the Department shall be the record of the proceeding.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
26        (225 ILCS 2/150)
27        Sec. 150.  Witnesses; production of documents;  contempt.
28    Any  circuit court may, upon application of the Department or
29    its designee or  of  the  applicant  or  licensee  registrant
30    against  whom  proceedings  under Section 140 of this Act are
31    pending, enter an order requiring the attendance of witnesses
32    and their testimony and the production of documents,  papers,
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 1    files,  books,  and records in connection with any hearing or
 2    investigation.  The court may compel obedience to  its  order
 3    by proceedings for contempt.
 4    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
 5        (225 ILCS 2/152 new)
 6        Sec. 152.  Certification of record.  The Department shall
 7    not  be  required  to certify a record to the court, file any
 8    answer in court, or  otherwise  appear  in  any  court  in  a
 9    judicial  review  proceeding,  unless  there  is filed in the
10    court with  the  complaint  a  receipt  from  the  Department
11    acknowledging   payment   of  the  costs  of  furnishing  and
12    certifying the record.  Failure on the part of the  plaintiff
13    to  file a receipt in court shall be grounds for dismissal of
14    the action.
15        (225 ILCS 2/154 new)
16        Sec. 154. Compelling testimony.  Any circuit  court  may,
17    upon  application of the Department or its designee or of the
18    applicant or licensee against whom  proceedings  pursuant  to
19    Section  20 of this Act are pending, enter an order requiring
20    the attendance of witnesses  and  their  testimony,  and  the
21    production of documents, papers, files, books, and records in
22    connection  with any hearing or investigation.  The court may
23    compel  obedience  to  its  order  through  proceedings   for
24    contempt.
25        (225 ILCS 2/155)
26        Sec.  155.  Subpoena;  oaths.   The Department shall have
27    power to subpoena and bring before  it  any  person  in  this
28    State and to take testimony either orally or by deposition or
29    both with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as
30    prescribed  by  law in judicial proceedings in civil cases in
31    circuit courts of this State. The Department shall also  have
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 1    the  power  to  subpoena the production of documents, papers,
 2    files, books, and records in connection  with  a  hearing  or
 3    investigation.
 4        The  Director  and  the hearing officer designated by the
 5    Director  shall  each  have  power  to  administer  oaths  to
 6    witnesses at any hearing that the Department is authorized to
 7    conduct under this  Act  and  any  other  oaths  required  or
 8    authorized  to  be  administered by the Department under this
 9    Act.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
11        (225 ILCS 2/160)
12        Section 160.  Findings of facts, conclusions of law,  and
13    recommendations.   At  the  conclusion  of  the  hearing, the
14    hearing officer shall  present  to  the  Director  a  written
15    report  of  its  findings  of  fact,  conclusions of law, and
16    recommendations.  The report shall contain a finding  whether
17    or  not  the  accused  person  violated this Act or failed to
18    comply with the conditions required in this Act.  The hearing
19    officer shall specify the nature of the violation or  failure
20    to  comply  and  shall make his or her recommendations to the
21    Director.
22        The report of findings of fact, conclusions of  law,  and
23    recommendations of the hearing officer may shall be the basis
24    of the order of the Department.  If the Director disagrees in
25    any  regard  with  the  report  of  the  hearing officer, the
26    Director shall may issue an order  in  contravention  of  the
27    report.  Within 60 days after taking that action the Director
28    shall  provide a written report to the hearing officer on any
29    deviation and shall specify with  particularity  the  reasons
30    for  the  action  in  the  final  order.   The finding is not
31    admissible in evidence  against  the  person  in  a  criminal
32    prosecution  brought  for  the violation of this Act, but the
33    hearing and findings are not a bar to a criminal  prosecution
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 1    brought for the violation of this Act.
 2    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
 3        (225 ILCS 2/165)
 4        Sec.  165.  Hearing  officer. The Director shall have the
 5    authority to appoint any attorney duly licensed  to  practice
 6    law  in the State of Illinois to serve as the hearing officer
 7    in any action for discipline of a license  registration.  The
 8    hearing  officer  shall  have  full  authority to conduct the
 9    hearing. The hearing officer shall report his or her findings
10    of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations to the Board
11    and the Director.  The Board shall have 60 days after receipt
12    of the report to review the report of the hearing officer and
13    to present its findings of  fact,  conclusions  of  law,  and
14    recommendations to the Director.
15    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
16        (225 ILCS 2/170)
17        Sec.  170.  Service  of report; rehearing; order.  In any
18    case involving the discipline of a  license  registration,  a
19    copy of the hearing officer's report shall be served upon the
20    respondent   by  the  Department,  either  personally  or  as
21    provided in this  Act  for  the  service  of  the  notice  of
22    hearing.   Within  20  days after the service, the respondent
23    may present to the Department  a  motion  in  writing  for  a
24    rehearing  that  shall  specify  the  particular  grounds for
25    rehearing.  If no motion for rehearing is  filed,  then  upon
26    the  expiration of the time specified for filing a motion, or
27    if a motion for rehearing is denied, then upon the denial the
28    Director may enter an order in accordance with this Act.   If
29    the  respondent orders from the reporting office and pays for
30    a transcript of the record  within  the  time  for  filing  a
31    motion  for  rehearing,  the  20  day period within which the
32    motion may be filed shall commence upon the delivery  of  the
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 1    transcript to the respondent.
 2    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
 3        (225 ILCS 2/175)
 4        Sec.  175.  Substantial  justice  to  be done; rehearing.
 5    Whenever the Director is satisfied that  substantial  justice
 6    has   not   been   done   in  the  discipline  of  a  license
 7    registration, the Director may order a rehearing by the  same
 8    or another hearing officer.
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
10        (225 ILCS 2/180)
11        Sec.  180.  Order or certified copy as prima facie proof.
12    An order or a certified copy thereof, over the  seal  of  the
13    Department and purporting to be signed by the Director, shall
14    be prima facie proof:
15             (1)  that  the signature is the genuine signature of
16        the Director; and
17             (2)  that  such  Director  is  duly  appointed   and
18        qualified; and.
19             (3)  that the Board and its members are qualified to
20        act.
21    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
22        (225 ILCS 2/185)
23        Sec.  185.  Restoration  of license registration.  At any
24    time after  the  suspension  or  revocation  of  any  license
25    registration  the  Department  may  restore it to the accused
26    person, unless after  an  investigation  and  a  hearing  the
27    Department  determines  that restoration is not in the public
28    interest. Where circumstances of suspension or revocation  so
29    indicate,  the  Department  may require an examination of the
30    accused person prior to restoring his or her license.
31    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
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 1        (225 ILCS 2/195)
 2        Sec.   195.  Imminent   danger   to   public;   temporary
 3    suspension.  The Director may temporarily suspend the license
 4    registration  of  an   acupuncturist   without   a   hearing,
 5    simultaneously  with  the  institution  of  proceedings for a
 6    hearing provided for in Section  140  of  this  Act,  if  the
 7    Director  finds  that  evidence  in  his  or  her  possession
 8    indicates that continuation in practice would  constitute  an
 9    imminent  danger  to  the  public.   In  the  event  that the
10    Director temporarily suspends a license registration  without
11    a hearing, a hearing by the Department must be held within 30
12    days  after  the  suspension  has  occurred  and be concluded
13    without appreciable delay.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
15        (225 ILCS 2/45 rep.)
16        (225 ILCS 2/205 rep.)
17        Section 15. The Acupucture Practice  Act  is  amended  by
18    repealing Sections 45 and 205.
19        Section 20. The Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act
20    is  amended  by changing Sections 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, 55, 60,
21    65, 85, 90, 95, and 165 as follows:
22        (225 ILCS 55/20) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-20)
23        Sec. 20.  Powers and duties of the  Department.   Subject
24    to  the provisions of this Act, the Department shall exercise
25    the following functions, powers, and duties:
26             (a)  Conduct or authorize examinations to  ascertain
27        the   fitness   and   qualifications  of  applicants  for
28        licensure and issue licenses to those who are found to be
29        fit and qualified.
30             (b)  Prescribe rules and regulations for a method of
31        examination of candidates.
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 1             (b-5)  Prescribe  rules  for  determining   approved
 2        graduate  programs  and  prepare  and  maintain a list of
 3        colleges and universities offering approved programs.
 4             (c)  Conduct  hearings  on  proceedings  to  revoke,
 5        suspend, or refuse to issue licenses.
 6             (d)  Promulgate rules and regulations  required  for
 7        the administration of this Act.
 8        The Board may make recommendations on matters relating to
 9    continuing education, including the number of hours necessary
10    for  license  renewal,  waivers  for those unable to meet the
11    requirements, and acceptable course content.
12    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1237.)
13        (225 ILCS 55/25) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-25)
14        Sec.  25.  Marriage  and  Family  Therapy  Licensing  and
15    Disciplinary Board.
16        (a)  There  is  established  within  the  Department  the
17    Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing and Disciplinary  Board
18    to be appointed by the Director.  The Board shall be composed
19    of  7  persons who shall serve in an advisory capacity to the
20    Director. The Board shall elect  a  chairperson  and  a  vice
21    chairperson chairman.
22        (b)  In  appointing  members  of  the Board, the Director
23    shall give due consideration to recommendations by members of
24    the profession of marriage and  family  therapy  and  by  the
25    statewide  organizations solely representing the interests of
26    marriage and family therapists.
27        (c)  Five members of the  Board  shall  be  marriage  and
28    family  therapists  who  have  been in active practice for at
29    least 5 years immediately  preceding  their  appointment,  or
30    engaged  in  the education and training of masters, doctoral,
31    or post-doctoral students of marriage and family therapy,  or
32    engaged  in  marriage  and  family  therapy  research.   Each
33    marriage  or  family therapy teacher or researcher shall have
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 1    spent the majority of  the  time  devoted  to  the  study  or
 2    research  of  marriage  and family therapy during the 2 years
 3    immediately preceding his or her appointment  to  the  Board.
 4    The  initial  appointees  shall  be  licensed  under this Act
 5    within one year after appointment to the Board.
 6        (d)  Two members shall be representatives of the  general
 7    public who have no direct affiliation or work experience with
 8    the  practice  of marriage and family therapy and who clearly
 9    represent consumer interests.
10        (e)  Board members Of the first Board members  appointed,
11    3 members shall be appointed to serve for 2 years, 2 shall be
12    appointed  to serve for 3 years, and the remaining 2 shall be
13    appointed to serve for 4 years.  Their  successors  shall  be
14    appointed  for  terms of 4 years each, except that any person
15    chosen to fill a vacancy shall  be  appointed  only  for  the
16    unexpired  term  of  the  Board  member  whom he or she shall
17    succeed. Upon the expiration of this term of office, a  Board
18    member shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed
19    and  qualified.  No  member shall be reappointed to the Board
20    for a term that would cause continuous service on  the  Board
21    to be longer than 8 years.
22        (f)  The membership of the Board shall reasonably reflect
23    representation  from  the  various  geographic  areas  of the
24    State.
25        (g)  Members of the Board shall be immune  from  suit  in
26    any  action  based upon any disciplinary proceedings or other
27    activities performed in good faith as members of the Board.
28        (h)  The Director may remove any member of the Board  for
29    any  cause  that,  in the opinion of the Director, reasonably
30    justifies termination.
31        (i)  The Director may consider the recommendations of the
32    Board on questions  of  standards  of  professional  conduct,
33    discipline,  and  qualification  of  candidates  or licensees
34    under this Act.
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 1        (j)  The members of the Board shall be reimbursed for all
 2    legitimate, necessary, and authorized expenses.
 3        (k)  A majority of the Board members currently  appointed
 4    shall constitute a quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the
 5    Board  shall not impair the right of a quorum to exercise all
 6    the  rights  and  perform  all  the  duties  of  the   Board.
 7    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1237.)
 8        (225 ILCS 55/30) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-30)
 9        Sec. 30.  Application.
10        (a)  Applications for original licensure shall be made to
11    the   Department  in  writing  on  forms  prescribed  by  the
12    Department  and  shall  be  accompanied  by  the  appropriate
13    documentation  and   the   required   fee,   which   fee   is
14    nonrefundable.     Any   application   shall   require   such
15    information as, in  the  judgment  of  the  Department,  will
16    enable  the  Department  to pass on the qualifications of the
17    applicant for licensing.
18        (b)  Applicants have 3 years from the date of application
19    to complete the application process. If the  application  has
20    not  been  completed within 3 years, the application shall be
21    denied, the fee shall be forfeited, and  the  applicant  must
22    reapply  and  meet  the requirements in effect at the time of
23    reapplication.
24        (c)  A license  shall  not  be  denied  to  an  applicant
25    because  of  the  applicant's race, religion, creed, national
26    origin, political beliefs or  activities,  age,  sex,  sexual
27    orientation, or physical impairment If an applicant neglects,
28    fails  or refuses to take an examination, or fails to pass an
29    examination for a license under this Act within 3 years after
30    filing an application, the application is  denied.   However,
31    the   applicant   may   thereafter  make  a  new  application
32    accompanied  by  the  required  fee  and   shall   meet   the
33    requirements   in  force  at  the  time  of  making  the  new
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 1    application.
 2    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1237.)
 3        (225 ILCS 55/40) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-40)
 4        Sec. 40.  Qualifications for licensure.
 5        (a)  A person is qualified for licensure  as  a  marriage
 6    and family therapist if that person:
 7             (1)  is at least 21 years of age;
 8             (2)  has  applied  in  writing on forms prepared and
 9        furnished by the Department;
10             (3)  (blank);
11             (4)  has not  engaged  or  is  not  engaged  in  any
12        practice   or   conduct   that   would   be  grounds  for
13        disciplining a licensee under Section 85 of this Act;
14             (5)  satisfies   the   education   and    experience
15        requirements of subsection (b) of this Section; and
16             (6)  passes  a written examination authorized by the
17        Department.
18        (b)  Any person who applies to the  Department  shall  be
19    issued  a  license  by the Department if the person meets the
20    qualifications set forth in subsection (a)  of  this  Section
21    and provides evidence to the Department that the person:
22             (1)  holds a master's or doctoral degree in marriage
23        and  family  therapy  approved  by  the Department from a
24        regionally accredited educational  institution;  holds  a
25        master's  or doctoral degree from a regionally accredited
26        educational institution in marriage and family therapy or
27        in a related field with an equivalent course of study  in
28        marriage  and  family  therapy that is recommended by the
29        Board and approved by the Department; or holds a master's
30        or doctoral degree  from  a  program  accredited  by  the
31        commission  on  accreditations  for  marriage  and family
32        therapy  education  of  the  American   Association   for
33        Marriage and Family Therapists;
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 1             (2)  following  the  receipt of the first qualifying
 2        degree, has at least 2 years of experience, as defined by
 3        rule, in the practice of  marriage  and  family  therapy,
 4        including  at  least  1,000 hours of face-to-face contact
 5        with couples and families for the purpose  of  evaluation
 6        and treatment;
 7             (3)  has completed at least 200 hours of supervision
 8        of marriage and family therapy, as defined by rule.
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 8-20-95.)
10        (225 ILCS 55/45) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-45)
11        Sec.  45.  Licenses;  renewals;  restoration;  person  in
12    military service.
13        (a)  The  expiration  date  and  renewal  period for each
14    license issued under this Act shall be  set  by  rule.  As  a
15    condition  for  renewal  of  a license, the licensee shall be
16    required to complete continuing education under  requirements
17    set forth in rules of the Department.
18        (b)  Any  person  who has permitted his or her license to
19    expire may  have  his  or  her  license  restored  by  making
20    application  to the Department and filing proof acceptable to
21    the  Department  of  fitness  to  have  his  or  her  license
22    restored, which may  include  sworn  evidence  certifying  to
23    active  practice  in another jurisdiction satisfactory to the
24    Department,   complying   with   any   continuing   education
25    requirements, and paying the required restoration fee.
26        (c)  If the person has not maintained an active  practice
27    in  another  jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department, the
28    Board shall determine, by an evaluation  program  established
29    by rule, the person's fitness to resume active status and may
30    require the person to complete a period of evaluated clinical
31    experience   and   successful   completion   of  a  practical
32    examination.
33        However, any person whose license expired  while  (i)  in
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 1    federal  service  on active duty with the Armed Forces of the
 2    United States or called into service  or  training  with  the
 3    State  Militia,  or  (ii)  in training or education under the
 4    supervision of the United  States  preliminary  to  induction
 5    into the military service may have his or her license renewed
 6    or restored without paying any lapsed renewal fees if, within
 7    2  years after honorable termination of the service, training
 8    or education, except under condition other than honorable, he
 9    or she furnishes the Department with satisfactory evidence to
10    the effect that he or she has been so engaged  and  that  the
11    service, training, or education has been so terminated.
12        (d)  Any  person  who notifies the Department, in writing
13    on forms prescribed by the Department, may place his  or  her
14    license  on  inactive  status  and  shall be excused from the
15    payment  of  renewal  fees  until  the  person  notifies  the
16    Department in writing  of  the  intention  to  resume  active
17    practice.
18        (e)  Any  person requesting his or her license be changed
19    from inactive to active status shall be required to  pay  the
20    current  renewal  fee  and  shall also demonstrate compliance
21    with the continuing education requirements.
22        (f)  Any marriage and family therapist whose  license  is
23    nonrenewed  or  on  inactive  status  shall not engage in the
24    practice of marriage and  family  therapy  in  the  State  of
25    Illinois  and  use  the  title  or  advertise  that he or she
26    performs the services of  a  "licensed  marriage  and  family
27    therapist".
28        (g)  Any  person violating subsection (f) of this Section
29    shall be considered to be practicing without  a  license  and
30    will be subject to the disciplinary provisions of this Act.
31        (h)  (Blank)  A  license  to practice shall not be denied
32    any applicant because  of  the  applicant's  race,  religion,
33    creed, national origin, political beliefs or activities, age,
34    sex, sexual orientation, or physical impairment.
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 1    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1237.)
 2        (225 ILCS 55/55) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-55)
 3        Sec.  55.  Fees.  The  fees imposed under this Act are as
 4    follows and are not refundable:
 5        (a)  Except as provided in subsection (c), the  fees  for
 6    the administration and enforcement of this Act, including but
 7    not  limited to original licensure, renewal, and restoration,
 8    shall be set by rule of the Department.  The  fees  shall  be
 9    nonrefundable  The fee for original application for a license
10    as a licensed marriage and family therapist is $100.
11        (b)  (Blank) The fee for a temporary license is $100.
12        (c)  In addition to the application fee,  applicants  for
13    the examination are required to pay, either to the Department
14    or the designated testing service, a fee covering the cost of
15    determining  an  applicant's  eligibility  and  providing the
16    examination.  Failure to appear for the  examination  on  the
17    scheduled  date,  at  the time and place specified, after the
18    applicant's application and fee  for  examination  have  been
19    received and acknowledged by the Department or the designated
20    testing service, shall result in the forfeiture of the fee.
21        (d)  The  fee  for  the  renewal  of a license is $60 per
22    year.
23        (e)  The fee for the restoration of a  license  that  has
24    been  expired  for 5 years or less is $20 plus payment of all
25    unpaid fees for every year the license has been lapsed.
26        (f)  The fee for the restoration of a  license  that  has
27    been expired for more than 5 years is $200.
28        (g)  The  fee  for the issuance of a duplicate license, a
29    replacement license for a  license  that  has  been  lost  or
30    destroyed,  or  a  license  with a change of name or address,
31    other than during the renewal  period  is  $20.   No  fee  is
32    required  for  name and address changes on Department records
33    when no duplicate license is issued.
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 1        (h)  The fee for the certification of a license  for  any
 2    purpose is $20.
 3        (i)  The  fee  to  have  the  scoring  of  an examination
 4    administered by the Department reviewed and verified is  $20,
 5    plus any fee charged by the testing service.
 6        (j)  The  fee  for  a  wall license is the actual cost of
 7    producing the license.
 8        (k)  The fee for a roster of persons licensed as marriage
 9    and family therapists is the actual cost of production of the
10    roster.
11        (l)  The fee for application for a license by a  marriage
12    and  family  therapist  licensed  under  the  laws of another
13    jurisdiction is $200.
14        (m)  The fee for application as  a  continuing  education
15    sponsor  is  $500.  State  agencies, State colleges and State
16    universities in Illinois are exempt from paying this fee.
17        (n)  The  fee  for  renewal  as  a  continuing  education
18    sponsor is $125 per year.
19    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1237.)
20        (225 ILCS 55/60) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-60)
21        Sec. 60.  Payments; penalty for insufficient  funds.  Any
22    person   who  delivers  a  check  or  other  payment  to  the
23    Department that is returned to the Department unpaid  by  the
24    financial institution upon which it is drawn shall pay to the
25    Department,  in  addition  to  the amount already owed to the
26    Department, a fine of $50.  If  a  person  practices  without
27    paying  the  renewal fee or issuance fee and the fine due, an
28    additional fine of $100 shall be imposed. The  fines  imposed
29    by  this  Section  are  in  addition  to any other discipline
30    provided under this Act prohibiting  unlicensed  practice  or
31    practice on a nonrenewed license. The Department shall notify
32    the  person  that  payment of fees and fines shall be paid to
33    the Department by certified check or money  order  within  30
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 1    calendar days after notification. If, after the expiration of
 2    30  days  from  the  date of the notification, the person has
 3    failed to submit the  necessary  remittance,  the  Department
 4    shall  automatically  terminate the license or certificate or
 5    deny the application, without hearing. If, after  termination
 6    or  denial,  the person seeks a license or certificate, he or
 7    she shall apply to the Department for restoration or issuance
 8    of the license or certificate and pay all fees and fines  due
 9    to the Department. The Department may establish a fee for the
10    processing  of an application for restoration of a license or
11    certificate  to  pay  all   expenses   of   processing   this
12    application.  The Director may waive the fines due under this
13    Section in individual cases where the Director finds that the
14    fines would be unreasonable or unnecessarily burdensome.
15    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1031; 87-1237; 88-45.)
16        (225 ILCS 55/65) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-65)
17        Sec. 65.  Endorsement. The Department may issue a license
18    as a licensed marriage  and  family  therapist,  without  the
19    required examination, to an applicant licensed under the laws
20    of  another  state  if the requirements for licensure in that
21    state are, on the date of licensure, substantially  equal  to
22    the  requirements of this Act or to a person who, at the time
23    of his or her application for licensure, possessed individual
24    qualifications that  were  substantially  equivalent  to  the
25    requirements  then in force in this State. An applicant under
26    this Section shall pay all of the required fees.
27        Applicants have 3 years from the date of  application  to
28    complete the application process. If the process has not been
29    completed  within  the  3  years,  the  application  shall be
30    denied, the fee shall be forfeited, and  the  applicant  must
31    reapply  and  meet  the requirements in effect at the time of
32    reapplication.
33    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1237.)
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 1        (225 ILCS 55/85) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-85)
 2        Sec. 85.  Refusal, revocation or suspension.
 3        (a)  The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or  may
 4    revoke  a  license, or may suspend, place on probation, fine,
 5    or take any disciplinary action as the  Department  may  deem
 6    proper,   including  fines  not  to  exceed  $1000  for  each
 7    violation, with regard to any licensee or certificate for any
 8    one or combination of the following causes:
 9             (1)  Material misstatement in furnishing information
10        to the Department.
11             (2)  Violations of this Act or its rules.
12             (3)  Conviction of any crime under the laws  of  the
13        United  States  or any state or territory thereof that is
14        (i) a felony, (ii) a misdemeanor, an essential element of
15        which is dishonesty, or  (iii)  a  crime  that  which  is
16        related to the practice of the profession.
17             (4)  Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of
18        obtaining  a  license  or violating any provision of this
19        Act or its rules.
20             (5)  Professional incompetence or gross negligence.
21             (6)  Malpractice.
22             (7)  Aiding or assisting another person in violating
23        any provision of this Act or its rules.
24             (8)  Failing, within 60 days, to provide information
25        in response to a written request made by the Department.
26             (9)  Engaging   in   dishonorable,   unethical,   or
27        unprofessional conduct of a character likely to  deceive,
28        defraud or harm the public as defined by the rules of the
29        Department,   or  violating  the  rules  of  professional
30        conduct  adopted  by  the  Board  and  published  by  the
31        Department.
32             (10)  Habitual or  excessive  use  or  addiction  to
33        alcohol,  narcotics,  stimulants,  or  any other chemical
34        agent or drug that results in the inability  to  practice
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 1        with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
 2             (11)  Discipline  by  another  state,  territory, or
 3        country if at least one of the grounds for the discipline
 4        is the same or  substantially  equivalent  to  those  set
 5        forth in this Act.
 6             (12)  Directly  or indirectly giving to or receiving
 7        from  any  person,  firm,  corporation,  partnership   or
 8        association any fee, commission, rebate, or other form of
 9        compensation  for  any professional services not actually
10        or personally rendered.
11             (13)  A finding by the Department that the licensee,
12        after having his or her license  placed  on  probationary
13        status, has violated the terms of probation.
14             (14)  Abandonment of a patient without cause.
15             (15)  Willfully  making  or  filing false records or
16        reports relating to a licensee's practice, including  but
17        not  limited  to, false records filed with State agencies
18        or departments.
19             (16)  Wilfully failing  to  report  an  instance  of
20        suspected  child  abuse  or  neglect  as  required by the
21        Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
22             (17)  Being named as a perpetrator in  an  indicated
23        report  by the Department of Children and Family Services
24        under the Abused and Neglected Child  Reporting  Act  and
25        upon  proof  by  clear  and  convincing evidence that the
26        licensee has caused a child to  be  an  abused  child  or
27        neglected  child  as  defined in the Abused and Neglected
28        Child Reporting Act.
29             (18)  Physical  or  mental   disability,   including
30        deterioration  through  the  aging  process,  or  loss of
31        abilities and skills that which results in the  inability
32        to  practice  the  profession  with  reasonable judgment,
33        skill, or safety.
34             (19)  Solicitation of professional services by using
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 1        false or misleading advertising.
 2             (20)  A finding that licensure has been applied  for
 3        or obtained by fraudulent means.
 4             (21)  Practicing  or  attempting to practice under a
 5        name other than the full name as shown on the license  or
 6        any other legally authorized name.
 7             (22)  Gross  overcharging  for professional services
 8        including filing statements for  collection  of  fees  or
 9        moneys monies for which services are not rendered.
10        (b)  The  Department  shall  deny  any  application for a
11    license, without hearing, or renewal under this  Act  to  any
12    person who has defaulted on an educational loan guaranteed by
13    the  Illinois  Student  Assistance  Commission;  however, the
14    Department may issue a license or renewal if  the  person  in
15    default  has  established  a satisfactory repayment record as
16    determined by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
17        (c)  The determination by a circuit court that a licensee
18    is subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission, as
19    provided in the Mental Health and Developmental  Disabilities
20    Code,  operates  as  an automatic suspension.  The suspension
21    will terminate only upon  a  finding  by  a  court  that  the
22    patient  is  no  longer  subject  to involuntary admission or
23    judicial admission and the issuance of an  order  so  finding
24    and  discharging  the patient, and upon the recommendation of
25    the Board to the Director that the  licensee  be  allowed  to
26    resume  his or her practice as a licensed marriage and family
27    therapist.
28        (d)  The Department may refuse to issue  or  may  suspend
29    the license of any person who fails to file a return, pay the
30    tax,  penalty, or interest shown in a filed return or pay any
31    final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as required by
32    any tax  Act  administered  by  the  Illinois  Department  of
33    Revenue,  until  the time the requirements of the tax Act are
34    satisfied.
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 1        (e)  In enforcing this Section, the Department  or  Board
 2    upon  a  showing  of  a  possible  violation  may  compel  an
 3    individual  licensed  to  practice under this Act, or who has
 4    applied for licensure under this Act, to submit to  a  mental
 5    or  physical  examination, or both, as required by and at the
 6    expense of the Department. The Department or Board may  order
 7    the  examining  physician to present testimony concerning the
 8    mental or physical examination of the licensee or  applicant.
 9    No  information shall be excluded by reason of any common law
10    or statutory privilege relating to communications between the
11    licensee  or  applicant  and  the  examining  physician.  The
12    examining physicians shall be specifically designated by  the
13    Board  or Department. The individual to be examined may have,
14    at his or her own expense, another physician of  his  or  her
15    choice  present  during  all  aspects  of  this  examination.
16    Failure  of  an  individual to submit to a mental or physical
17    examination, when directed, shall be grounds  for  suspension
18    of  his  or  her  license until the individual submits to the
19    examination  if  the  Department  finds,  after  notice   and
20    hearing,  that  the  refusal to submit to the examination was
21    without reasonable cause.
22        If the Department or Board finds an individual unable  to
23    practice  because  of  the reasons set forth in this Section,
24    the Department or Board may require that individual to submit
25    to care, counseling, or treatment by physicians  approved  or
26    designated  by the Department or Board, as a condition, term,
27    or  restriction  for  continued,   reinstated,   or   renewed
28    licensure  to  practice;  or, in lieu of care, counseling, or
29    treatment,  the  Department  may  file,  or  the  Board   may
30    recommend   to   the  Department  to  file,  a  complaint  to
31    immediately suspend,  revoke,  or  otherwise  discipline  the
32    license  of  the  individual. An individual whose license was
33    granted,  continued,  reinstated,  renewed,  disciplined   or
34    supervised    subject   to   such   terms,   conditions,   or
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 1    restrictions, and  who  fails  to  comply  with  such  terms,
 2    conditions,   or  restrictions,  shall  be  referred  to  the
 3    Director for a determination as  to  whether  the  individual
 4    shall  have his or her license suspended immediately, pending
 5    a hearing by the Department.
 6        In instances in which the Director immediately suspends a
 7    person's license  under  this  Section,  a  hearing  on  that
 8    person's license must be convened by the Department within 15
 9    days  after  the suspension and completed without appreciable
10    delay. The Department and Board shall have the  authority  to
11    review  the  subject  individual's  record  of  treatment and
12    counseling regarding the impairment to the  extent  permitted
13    by  applicable  federal statutes and regulations safeguarding
14    the confidentiality of medical records.
15        An individual licensed under this Act and affected  under
16    this  Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate
17    to the Department or Board that he or she can resume practice
18    in compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards  under
19    the provisions of his or her license.
20    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1237.)
21        (225 ILCS 55/90) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-90)
22        Sec.  90.   Violations;  injunctions;  cease  and  desist
23    order.
24        (a)  If  any person violates a provision of this Act, the
25    Director may, in the name of  the  People  of  the  State  of
26    Illinois,  through  the  Attorney  General  of  the  State of
27    Illinois, petition for an order enjoining  the  violation  or
28    for  an  order  enforcing compliance with this Act.  Upon the
29    filing of a verified petition in court, the court may issue a
30    temporary restraining order, without notice or bond, and  may
31    preliminarily and permanently enjoin the violation.  If it is
32    established  that the person has violated or is violating the
33    injunction, the Court may punish the offender for contempt of
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 1    court.  Proceedings under this Section are  in  addition  to,
 2    and not in lieu of, all other remedies and penalties provided
 3    by this Act.
 4        (b)  If  any  person  practices  as a marriage and family
 5    therapist or holds himself or herself  out  as  such  without
 6    having  a  valid license certificate under this Act, then any
 7    licensee, any interested party or any person injured  thereby
 8    may,  in  addition  to  the  Director, petition for relief as
 9    provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
10        (c)  Whenever in the opinion of the Department any person
11    violates any provision of this Act, the Department may  issue
12    a  rule to show cause why an order to cease and desist should
13    not be entered against him or her.  The  rule  shall  clearly
14    set forth the grounds relied upon by the Department and shall
15    provide  a period of 7 days from the date of the rule to file
16    an answer to the satisfaction of the Department.  Failure  to
17    answer  to  the satisfaction of the Department shall cause an
18    order to cease and desist to be issued immediately.
19    (Source: P.A. 87-783.)
20        (225 ILCS 55/95) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-95)
21        Sec.  95.  Investigation;  notice   and   hearing.    The
22    Department  may  investigate the actions or qualifications of
23    any person or persons holding or claiming to hold  a  license
24    certificate  of  registration.  Before  suspending, revoking,
25    placing  on  probationary  status,  or   taking   any   other
26    disciplinary  action  as  the Department may deem proper with
27    regard to any license  or  certificate  of  registration,  at
28    least  30  days  before  the  date  set  for the hearing, the
29    Department shall (i) notify the accused  in  writing  of  any
30    charges  made  and  the  time  and place for a hearing on the
31    charges before the Board, (ii) direct him or her  to  file  a
32    written  answer  to  the  charges  with  the Board under oath
33    within 20 days after the  service  on  him  or  her  of  such
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 1    notice,  and  (iii) inform him or her that if he or she fails
 2    to file an answer, default will be taken against him  or  her
 3    and  his or her license or certificate of registration may be
 4    suspended, revoked, placed on probationary status,  or  other
 5    disciplinary  action  taken  with  regard  to  the license or
 6    certificate, including limiting the scope, nature, or  extent
 7    of his or her practice, as the Department may deem proper. In
 8    case  the  person,  after  receiving notice, fails to file an
 9    answer, his  or  her  license  or  certificate  may,  in  the
10    discretion  of  the Department, be suspended, revoked, placed
11    on probationary status, or the Department may  take  whatever
12    disciplinary  action  deemed  proper,  including limiting the
13    scope, nature, or extent of  the  person's  practice  or  the
14    imposition  of  a fine, without a hearing, if the act or acts
15    charged constitute sufficient for such action under this Act.
16    This  written  notice  and  any  notice  in  the   subsequent
17    proceedings may be served by personal delivery to the accused
18    person,  or  by  registered  or certified mail to the address
19    last specified by the accused in his last notification to the
20    Department. In case the person fails to file an answer  after
21    receiving  notice,  his or her license or certificate may, in
22    the discretion of the Department, be suspended,  revoked,  or
23    placed  on  probationary  status,  or the Department may take
24    whatever  disciplinary  action   deemed   proper,   including
25    limiting  the  scope,  nature,  or  extent  of  the  person's
26    practice  or  the imposition of a fine, without a hearing, if
27    the act or acts charged  constitute  sufficient  grounds  for
28    such  action  under  this  Act.  The  written answer shall be
29    served by personal delivery, certified delivery, or certified
30    or registered mail to the Department.  At the time and  place
31    fixed in the notice, the Department shall proceed to hear the
32    charges  and  the  parties or their counsel shall be accorded
33    ample opportunity  to  present  such  statements,  testimony,
34    evidence,  and argument as may be pertinent to the charges or
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 1    to the defense thereto.  The  Department  may  continue  such
 2    hearing from time to time.  At the discretion of the Director
 3    after  having first received the recommendation of the Board,
 4    the accused person's license certificate of registration  may
 5    be   suspended   or  revoked,  if  the  evidence  constitutes
 6    sufficient grounds for such action under this Act.
 7    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1031; 87-1237; 88-45.)
 8        (225 ILCS 55/165) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-165)
 9        Sec. 165.  Illinois Administrative  Procedure  Act.   The
10    Illinois  Administrative  Procedure  Act is expressly adopted
11    and incorporated in this Act as if all of the  provisions  of
12    that Act were included in this Act, except that the provision
13    of   paragraph   (d)   of   Section  10-65  of  the  Illinois
14    Administrative Procedure Act, which provides that at hearings
15    the  license  certificate  holder  has  the  right  to   show
16    compliance   with  all  lawful  requirements  for  retention,
17    continuation or renewal of the certificate,  is  specifically
18    excluded.   For  the  purpose of this Act the notice required
19    under Section 10-25 of the Illinois Administrative  Procedure
20    Act  is  deemed  sufficient  when  mailed  to  the last known
21    address of a party.
22    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
23        (225 ILCS 55/50 rep.)
24        Section 25. The Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act
25    is amended by repealing Section 50.
26        Section 30. The Illinois Nursing Act of 1987  is  amended
27    by changing Sections 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 21, 23,
28    24,  25,  26, 27, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 43, and
29    47 as follows:
30        (225 ILCS 65/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 3503)
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 1        Sec. 3. Definitions. Each of the  following  terms,  when
 2    used  in  this Act, shall have  the meaning ascribed to it in
 3    this Section, except  where  the  context  clearly  indicates
 4    otherwise:
 5        (a)  "Department"  means  the  Department of Professional
 6    Regulation;
 7        (b)  "Director" means the Director of the  Department  of
 8    Professional Regulation;
 9        (c)  "Board  Committee"  means  the Board of Committee on
10    Nursing appointed by the Director;
11        (d)  "Academic year" means the customary annual  schedule
12    of  courses  at  a  college,  university, or approved school,
13    customarily regarded as the school year as distinguished from
14    the calendar year;
15        (e)  "Approved program of professional nursing education"
16    and "approved program of  practical  nursing  education"  are
17    programs  of professional or practical nursing, respectively,
18    approved by the Department under the provisions of this Act;
19        (f)  "Nursing  Act  Coordinator"   means   a   registered
20    professional nurse appointed by the Director to carry out the
21    administrative policies of the Department;
22        (g)  "Assistant   Nursing   Act   Coordinator"   means  a
23    registered professional nurse appointed by  the  Director  to
24    assist  in  carrying  out  the administrative policies of the
25    Department;
26        (h)  "Registered" is the equivalent of "licensed";
27        (i)  "Practical  nurse"  or  "licensed  practical  nurse"
28    means a person who is licensed as  a  practical  nurse  under
29    this  Act  and  practices  practical  nursing  as  defined in
30    paragraph (j)  of  this  Section.   Only  a  practical  nurse
31    licensed  under  this  Act  is  entitled  to  use  the  title
32    "licensed practical nurse" and the abbreviation "L.P.N.";
33        (j)  "Practical   nursing"  means  the  performance,  for
34    compensation, of acts in the care of  the  ill,  injured,  or
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 1    infirmed,  selected by and performed under the direction of a
 2    registered professional nurse, licensed physician,   dentist,
 3    or  podiatrist,  requiring the basic nursing skill, judgment,
 4    and knowledge acquired by means  of  a  completed  course  of
 5    study in an approved practical nursing education program;
 6        (k)  "Registered   nurse"   or  "registered  professional
 7    nurse" means a person who is licensed as a professional nurse
 8    under this Act and practices nursing as defined in  paragraph
 9    (l)  of this Section.  Only a registered nurse licensed under
10    this Act is entitled to use the titles "registered nurse" and
11    "registered professional nurse" and the abbreviation, "R.N.";
12        (l)  "Professional nursing" includes all its specialties,
13    and means the performance for  compensation  of  any  nursing
14    act,  (1)  in  the nursing evaluation, observation, care, and
15    counsel  of  the  ill,  injured,  or  infirmed;  (2)  in  the
16    maintenance of health or prevention of illness of others; (3)
17    in  the  administration  of  medications  and  treatments  as
18    prescribed by a licensed physician, dentist,  or  podiatrist;
19    or  (4)  any  act  in the supervision or teaching of nursing,
20    which requires substantial, specialized  judgment  and  skill
21    the  proper  performance  of  which is based on knowledge and
22    application of the principles of  biological,  physical,  and
23    social  science acquired by means of a completed course in an
24    approved school of professional nursing.  The foregoing shall
25    not be deemed to include those acts of medical  diagnosis  or
26    prescription of therapeutic or corrective measures that which
27    are  properly  performed  only  by physicians licensed in the
28    State of Illinois; and
29        (m)  "Current nursing practice  update  course"  means  a
30    planned   nursing   education   curriculum  approved  by  the
31    Department  consisting  of   activities   that   which   have
32    educational  objectives,  instructional  methods,  content or
33    subject matter, clinical practice,  and  evaluation  methods,
34    related to basic review and updating content and specifically
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 1    planned  for  those  nurses previously licensed in the United
 2    States or its territories  and  preparing  for  reentry  into
 3    nursing practice.
 4    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
 5        (225 ILCS 65/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 3504)
 6        Sec. 4. Policy; application of Act. For the protection of
 7    life  and  the  promotion  of  health,  and the prevention of
 8    illness and communicable diseases, any person  practicing  or
 9    offering  to  practice  professional and practical nursing in
10    Illinois shall submit evidence that he or she is qualified to
11    practice, and shall be licensed as hereinafter provided under
12    this Act.  No person shall  practice  or  offer  to  practice
13    professional  or  practical  nursing  in  Illinois or use any
14    title, sign, card or device to indicate that such a person is
15    practicing professional  or  practical  nursing  unless  such
16    person has been licensed under the provisions of this Act.
17        This Act does not prohibit the following:
18        (a)  The practice of nursing in Federal employment in the
19    discharge  of  the  employee's  duties  by  a  person  who is
20    employed by the  United  States  government  or  any  bureau,
21    division  or  agency  thereof  and is a legally qualified and
22    licensed nurse of another  state  or  territory  and  not  in
23    conflict with Sections 6, 12, 13, and 25 of this Act;
24        (b)  Nursing  that  which is included in their program of
25    study by students enrolled  in  programs  of  nursing  or  in
26    current   nurse  practice  update  courses  approved  by  the
27    Department;
28        (c)  The  furnishing  of   nursing   assistance   in   an
29    emergency;
30        (d)  The  practice  of  nursing  by  a nurse who holds an
31    active license in another state when  providing  services  to
32    patients  in  Illinois  during  a  bonafide  emergency  or in
33    immediate preparation for or during interstate transit;
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 1        (e)  The incidental care of the sick by  members  of  the
 2    family,  domestic  servants  or  housekeepers, or care of the
 3    sick where treatment is by prayer or spiritual means;
 4        (f)  Persons  from  being  employed  as  nursing   aides,
 5    attendants,  orderlies and other auxiliary workers in private
 6    homes, long term care  facilities,  nurseries,  hospitals  or
 7    other institutions;
 8        (g)  The  practice  of  practical  nursing by one who has
 9    applied in writing to the Department in  form  and  substance
10    satisfactory  to  the Department, for a license as a licensed
11    practical nurse and has  complied  with  all  the  provisions
12    under  Section 12 13, except the passing of an examination to
13    be eligible to receive such license, until:  the decision  of
14    the Department that the applicant has failed to pass the next
15    available   examination  authorized  by  the  Department,  or
16    failed,  without  an  approved  excuse,  to  take  the   next
17    available  examination  authorized  by the Department, or the
18    withdrawal of the application, not to exceed  3  months.   No
19    applicant  for  licensure  practicing under the provisions of
20    this paragraph shall practice practical nursing except  under
21    the  direct  supervision  of  a registered professional nurse
22    licensed under this Act or a licensed physician,  dentist  or
23    podiatrist.  In no instance shall any such applicant practice
24    or be employed in any supervisory capacity;
25        (h)  The  practice  of  practical nursing by one who is a
26    licensed practical nurse  under  the  laws  of  another  U.S.
27    jurisdiction and has applied in writing to the Department, in
28    form  and  substance  satisfactory  to  the Department, for a
29    license as a licensed practical nurse and who is qualified to
30    receive such license under Section  12  13,  until:  (1)  the
31    expiration  of  6  months  after  the  filing of such written
32    application, or (2) the withdrawal of  such  application,  or
33    (3) the denial of such application by the Department;
34        (i)  The  practice of professional nursing by one who has
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 1    applied in writing to the Department in  form  and  substance
 2    satisfactory  to the Department for a license as a registered
 3    professional nurse and has complied with all  the  provisions
 4    under  Section  12 except the passing of an examination to be
 5    eligible to receive such license until:  the decision of  the
 6    Department  that  the  applicant  has failed to pass the next
 7    available  examination  authorized  by  the  Department,   or
 8    failed,   without  an  approved  excuse,  to  take  the  next
 9    available examination authorized by  the  Department  or  the
10    withdrawal  of  the  application,  not to exceed 3 months. No
11    applicant for licensure practicing under  the  provisions  of
12    this  paragraph  shall  practice  professional nursing except
13    under the direct supervision  of  a  registered  professional
14    nurse licensed under this Act.  In no instance shall any such
15    applicant   practice   or  be  employed  in  any  supervisory
16    capacity;
17        (j)  The practice of professional nursing by one who is a
18    registered professional  nurse  under  the  laws  of  another
19    state,  territory  of  the  United  States or country and has
20    applied in writing to the Department, in form  and  substance
21    satisfactory to the Department, for a license as a registered
22    professional  nurse  and  who  is  qualified  to receive such
23    license under Section 12, until:  (1)  the expiration of 6 12
24    months after the filing of such written application,  or  (2)
25    the withdrawal of such application, or (3) the denial of such
26    application by the Department;
27        (k)  The  practice  of professional nursing that which is
28    included in a program of study by one  who  is  a  registered
29    professional  nurse  under  the  laws  of  another  state  or
30    territory  of the United States or foreign country, territory
31    or province  and  who  is  enrolled  in  a  graduate  nursing
32    education  program  or  a  program  for  the  completion of a
33    baccalaureate nursing degree  in  this  State  which  program
34    includes clinical supervision by faculty as determined by the
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 1    educational  institution  offering the program and the health
 2    care organization where the practice of nursing occurs.   The
 3    educational  institution  will  file with the Department each
 4    academic term a list of the names and origin  of  license  of
 5    all  professional  nurses practicing nursing as part of their
 6    programs under this provision; or
 7        (l)  Any person licensed in this State  under  any  other
 8    Act  from  engaging  in  the  practice for which she or he is
 9    licensed.
10        An applicant for license practicing under the  exceptions
11    set  forth  in  subparagraphs  (g), (h), (i), and (j) of this
12    Section shall use the title R.N. Lic. Pend.  or  L.P.N.  Lic.
13    Pend. respectively and no other.
14    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
15        (225 ILCS 65/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 3507)
16        Sec. 7. Board.
17        (a)  The Director shall appoint the Board Committee which
18    shall  be  composed  of  9  registered professional nurses, 2
19    licensed practical nurses and one public member who shall  be
20    a  non-voting  member  and  who is not a licensed health care
21    provider. Three registered  nurses  shall  hold  at  least  a
22    master's  degree  in nursing and be educators in professional
23    nursing  programs,  one  representing  baccalaureate  nursing
24    education,  one   representing   associate   degree   nursing
25    education,   and  one  representing  diploma  education;  one
26    registered nurse shall hold at least a bachelor's degree with
27    a major in nursing and be an educator in a licensed practical
28    nursing program; one registered nurse shall hold  a  master's
29    degree  in  nursing   and  shall  represent  nursing  service
30    administration;  2 registered nurses shall represent clinical
31    nursing practice, one of whom shall have at least a  master's
32    degree  in  nursing;  and 2 registered nurses shall represent
33    advanced specialty practice. Each of the 11 nurses shall have
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 1    had a minimum of 5 years experience in nursing,  3  three  of
 2    which  shall  be  in  the  area  they  represent on the Board
 3    committee and be actively engaged in the area of nursing they
 4    represent at the time of appointment and during their  tenure
 5    on  the  Board  Committee.   Members shall be appointed for a
 6    term of 3 years.  No member shall be eligible for appointment
 7    to more than 2 consecutive terms and any appointment to  fill
 8    a vacancy shall be for the unexpired portion of the term.  In
 9    making  Board Committee appointments, the Director shall give
10    consideration  to  recommendations   submitted   by   nursing
11    organizations.     Consideration  shall  be  given  to  equal
12    geographic representation.  The Board Committee shall receive
13    actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance  of
14    their duties.
15        In  making  the  initial appointments, the Director shall
16    appoint all new members for terms of 2, 3  and  4  years  and
17    such  terms  shall  be  staggered  as  follows:   3  shall be
18    appointed for terms of 2 years;  3  shall  be  appointed  for
19    terms  of  3  years;, and 3 shall be appointed for terms of 4
20    years.  However, such appointment shall be made in  a  manner
21    so that each member appointed prior to January 1, 1987, whose
22    current  appointed  term  has not expired, will be allowed to
23    serve out the remainder of his or her term.
24        The Director may remove any member of the Board committee
25    for misconduct, incapacity, or neglect of duty.  The Director
26    shall reduce to writing any causes for removal.
27        The Board  Committee  shall  meet  annually  to  elect  a
28    chairperson  and  vice  chairperson.  The Board Committee may
29    hold such other meetings during the year as may be  necessary
30    to  conduct  its  business.   Six voting members of the Board
31    Committee shall constitute a  quorum  at  any  meeting.   Any
32    action   taken   by  the  Board  Committee  must  be  on  the
33    affirmative vote of 6 members.  Voting by proxy shall not  be
34    permitted.
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 1        The  Board Committee shall submit an annual report to the
 2    Director.
 3        The members of the Board Committee shall be  immune  from
 4    suit in any action based upon any disciplinary proceedings or
 5    other  acts  performed  in good faith as members of the Board
 6    Committee.
 7        (b)  The Board Committee is authorized to:
 8             (1)  recommend the adoption and, from time to  time,
 9        the revision of such rules that and regulations which may
10        be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act;
11             (2)  conduct  hearings  and disciplinary conferences
12        upon charges calling for  discipline  of  a  licensee  as
13        provided in Section 25;
14             (3)  report  to the Department, upon completion of a
15        hearing, the disciplinary actions recommended to be taken
16        against persons violating this Act;
17             (4)  recommend the  approval,  denial  of  approval,
18        withdrawal   of   approval,   or  discipline  of  nursing
19        education programs;
20             (5)  participate in a national organization of state
21        boards of nursing; and
22             (6)  recommend a list of the  registered  nurses  to
23        serve  as  Nursing  Act Coordinator and Assistant Nursing
24        Act Coordinator, respectively.
25    (Source: P.A. 87-268.)
26        (225 ILCS 65/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 3510)
27        Sec. 10. Department powers and duties.
28        (a)  The Department shall exercise the powers and  duties
29    prescribed  by  the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois for
30    administration of licensing  acts  and  shall  exercise  such
31    other  powers  and  duties  necessary  for  effectuating  the
32    purpose of this Act.  None of the functions, powers or duties
33    of  the Department with respect to licensure and examination,
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 1    shall be exercised by the Department except  upon  review  by
 2    the  Board  Committee.  The Department shall promulgate rules
 3    to implement, interpret, or make specific the provisions  and
 4    purposes  of  this  Act;  however no such rulemaking shall be
 5    promulgated by the Department except upon review by the Board
 6    the affirmative vote of 5 members of the Committee.
 7        (b)  The Department shall:
 8             (1)  (blank); Issue quarterly  to  the  Committee  a
 9        report  of  the  status of all formal complaints filed by
10        the Department and significant issues  as  determined  by
11        the Committee.
12             (2)  prepare   and   maintain  a  list  of  approved
13        programs of professional nursing education  and  programs
14        of  practical  nursing  education  in  this  State, whose
15        graduates,   if   they   have   the    other    necessary
16        qualifications provided in this Act, shall be eligible to
17        apply for a license to practice nursing in this State;
18             (3)  promulgate  rules  defining what constitutes an
19        approved program of professional  nursing  education  and
20        what constitutes an approved program of practical nursing
21        education; and
22             (4)  promulgate  rules for examination of candidates
23        for licenses; and for issuance  of  licenses  authorizing
24        candidates  upon passing an examination to practice under
25        this Act.
26    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
27        (225 ILCS 65/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 3511)
28        Sec. 11. Nursing Act Coordinator.  The  Department  shall
29    obtain, pursuant to the Personnel Code, as amended, a Nursing
30    Act  Coordinator and assistants.  The Nursing Act Coordinator
31    and assistants shall be professional nurses licensed in  this
32    State  and  graduated  from  approved schools of nursing, and
33    each shall have been actively engaged  in  nursing  education
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 1    not less than one year prior to appointment.  The Nursing Act
 2    Coordinator  shall hold at least a master's degree in nursing
 3    from an approved college or university; and have at  least  5
 4    years'   experience   since   graduation   in   progressively
 5    responsible  positions  in nursing education.  Each assistant
 6    shall hold at least a master's  degree  in  nursing  from  an
 7    approved  college  or  university; and have at least 3 years'
 8    experience  since  graduation  in  progressively  responsible
 9    positions in nursing education.  The Nursing Act  Coordinator
10    and assistants shall perform such administrative functions as
11    may be delegated to them by the Director.
12    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
13        (225 ILCS 65/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 3512)
14        Sec. 12. Qualifications for licensure.
15        (a)  Each    applicant   who   successfully   meets   the
16    requirements of this Section shall be entitled  to  licensure
17    as  a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse, whichever
18    is applicable.
19        (b)  An  applicant  for  licensure  by   examination   to
20    practice  as  a  registered nurse or licensed practical nurse
21    shall:
22             (1)  submit  a  completed  written  application,  on
23        forms provided by the Department and fees as  established
24        by the Department;
25             (2)  for  registered nurse licensure, have completed
26        an approved professional nursing education program of not
27        less than 2 academic years and have  graduated  from  the
28        program;  for  licensed  practical  nurse licensure, have
29        completed an approved practical nursing education program
30        of not less than one academic  year  and  have  graduated
31        from the program;
32             (3)  have  not violated the provisions of Section 25
33        of this Act.  The Department may take into  consideration
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 1        any  felony  conviction  of  the  applicant,  but  such a
 2        conviction shall  not  operate  as  an  absolute  bar  to
 3        licensure;
 4             (4)  meet  all  other requirements as established by
 5        rule;
 6             (5)  pay, either to the Department or its designated
 7        testing service, a fee covering the cost of providing the
 8        examination. Failure to appear for the examination on the
 9        scheduled date at the time and place specified after  the
10        applicant's application for examination has been received
11        and  acknowledged  by  the  Department  or the designated
12        testing service shall result in  the  forfeiture  of  the
13        examination fee.
14        If  an  applicant  neglects, fails, or refuses to take an
15    examination or fails to pass an  examination  for  a  license
16    under  this  Act within 3 years after filing the application,
17    the application shall be denied.  However, the applicant  may
18    make  a  new  application accompanied by the required fee and
19    provide evidence of meeting the requirements in force at  the
20    time of the new application.
21        An  applicant  shall  have  one  year  from  the  date of
22    notification of successful completion of the  examination  to
23    apply to the Department for a license.  If an applicant fails
24    to  apply within one year, the applicant shall be required to
25    again take  and  pass  the  examination  unless  licensed  in
26    another  jurisdiction  of the United States within 2 years of
27    passing the examination.
28        (c)  An applicant  for  licensure  who  is  a  registered
29    professional  nurse or a licensed practical nurse licensed by
30    examination under the laws of another state or  territory  of
31    the United States shall:
32             (1)  submit  a  completed  written  application,  on
33        forms supplied by the Department, and fees as established
34        by the Department;
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 1             (2)  for  registered nurse licensure, have completed
 2        an approved professional nursing education program of not
 3        less than 2 academic years and have  graduated  from  the
 4        program;  for  licensed  practical  nurse licensure, have
 5        completed an approved practical nursing education program
 6        of not less than one academic  year  and  have  graduated
 7        from the program;
 8             (3)  submit   verification   of   licensure   status
 9        directly   from   the   United   States  jurisdiction  of
10        licensure;
11             (4)  have passed the examination authorized  by  the
12        Department;
13             (5)  meet  all  other requirements as established by
14        rule.
15        (d)  All  applicants  for  licensure  pursuant  to   this
16    Section  who are graduates of nursing educational programs in
17    a country other than the United  States  or  its  territories
18    must  submit  to  the  Department certification of successful
19    completion of the Commission of Graduates of Foreign  Nursing
20    Schools  (CGFNS)  examination. An applicant, who is unable to
21    provide appropriate documentation to satisfy CGFNS of her  or
22    his  educational  qualifications  for  the CGFNS examination,
23    shall be required to pass an examination to  test  competency
24    in  the  English  language  which  shall be prescribed by the
25    Department, if the applicant is determined by the Board to be
26    educationally prepared in  nursing.   The  Board  shall  make
27    appropriate   inquiry   into  the  reasons  for  any  adverse
28    determination by CGFNS before making its own decision.
29        An applicant licensed in another state or  territory  who
30    is  applying  for  licensure  and  has  received  her  or his
31    education in a country other than the United  States  or  its
32    territories  shall  be  exempt  from  the  completion  of the
33    Commission of Graduates of Foreign  Nursing  Schools  (CGFNS)
34    examination  if  the  applicant  meets  all  of the following
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 1    requirements:
 2             (1)  successful passage of the licensure examination
 3        authorized by the Department;
 4             (2)  holds  an  active,  unencumbered   license   in
 5        another state; and
 6             (3)  has been actively practicing for a minimum of 2
 7        years in another state.
 8        (e)  No   applicant  shall  be  issued  a  license  as  a
 9    registered nurse or practical nurse under this Section unless
10    he or she  has  passed  the  examination  authorized  by  the
11    Department  within  3 years of completion and graduation from
12    an approved nursing education program, unless such  applicant
13    submits    proof    of    successful    completion    of    a
14    Department-authorized  remedial  nursing education program or
15    recompletion of an approved  registered  nursing  program  or
16    licensed practice nursing program, as appropriate.
17        (f)  Pending  the  issuance of a license under subsection
18    (b) of this Section, the Department may grant an applicant  a
19    temporary  license  to practice nursing as a registered nurse
20    or as  a  licensed  practical  nurse  if  the  Department  is
21    satisfied  that  the  applicant holds an active, unencumbered
22    license in good standing in  another  jurisdiction.   If  the
23    applicant  holds more than one current active license, or one
24    or more active temporary licenses from  other  jurisdictions,
25    the  Department  shall not issue a temporary license until it
26    is satisfied that each current active  license  held  by  the
27    applicant  is  unencumbered.   The  temporary  license, which
28    shall be issued no  later  than  14  working  days  following
29    receipt by the Department of an application for the temporary
30    license,   shall  be  granted  upon  the  submission  of  the
31    following to the Department:
32             (1)  a  signed   and   completed   application   for
33        licensure  under  subsection  (a)  of  this  Section as a
34        registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse;
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 1             (2)  proof of a current, active license in at  least
 2        one other jurisdiction and proof that each current active
 3        license  or  temporary  license  held by the applicant is
 4        unencumbered;
 5             (3)  a  signed  and  completed  application  for   a
 6        temporary license; and
 7             (4)  the required permit fee.
 8        (g)  The  Department  may  refuse to issue an applicant a
 9    temporary license authorized pursuant  to  this  Section  if,
10    within   14   working   days  following  its  receipt  of  an
11    application  for  a   temporary   license,   the   Department
12    determines that:
13             (1)  the  applicant  has  been  convicted of a crime
14        under the laws of a jurisdiction of  the  United  States:
15        (i)  which  is  a  felony; or (ii) which is a misdemeanor
16        directly related  to  the  practice  of  the  profession,
17        within the last 5 years;
18             (2)  within the last 5 years the applicant has had a
19        license  or  permit  related  to  the practice of nursing
20        revoked, suspended, or placed  on  probation  by  another
21        jurisdiction,   if  at  least  one  of  the  grounds  for
22        revoking, suspending, or placing on probation is the same
23        or substantially equivalent to grounds in Illinois; or
24             (3)  it intends to deny licensure by endorsement.
25        For purposes of this Section, an  "unencumbered  license"
26    means a license against which no disciplinary action has been
27    taken  or  is  pending and for which all fees and charges are
28    paid and current.
29        (h)  The Department may revoke a temporary license issued
30    pursuant to this Section if:
31             (1)  it  determines  that  the  applicant  has  been
32        convicted of a crime under the law of any jurisdiction of
33        the United  States  that  is  (i)  a  felony  or  (ii)  a
34        misdemeanor  directly  related  to  the  practice  of the
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 1        profession, within the last 5 years;
 2             (2)  it determines that within the last 5 years  the
 3        applicant  has  had  a  license  or permit related to the
 4        practice of nursing  revoked,  suspended,  or  placed  on
 5        probation by another jurisdiction, if at least one of the
 6        grounds for revoking, suspending, or placing on probation
 7        is  the  same  or  substantially equivalent to grounds in
 8        Illinois; or
 9             (3)  it determines that it intends to deny licensure
10        by endorsement.
11        A temporary license or renewed  temporary  license  shall
12    expire  (i) upon issuance of an Illinois license or (ii) upon
13    notification that the Department intends to deny licensure by
14    endorsement.  A temporary license shall expire 6 months  from
15    the  date of issuance.  Further renewal may be granted by the
16    Department in hardship cases, as defined by rule.  However, a
17    temporary license shall automatically expire upon issuance of
18    the Illinois license or upon notification that the Department
19    intends  to  deny  licensure,  whichever  occurs  first.   No
20    extensions shall be granted beyond the 6-month period  unless
21    approved  by  the  Director.   Notification by the Department
22    under this Section shall be by certified or registered  mail.
23    The  Department  shall  issue a license to a person qualified
24    for licensure as a  registered  professional  nurse  if  that
25    person:
26             (a)  has  applied  in  writing in form and substance
27        acceptable to the Department and  has  not  violated  the
28        provisions  of Section 25 of this Act. The Department may
29        take into consideration  any  felony  conviction  of  the
30        applicant,  but such a conviction shall not operate as an
31        absolute bar to licensure;
32             (b)  has completed an approved professional  nursing
33        education  program  of not less than 2 academic years and
34        has graduated from the program;
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 1             (c)  has  satisfactorily  completed  an  examination
 2        authorized by the Department; and
 3             (d)  has paid the required fees.
 4        An applicant who received her or his nursing education in
 5    a country other than the United  States  or  its  territories
 6    shall  be  required to submit to the Department certification
 7    of successful completion of the Commission  of  Graduates  of
 8    Foreign  Nursing  Schools  (CGFNS) Examination.  An applicant
 9    who is unable to provide appropriate documentation to satisfy
10    CGFNS of her or his educational qualifications for the  CGFNS
11    examination  shall be required to pass an examination to test
12    competency in the English language which shall be  prescribed
13    by  the  Department,  if  determined  by  the Committee to be
14    educationally prepared in nursing.
15        An applicant licensed in another State or  territory  who
16    is  applying  for  licensure  and  has  received  his  or her
17    education in a country other than the United  States  or  its
18    territories shall be exempt from completion of the Commission
19    of  Graduates  of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) Examination
20    if the applicant meets all of the following requirements:
21             (1)  successful   passage   of    the    examination
22        authorized by the Department;
23             (2)  holds   an   active,  unencumbered  license  in
24        another state; and
25             (3)  has been actively practicing for a minimum of 2
26        years in the other state.
27        The Committee shall make  appropriate  inquiry  into  the
28    reasons  for any adverse determination by CGFNS before making
29    its own decision.
30    (Source: P.A. 88-218.)
31        (225 ILCS 65/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 3514)
32        Sec. 14.  Except for those applicants who  have  received
33    advanced graduate degrees in nursing from an approved program
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 1    with concurrent theory and clinical practice, the educational
 2    requirements   of   Section   12   relating   to   registered
 3    professional  nursing  and of Section 13 relating to licensed
 4    practical nursing shall not be deemed to have been  satisfied
 5    by the completion of any correspondence course or any program
 6    of  nursing  that  which  does  not  require  coordinated  or
 7    concurrent theory and clinical practice.
 8    (Source: P.A. 88-595, eff. 8-26-94.)
 9        (225 ILCS 65/16) (from Ch. 111, par. 3516)
10        Sec.  16.  Expiration of license; renewal. The expiration
11    date and renewal period for each license  issued  under  this
12    Act  shall be set by rule.  The holder of a license may renew
13    the license such certificate during the month  preceding  the
14    expiration date of the license thereof by paying the required
15    fee.  It  is the responsibility of the licensee to notify the
16    Department in writing of a change of address.
17    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
18        (225 ILCS 65/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 3517)
19        Sec. 17.  Restoration of license; temporary permit.
20        (a)  Any license issued under this  Act  that  which  has
21    expired  or  that which is on inactive status may be restored
22    by making application to the Department and filing  proof  of
23    fitness acceptable to the Department as specified by rule, to
24    have  the  license  restored,  and  by  paying  the  required
25    restoration  fee.  Such proof of fitness may include evidence
26    certifying to active lawful practice in another jurisdiction.
27        However, any license issued under  this  Act  that  which
28    expired  while  the  licensee  was  (1) in federal service on
29    active duty with the Armed Forces of the  United  States,  or
30    the  State Militia called into service or training, or (2) in
31    training or education under the  supervision  of  the  United
32    States  preliminary  to  induction into the military service,
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 1    may have the  license  restored  without  paying  any  lapsed
 2    renewal fees if within 2 years after honorable termination of
 3    such service, training, or education, the applicant furnishes
 4    the  Department with satisfactory evidence to the effect that
 5    the applicant has been so engaged and that  the  individual's
 6    service, training, or education has been so terminated.
 7        Any  licensee who shall engage in the practice of nursing
 8    with a lapsed license or while on inactive  status  shall  be
 9    considered  to be practicing without a license which shall be
10    grounds for discipline under Section 25 of this Act.
11        (b)  Pending restoration of a  license  under  subsection
12    (a)  of this Section, the Department may grant an applicant a
13    temporary license permit to practice nursing as a  registered
14    nurse  or  as a licensed practical nurse if the Department is
15    satisfied that the applicant holds  an  active,  unencumbered
16    license  in  good  standing  in  another jurisdiction. If the
17    applicant holds more than one current active license, or  one
18    or   more   active  temporary  licenses  permits  from  other
19    jurisdictions, the Department shall  not  issue  a  temporary
20    license permit until it is satisfied that each current active
21    license and permit held by the applicant is unencumbered. The
22    temporary license permit, which shall be issued no later than
23    14  working  days  following  receipt by the Department of an
24    application for the license therefore, shall be granted  upon
25    the submission of the following to the Department:
26             (1)  a   signed   and   completed   application  for
27        restoration  of  licensure  under  this  Section   as   a
28        registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse;
29             (2)  proof  of  (i)  a current, active license in at
30        least one other jurisdiction and proof that each current,
31        active license or temporary permit held by the  applicant
32        is  unencumbered  or  (ii) fitness to practice nursing in
33        Illinois as specified by rule;
34             (3)  a  signed  and  completed  application  for   a
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 1        temporary permit; and
 2             (4)  the required permit fee of $25.
 3        (c)  The Department may refuse to issue to an applicant a
 4    temporary  permit authorized under this Section if, within 14
 5    working days following its receipt of an  application  for  a
 6    temporary permit, the Department determines that:
 7             (1)  the  applicant  has  been  convicted within the
 8        last  5  years  of  any  crime  under  the  laws  of  any
 9        jurisdiction of the United States that is  (i)  a  felony
10        or (ii) a misdemeanor directly related to the practice of
11        the profession;
12             (2)  within  the  last  5  years the applicant had a
13        license or permit related  to  the  practice  of  nursing
14        revoked,  suspended,  or  placed  on probation by another
15        jurisdiction if at least one of the grounds for revoking,
16        suspending, or  placing  on  probation  is  the  same  or
17        substantially equivalent to grounds in Illinois; or
18             (3)  it  is  determined  by  the  Department that it
19        intends to deny restoration of the license.
20        For purposes of this Section, an  "unencumbered  license"
21    means  any  license  against which no disciplinary action has
22    been taken or is pending and for which all fees  and  charges
23    are paid and current.
24        (d)  The  Department may revoke a temporary permit issued
25    under this Section if:
26             (1)  it  determines  that  the  applicant  has  been
27        convicted within the last 5 years of any crime under  the
28        law  of any jurisdiction of the United States that is (i)
29        a felony or (ii) a misdemeanor directly  related  to  the
30        practice of the profession;
31             (2)  within  the  last  5  years the applicant had a
32        license or permit related  to  the  practice  of  nursing
33        revoked,  suspended,  or  placed  on probation by another
34        jurisdiction,  if  at  least  one  of  the  grounds   for
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 1        revoking, suspending, or placing on probation is the same
 2        or substantially equivalent to grounds in Illinois; or
 3             (3)  it  is  determined  by  the  Department that it
 4        intends to deny restoration of the license.
 5        A temporary permit  or  renewed  temporary  permit  shall
 6    expire  (i) upon issuance of an Illinois license or (ii) upon
 7    notification that the Department intends to deny  restoration
 8    of  licensure.  A temporary permit shall expire 6 months from
 9    the date of issuance. Further renewal may be granted  by  the
10    Department,  in  hardship  cases,  that  shall  automatically
11    expire   upon  issuance  of  the  Illinois  license  or  upon
12    notification that the Department intends to  deny  licensure,
13    whichever occurs first. No extensions shall be granted beyond
14    the   6  months  period  unless  approved  by  the  Director.
15    Notification by the Department under this Section shall be by
16    certified or registered mail.
17    (Source: P.A. 86-615; 87-1156.)
18        (225 ILCS 65/21) (from Ch. 111, par. 3521)
19        Sec. 21.  Returned checks; fines. Any person who delivers
20    a check or other payment to the Department that  is  returned
21    to  the  Department  unpaid by the financial institution upon
22    which it is drawn shall pay to the Department, in addition to
23    the amount already owed to the Department, a fine of $50.  If
24    the  check or other payment was for a renewal or issuance fee
25    and that person practices without paying the renewal  fee  or
26    issuance  fee  and  the  fine due, an additional fine of $100
27    shall be imposed. The fines imposed by this  Section  are  in
28    addition  to any other discipline provided under this Act for
29    unlicensed practice or practice on a nonrenewed license.  The
30    Department  shall  notify the person that payment of fees and
31    fines shall be paid to the Department by certified  check  or
32    money  order within 30 calendar days of the notification. If,
33    after the  expiration  of  30  days  from  the  date  of  the
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 1    notification,  the  person has failed to submit the necessary
 2    remittance, the Department shall automatically terminate  the
 3    license  or  certificate  or  deny  the  application, without
 4    hearing. If, after termination or denial, the person seeks  a
 5    license  or  certificate,  he  or  she  shall  apply  to  the
 6    Department  for  restoration  or  issuance  of the license or
 7    certificate and pay all fees and fines due to the Department.
 8    The Department may establish a fee for the processing  of  an
 9    application  for  restoration  of a license or certificate to
10    pay all expenses of processing this application. The Director
11    may waive the fines due  under  this  Section  in  individual
12    cases  where  the  Director  finds  that  the  fines would be
13    unreasonable or unnecessarily burdensome.
14    (Source: P.A. 86-596; 87-1031.)
15        (225 ILCS 65/23) (from Ch. 111, par. 3523)
16        Sec. 23. Fees. The following fees are not refundable:
17        (a)  The Department shall provide by rule for a  schedule
18    of fees to be paid for licenses by all applicants.
19        (a-5)  Except as provided in subsection (b), the fees for
20    the administration and enforcement of this Act, including but
21    not  limited to original licensure, renewal, and restoration,
22    shall be set by rule. The fees shall not be  refundable.  The
23    fee  for  application  for a Certificate of Registration as a
24    registered professional nurse and a licensed practical  nurse
25    is $50.
26        (b)  In  addition,  applicants  for  any examination as a
27    Registered Professional Nurse or a Licensed  Practical  Nurse
28    shall  be required to pay, either to the Department or to the
29    designated testing  service,  a  fee  covering  the  cost  of
30    providing   the  examination.   Failure  to  appear  for  the
31    examination on the scheduled date,  at  the  time  and  place
32    specified,  after the applicant's application for examination
33    has been received and acknowledged by the Department  or  the
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 1    designated testing service, shall result in the forfeiture of
 2    the examination fee.
 3        (c)  The   fee  for  the  renewal  of  a  Certificate  of
 4    Registration shall be calculated at the rate of $20 per year.
 5        (d)  The fee for the  restoration  of  a  certificate  of
 6    registration  other  than  from  inactive  status is $15 plus
 7    payment of all lapsed renewal fees, but not to exceed $60.
 8        (e)  The fee for a license issued under the provisions of
 9    Section 20, to a nurse licensed by examination under the laws
10    of another United States jurisdiction is $50.
11        (f)  The fee for the issuance of a duplicate license, for
12    the issuance of a replacement license for a license which has
13    been lost or destroyed or for the issuance of a license  with
14    a  change  of  name  or address other than during the renewal
15    period is $15.  No fee  is  required  for  name  and  address
16    changes  on  Department records when no duplicate certificate
17    is issued.
18        (g)  The fee for a certification of a registrant's record
19    for any purpose is $15.
20        (h)  The fee  to  have  the  scoring  of  an  examination
21    authorized  by  the  Department  reviewed and verified is $15
22    plus any fees charged by the applicable testing service.
23        (i)  The fee for a wall certificate showing  registration
24    shall be the actual cost of producing such certificate.
25        (j)  The  fee  for  a  roster  of  persons  registered as
26    Registered Professional Nurse in  this  State  shall  be  the
27    actual cost of producing such a roster.
28        (k)  All of the fees collected by the Department pursuant
29    to  this Section shall be paid into the Nursing Dedicated and
30    Professional Fund.
31        (l)  The  fee  for  nurse  licensing,   disciplinary   or
32    investigative  records  obtained pursuant to a subpoena is $1
33    per page.
34    (Source: P.A. 86-596; 86-1475.)
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 1        (225 ILCS 65/24) (from Ch. 111, par. 3524)
 2        Sec. 24. Fund. There is hereby created within  the  State
 3    Treasury  the  Nursing  Dedicated and Professional Fund.  The
 4    monies in the Fund may shall be used by and at the  direction
 5    of  the  Department for the administration and enforcement of
 6    this Act, including but not limited to:
 7             (a)  Distribution and publication of  "the  Illinois
 8        Nursing Act" of 1987 and the rules and regulations at the
 9        time of renewal to all Registered Professional Nurses and
10        Licensed Practical Nurses licensed by the Department.;
11             (b)  Employment     of     secretarial,     nursing,
12        administrative,  enforcement,  and  other  staff research
13        assistance for the administration of  this  Act.    After
14        January 1, 1991, the Director shall employ, in conformity
15        with  the  Personnel Code, one full-time investigator for
16        every 10,000 nurses licensed to practice in the State;
17             (c)  (Blank).  Surveying,  every   license   renewal
18        period, the nurse population of Illinois, its employment,
19        earnings,  distribution, education and other professional
20        and demographic characteristics, and for the  publication
21        and distribution of the survey; and
22             (d)  Conducting  of  training seminars for licensees
23        under   this   Act   relating   to    the    obligations,
24        responsibilities, enforcement and other provisions of the
25        Act and its rules the regulations thereunder.
26             (e)  Disposition of Fees:
27                  (i)  (Blank)  Until January 1, 1991, 50% of the
28             fees  collected  pursuant  to  this  Act  shall   be
29             deposited  in the Nursing Dedicated and Professional
30             Fund and 50%  shall  be  deposited  in  the  General
31             Revenue Fund.
32                  (ii)  On  or  after January 1, 1991, All of the
33             fees and fines collected pursuant to this Act  shall
34             be   deposited   in   the   Nursing   Dedicated  and
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 1             Professional Fund.
 2                  (iii)  For the fiscal year  beginning  July  1,
 3             1988,  the  moneys  monies  deposited in the Nursing
 4             Dedicated   and   Professional   Fund    shall    be
 5             appropriated  to  the Department for expenses of the
 6             Department  and   the   Board   Committee   in   the
 7             administration  of  this Act.  All earnings received
 8             from investment of  moneys  monies  in  the  Nursing
 9             Dedicated  and  Professional Fund shall be deposited
10             in the Nursing Dedicated and Professional  Fund  and
11             shall   be  used  for  the  same  purposes  as  fees
12             deposited in the Fund.
13                  (iv)  For the fiscal  year  beginning  July  1,
14             1991 and for each fiscal year thereafter, either 10%
15             of  the  moneys  monies  deposited  in  the  Nursing
16             Dedicated  and  Professional  Fund  each  year,  not
17             including   interest   accumulated  on  such  moneys
18             monies, or any moneys monies deposited in  the  Fund
19             in  each  year  which  are  in  excess of the amount
20             appropriated in  that  year  to  meet  ordinary  and
21             contingent   expenses   of   the   Board  Committee,
22             whichever  is  less,  shall   be   set   aside   and
23             appropriated  to  the  Illinois Department of Public
24             Health for nursing scholarships awarded pursuant  to
25             the Nursing Education Scholarship Law.
26                  (v)  Moneys  in  the Fund may be transferred to
27             the Professions Indirect  Cost  Fund  as  authorized
28             under  Section  61e of the Civil Administrative Code
29             of Illinois.
30        In addition to any other permitted use of moneys  in  the
31    Fund,  and  notwithstanding any restriction on the use of the
32    Fund, moneys in the Nursing Dedicated and  Professional  Fund
33    may  be transferred to the General Revenue Fund as authorized
34    by this amendatory Act of 1992.  The General  Assembly  finds
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 1    that  an  excess of moneys exists in the Fund. On February 1,
 2    1992,  the  Comptroller  shall  order  transferred  and   the
 3    Treasurer  shall  transfer $200,000 (or such lesser amount as
 4    may be on deposit in the Fund and unexpended and  unobligated
 5    on that date) from the Fund to the General Revenue Fund.
 6    (Source:  P.A.  89-204,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-237,  eff. 8-4-95;
 7    89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
 8        (225 ILCS 65/25) (from Ch. 111, par. 3525)
 9        Sec. 25. Grounds for disciplinary action.
10        (a)  The Department may, upon recommendation of the Board
11    Committee on Nursing, refuse to issue or  to  renew,  or  may
12    revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other
13    disciplinary  action  as the Department may deem appropriate,
14    with regard to a license for any one or a combination of  the
15    causes  set forth in subsection (b) below in 25(b).  Fines up
16    to $2,500 may be imposed in conjunction with other  forms  of
17    disciplinary action for those violations that which result in
18    monetary  gain  for  the  licensee.  Fines  shall  not be the
19    exclusive disposition of any disciplinary action arising  out
20    of  conduct resulting in death or injury to a patient.  Fines
21    shall not  be  assessed  in  disciplinary  actions  involving
22    mental   or  physical  illness  or  impairment.    All  fines
23    collected under  this  Section  shall  be  deposited  in  the
24    Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund.
25        (b)  The causes for disciplinary action are:
26             (1) 1.  Material deception in furnishing information
27        to the Department.;
28             (2) 2.  Material violations of any provision of this
29        Act  or  of the Illinois Nursing Act, prior to the repeal
30        of this Act, or  violation  of  the  rules  of  or  final
31        administrative    action    of    the   Director,   after
32        consideration  of  the  recommendation  of   the   Board.
33        Committee;
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 1             (3)  3.  Conviction  of  any crime under the laws of
 2        any jurisdiction of the United States:  (i)  which  is  a
 3        felony;  or  (ii)  which  is  a misdemeanor, an essential
 4        element of which is dishonesty, or  (iii)  of  any  crime
 5        which   is  directly  related  to  the  practice  of  the
 6        profession.;
 7             (4) 4.  A pattern  of  practice  or  other  behavior
 8        which demonstrates incapacity or incompetency to practice
 9        under this Act.;
10             (5) 5.  Knowingly aiding or assisting another person
11        in violating any provision of this Act or rules.;
12             (6)  6.  Failing,  within  90  days,  to  provide  a
13        response  to  a  request for information in response to a
14        written request  made  by  the  Department  by  certified
15        mail.;
16             (7)   7.  Engaging  in  dishonorable,  unethical  or
17        unprofessional conduct of a character likely to  deceive,
18        defraud or harm the public, as defined by rule.;
19             (8)  8.  Unlawful  sale or distribution of any drug,
20        narcotic, or prescription device, or unlawful  conversion
21        of any drug, narcotic or prescription device.;
22             (9)  9.  Habitual  or  excessive use or addiction to
23        alcohol, narcotics, stimulants,  or  any  other  chemical
24        agent  or  drug  which  results  in a nurses inability to
25        practice with reasonable judgment, skill or safety.;
26             (10) 10.  Discipline by another U.S. jurisdiction or
27        foreign nation, if at least one of the  grounds  for  the
28        discipline  is  the  same  or substantially equivalent to
29        those set forth in this Section. herein;
30             (11) 11.  A finding that the licensee, after  having
31        her  or  his  license  placed on probationary status, has
32        violated the terms of probation.;
33             (12)  12.  Being  named  as  a  perpetrator  in   an
34        indicated report by the Department of Children and Family
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 1        Services   and  under  the  Abused  and  Neglected  Child
 2        Reporting Act, and upon proof  by  clear  and  convincing
 3        evidence  that  the  licensee has caused a child to be an
 4        abused child or neglected child as defined in the  Abused
 5        and Neglected Child Reporting Act.;
 6             (13)  13.  Willful  omission  to  file or record, or
 7        willfully impeding the filing or  recording  or  inducing
 8        another  person to omit to file or record medical reports
 9        as required by law or  willfully  failing  to  report  an
10        instance  of suspected child abuse or neglect as required
11        by the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.;
12             (14)  14.  Gross  negligence  in  the  practice   of
13        nursing.;
14             (15)  15.  Holding  oneself  out  to  be  practicing
15        nursing under any name other than one's own.;
16             (16)  16.  Fraud,  deceit  or  misrepresentation  in
17        applying  for or procuring a license under this Act or in
18        connection with applying for renewal of a  license  under
19        this Act.;
20             (17) 17.  Allowing another person or organization to
21        use the licensees' license to deceive the public.;
22             (18)  18.  Willfully  making or filing false records
23        or  reports  in  the  licensee's  practice  as  a  nurse,
24        including, but not limited to, false records  to  support
25        claims  against  the  medical  assistance  program of the
26        Department of Public Aid under the  Illinois  Public  Aid
27        Code.;
28             (19)  19.  Attempting to subvert or cheat on a nurse
29        licensing examination administered under this Act.;
30             (20) 20.  Willfully  or  negligently  violating  the
31        confidentiality  between  nurse  and  patient  except  as
32        required by law.;
33             (21)  21.  The  use  of  any  false,  fraudulent, or
34        deceptive statement in any document  connected  with  the
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 1        practice of nursing under this Act.;
 2             (22)  22.  Failure  of  a  licensee to report to the
 3        Department any adverse final action  taken  against  such
 4        licensee  by  another  licensing  jurisdiction (any other
 5        jurisdiction of the United States or any foreign state or
 6        country), by any peer review body,  by  any  health  care
 7        institution,  by  any  professional or nursing society or
 8        association, by  any  governmental  agency,  by  any  law
 9        enforcement   agency,  or  by  any  court  or  a  nursing
10        liability claim related to acts  or  conduct  similar  to
11        acts  or  conduct that which would constitute grounds for
12        action as defined in this Section.;
13             (23) 23.  Failure of a licensee  to  report  to  the
14        Department  surrender  by  the  licensee  of a license or
15        authorization to practice nursing  in  another  state  or
16        jurisdiction,  or  current  surrender  by the licensee of
17        membership on any nursing staff  or  in  any  nursing  or
18        professional   association   or   society   while   under
19        disciplinary investigation by any of those authorities or
20        bodies  for  acts  or  conduct similar to acts or conduct
21        that which would constitute grounds for action as defined
22        by this Section.;
23             (24) 24.  The determination by a circuit court  that
24        a   licensee  is  subject  to  involuntary  admission  or
25        judicial admission as provided in the Mental  Health  and
26        Developmental  Disabilities Code, as amended, operates as
27        an automatic suspension. The  Such  suspension  will  end
28        only  upon  a  finding  by a court that the patient is no
29        longer  subject  to  involuntary  admission  or  judicial
30        admission and issues an order so finding and  discharging
31        the  patient;  and  upon  the recommendation of the Board
32        Committee to the Director that the licensee be allowed to
33        resume his or her practice.;
34             (25) 25.  The Department may refuse to issue or  may
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 1        suspend  the  license  of  any person who fails to file a
 2        return, or to pay the tax, penalty or interest shown in a
 3        filed return, or to pay any final assessment of the  tax,
 4        penalty,   or   interest  as  required  by  any  tax  Act
 5        administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue, until
 6        such time as the requirements of any  such  tax  Act  are
 7        satisfied.; and
 8             (26)   26.  Violation  of  the  Health  Care  Worker
 9        Self-Referral Act.
10             (27)  Physical illness, including but not limited to
11        deterioration through the aging process or loss of  motor
12        skill,  mental illness, or disability that results in the
13        inability to  practice  the  profession  with  reasonable
14        judgment, skill, or safety;
15        (c)  In  enforcing  this Section, the Department or Board
16    upon  a  showing  of  a  possible  violation  may  compel  an
17    individual licensed to practice under this Act,  or  who  has
18    applied  for  licensure under this Act, to submit to a mental
19    or physical examination, or both, as required by and  at  the
20    expense  of the Department. The Department or Board may order
21    the examining physician to present testimony  concerning  the
22    mental  or physical examination of the licensee or applicant.
23    No information shall be excluded by reason of any common  law
24    or statutory privilege relating to communications between the
25    licensee  or  applicant  and  the  examining  physician.  The
26    examining  physicians shall be specifically designated by the
27    Board or Department. The individual to be examined may  have,
28    at  his  or  her own expense, another physician of his or her
29    choice  present  during  all  aspects  of  this  examination.
30    Failure of an individual to submit to a  mental  or  physical
31    examination,  when  directed, shall be grounds for suspension
32    of his or her license until the  individual  submits  to  the
33    examination   if  the  Department  finds,  after  notice  and
34    hearing, that the refusal to submit to  the  examination  was
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 1    without reasonable cause.
 2        If  the Department or Board finds an individual unable to
 3    practice because of the reasons set forth  in  this  Section,
 4    the Department or Board may require that individual to submit
 5    to  care,  counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or
 6    designated by the Department or Board, as a condition,  term,
 7    or   restriction   for   continued,  reinstated,  or  renewed
 8    licensure to practice; or, in lieu of  care,  counseling,  or
 9    treatment,   the  Department  may  file,  or  the  Board  may
10    recommend  to  the  Department  to  file,  a   complaint   to
11    immediately  suspend,  revoke,  or  otherwise  discipline the
12    license of the individual. An individual  whose  license  was
13    granted,   continued,  reinstated,  renewed,  disciplined  or
14    supervised   subject   to   such   terms,   conditions,    or
15    restrictions,  and  who  fails  to  comply  with  such terms,
16    conditions,  or  restrictions,  shall  be  referred  to   the
17    Director  for  a  determination  as to whether the individual
18    shall have his or her license suspended immediately,  pending
19    a hearing by the Department.
20        In instances in which the Director immediately suspends a
21    person's  license  under  this  Section,  a  hearing  on that
22    person's license must be convened by the Department within 15
23    days after the suspension and completed  without  appreciable
24    delay.  The  Department and Board shall have the authority to
25    review the  subject  individual's  record  of  treatment  and
26    counseling  regarding  the impairment to the extent permitted
27    by applicable federal statutes and  regulations  safeguarding
28    the confidentiality of medical records.
29        An  individual licensed under this Act and affected under
30    this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to  demonstrate
31    to the Department or Board that he or she can resume practice
32    in  compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under
33    the provisions of his or her license.
34    (Source: P.A. 86-596; 87-1207.)
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 1        (225 ILCS 65/26) (from Ch. 111, par. 3526)
 2        Sec.  26.  Limitation  on  action.  All  proceedings   to
 3    suspend, revoke, or take any other disciplinary action as the
 4    Department  may  deem proper, with regard to a license on any
 5    of the foregoing grounds may not be commenced  later  than  3
 6    years  next after the commission of any act which is a ground
 7    for discipline or a final conviction order  for  any  of  the
 8    acts described herein.  In the event of the settlement of any
 9    claim  or  cause  of  action  in favor of the claimant or the
10    reduction to the final judgment of any civil action in  favor
11    of the plaintiff, such claim, cause of action or civil action
12    being  rounded on the allegation that a person licensed under
13    this Act was negligent  in  providing  care,  the  Department
14    shall  have an additional period of one year from the date of
15    such settlement or final judgment in which to investigate and
16    commence formal disciplinary proceedings under Section 25  of
17    this  Act,  except  as  otherwise  provided by law.  The time
18    during which the holder of the license was outside the  State
19    of  Illinois  shall not be included within any period of time
20    limiting the commencement of disciplinary action by the Board
21    Committee.
22    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
23        (225 ILCS 65/27) (from Ch. 111, par. 3527)
24        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
25        Sec. 27. Suspension for imminent danger. The Director  of
26    the  Department  may, upon receipt of a written communication
27    from the Director of the  Department  of  Mental  Health  and
28    Developmental  Disabilities  or  Department  of Public Aid or
29    Department of Public Health that continuation of practice  of
30    a  person  licensed  under  this Act constitutes an immediate
31    danger to the public, immediately suspend the license of such
32    person without a hearing.  In instances in which the Director
33    immediately suspends a license under this Section, a  hearing
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 1    upon such person's license must be convened by the Department
 2    within 30 15 days after such suspension and completed without
 3    appreciable  delay, such hearing held to determine whether to
 4    recommend to  the  Director  that  the  person's  license  be
 5    revoked,   suspended,   placed   on  probationary  status  or
 6    reinstated, or such person be subject to  other  disciplinary
 7    action.   In  such hearing, the written communication and any
 8    other evidence  submitted  therewith  may  be  introduced  as
 9    evidence  against such person; provided, however, the person,
10    or  his  or  her  counsel,  shall  have  the  opportunity  to
11    discredit or  impeach  and  submit  evidence  rebutting  such
12    evidence.
13    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
14        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
15        Sec.  27. Suspension for imminent danger. The Director of
16    the Department may, upon receipt of a  written  communication
17    from  the Secretary of Human Services, the Director of Public
18    Aid, or the Director of Public Health  that  continuation  of
19    practice  of  a person licensed under this Act constitutes an
20    immediate danger  to  the  public,  immediately  suspend  the
21    license  of  such  person without a hearing.  In instances in
22    which the Director immediately suspends a license under  this
23    Section,  a  hearing  upon  such  person's  license  must  be
24    convened  by  the  Department  within  30  15 days after such
25    suspension and  completed  without  appreciable  delay,  such
26    hearing  held  to  determine  whether  to  recommend  to  the
27    Director  that  the  person's  license be revoked, suspended,
28    placed on probationary status or reinstated, or  such  person
29    be  subject  to  other disciplinary action.  In such hearing,
30    the written communication and any  other  evidence  submitted
31    therewith  may be introduced as evidence against such person;
32    provided, however, the person, or his or her  counsel,  shall
33    have  the  opportunity  to  discredit  or  impeach and submit
34    evidence rebutting such evidence.
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 1    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 2        (225 ILCS 65/30) (from Ch. 111, par. 3530)
 3        Sec.  30.  Right  to  legal  counsel.   No  action  of  a
 4    disciplinary discliplinary nature that which is predicated on
 5    charges alleging unethical or  unprofessional  conduct  of  a
 6    person  who  is a registered professional nurse or a licensed
 7    practical nurse and that which can be reasonably expected  to
 8    affect  adversely  that  person's  maintenance  of her or his
 9    present, or her or his securing of future, employment as such
10    a nurse may be taken by the Department, by  any  association,
11    or  by any person unless the person against whom such charges
12    are made is afforded the right to  be  represented  by  legal
13    counsel  of  her  or his choosing and to present any witness,
14    whether an  attorney  or  otherwise  to  testify  on  matters
15    relevant to such charges.
16    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
17        (225 ILCS 65/32) (from Ch. 111, par. 3532)
18        Sec.   32.   Investigation;  notice;  hearing.  Prior  to
19    bringing an action before the Board Committee, the Department
20    may investigate the actions of any applicant or of any person
21    or persons holding  or  claiming  to  hold  a  license.   The
22    Department  shall,  before  suspending,  revoking, placing on
23    probationary status, or taking any other disciplinary  action
24    as  the Department may deem proper with regard to any license
25    or certificate, at least 30 days prior to the  date  set  for
26    the  hearing,  notify  the  accused in writing of any charges
27    made and the time and place for  a  hearing  of  the  charges
28    before  the  Board  Committee,  direct  her  or him to file a
29    written answer thereto to  the  Board  Committee  under  oath
30    within  20  days  after the service of such notice and inform
31    the licensee that if she or he  fails  to  file  such  answer
32    default  will  be taken against the licensee and such license
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 1    or  certificate  may  be  suspended,   revoked,   placed   on
 2    probationary  status,  or  have  other  disciplinary  action,
 3    including  limiting the scope, nature or extent of her or his
 4    practice, as the Department may deem proper taken with regard
 5    thereto. Such  written  notice  may  be  served  by  personal
 6    delivery or certified or registered mail to the respondent at
 7    the   address   of  her  or  his  last  notification  to  the
 8    Department.  At the time and place fixed in the  notice,  the
 9    Department  shall proceed to hear the charges and the parties
10    or their counsel  shall  be  accorded  ample  opportunity  to
11    present  such statements, testimony, evidence and argument as
12    may be pertinent to the charges or  to  the  defense  to  the
13    charges  thereto.  The Department may continue a such hearing
14    from time  to  time.   In  case  the  accused  person,  after
15    receiving notice, fails to file an answer, her or his license
16    or  certificate may in the discretion of the Director, having
17    received first the recommendation of the Board Committee,  be
18    suspended,  revoked,  placed  on  probationary status, or the
19    Director may take whatever disciplinary action as he  or  she
20    may  deem  proper,  including  limiting the scope, nature, or
21    extent of said person's practice, without a hearing,  if  the
22    act  or  acts  charged constitute sufficient grounds for such
23    action under this Act.
24    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
25        (225 ILCS 65/33) (from Ch. 111, par. 3533)
26        Sec. 33.  Stenographer; transcript.  The  Department,  at
27    its  expense,  shall  provide a stenographer to take down the
28    testimony and preserve a record of  all  proceedings  at  the
29    hearing  of any case wherein any disciplinary action is taken
30    regarding a license.  The notice of  hearing,  complaint  and
31    all  other  documents  in the nature of pleadings and written
32    motions  filed  in  the  proceedings,   the   transcript   of
33    testimony,  the  report of the Board Committee and the orders
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 1    of the Department shall be the  record  of  the  proceedings.
 2    The  Department  shall  furnish a transcript of the record to
 3    any person interested in the hearing upon payment of the  fee
 4    required  under  Section 60f of the Civil Administrative Code
 5    of Illinois.
 6    (Source: P.A. 87-1031.)
 7        (225 ILCS 65/35) (from Ch. 111, par. 3535)
 8        Sec. 35. Subpoena power; oaths. The Department shall have
 9    power to subpoena and bring before  it  any  person  in  this
10    State  and  to take testimony, either orally or by deposition
11    or both, with the same fees  and  mileage  and  in  the  same
12    manner  as prescribed by law in judicial proceedings in civil
13    cases in circuit courts of this State.
14        The Director, and  any  member  of  the  Board  Committee
15    designated   by  the  Director,  shall  each  have  power  to
16    administer oaths  to  witnesses  at  any  hearing  which  the
17    Department  is  authorized to conduct under this Act, and any
18    other oaths required or authorized to be administered by  the
19    Department under this Act hereunder.
20    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
21        (225 ILCS 65/36) (from Ch. 111, par. 3536)
22        Sec.  36.  Board report. At the conclusion of the hearing
23    the Board committee shall present to the Director  a  written
24    report  of  its  findings  of  fact,  conclusions of law, and
25    recommendations.  The report shall contain a finding  whether
26    or  not  the  accused  person  violated this Act or failed to
27    comply with the conditions required in this Act.  The  report
28    shall  specify  the  nature  of  the  violation or failure to
29    comply,   and   the   Board   Committee   shall   make    its
30    recommendations to the Director.
31        The  report  of findings of fact, conclusions of law, and
32    recommendation of the Board committee shall be the basis  for
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 1    the  Department's  order  of refusal or for the granting of a
 2    license or permit unless the Director  shall  determine  that
 3    the  report  is  contrary  to  the  manifest  weight  of  the
 4    evidence,  in  which  case the Director may issue an order in
 5    contravention of the report.  The findings are not admissible
 6    in evidence against the  person  in  a  criminal  prosecution
 7    brought  for  the  violation of this Act, but the hearing and
 8    findings are not a bar to a criminal prosecution brought  for
 9    the violation of this Act.
10    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
11        (225 ILCS 65/37) (from Ch. 111, par. 3537)
12        Sec.  37.  Hearing  officer.  The Director shall have the
13    authority to appoint an attorney duly  licensed  to  practice
14    law in the State of Illinois to serve as the hearing  officer
15    in any action  before the Board Committee to revoke, suspend,
16    place  on  probation,  reprimand,  fine,  or  take  any other
17    disciplinary action with regard to a  license.   The  hearing
18    officer  shall  have  full  authority to conduct the hearing.
19    The Board Committee shall have the right to have at least one
20    member present at  any  hearing  conducted  by  such  hearing
21    officer.   There may be present at least one RN member of the
22    Board  Committee  at  any  such   hearing   or   disciplinary
23    conference.  An LPN member or LPN educator may be present for
24    hearings and disciplinary conferences of an LPN.  The hearing
25    officer  shall report her or his findings and recommendations
26    to the Board Committee within 30 days of the receipt  of  the
27    record.   The Board Committee shall have 90 days from receipt
28    of the report to review the report of the hearing officer and
29    present their  findings  of  fact,  conclusions  of  law  and
30    recommendations  to  the  Director.   If  the Board Committee
31    fails to present its report within  the  90-day  period,  the
32    Director  may  issue  an  order  based  on  the report of the
33    hearing officer.    However,  if  the  Board  Committee  does
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 1    present  its  report  within  the  specified  90    days, the
 2    Director's order shall be based upon the report of the  Board
 3    Committee.
 4    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
 5        (225 ILCS 65/38) (from Ch. 111, par. 3538)
 6        Sec.  38.  Motion  for  rehearing.  In any case involving
 7    refusal to issue, renew, or the discipline of  a  license,  a
 8    copy  of  the Board's Committee's report shall be served upon
 9    the respondent by the Department,  either  personally  or  as
10    provided  in  this  Act,  for  the  service  of the notice of
11    hearing.  Within 20 days after such service,  the  respondent
12    may  present  to  the  Department  a  motion in writing for a
13    rehearing, which motion shall specify the particular  grounds
14    for  a  rehearing  therefor.  If  no  motion for rehearing is
15    filed, then upon the expiration of the time  then  upon  such
16    denial  the  Director  may  enter an order in accordance with
17    recommendations of the Board Committee except as provided  in
18    Section 36 and 37 of this Act.  If the respondent shall order
19    from  the  reporting service, and pay for a transcript of the
20    record within the time for filing a motion for rehearing, the
21    20 day period within which such a motion may be  filed  shall
22    commence   upon   the  delivery  of  the  transcript  to  the
23    respondent.
24    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
25        (225 ILCS 65/39) (from Ch. 111, par. 3539)
26        Sec. 39. Order for rehearing. Whenever  the  Director  is
27    satisfied  that  substantial justice has not been done in the
28    revocation, suspension,  or  refusal  to  issue  or  renew  a
29    license,  the  Director  may  order  a hearing by the same or
30    another hearing officer or the Board Committee.
31    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
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 1        (225 ILCS 65/40) (from Ch. 111, par. 3540)
 2        Sec. 40.  Order  of  Director.  An  order  regarding  any
 3    disciplinary  action,  or  a  certified copy thereof over the
 4    seal of the Department and purporting to  be  signed  by  the
 5    Director shall be prima facie evidence that:
 6        (a)  such  signature  is  the  genuine  signature  of the
 7    Director;
 8        (b)  that such Director is duly appointed and  qualified;
 9    and
10        (c)  that  the  Board  Committee  and  the  Board members
11    thereof are qualified to act.
12    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
13        (225 ILCS 65/42) (from Ch. 111, par. 3542)
14        Sec.  42.  Surrender  of  license.  Upon  revocation   or
15    suspension  of any license or certificate, the licensee shall
16    forthwith surrender the license to the Department and if  the
17    licensee  fails to do so, the Department shall have the right
18    to seize the license.
19    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
20        (225 ILCS 65/43) (from Ch. 111, par. 3543)
21        Sec.  43.  Temporary   suspension.   The   Director   may
22    temporarily suspend the license of a nurse without a hearing,
23    simultaneously  with  the  institution  of  proceedings for a
24    hearing provided for in  Section  32  of  this  Act,  if  the
25    Director  finds  that  evidence  in  his  or  her  possession
26    indicates  that  continuation in practice would constitute an
27    imminent danger  to  the  public.   In  the  event  that  the
28    Director   suspends,  temporarily,  this  license  without  a
29    hearing, a hearing by the Department must be held  within  30
30    days after the such suspension has occurred, and be concluded
31    without appreciable delay.
32        Proceedings for judicial review shall be commenced in the
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 1    circuit  court  of the county in which the party applying for
 2    review resides; but if the party is not a  resident  of  this
 3    State, the venue shall be in Sangamon County.
 4    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
 5        (225 ILCS 65/47) (from Ch. 111, par. 3547)
 6        Sec.  47.  Pending  actions.  All  licenses  in effect on
 7    December 31, 1987 and issued pursuant to the Illinois Nursing
 8    Act, approved June 14, 1951, as amended, are  reinstated  for
 9    the balance of the term for which last issued.  All rules and
10    regulations  in  effect  on December 31, 1987 and promulgated
11    pursuant to the Illinois Nursing Act, approved June 14, 1951,
12    as amended, shall remain in full  force  and  effect  on  the
13    effective date of this Act without being promulgated again by
14    the  Department,  except  to  the  extent  any  such  rule or
15    regulation is inconsistent with any provision  of  this  Act.
16    All  disciplinary  actions  taken  or pending pursuant to the
17    Illinois Nursing Act, approved June  14,  1951,  as  amended,
18    shall,  for  the actions taken, remain in effect, and for the
19    actions pending, shall be continued, on the effective date of
20    this  Act  without  having  separate  actions  filed  by  the
21    Department.
22    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
23        (225 ILCS 65/8 rep.)
24        (225 ILCS 65/9 rep.)
25        (225 ILCS 65/13 rep.)
26        (225 ILCS 65/15 rep.)
27        (225 ILCS 65/19 rep.)
28        Section 35. The Illinois Nursing Act of 1987  is  amended
29    by repealing Sections 8, 9, 13, 15, and 19.
30        Section 40. The Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and
31    Disciplinary  Act is amended by changing Sections 4, 5, 6, 7,
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 1    8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,
 2    and 28 and by adding Sections 5.1, 20.1, and 24.1 as follows:
 3        (225 ILCS 70/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 3654)
 4        Sec. 4.  Definitions.:  For purposes  of  this  Act,  the
 5    following  definitions  shall  have  the  following meanings,
 6    except where the context requires otherwise:
 7             (1) 1.  "Act" means the Nursing Home  Administrators
 8        Licensing and Disciplinary Act.;
 9             (2)   2.  "Department"   means   the  Department  of
10        Professional Regulation.;
11             (3)   3.  "Director"   means   the    Director    of
12        Professional Regulation.;
13             (4)    4.  "Board"    means    the    Nursing   Home
14        Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Board appointed
15        by the Governor.;
16             (5)  5.  "Nursing  home  administrator"  means   the
17        individual   licensed   under   this   Act  and  directly
18        responsible  for  planning,  organizing,  directing   and
19        supervising  the  operation  of a nursing home, or who in
20        fact  performs  such  functions,  whether  or  not   such
21        functions are delegated to one or more other persons.;
22             (6)  6.  "Nursing  home"  or  "facility"  means  any
23        entity  that  which  is  required  to  be licensed by the
24        Illinois Department of Public Health  under  the  Nursing
25        Home  Care  Act, as amended, other than a "sheltered care
26        home" as defined thereunder, and includes  private  homes
27        home,   institutions,  buildings,  residences,  or  other
28        places, whether operated for profit or not,  irrespective
29        of  the  names  attributed  to them, county homes for the
30        infirm and  chronically  ill  operated  pursuant  to  the
31        County  Nursing  Home  Act,  as  amended, and any similar
32        institutions operated by a political subdivision  of  the
33        State  of  Illinois  that  which  provide,  though  their
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 1        ownership  or management, maintenance, personal care, and
 2        nursing for 3 or more persons, not related to  the  owner
 3        by  blood or marriage, or any similar facilities in which
 4        maintenance is provided to  3  or  more  persons  who  by
 5        reason  of illness of physical infirmity require personal
 6        care and nursing;
 7             (7)  7.  "Maintenance"  means  food,   shelter   and
 8        laundry.;
 9             (8) 8.  "Personal care" means assistance with meals,
10        dressing,  movement,  bathing,  or  other  personal needs
11        need, or general supervision of the physical  and  mental
12        well-being of an individual who because of age, physical,
13        or  mental  disability,  emotion or behavior disorder, or
14        mental retardation is incapable of managing  his  or  her
15        person,  whether or not a guardian has been appointed for
16        such individual. For  the  purposes  of  this  Act,  this
17        definition  does not include the professional services of
18        a nurse.;
19             (9)  9.  "Nursing"  means  professional  nursing  or
20        practical nursing as  those  terms  are  defined  in  the
21        Illinois  Nursing  Act  of  1987, as amended, for sick or
22        infirm persons who are under the care and supervision  of
23        licensed physicians or dentists.;
24             (10)  10.  "Disciplinary  action"  means revocation,
25        suspension, probation, supervision,  reprimand,  required
26        education,  fines  or  any  other  action  taken  by  the
27        Department against a person holding a license.;
28             (11) 11.  "Impaired" means the inability to practice
29        with  reasonable  skill  and  safety  due  to physical or
30        mental   disabilities   as   evidenced   by   a   written
31        determination  or  written  consent  based  on   clinical
32        evidence   including   deterioration  through  the  aging
33        process or loss of motor skill,  or  abuse  of  drugs  or
34        alcohol,  of  sufficient  degree  to  diminish a person's
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 1        ability to administer a nursing home.
 2    (Source: P.A. 86-820.)
 3        (225 ILCS 70/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 3655)
 4        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
 5        Sec. 5. Board.
 6        (a)  There   is   hereby   created   the   Nursing   Home
 7    Administrators  Administrator's  Licensing  and  Disciplinary
 8    Board.  The Board shall consist of 9 members appointed by the
 9    Governor.  All shall be residents of the State  of  Illinois.
10    Three members shall be representatives of the general public.
11    Six  members  shall be nursing home administrators who for at
12    least 5 years prior to their appointments were licensed under
13    this Act.  The public members shall  have  no  responsibility
14    for  management  or formation of policy of, nor any financial
15    interest in, nursing homes as defined in this  Act,  nor  any
16    other connection with the profession.  In appointing licensed
17    nursing  home  administrators,  the  Governor shall take into
18    consideration  the  recommendations  of  the   nursing   home
19    professional associations.
20        (b)  Members  Initial  terms shall begin January 1, 1988.
21    Of the members of the  Board  first  appointed,  3  shall  be
22    appointed  for  terms  of  2  years; 3 shall be appointed for
23    terms of 3 years, and 3 shall be appointed  for  terms  of  4
24    years.   Upon the expiration of the term of any member, their
25    successor shall be appointed for a term of  4  years  by  the
26    Governor.   The  Governor  shall  fill  any  vacancy  for the
27    remainder of the unexpired term. Any member of the Board  may
28    be  removed  by  the  Governor  for cause.  Each member shall
29    serve on the Board  until  his  or  her  their  successor  is
30    appointed  and qualified.  No member of the Board shall serve
31    more than 2 consecutive 4 year terms.
32        In making appointments  the  Governor  shall  attempt  to
33    insure  that  the  various geographic regions of the State of
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 1    Illinois are properly represented.
 2        The Board in existence on the effective date of this  Act
 3    shall  continue  to  exercise the powers and duties specified
 4    under this Act until a successor Board is designated  by  the
 5    Governor.   The  Governor shall designate the successor Board
 6    within 90 days of the effective date of this Act.
 7        (c)  The Board shall annually elect one of its members as
 8    chairperson and chairman, one as  vice  chairperson  chairman
 9    and  one  as secretary. No officer shall be elected more than
10    twice in succession to the same office.  Each  officer  shall
11    serve  until  his or her their successor has been elected and
12    qualified.
13        (d)  A majority of the Board members currently  appointed
14    shall  constitute  a  quorum  Five members of the Board shall
15    constitute a quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the Board
16    shall not impair the right of a quorum to  exercise  all  the
17    rights  and  perform  all the duties of the Board. Any action
18    taken by the Board  under  this  Act  may  be  authorized  by
19    resolution  at  any  regular or special meeting and each such
20    resolution shall take effect immediately.   The  Board  shall
21    meet at least quarterly.  The Board is empowered to adopt all
22    rules  and  regulations  necessary and incident to the powers
23    granted to it under this Act.
24        (e)  Each member, and member-officer, of the Board  shall
25    receive a per diem stipend as the Director of the Department,
26    hereinafter  referred  to  as  the Director, shall determine.
27    Each member shall be  paid  their  necessary  expenses  while
28    engaged in the performance of his or her their duties.
29        (f)  (Blank)  The  Director  shall  select a Nursing Home
30    Administrator Coordinator who shall not be a  member  of  the
31    Board.  The  Nursing  Home Administrator coordinator shall be
32    the designated administrator of this Act.
33        The  Director  shall  employ,  in  conformity  with   the
34    Personnel Code, not less than one investigator for every 5000
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 1    Nursing  Home  Administrators  licensed  in  the State.  Each
 2    investigator shall be a college  graduate  with  at  least  2
 3    years' investigative experience or be a licensed Nursing Home
 4    Administrator  for  2 years.  Upon the written request of the
 5    Board, the Director shall  employ,  in  conformity  with  the
 6    Personnel   Code,   such   other   professional,   technical,
 7    investigative,  and  clerical  help,  either  on  a  full  or
 8    part-time  basis  as the Board deems necessary for the proper
 9    performance of its duties.
10        (g)  (Blank) Upon the written request of the Board or the
11    Nursing Home Administrator  Coordinator,  the  Department  of
12    Alcoholism  and  Substance  Abuse  or the Department of State
13    Police  may  cooperate  and  assist  in   any   investigation
14    undertaken by the Board.
15        (h)  Members  of  the  Board shall be immune from suit in
16    any action based upon any disciplinary proceedings  or  other
17    acts performed in good faith as members of the Board.
18        (i)  (Blank)  The  Board  may  compile  and  establish  a
19    statewide  roster  of  Nursing  Home Administrators and other
20    associated field professionals, including the several medical
21    specialties, who have agreed to serve from time  to  time  as
22    advisors to the Nursing Home Administrator Coordinator.  Such
23    advisors   shall   assist   the  Nursing  Home  Administrator
24    Coordinator in investigations and participation in complaints
25    against Nursing Home  Administrators.   Such  advisors  shall
26    serve under contract and shall be reimbursed at a rate set by
27    the  Director  for  each and every day they shall be actually
28    advising the Nursing  Home  Administrator  Coordinator,  plus
29    reasonable   expenses   incurred.    While  serving  in  this
30    capacity, the advisor, for any act undertaken in  good  faith
31    and  in the conduct of their duties under this Section, shall
32    be immune from civil suit.
33        The Department  shall  exercise  the  powers  and  duties
34    prescribed  by  the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois for
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 1    administration of licensing  acts  and  shall  exercise  such
 2    other  powers  and  duties  necessary  for  effectuating  the
 3    purpose  of  this Act.  The Department shall promulgate rules
 4    to implement, interpret, or make specific  the provisions and
 5    purposes of this Act; however no  such  rulemaking  shall  be
 6    promulgated by the Department except upon the Board's written
 7    approval.
 8        (j)  The  Director  shall  give  due consideration to all
 9    recommendations of the Board. If the Director disagrees  with
10    or takes action contrary to a recommendation of the Board, he
11    or  she  shall  provide the Board with a written and specific
12    explanation of his or her action.
13    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
14        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
15        Sec. 5. Board.
16        (a)  There   is   hereby   created   the   Nursing   Home
17    Administrators  Administrator's  Licensing  and  Disciplinary
18    Board.  The Board shall consist of 9 members appointed by the
19    Governor.  All shall be residents of the State  of  Illinois.
20    Three members shall be representatives of the general public.
21    Six  members  shall be nursing home administrators who for at
22    least 5 years prior to their appointments were licensed under
23    this Act.  The public members shall  have  no  responsibility
24    for  management  or formation of policy of, nor any financial
25    interest in, nursing homes as defined in this  Act,  nor  any
26    other connection with the profession.  In appointing licensed
27    nursing  home  administrators,  the  Governor shall take into
28    consideration  the  recommendations  of  the   nursing   home
29    professional associations.
30        (b)  Members  Initial  terms shall begin January 1, 1988.
31    Of the members of the  Board  first  appointed,  3  shall  be
32    appointed  for  terms  of  2  years; 3 shall be appointed for
33    terms of 3 years, and 3 shall be appointed  for  terms  of  4
34    years.   Upon the expiration of the term of any member, their
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 1    successor shall be appointed for a term of  4  years  by  the
 2    Governor.   The  Governor  shall  fill  any  vacancy  for the
 3    remainder of the unexpired term. Any member of the Board  may
 4    be  removed  by  the  Governor  for cause.  Each member shall
 5    serve on the Board  until  his  or  her  their  successor  is
 6    appointed  and qualified.  No member of the Board shall serve
 7    more than 2 consecutive 4 year terms.
 8        In making appointments  the  Governor  shall  attempt  to
 9    insure  that  the  various geographic regions of the State of
10    Illinois are properly represented.
11        The Board in existence on the effective date of this  Act
12    shall  continue  to  exercise the powers and duties specified
13    under this Act until a successor Board is designated  by  the
14    Governor.   The  Governor shall designate the successor Board
15    within 90 days of the effective date of this Act.
16        (c)  The Board shall annually elect one of its members as
17    chairperson and chairman, one as  vice  chairperson  chairman
18    and  one as secretary.  No officer shall be elected more than
19    twice  in succession to the same office.  Each officer  shall
20    serve  until  his or her their successor has been elected and
21    qualified.
22        (d)  A majority of the Board members currently  appointed
23    shall  constitute  a  quorum  Five members of the Board shall
24    constitute a quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the Board
25    shall not impair the right of a quorum to  exercise  all  the
26    rights  and  perform  all the duties of the Board. Any action
27    taken by the Board  under  this  Act  may  be  authorized  by
28    resolution  at  any  regular or special meeting and each such
29    resolution shall take effect immediately.   The  Board  shall
30    meet at least quarterly.  The Board is empowered to adopt all
31    rules  and  regulations  necessary and incident to the powers
32    granted to it under this Act.
33        (e)  Each member, and member-officer, of the Board  shall
34    receive a per diem stipend as the Director of the Department,
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 1    hereinafter  referred  to  as  the Director, shall determine.
 2    Each member shall be  paid  their  necessary  expenses  while
 3    engaged in the performance of his or her their duties.
 4        (f)  (Blank)  The  Director  shall  select a Nursing Home
 5    Administrator Coordinator who shall not be a  member  of  the
 6    Board.  The  Nursing  Home Administrator coordinator shall be
 7    the designated administrator of this Act.
 8        The  Director  shall  employ,  in  conformity  with   the
 9    Personnel Code, not less than one investigator for every 5000
10    Nursing  Home  Administrators  licensed  in  the State.  Each
11    investigator shall be a college  graduate  with  at  least  2
12    years' investigative experience or be a licensed Nursing Home
13    Administrator  for  2 years.  Upon the written request of the
14    Board, the Director shall  employ,  in  conformity  with  the
15    Personnel   Code,   such   other   professional,   technical,
16    investigative,  and  clerical  help,  either  on  a  full  or
17    part-time  basis  as the Board deems necessary for the proper
18    performance of its duties.
19        (g)  (Blank) Upon the written request of the Board or the
20    Nursing Home Administrator  Coordinator,  the  Department  of
21    Human   Services  or  the  Department  of  State  Police  may
22    cooperate and assist in any investigation undertaken  by  the
23    Board.
24        (h)  Members  of  the  Board shall be immune from suit in
25    any action based upon any disciplinary proceedings  or  other
26    acts performed in good faith as members of the Board.
27        (i)  (Blank)  The  Board  may  compile  and  establish  a
28    statewide  roster  of  Nursing  Home Administrators and other
29    associated field professionals, including the several medical
30    specialties, who have agreed to serve from time  to  time  as
31    advisors to the Nursing Home Administrator Coordinator.  Such
32    advisors   shall   assist   the  Nursing  Home  Administrator
33    Coordinator in investigations and participation in complaints
34    against Nursing Home  Administrators.   Such  advisors  shall
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 1    serve under contract and shall be reimbursed at a rate set by
 2    the  Director  for  each and every day they shall be actually
 3    advising the Nursing  Home  Administrator  Coordinator,  plus
 4    reasonable   expenses   incurred.    While  serving  in  this
 5    capacity, the advisor, for any act undertaken in  good  faith
 6    and  in the conduct of their duties under this Section, shall
 7    be immune from civil suit.
 8        The Department  shall  exercise  the  powers  and  duties
 9    prescribed  by  the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois for
10    administration of licensing  acts  and  shall  exercise  such
11    other  powers  and  duties  necessary  for  effectuating  the
12    purpose  of  this Act.  The Department shall promulgate rules
13    to implement, interpret, or make specific  the provisions and
14    purposes of this Act; however no  such  rulemaking  shall  be
15    promulgated by the Department except upon the Board's written
16    approval.
17        (j)  The  Director  shall  give  due consideration to all
18    recommendations of the Board. If the Director disagrees  with
19    or  takes action contrary to the recommendation of the Board,
20    he or she shall provide the Board with a written and specific
21    explanation of his or her action.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
23        (225 ILCS 70/5.1 new)
24        Sec. 5.1. Powers and duties; rules. The Department  shall
25    exercise  the  powers  and  duties  prescribed  by  the Civil
26    Administrative  Code  of  Illinois  for   administration   of
27    licensing  acts  and  shall  exercise  such  other powers and
28    duties necessary for effectuating the purposes of  this  Act.
29    The  Department shall adopt rules to implement, interpret, or
30    make specific the provisions and purposes of this Act and may
31    prescribe forms that  shall  be  issued  in  connection  with
32    rulemaking.   The  Department  shall  transmit  the  proposed
33    rulemaking to the Board.
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 1        The Department may solicit the advice of the Board on any
 2    matter relating to the administration and enforcement of this
 3    Act.
 4        The  Director  shall  employ,  in  conformity  with   the
 5    Personnel  Code,  professional, technical, investigative, and
 6    clerical help on a full-time or part-time  basis as necessary
 7    for the proper performance of its duties.
 8        Upon  the  written  request  of   the   Department,   the
 9    Department  of  Human  Services  or  the  Department of State
10    Police  may  cooperate  and  assist  in   any   investigation
11    undertaken by the Board.
12        (225 ILCS 70/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 3656)
13        Sec.  6. Application procedure. Applications for original
14    licenses shall be made to the Department in writing on  forms
15    prescribed  by the Department and shall be accompanied by the
16    required fee, which shall not be  refundable.  The  Any  such
17    application shall require such information as in the judgment
18    of the Department will enable the Department Board to pass on
19    the qualifications of the applicant for a license.
20    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
21        (225 ILCS 70/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 3657)
22        Sec.  7.  Examination.  The  Department  shall  authorize
23    examinations  of applicants as nursing home administrators at
24    such times and places as it may determine. Examinations shall
25    be held not less frequently than  2  times  every  year.  The
26    examination  of  applicants shall be of a character to give a
27    fair test of the qualifications of the applicant to  practice
28    nursing home administration.
29        Applicants for examination as nursing home administrators
30    shall  be  required  to  pay, either to the Department or the
31    designated testing  service,  a  fee  covering  the  cost  of
32    providing   the   examination.  Failure  to  appear  for  the
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 1    examination on the scheduled date,  at  the  time  and  place
 2    specified,  after the applicant's application for examination
 3    has been received and acknowledged by the Department  or  the
 4    designated testing service, shall result in the forfeiture of
 5    the examination fee.
 6        If  an  applicant  neglects,  fails or refuses to take an
 7    examination or fails to pass an  examination  for  a  license
 8    under  this  Act  within  3  years  after  filing  his or her
 9    licensure application, the application shall  be  denied  and
10    the  examination  shall  be void. However, such applicant may
11    thereafter make a new application for examination accompanied
12    by the required  fee,  and  must  furnish  proof  of  meeting
13    qualifications  for  examination in effect at the time of new
14    application.
15        An applicant  shall  have  one  year  from  the  date  of
16    notification  of  successful completion of the examination to
17    apply to the Department for a license. If an applicant  fails
18    to  apply within one year, the applicant shall be required to
19    again take and pass the examination.
20        The Department may employ consultants for the purpose  of
21    preparing and conducting examinations.
22    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
23        (225 ILCS 70/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 3658)
24        Sec.   8.   Qualifications  for  license.   A  person  is
25    qualified  to  receive  a   license   as   a   nursing   home
26    administrator:
27             (a)  who is at least 21 years of age,
28             (b)  who  has  not  engaged  in  conduct or behavior
29        determined to be grounds for discipline under this Act,
30             (c)   who is in sound physical and mental health,
31             (d)  (blank),
32             (e)  who is a graduate of a  college  or  university
33        deemed  reputable and in good standing by the Department,
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 1        or  who  has  satisfactorily  completed   a   course   of
 2        instruction   approved   by   the  Department  containing
 3        subjects embracing the laws governing  the  operation  of
 4        nursing homes, the protection of the health and safety of
 5        patients  in  nursing  homes  and  the  elements of sound
 6        nursing home administration, or who presents evidence  to
 7        the  Department  of  education,  training  and experience
 8        deemed by the Department to be equivalent to of either of
 9        the above,
10             (f)  who passes a written examination  conducted  by
11        the Department to determine his or her fitness to receive
12        a license as a nursing home administrator, and
13             (g)  who pays the required fee.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 8-20-95.)
15        (225 ILCS 70/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 3659)
16        Sec.   9.  Temporary  license  without  examination.  The
17    Department may in its discretion issue without examination  a
18    temporary  license  as  a  nursing  home administrator to any
19    applicant who  furnishes  the  Department  with  satisfactory
20    proof under oath, on forms prescribed by the Department, that
21    he or she:
22             (a)  is at least 21 years of age,
23             (b)  who  has  not  engaged  in  conduct or behavior
24        determined to be grounds for discipline under this Act,
25             (c)  is in sound physical and mental health,
26             (d)  (blank) is a citizen of the United States or is
27        a lawfully admitted alien,
28             (e)  is a graduate of a college or university deemed
29        reputable and in good standing by the Department, or  who
30        has  satisfactorily  completed  a  course  of instruction
31        approved by the Department containing subjects  embracing
32        the  laws  governing  the operation of nursing homes, the
33        protection of  the  health  and  safety  of  patients  in
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 1        nursing  homes  and  the  elements  of sound nursing home
 2        administration,  or  who   presents   evidence   to   the
 3        Department  of education, training, and experience deemed
 4        by the Department to  be  equivalent  to  either  of  the
 5        above,
 6             (f) (g)  has been accepted or appointed as a nursing
 7        home  administrator  in  a  facility  licensed to provide
 8        nursing care by the Illinois Department of Public Health,
 9        and
10             (g) (h)  pays the required fee.
11        The applicant shall indicate the beginning  date  of  the
12    period  for  which  he or she has been accepted or appointed,
13    and shall specify the particular facility in which he or  she
14    will serve as administrator.
15        After  receiving  a temporary license under this Section,
16    the holder of a temporary license shall take the  examination
17    for  a  license  under this Act that is scheduled to be given
18    before his or her temporary license  expires.  The  temporary
19    license  of an individual who passes the examination shall be
20    valid until he or she applies  for  and  receives  a  license
21    under Section 7 of this Act.
22        Temporary  licenses issued pursuant to this Section shall
23    be valid only for a period of one year from date of issuance.
24    A temporary license issued under this Section may be extended
25    only for one additional one-year period if the applicant took
26    the examination during the period of  his  or  her  temporary
27    license.  The applicant shall retake the examination prior to
28    the expiration of the extended temporary license.  The holder
29    of  a  temporary  license  shall  be  entitled  to serve as a
30    nursing  home  administrator  in  the   particular   facility
31    indicated  on his or her application, but he or she shall not
32    be entitled  to  engage  in  the  practice  of  nursing  home
33    administration  in  any other facility without first applying
34    to  the  Department  and  having  been  granted  an   amended
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 1    temporary license designating a different facility.
 2        Upon  the  termination of his or her service or the lapse
 3    or revocation of his or her license, whichever is sooner, the
 4    holder of a temporary  license  shall  surrender  it  to  the
 5    Department.
 6        A temporary license may be revoked by the Department upon
 7    proof  that the holder has engaged in the practice of nursing
 8    home administration in this State in a facility not named  on
 9    his or her application.
10        An  applicant  for  a temporary license as a nursing home
11    administrator may act as a nursing home administrator  for  a
12    period of up to 60 days prior to the issuance of a license if
13    the   applicant   has  submitted  the  required  fee  and  an
14    application for licensure to  the  Department.   This  60-day
15    period may be extended until the next Board meeting if action
16    by the Board is required.  The applicant shall keep a copy of
17    the submitted application on the premises where the applicant
18    is engaged in the practice as a nursing home administrator.
19        The  authority  to  practice  shall terminate immediately
20    upon the  denial  of  licensure  by  the  Department  or  the
21    withdrawal of the application.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95.)
23        (225 ILCS 70/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 3660)
24        Sec.  10.  License  requirement. It shall be unlawful for
25    any person to operate or manage a nursing home in  the  State
26    of  Illinois  unless  he or she is licensed as a nursing home
27    administrator in accordance with this Act.
28        The practice of nursing home administration, or  the  use
29    of  the  title  "Licensed  Nursing  Home  Administrator", the
30    initials  "N.H.A."  or  any  other   word   or   abbreviation
31    indicating that he or she is a nursing home administrator, by
32    any person who has not been issued a license or whose license
33    has  been  suspended  or  revoked  is  hereby  declared to be
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 1    inimical to public health and welfare  and  to  constitute  a
 2    public nuisance.
 3        Nothing  in  this  Act  or in the rules adopted hereunder
 4    shall require an administrator of any facility or institution
 5    operated solely by and for persons who rely exclusively  upon
 6    treatment   by  spiritual  means  through  prayer  alone,  in
 7    accordance with the creed or tenets  of  any  well-recognized
 8    church or religious denomination, to be licensed as a nursing
 9    home administrator.
10    (Source: P.A. 86-130.)
11        (225 ILCS 70/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 3661)
12        Sec.  11.  Expiration; renewal; continuing education. The
13    expiration date and renewal period for  each  license  issued
14    under this Act shall be set by rule.
15        Each  licensee  shall provide proof of having obtained 36
16    hours of continuing education in the 2 year period  preceding
17    the  renewal  date  of  the license as a condition of license
18    renewal.  The continuing education requirement may be  waived
19    in  part or in whole for such good cause as may be determined
20    by rule.
21        Any  continuing  education  course   for   nursing   home
22    administrators  approved by the National Continuing Education
23    Review Service of  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of
24    Examiners  of  Nursing  Home  Administrators will be accepted
25    toward toward satisfaction of these requirements.
26        Any  continuing  education  course   for   nursing   home
27    administrators  sponsored  by  the  Life  Services Network of
28    Illinois  Illinois  Association  of  Homes  for  the   Aging,
29    Illinois  Council  on  Long  Term  Care,  County Nursing Home
30    Association of Illinois, Illinois  Health  Care  Association,
31    Illinois   Chapter   of   American  College  of  Health  Care
32    Administrators, and the Illinois Nursing Home  Administrators
33    Association  will  be  accepted  toward satisfaction of these
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 1    requirements.
 2        Any school, college or university, State agency, or other
 3    entity may apply to the Department Board for  approval  as  a
 4    continuing education sponsor. Criteria for qualification as a
 5    continuing education sponsor shall be established by rule.
 6        It   shall  be  the  responsibility  of  each  continuing
 7    education sponsor to maintain records, as prescribed by rule,
 8    to verify attendance.
 9        The Department shall establish by rule a  means  for  the
10    verification   of  completion  of  the  continuing  education
11    required  by  this  Section.   This   verification   may   be
12    accomplished   through   audits   of  records  maintained  by
13    registrants; by requiring the filing of continuing  education
14    certificates   with   the   Department;  or  by  other  means
15    established by the Department.
16        Any nursing home administrator who has permitted  his  or
17    her  license  to  expire or who has had his or her license on
18    inactive status may have  his  or  her  license  restored  by
19    making   application  to  the  Department  and  filing  proof
20    acceptable to the Department of his or her  fitness  to  have
21    his  or  her license restored and by paying the required fee.
22    Proof of fitness may include evidence  certifying  to  active
23    lawful  practice  in another jurisdiction satisfactory to the
24    Department and by paying the required restoration fee.
25        However, any nursing  home  administrator  whose  license
26    expired  while he or she was (1) in federal service on active
27    duty with the Armed Forces of the United States, or the State
28    Militia called into service or training, or (2)  in  training
29    or  education  under  the  supervision  of  the United States
30    preliminary to induction into the military services, may have
31    his or her license renewed or  restored  without  paying  any
32    lapsed  renewal  fees  if  within  2  years  after  honorable
33    termination of such service, training or education, he or she
34    furnishes  the  Department  with satisfactory evidence to the
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 1    effect that he or she has been so engaged and that his or her
 2    service, training or education has been so terminated.
 3    (Source: P.A. 86-1472; 87-546.)
 4        (225 ILCS 70/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 3662)
 5        Sec. 12. Inactive status. Any nursing home  administrator
 6    who notifies the Department in writing on forms prescribed by
 7    the  Department,  may elect to place his or her license on an
 8    inactive  status  and  shall,  subject  to   rules   of   the
 9    Department,  be  excused from payment of renewal fees and the
10    completion of continuing education requirements until  he  or
11    she  notifies  the Department in writing of his or her intent
12    to restore his or her license.
13        Any nursing  home  administrator  requesting  restoration
14    from  inactive  status  shall  be required to pay the current
15    renewal fee and shall be  required  to  restore  his  or  her
16    license, as provided by rule of the Department.
17        Any  nursing  home  administrator  whose license is in an
18    inactive  status  shall  not  practice  as  a  nursing   home
19    administrator in the State of Illinois.
20        Any  licensee  who  shall  practice  as  a  nursing  home
21    administrator  while  his  or  her  license  is  lapsed or on
22    inactive status shall be considered to be practicing  without
23    a license which shall be grounds for discipline under Section
24    17 of this Act.
25    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
26        (225 ILCS 70/13) (from Ch. 111, par. 3663)
27        Sec.   13.   Endorsement.  The  Department  may,  in  its
28    discretion, license as a nursing home administrator,  without
29    examination, on payment of the required fee, an applicant who
30    is  so  licensed under the laws of another U.S. jurisdiction,
31    if the requirements for licensure in the  other  jurisdiction
32    in which the applicant was licensed, were, at the date of his
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 1    or   her   licensure,   substantially   equivalent   to   the
 2    requirements   then  in  force  in  this  State;  or  if  the
 3    applicant's qualifications were, at the date of  his  or  her
 4    licensure in the other jurisdiction, substantially equivalent
 5    to the requirements then in force in this State.
 6        Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  this  Section,  all
 7    applicants  seeking  licensure  under  this  Section shall be
 8    required  to  take  and  pass  an  examination  testing   the
 9    applicant's   knowledge  of  Illinois  law  relating  to  the
10    practice of nursing home administration.
11        Applicants have 3 years from the date of  application  to
12    complete  the  application  process.   If the process has not
13    been completed in 3 years, the application shall  be  denied,
14    the  fee  shall  be forfeited, and the applicant must reapply
15    and  meet  the  requirements  in  effect  at  the   time   of
16    reapplication.
17    (Source: P.A. 86-596.)
18        (225 ILCS 70/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 3664)
19        Sec. 14. Fees.
20        (a)  Except  as  provided in subsection (b), the fees for
21    the administration and enforcement of this Act, including but
22    not limited to original licensure, renewal,  and  restoration
23    fees,  shall  be set by rule of the Department. The following
24    fees shall are not be refundable.
25        1.  The fee for application for a license is $100.
26        (b)  Applicants  2.  In  addition,  applicants  for   any
27    examination   shall   be  required  to  pay,  either  to  the
28    Department or  to  the  designated  testing  service,  a  fee
29    covering  the cost of determining the applicant's eligibility
30    and providing the examination.  Failure  to  appear  for  the
31    examination  on  the  scheduled  date,  the  time,  and place
32    specified, after the applicant's application for  examination
33    has  been  received and acknowledged by the Department or the
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 1    designated testing service, shall result in the forfeiture of
 2    the examination fee.
 3        3.   The  fee  for  a  license   for   a   nursing   home
 4    administrator  registered  or  licensed  under  the  laws  of
 5    another U.S. jurisdiction is $150.
 6        4.  The  fee  for  the  renewal  of  a  license  shall be
 7    calculated at the rate of $50 per year.
 8        5.  The fee for the restoration of a license  other  than
 9    from  inactive  status  is  $10  plus  payment  of all lapsed
10    renewal fees.
11        6.  The fee to be paid by an applicant  for  a  temporary
12    license as provided under Section 9 of this Act is $75.
13        7.  The  fee for the issuance of a duplicate license, for
14    the issuance of a replacement license for a license which has
15    been lost or destroyed or for the issuance of a license  with
16    a  change  of  name  or address other than during the renewal
17    period is $20.
18        8.  The  fee  to  be  paid  for  a  certification  of   a
19    licensee's record for any purpose is $20.
20        9.  The  fee  to  be  paid  to  have  the  scoring  of an
21    examination  administered  by  the  Department  reviewed  and
22    verified is $20 in  addition  to  the  fee  required  by  the
23    testing service.
24        10.  The fee by a licensee for a wall certificate showing
25    his  licensure  shall  be  the  actual cost of producing such
26    certificate.
27        11.  The fee for a roster of persons licensed as  nursing
28    home administrators in this State shall be the actual cost of
29    producing such a roster.
30        12.  The  annual fee for continuing education sponsors is
31    $500, however State agencies, colleges and universities shall
32    be exempt from the payment of this fee.
33    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
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 1        (225 ILCS 70/15) (from Ch. 111, par. 3665)
 2        Sec. 15.  Returned checks; fines. Any person who delivers
 3    a check or other payment to the Department that  is  returned
 4    to  the  Department  unpaid by the financial institution upon
 5    which it is drawn shall pay to the Department, in addition to
 6    the amount already owed to the Department, a fine of $50.  If
 7    the  check or other payment was for a renewal or issuance fee
 8    and that person practices without paying the renewal  fee  or
 9    issuance  fee  and  the  fine due, an additional fine of $100
10    shall be imposed. The fines imposed by this  Section  are  in
11    addition  to any other discipline provided under this Act for
12    unlicensed practice or practice on a nonrenewed license.  The
13    Department  shall  notify the person that payment of fees and
14    fines shall be paid to the Department by certified  check  or
15    money  order within 30 calendar days of the notification. If,
16    after the  expiration  of  30  days  from  the  date  of  the
17    notification,  the  person has failed to submit the necessary
18    remittance, the Department shall automatically terminate  the
19    license  or  certificate  or  deny  the  application, without
20    hearing. If, after termination or denial, the person seeks  a
21    license  or  certificate,  he  or  she  shall  apply  to  the
22    Department  for  restoration  or  issuance  of the license or
23    certificate and pay all fees and fines due to the Department.
24    The Department may establish a fee for the processing  of  an
25    application  for  restoration  of a license or certificate to
26    pay all expenses of processing this application. The Director
27    may waive the fines due  under  this  Section  in  individual
28    cases  where  the  Director  finds  that  the  fines would be
29    unreasonable or unnecessarily burdensome.
30    (Source: P.A. 86-596; 87-1031.)
31        (225 ILCS 70/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 3667)
32        Sec. 17. Grounds for disciplinary action.
33        (a)  The  Department  may  impose  fines  not  to  exceed
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 1    $1,000, or may refuse to issue or to renew,  or  may  revoke,
 2    suspend, place on probation, censure, reprimand or take other
 3    disciplinary action with regard to the license of any person,
 4    for any one or combination of the following causes:
 5             (1)   1.  Intentional   material   misstatement   in
 6        furnishing information to the Department.
 7             (2)  2.  Conviction  of  any crime under the laws of
 8        the United States or any state or territory thereof  that
 9        which is a felony or which is  a misdemeanor of which, an
10        essential element of which is dishonesty, or of any crime
11        that  which  is  directly  related to the practice of the
12        profession of nursing home administration.
13             (3) 3.  Making any misrepresentation for the purpose
14        of  obtaining  a  license  licenses,  or  violating   any
15        provision of this Act.
16             (4)  4.  Immoral  conduct  in  the commission of any
17        act, such as sexual abuse or sexual  misconduct,  related
18        to the licensee's practice.
19             (5)  5.  Failing  to  respond  within  60 days, to a
20        written request made by the  Department  for  information
21        after  consultation  with  the Nursing Home Administrator
22        Coordinator.
23             (6)  6.  Engaging  in  dishonorable,  unethical   or
24        unprofessional  conduct of a character likely to deceive,
25        defraud or harm the public.
26             (7)  7.  Habitual  use  or  addiction  to   alcohol,
27        narcotics,  stimulants,  or  any  other chemical agent or
28        drug which results in  the  inability  to  practice  with
29        reasonable judgment, skill or safety.
30             (8)  8.  Discipline  by another U.S. jurisdiction if
31        at least one of the grounds for  the  discipline  is  the
32        same  or  substantially  equivalent  to  those  set forth
33        herein.
34             (9)  9.  A  finding  by  the  Department  that   the
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 1        licensee,  after  having  his  or  her  license placed on
 2        probationary status has violated the terms of probation.
 3             (10) 10.  Willfully making or filing  false  records
 4        or  reports  in  his  or  her practice, including but not
 5        limited to false records filed  with  State  agencies  or
 6        departments.
 7             (11)   11.  Physical   illness,  including  but  not
 8        limited to, deterioration through the aging  process,  or
 9        loss  of  motor skill that which results in the inability
10        to practice  the  profession  with  reasonable  judgment,
11        skill or safety.
12             (12)  12.  Disregard  or violation of this Act or of
13        any rule  or  regulation  issued  pursuant  to  this  Act
14        thereto.
15             (13)   13.  Aiding   or   abetting  another  in  the
16        violation of this Act or any rule  or  regulation  issued
17        pursuant to this Act thereto.
18             (14)  14.  Allowing  one's  license to be used by an
19        unlicensed person.
20             (15)  15.  Conviction  of  any  crime  an  essential
21        element of which is misstatement, fraud or dishonesty, or
22        conviction in this State or another state  of  any  crime
23        that  which  is  a felony under the laws of this State or
24        conviction of a felony in a federal court.
25             (16) 16.  Professional incompetence in the  practice
26        of nursing home administration.
27             (17) 17.  Conviction of a violation of Section 12-19
28        of  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961 for the abuse and gross
29        neglect of a long term care facility resident.
30             (18) 18.  Violation of the Nursing Home Care Act  or
31        of any rule issued under the Nursing Home Care Act.
32        All proceedings to suspend, revoke, place on probationary
33    status,   or  take  any  other  disciplinary  action  as  the
34    Department may deem proper, with regard to a license  on  any
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 1    of  the  foregoing  grounds, must be commenced within 3 years
 2    next after receipt by  the  Department  of  (i)  a  complaint
 3    alleging  the commission of or notice of the conviction order
 4    for any of the acts described herein or (ii) a  referral  for
 5    investigation  under  Section  3-108 of the Nursing Home Care
 6    Act.
 7        The entry of an order or judgment by  any  circuit  court
 8    establishing that any person holding a license under this Act
 9    is  a  person  in  need  of  mental  treatment  operates as a
10    suspension of that license.  That  person  may  resume  their
11    practice only upon the entry of a Department order based upon
12    a  finding  by the Board that they have been determined to be
13    recovered from mental illness  by  the  court  and  upon  the
14    Board's recommendation that they be permitted to resume their
15    practice.
16        The  Department,  upon  the  recommendation of the Board,
17    shall adopt rules which set forth standards  to  be  used  in
18    determining what constitutes:
19             (a)  when  a  person  will  be  deemed  sufficiently
20        rehabilitated to warrant the public trust;
21             (b)  dishonorable,   unethical   or   unprofessional
22        conduct  of  a  character  likely to deceive, defraud, or
23        harm the public;
24             (c)  immoral conduct in the commission  of  any  act
25        related to the licensee's practice; and
26             (d)  professional  incompetence  in  the practice of
27        nursing home administration.
28        However, no such rule shall be admissible  into  evidence
29    in any civil action except for review of a licensing or other
30    disciplinary action under this Act.
31        In  enforcing this Section, the Department or Board, upon
32    a showing of a possible violation of paragraph 7  or  11,  of
33    subsection  (a),  of  Section  17,  may compel any individual
34    licensed to practice under this Act, or who has  applied  for
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 1    licensure  pursuant  to  this  Act,  to submit to a mental or
 2    physical examination, or both, as  required  by  and  at  the
 3    expense  of  the  Department.   The  examining  physician  or
 4    physicians  shall  be  those  specifically  designated by the
 5    Department or Board. The Department or Board  may  order  the
 6    examining  physician  to  present  testimony  concerning this
 7    mental or physical examination of the licensee or  applicant.
 8    No  information shall be excluded by reason of any common law
 9    or statutory privilege relating to communications between the
10    licensee  or  applicant  and  the  examining  physician.  The
11    individual to be  examined  may  have,  at  his  or  her  own
12    expense,  another  physician  of  his  or  her choice present
13    during all  aspects  of  the  examination.   Failure  of  any
14    individual  to submit to mental or physical examination, when
15    directed, shall be grounds  for  suspension  of  his  or  her
16    license  until  such  time  as  the individual submits to the
17    examination if the Department Board finds, after  notice  and
18    hearing,  that  the  refusal to submit to the examination was
19    without reasonable cause.
20        If the Department or Board finds an individual a  Nursing
21    Home  Administrator unable to practice because of the reasons
22    set forth in this Section,  the  Department  or  Board  shall
23    require  such  individual  to  submit to care, counseling, or
24    treatment  by  physicians  approved  or  designated  by   the
25    Department or Board, as a condition, term, or restriction for
26    continued,  reinstated,  or renewed licensure to practice; or
27    in lieu of care, counseling, or treatment, the Department may
28    file, or the Board may recommend to the Department to file, a
29    complaint  to  immediately  suspend,  revoke,  or   otherwise
30    discipline  the  license  of  the  individual. Any individual
31    Administrator, whose license was  granted  pursuant  to  this
32    Act,  or,  continued,  reinstated,  renewed,  disciplined  or
33    supervised, subject to such terms, conditions or restrictions
34    who  shall  fail  to  comply  with  such terms, conditions or
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 1    restrictions, or to complete  a  required  program  of  care,
 2    counseling,  or  treatment, as determined by the Nursing Home
 3    Administrator Coordinator, shall be referred to the  Director
 4    for a determination as to whether the licensee shall have his
 5    or her their license suspended immediately, pending a hearing
 6    by  the  Department Board. In instances in which the Director
 7    immediately suspends a license under this Section, a  hearing
 8    upon  such  person's  license  must  be convened by the Board
 9    within 15 days after such suspension  and  completed  without
10    appreciable  delay.   The Department and Board shall have the
11    authority to review the  subject  administrator's  record  of
12    treatment  and  counseling  regarding  the impairment, to the
13    extent  permitted  by   applicable   federal   statutes   and
14    regulations   safeguarding  the  confidentiality  of  medical
15    records.
16        An individual licensed under  this  Act,  affected  under
17    this Section, shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate
18    to  the  Department  or  Board that he or she they can resume
19    practice  in  compliance  with  acceptable   and   prevailing
20    standards under the provisions of his or her their license.
21        (b)  Immunity   from   prosecution.   Any  individual  or
22    organization acting in good faith, and not in  a  wilful  and
23    wanton  manner,  in  complying with this Act by providing any
24    report or other  information  to  the  Department  Board,  or
25    assisting   in  the  investigation  or  preparation  of  such
26    information,  or  by  participating  in  proceedings  of  the
27    Department Board, or by serving as a  member  of  the  Board,
28    shall  not,  as  a  result  of  such  actions,  be subject to
29    criminal prosecution or civil damages.
30        (c)  Indemnification. Members of the Board,  and  persons
31    retained under contract to assist and advise the Nursing Home
32    Administrator  Coordinator  in  an  investigation,  shall  be
33    indemnified by the State for any actions occurring within the
34    scope of services on or for the Board, done in good faith and
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 1    not  wilful and wanton in nature.  The Attorney General shall
 2    defend all such actions unless he or  she  determines  either
 3    that   there   would  be  a  conflict  of  interest  in  such
 4    representation or that the actions complained of were not  in
 5    good faith or were wilful and wanton.
 6        Should  the  Attorney  General  decline representation, a
 7    person entitled to indemnification under this  Section  shall
 8    have  the right to employ counsel of his or her choice, whose
 9    fees shall be provided by the State, after  approval  by  the
10    Attorney  General, unless there is a determination by a court
11    that the member's actions were not  in  good  faith  or  were
12    wilful and wanton.
13        A  person  entitled to indemnification under this Section
14    must notify the Attorney General within 7 days of receipt  of
15    notice  of the initiation of any action involving services of
16    the Board.  Failure to so notify the Attorney  General  shall
17    constitute  an  absolute waiver of the right to a defense and
18    indemnification.
19        The Attorney General shall determine within 7 days  after
20    receiving  such  notice,  whether he or she will undertake to
21    represent a person entitled  to  indemnification  under  this
22    Section.
23        (d)  The determination by a circuit court that a licensee
24    is  subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission as
25    provided in the "Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
26    Code", as amended, operates as an automatic suspension.  Such
27    suspension will end only upon a finding by a court  that  the
28    patient  is  no  longer  subject  to involuntary admission or
29    judicial  admission  and  issues  an  order  so  finding  and
30    discharging the patient; and upon the recommendation  of  the
31    Board  to the Director that the licensee be allowed to resume
32    his or her practice.
33        (e)  The Department may refuse to issue  or  may  suspend
34    the  license  certificate  of  any person who fails to file a
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 1    return, or to pay the tax, penalty or  interest  shown  in  a
 2    filed  return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty
 3    or interest, as required by any tax Act administered  by  the
 4    Illinois  Department  of  Revenue,  until  such  time  as the
 5    requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied.
 6        (f)  The  Illinois  Department  of  Public  Health  shall
 7    transmit to the Department a list of those  facilities  which
 8    receive  an  "A" violation as defined in Section 1-129 of the
 9    Nursing Home Care Act.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95.)
11        (225 ILCS 70/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 3668)
12        Sec. 18. Cease and desist order.
13        (a)  If any person who is not  a  licensed  nursing  home
14    administrator  violates  a  the  provision  of  this Act, the
15    Director may, in the name of  the  People  of  the  State  of
16    Illinois,  through  the  Attorney  General  of  the  State of
17    Illinois or the State's Attorney of any county in  which  the
18    action  is  brought,  petition,  for  an order enjoining such
19    violation or for an order enforcing compliance with this Act.
20    Upon the filing of a verified petition in  court,  the  court
21    may  issue  a  temporary restraining order, without notice or
22    bond, and  may  preliminarily  and  permanently  enjoin  such
23    violation.,  and  If  it  is established that such person has
24    violated or is violating the injunction, the Court may punish
25    the offender for contempt of court.  Proceedings  under  this
26    Section  shall  be  in  addition  to, and not in lieu of, all
27    other remedies and penalties provided by this Act.
28        (b)  If any person  shall  practice  as  a  nursing  home
29    administrator  or  hold  himself  or herself out as a nursing
30    home  administrator  without   being   licensed   under   the
31    provisions  of  this  Act,  then  any  licensed  nursing home
32    administrator, any interested party, or  any  person  injured
33    thereby may, in addition to the Director, petition for relief
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 1    as provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
 2        Whoever knowingly practices or offers to practice nursing
 3    home  administration in this State without being licensed for
 4    that purpose shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and for
 5    each subsequent conviction, shall be  guilty  of  a  Class  4
 6    felony.
 7        (c)  Whenever in the opinion of the Department any person
 8    not  licensed in good standing violates any provision of this
 9    Act, the Department may issue a rule to  show  cause  why  an
10    order  to  cease and desist should not be entered against him
11    or her. The rule shall clearly set forth the  grounds  relied
12    upon  by  the  Department  and  shall  provide  a period of 7
13    working days from the date of the rule to file an  answer  to
14    the satisfaction of the Department.  Failure to answer to the
15    satisfaction  of the Department shall cause an order to cease
16    and desist to be issued immediately forthwith.
17    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
18        (225 ILCS 70/19) (from Ch. 111, par. 3669)
19        Sec. 19. Investigation; hearing  notification.  Upon  the
20    motion  of  either  the  Department  or the Board or upon the
21    verified complaint in writing of  any  person  setting  forth
22    facts  that  which,  if  proven, would constitute grounds for
23    suspension or revocation under Section 17 of  this  Act,  the
24    Department  shall  investigate  the actions of any person, so
25    accused, who holds or represents that he or  she  holds  they
26    hold  a  license.  Such  a  person  is hereinafter called the
27    accused.
28        The  Department  shall,  before   suspending,   revoking,
29    placing   on   probationary   status,  or  taking  any  other
30    disciplinary action as the Department may  deem  proper  with
31    regard  to any license at least 30 days prior to the date set
32    for the hearing, notify the accused in writing of any charges
33    made and the time and place for  a  hearing  of  the  charges
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 1    before the Board, direct them to file their written answer to
 2    such  notice  thereto  to the Board under oath within 30 days
 3    after the service on them of such notice and inform them that
 4    if they fail to  file  such  answer  default  will  be  taken
 5    against  them  and  their  license may be suspended, revoked,
 6    placed on probationary status,  or  have  other  disciplinary
 7    action,  including  limiting  the  scope, nature or extent of
 8    their practice, as the Department may deem proper taken  with
 9    regard thereto.
10        Such  written  notice  and any notice in such proceedings
11    thereafter may be served by delivery of the same, personally,
12    to the accused person, or by mailing the same  by  registered
13    or  certified  mail to the address last theretofore specified
14    by the accused in their last notification to the Department.
15    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
16        (225 ILCS 70/20) (from Ch. 111, par. 3670)
17        Sec. 20. Board hearing; recommendation. At the  time  and
18    place fixed in the notice, the Board provided for in this Act
19    shall proceed to hear the charges and both the accused person
20    and  the  complainant  shall be accorded ample opportunity to
21    present in person, or by counsel, such statements, testimony,
22    evidence and argument as may be pertinent to the  charges  or
23    to  any defense thereto.  The Board may continue such hearing
24    from time to time.  If the Board is not sitting at  the  time
25    and  place  fixed  in  the notice or at the time and place to
26    which the hearing has been continued,  the  Department  shall
27    continue such hearing for a period not to exceed 30 days.
28        In case the accused person, after receiving notice, fails
29    to  file  an  answer, the Board may recommend that his or her
30    license be  suspended,  revoked  or  placed  on  probationary
31    status,  or  the  Board  may  recommend whatever disciplinary
32    action as it may deem proper, without a hearing, if  the  act
33    or acts charged constitute sufficient grounds for such action
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 1    under this Act.
 2        The  Board has the authority to recommend to the Director
 3    that probation be granted or that other disciplinary  action,
 4    be  taken  as it deems proper.  If disciplinary action, other
 5    than  suspension  or  revocation,  is  taken  the  Board  may
 6    recommend that the Director impose reasonable limitations and
 7    requirements upon the accused registrant to insure compliance
 8    with the terms of the probation or other disciplinary action,
 9    including, but not  limited  to,  regular  reporting  by  the
10    accused   to   the   Department  of  their  actions,  placing
11    themselves under  the  care  of  a  qualified  physician  for
12    treatment,  or  limiting their practice in such manner as the
13    Director may require.
14        The Director, after consultation with  the  Nursing  Home
15    Administrator   Coordinator,   may  temporarily  suspend  the
16    license of a nursing home administrator  without  a  hearing,
17    simultaneously  with  the  institution  of  proceedings for a
18    hearing provided under this Section  if  the  Director  finds
19    that  evidence  in  his  or  her possession indicates that an
20    administrator's continuation in practice would constitute  an
21    immediate  danger  to  the public.  If the Director suspends,
22    temporarily,  the  license  of  an  administrator  without  a
23    hearing, a hearing by the Board shall be held within 15  days
24    after  such  suspension  has  occurred and shall be concluded
25    without appreciable delay.
26    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
27        (225 ILCS 70/20.1 new)
28        Sec. 20.1. Summary suspension. The Director may summarily
29    suspend the license of a nursing home administrator without a
30    hearing, simultaneously with the institution  of  proceedings
31    for  a  hearing  provided  under this Section if the Director
32    finds that evidence in his or her possession  indicates  that
33    an  administrator's continuation in practice would constitute
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 1    an immediate danger to the public. If the Director  summarily
 2    suspends the license of an administrator without a hearing, a
 3    hearing shall be held within 30 days after the suspension has
 4    occurred.
 5        (225 ILCS 70/21) (from Ch. 111, par. 3671)
 6        Sec.  21.  Appointment  of  hearing officer. The Director
 7    shall have the authority to appoint an attorney duly licensed
 8    to practice law in the State of  Illinois  to  serve  as  the
 9    hearing officer in any action for refusal to issue, renew, or
10    discipline  a  license  before  the Board to suspend, revoke,
11    place on probationary status, or take any other  disciplinary
12    action  with  regard  to a license. The hearing officer shall
13    have full authority to conduct the hearing.  There  shall  be
14    present at least one member of the Board at any such hearing.
15    The hearing officer shall report his or her findings of fact,
16    conclusions  of  law, and recommendations to the Board within
17    30 days of the receipt of the record. The Board shall have 60
18    90 days after from receipt of the report to review the report
19    of the hearing officer and  present  its  their  findings  of
20    fact,   conclusions   of  law,  and  recommendations  to  the
21    Director. If the Board fails to present its report within the
22    60 90 day period, the Director may issue an  order  based  on
23    the  report  of  the  hearing officer.  However, if the Board
24    does present its report within the specified 60 90 days,  the
25    Director's order shall be based upon the report of the Board.
26    If  the  Director  disagrees  with  the recommendation of the
27    Board or the hearing officer, the Director may issue an order
28    in contravention of the Board's report.  The  Director  shall
29    promptly  provide  a  written explanation to the Board on any
30    such disagreement.
31    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
32        (225 ILCS 70/22) (from Ch. 111, par. 3672)
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 1        Sec. 22. Subpoena power.  The  Board  or  Department  has
 2    power  to  subpoena  and  bring  before it any person in this
 3    State and to take testimony either orally or  by  deposition,
 4    or  both,  with  the  same  fees  and mileage and in the same
 5    manner as is prescribed by law for  judicial  proceedings  in
 6    civil cases.
 7        The  Department Board, upon a determination that probable
 8    cause exists that a violation of one or more of  the  grounds
 9    for  discipline  listed  in  Section  17  has  occurred or is
10    occurring, may subpoena the records of an individual licensed
11    under this Act, provided, that prior  to  the  submission  of
12    such  records  to  the  Board, all information indicating the
13    identity of any resident shall be removed and  deleted.   The
14    use  of  such  records  shall be restricted to members of the
15    Board,  the  Nursing  Home  Administrator  Coordinator,   and
16    appropriate  staff  of  the  Department  for  the  purpose of
17    determining  the  existence  of  one  or  more  grounds   for
18    discipline  of the nursing home administrator as provided for
19    by Section 17 of this Act.  Any  such  review  of  individual
20    residents'  records shall be conducted by the Board in strict
21    confidentiality, provided that such resident records shall be
22    admissible in a disciplinary hearing, before  the  Department
23    Board,   when  necessary  to  substantiate  the  grounds  for
24    discipline alleged against the administrator  licensed  under
25    this  Act, and provided further, that nothing herein shall be
26    deemed to supersede the provisions of Part 21 of Article VIII
27    of the  "Code  of  Civil  Procedure",  as  now  or  hereafter
28    amended, to the extent applicable.
29        The  Director,  the  designated  hearing officer, and any
30    member of the Board each have the power to  administer  oaths
31    at  any  hearing  that  which  the  Board  or  Department  is
32    authorized  by  law to conduct and any other oaths authorized
33    in an Act administered by the Department.
34    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
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 1        (225 ILCS 70/23) (from Ch. 111, par. 3673)
 2        Sec. 23. Record of proceedings. Stenographer; transcript.
 3    The Department, at its expense, shall provide a  stenographer
 4    to  take  down  the  testimony   and preserve a record of all
 5    proceedings at any formal the hearing of any case  wherein  a
 6    license  may  be  revoked,  suspended, placed on probationary
 7    status,  or  other  disciplinary  action  taken  with  regard
 8    thereto. The notice of  hearing,  complaint,  and  all  other
 9    documents  in  the  nature  of  pleadings and written motions
10    filed in the proceedings, the transcript  of  testimony,  the
11    report  of  the Board, and the orders of the Department shall
12    be constitute the record of the proceedings.  The  Department
13    shall  furnish  a  transcript  of  the  record  to any person
14    interested in such hearing upon payment of the  fee  required
15    under  Section  60f  of  the  Civil  Administrative  Code  of
16    Illinois.
17    (Source: P.A. 87-1031.)
18        (225 ILCS 70/24) (from Ch. 111, par. 3674)
19        Sec.  24.  Motion for rehearing.  The Board shall present
20    to  the  Director  a  written  report  of  its  findings  and
21    recommendations.  A copy of such report shall be served  upon
22    the  accused  person,  either  personally or by registered or
23    certified mail.  Within 20 30 days after  such  service,  the
24    accused  person may present to the Department a their motion,
25    in writing, for  a  rehearing,  which  written  motion  shall
26    specify the particular grounds for rehearing ground therefor.
27    If the accused person orders and pays for a transcript of the
28    record   as   provided  in  Section  23,  the  time  elapsing
29    thereafter and before such transcript is ready  for  delivery
30    to them shall not be counted as part of such 30 days.
31        At the expiration of the time allowed for filing a motion
32    for  rehearing,  the Director may take the action recommended
33    by the Board. Upon the suspension, revocation,  placement  on
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 1    probationary  status, or the taking of any other disciplinary
 2    action, deemed proper  by  the  Board,  with  regard  to  the
 3    license,  the  accused  shall  surrender their license to the
 4    Department, if ordered to do so  by the Department, and  upon
 5    their  failure  or refusal so to do, the Department may seize
 6    the same.
 7        Each  order   of   revocation,   suspension,   or   other
 8    disciplinary  action shall contain a brief, concise statement
 9    of the ground or grounds upon which the  Department's  action
10    is  based,  as  well  as the specific terms and conditions of
11    such action.  This document shall be retained as a  permanent
12    record by the Board and the Director.
13        The  Department shall at least annually publish a list of
14    the names of all persons disciplined under this  Act  in  the
15    preceding  12  months.   Such  lists  shall  be mailed by the
16    Department to any person in the State upon request.
17        In  those  instances  where  an  order   of   revocation,
18    suspension, or other disciplinary action has been rendered by
19    virtue  of  a  Nursing Home Administrator's physical illness,
20    including, but not  limited  to,  deterioration  through  the
21    aging  process,  or  loss  of motor skill which results in an
22    inability to practice with  reasonable  judgment,  skill,  or
23    safety,  the  Department shall only permit this document, and
24    the record of the hearing incident thereto, to  be  observed,
25    inspected, viewed, or copied pursuant to court order.
26    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
27        (225 ILCS 70/24.1 new)
28        Sec.   24.1.   Surrender  of  license;  record;  list  of
29    disciplinees. Upon the suspension, revocation,  placement  on
30    probationary  status, or the taking of any other disciplinary
31    action deemed proper by the Board with regard to  a  license,
32    the  accused  shall  surrender  his  or  her  license  to the
33    Department, if ordered to do so by the Department,  and  upon
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 1    his  or  her  failure or refusal to do so, the Department may
 2    seize the license.
 3        Each  order   of   revocation,   suspension,   or   other
 4    disciplinary  action shall contain a brief, concise statement
 5    of the ground or grounds upon which the  Department's  action
 6    is  based,  as  well  as the specific terms and conditions of
 7    such action.  This document shall be retained as a  permanent
 8    record by the Board and the Director.
 9        The  Department shall at least annually publish a list of
10    the names of all persons disciplined under this  Act  in  the
11    preceding  12  months.   Such  lists  shall  be mailed by the
12    Department to any person in the State upon request.
13        In  those  instances  where  an  order   of   revocation,
14    suspension, or other disciplinary action has been rendered by
15    virtue  of  a  nursing home administrator's physical illness,
16    including but not limited to deterioration through the  aging
17    process,  or loss of motor skill that results in an inability
18    to practice with reasonable judgment, skill, or  safety,  the
19    Department shall only permit this document, and the record of
20    the  hearing  incident  thereto,  to  be observed, inspected,
21    viewed, or copied pursuant to court order.
22        (225 ILCS 70/28) (from Ch. 111, par. 3678)
23        Sec. 28. Rehearing on order  of  Director.  Whenever  the
24    Director believes justice has not been done in the refusal to
25    issue  or  renew  a  license  or  revocation,  suspension, or
26    discipline of a license, he or she  may  order  a  rehearing.
27    None   of  the  disciplinary  functions,  powers  and  duties
28    enumerated in this Act shall be exercised by  the  Department
29    except upon the action and report in writing of the Board.
30        In  all instances, under this Act, in which the Board has
31    rendered a recommendation to the Director with respect  to  a
32    particular  administrator,  the  Director shall, in the event
33    that he or she disagrees with or takes action contrary to the
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 1    recommendation of the Board, file  with  the  Board  and  the
 2    Secretary  of  State  his  or her specific written reasons of
 3    disagreement with the Board.  Such  reasons  shall  be  filed
 4    within  30  days of the occurrence of the Director's contrary
 5    position having been taken.
 6        The action and report in writing of  a  majority  of  the
 7    Board  designated  is  sufficient  authority  upon  which the
 8    Director may act.
 9        Whenever  the  Director  is  satisfied  that  substantial
10    justice has not been done either in an examination, or  in  a
11    formal  disciplinary action, or refusal to restore a license,
12    he or she may order a re-examination  or  re-hearing  by  the
13    same or other examiners.
14    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
15        (225 ILCS 70/37 rep.)
16        Section 45. The Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and
17    Disciplinary Act is amended by repealing Section 37.
18        Section  50. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987
19    is amended by changing Sections 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 21,
20    22.1, 22.2, 22.5, 22.7, 22.11, 22.12, and 24  and  by  adding
21    Section 14.1 as follows:
22        (225 ILCS 95/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 4606)
23        Sec.  6. Title; billing. No physician assistant shall use
24    the title of doctor or associate with his or her name or  any
25    other term that which would indicate to other persons that he
26    or  she  is  qualified  to  engage in the general practice of
27    medicine.  A physician assistant shall not be allowed to bill
28    patients or in any way to charge for  services.   Nothing  in
29    this  Act,  however,  shall be so construed as to prevent the
30    employer of a physician assistant from charging for  services
31    rendered   by   the  physician  assistant.   The  supervising
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 1    physician  shall  file  with   the   Department   notice   of
 2    employment,  discharge, or supervisory control of a physician
 3    assistant at the time of employment, discharge, or assumption
 4    of supervisory control of a physician assistant.
 5    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
 6        (225 ILCS 95/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 4609)
 7        Sec.  9.  Application  for  licensure.  Applications  for
 8    original licenses shall be made to the Department in  writing
 9    on   forms   prescribed   by  the  Department  and  shall  be
10    accompanied  by  the  required  fee,  which  shall   not   be
11    refundable.  An  Any  such  application  shall  require  such
12    information  that  as  in the judgment of the Department will
13    enable the Department to pass on the  qualifications  of  the
14    applicant  for  a  license. An Such application shall include
15    evidence of  passage  of  the  examination  of  the  National
16    Commission  on  the Certification of Physician Assistants, or
17    its successor agency, and proof that the  applicant  holds  a
18    valid certificate issued by that Commission.
19        Applicants  have  3 years from the date of application to
20    complete the application process. If the process has not been
21    completed in 3 years, the application shall  be  denied,  the
22    fee  shall  be  forfeited, and the applicant must reapply and
23    meet the requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.
24        If an applicant fails to obtain registration  under  this
25    Act   within  3  years  after  filing  his  application,  the
26    application shall be denied. However, such applicant may make
27    a new application, accompanied by the required fee.
28    (Source: P.A. 86-596.)
29        (225 ILCS 95/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 4610)
30        Sec. 10. Identification. No person shall use the title or
31    perform the duties of "Physician assistant" unless he or  she
32    is  a  qualified holder of a license issued by the Department
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 1    certificate as provided in this Act.  A  physician  assistant
 2    shall  wear  on  his  or  her person a visible identification
 3    indicating that  he  or  she  is  certified  as  a  physician
 4    assistant while acting in the course of his or her duties.
 5    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
 6        (225 ILCS 95/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 4611)
 7        Sec.  11.  Committee.  There  is  established a physician
 8    assistant advisory committee to the Medical Licensing  Board.
 9    The  physician  assistant advisory committee shall review and
10    make recommendations  to  the  Board  regarding  all  matters
11    relating  to  physician  assistants.  The physician assistant
12    advisory committee shall be composed of 7 members.  Three  of
13    the 7 members shall be physicians, 2 of whom shall be members
14    of  the  Board and appointed to the advisory committee by the
15    chairman. One physician, not a member of the Board, shall  be
16    a  supervisor of a certified physician assistant and shall be
17    approved by the Governor from a list of  Illinois  physicians
18    supervising  certified  physician  assistants.  Three members
19    shall be physician assistants, certified under  the  law  and
20    appointed by the Governor from a list of 10 names recommended
21    by  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Illinois  Academy  of
22    Physician  Assistants. One member, not employed or having any
23    material  interest  in  any  health  care  field,  shall   be
24    appointed  by  the  Governor  and  represent  the public. The
25    chairman of the physician assistant advisory committee  shall
26    be  a  member  elected  by  a  majority vote of the physician
27    assistant advisory committee unless already a member  of  the
28    Board. The physician assistant advisory committee is required
29    to  meet  and  report to the Board quarterly and as physician
30    assistant issues arise. Initial appointment to the  physician
31    assistant  advisory  committee  shall  be made within 90 days
32    after the effective date of this Section. The terms of office
33    of each of the original  7  members  shall  be  at  staggered
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 1    intervals.  One  physician  and one physician assistant shall
 2    serve for a 2 year term.  One  physician  and  one  physician
 3    assistant  shall  serve  a  3  year  term. One physician, one
 4    physician assistant and the public member  shall  serve  a  4
 5    year term. Upon the expiration of the term of any member, his
 6    successor  shall  be  appointed  for a term of 4 years in the
 7    same manner as the initial appointment. No member shall serve
 8    more than 2 consecutive terms.
 9        The members of the physician assistant advisory committee
10    shall  be  reimbursed  for  all  authorized  legitimate   and
11    necessary  expenses incurred in attending the meetings of the
12    committee.
13        A majority of the physician assistant advisory  committee
14    members  currently  appointed  shall  constitute  a quorum. A
15    vacancy in the membership of the committee shall  not  impair
16    the  right  of  a  quorum to perform all of the duties of the
17    committee.
18        Members of the  physician  assistant  advisory  committee
19    shall   have  no  liability  for  any  action  based  upon  a
20    disciplinary proceeding or other activity performed  in  good
21    faith as a member of the committee.
22    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
23        (225 ILCS 95/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 4614)
24        Sec. 14. Issuance of license.
25        (a)  Upon  the satisfactory completion of application and
26    examination procedures and  compliance  with  the  applicable
27    rules  of  the  Department,  the  Department  shall  issue  a
28    physician  assistant  license  certificate  to the qualifying
29    applicant who holds a  certificate  issued  by  the  National
30    Commission  on  the  Certification of Physician Assistants or
31    equivalent successor agency.
32        (b)  Those Individuals who have successfully completed an
33    approved physician assistant program as determined  by  rules
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 1    of  the  Department,  and  who  have  made application to the
 2    Department  and  submitted  evidence  to  the  Department  of
 3    admission to the certifying examination administered  by  the
 4    National   Commission   on  the  Certification  of  Physician
 5    Assistants, or its  successor  agency,   shall  be  issued  a
 6    temporary  license  that  certificate  which  shall allow the
 7    applicant to practice until:
 8             (1)  he  or  she  receives  certification  from  the
 9        National Commission on  the  Certification  of  Physician
10        Assistants or its successor agency; or
11             (2)  fifteen  months  have  elapsed, whichever comes
12        first.
13        Under no circumstances shall such applicant  continue  to
14    practice   on   the   temporary   license  certificate  after
15    notification that he or she has failed the examination.  Such
16    authorization shall not be renewable.
17    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
18        (225 ILCS 95/14.1 new)
19        Sec. 14.1. Fees.
20        (a)  The Department shall provide by rule for a  schedule
21    of  fees  to be paid for licenses by all applicants. All fees
22    are not refundable.
23        (b)  Except as provided in subsection (c) below, the fees
24    for the administration and enforcement of this Act, including
25    but  not  limited  to  original   licensure,   renewal,   and
26    restoration, shall be set by rule.
27        (c)  All   moneys   collected   under  this  Act  by  the
28    Department shall be deposited in the Illinois  State  Medical
29    Disciplinary  Fund  in the State Treasury and used (1) in the
30    exercise of its powers and performance of  its  duties  under
31    this  Act,  as  such  use  is made by the Department; (2) for
32    costs directly related to license renewal of persons licensed
33    under this Act; (3) for the costs incurred by  the  physician
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 1    assistant  advisory  committee  in the exercise of its powers
 2    and performance of its duties under this Act, as such use  is
 3    made  by  the  Department;  and  (4) for direct and allocable
 4    indirect  costs  related  to  the  public  purposes  of   the
 5    Department of Professional Regulation.
 6        All  earnings  received  from investment of moneys in the
 7    Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund shall  be  deposited
 8    into  the  Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund and shall
 9    be used for the same purposes as fees deposited in the Fund.
10        (225 ILCS 95/16) (from Ch. 111, par. 4616)
11        Sec. 16. Expiration; renewal.  The  expiration  date  and
12    renewal  period  for each license issued under this Act shall
13    be set by rule.  Renewal shall be conditioned on  paying  the
14    required fee and by meeting such other requirements as may be
15    established by rule.
16        Any  physician  assistant  who  has  permitted his or her
17    license to expire or who  has  had  his  or  her  license  on
18    inactive  status  may have the his license restored by making
19    application to the Department and filing proof acceptable  to
20    the  Department of his or her fitness to have the his license
21    restored, and by paying the  required  fees.  Such  Proof  of
22    fitness  may  include  sworn  evidence  certifying  to active
23    lawful practice in another jurisdiction.
24        If the physician assistant has not maintained  an  active
25    practice   in   another   jurisdiction  satisfactory  to  the
26    Department, the Department shall determine, by an  evaluation
27    program   established   by  rule,  his  or  her  fitness  for
28    restoration of the his license and shall establish procedures
29    and requirements for such restoration.
30        However, any physician assistant  whose  license  expired
31    while  he  or  she  was (1) in federal service on active duty
32    with the Armed Forces of the  United  States,  or  the  State
33    Militia  called  into service or training, or (2) in training
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 1    or education under  the  supervision  of  the  United  States
 2    preliminary  to induction into the military service, may have
 3    the his license restored without paying  any  lapsed  renewal
 4    fees  if  within  2 years after honorable termination of such
 5    service, training, or  education  he  or  she  furnishes  the
 6    Department  with  satisfactory evidence to the effect that he
 7    or she has been so engaged  and  that  his  or  her  service,
 8    training, or education has been so terminated.
 9    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
10        (225 ILCS 95/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 4617)
11        Sec.  17.  Inactive  status.  Any physician assistant who
12    notified the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the
13    Department, may elect to place  his  or  her  license  on  an
14    inactive   status   and   shall,  subject  to  rules  of  the
15    Department, be excused from payment of renewal fees until  he
16    or  she  notifies  the  Department  in  writing of his or her
17    intention to restore the his license.
18        Any  physician  assistant  requesting  restoration   from
19    inactive  status shall be required to pay the current renewal
20    fee and shall be required to restore his or her  license,  as
21    provided in Section 16 of this Act.
22        Any  physician  assistant whose license is in an inactive
23    status shall not practice in the State of Illinois.
24        Any licensee who shall engage in practice  while  his  or
25    her  license  is  lapsed  or  on  inactive  status  shall  be
26    considered to be practicing without a license, which shall be
27    grounds for discipline under Section 21 of this Act.
28    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
29        (225 ILCS 95/21) (from Ch. 111, par. 4621)
30        Sec. 21. Grounds for disciplinary action.
31        (a)  The  Department  may refuse to issue or to renew, or
32    may  revoke,  suspend,  place  on   probation,   censure   or
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 1    reprimand,  or  take other disciplinary action with regard to
 2    any license issued under this Act as the Department may  deem
 3    proper,  including  the issuance of fines not to exceed $5000
 4    for each  violation,  for  any  one  or  combination  of  the
 5    following causes:
 6             (1)    1.  Material   misstatement   in   furnishing
 7        information to the Department.;
 8             (2) 2.  Violations of this Act, or the rules adopted
 9        under this Act promulgated hereunder.;
10             (3) 3.  Conviction of any crime under  the  laws  of
11        any  U.S.  jurisdiction that thereof which is a felony or
12        that which is a  misdemeanor,  an  essential  element  of
13        which  is  dishonesty,  or of any crime which is directly
14        related to the practice of the profession.;
15             (4) 4.  Making any misrepresentation for the purpose
16        of obtaining licenses;.
17             (5) 5.  Professional incompetence.;
18             (6)  6.  Aiding  or  assisting  another  person   in
19        violating any provision of this Act or its rules.;
20             (7)   7.  Failing,   within   60  days,  to  provide
21        information in response to a written request made by  the
22        Department.;
23             (8)  8.  Engaging  in  dishonorable,  unethical,  or
24        unprofessional   conduct,   as  defined  by  rule,  of  a
25        character  likely  to  deceive,  defraud,  or  harm   the
26        public.;
27             (9)  9.  Habitual  or  excessive use or addiction to
28        alcohol, narcotics, stimulants,  or  any  other  chemical
29        agent   or   drug  that  which  results  in  a  physician
30        assistant's  assistants'  inability  to   practice   with
31        reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.;
32             (10) 10.  Discipline by another U.S. jurisdiction or
33        foreign  nation,  if  at  least  one of the grounds for a
34        discipline is the same  or  substantially  equivalent  to
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 1        those set forth in this Section herein;
 2             (11)   11.  Directly  or  indirectly  giving  to  or
 3        receiving   from   any   person,    firm,    corporation,
 4        partnership,  or  association any fee, commission, rebate
 5        or  other  form  of  compensation  for  any  professional
 6        services not actually or personally rendered.;
 7             (12) 12.  A finding by the Disciplinary  Board  that
 8        the  licensee,  after having his or her license placed on
 9        probationary status has violated the terms of probation.;
10             (13) 13.  Abandonment of a patient.;
11             (14) 14.  Willfully making or filing  false  records
12        or  reports  in  his  or  her practice, including but not
13        limited to false records filed  with  state  agencies  or
14        departments.;
15             (15) 15.  Willfully failing to report an instance of
16        suspected  child  abuse  or  neglect  as  required by the
17        Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.;
18             (16)  16.  Physical  illness,  including   but   not
19        limited  to,  deterioration through the aging process, or
20        loss of motor skill, mental illness, or  disability  that
21        which results in the inability to practice the profession
22        with reasonable judgment, skill or safety.;
23             (17)   17.  Being  named  as  a  perpetrator  in  an
24        indicated report by the Department of Children and Family
25        Services under the Abused and Neglected  Child  Reporting
26        Act, and upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that
27        the  licensee has caused a child to be an abused child or
28        neglected child as defined in the  Abused  and  Neglected
29        Child Reporting Act.;
30             (18)  18.  Conviction in this State or another state
31        of any crime that which is a felony  under  the  laws  of
32        this  State,  or  conviction  of  a  felony  in a federal
33        court.;
34             (19) 19.  Gross malpractice resulting  in  permanent
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 1        injury or death of a patient.;
 2             (20)  20.  Employment  of  fraud,  deception, or any
 3        unlawful means in applying for or securing a license as a
 4        physician assistant.;
 5             (21) 21.  Exceeding the authority delegated  to  him
 6        or her  by his or her supervising physician in guidelines
 7        established by the physician/physician assistant team.;
 8             (22)  22.  Immoral  conduct in the commission of any
 9        act, such as sexual abuse, sexual  misconduct  or  sexual
10        exploitation, related to the licensee's practice;
11             (23)   23.  Violation  of  the  Health  Care  Worker
12        Self-Referral Act.
13        (b)  The Department may refuse to issue  or  may  suspend
14    the  license  of any person who fails to file a return, or to
15    pay the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return,  or
16    to  pay any final assessment of the tax, penalty, or interest
17    as required by any  tax  Act  administered  by  the  Illinois
18    Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of
19    any such tax Act are satisfied.
20        (c)  The determination by a circuit court that a licensee
21    is  subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission as
22    provided in the Mental Health and Developmental  Disabilities
23    Code operates as an automatic suspension. The Such suspension
24    will  end  only upon a finding by a court that the patient is
25    no  longer  subject  to  involuntary  admission  or  judicial
26    admission and issues an order so finding and discharging  the
27    patient,;  and  upon  the  recommendation of the Disciplinary
28    Board to the Director that the licensee be allowed to  resume
29    his or her practice.
30        (d)  In  enforcing  this  Section,  the Department upon a
31    showing of a possible  violation  may  compel  an  individual
32    licensed  to  practice under this Act, or who has applied for
33    licensure under this Act, to submit to a mental  or  physical
34    examination,  or  both,  as required by and at the expense of
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 1    the  Department.  The  Department  may  order  the  examining
 2    physician to  present  testimony  concerning  the  mental  or
 3    physical   examination  of  the  licensee  or  applicant.  No
 4    information shall be excluded by reason of any common law  or
 5    statutory  privilege  relating  to communications between the
 6    licensee  or  applicant  and  the  examining  physician.  The
 7    examining physicians shall be specifically designated by  the
 8    Department. The individual to be examined may have, at his or
 9    her  own  expense,  another  physician  of  his or her choice
10    present during all aspects of this examination.   Failure  of
11    an  individual to submit to a mental or physical examination,
12    when directed, shall be grounds for suspension of his or  her
13    license  until  the  individual submits to the examination if
14    the Department finds, after  notice  and  hearing,  that  the
15    refusal  to  submit to the examination was without reasonable
16    cause.
17        If the Department finds an individual unable to  practice
18    because  of  the  reasons  set  forth  in  this  Section, the
19    Department may require that individual  to  submit  to  care,
20    counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or designated
21    by  the  Department, as a condition, term, or restriction for
22    continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to practice;  or,
23    in lieu of care, counseling, or treatment, the Department may
24    file a complaint to immediately suspend, revoke, or otherwise
25    discipline the license of the individual. An individual whose
26    license   was   granted,   continued,   reinstated,  renewed,
27    disciplined, or supervised subject to such terms, conditions,
28    or restrictions, and who fails to  comply  with  such  terms,
29    conditions,   or  restrictions,  shall  be  referred  to  the
30    Director for a determination as  to  whether  the  individual
31    shall  have his or her license suspended immediately, pending
32    a hearing by the Department.
33        In instances in which the Director immediately suspends a
34    person's license  under  this  Section,  a  hearing  on  that
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 1    person's license must be convened by the Department within 15
 2    days  after  the suspension and completed without appreciable
 3    delay. The Department shall have the authority to review  the
 4    subject  individual's  record  of  treatment  and  counseling
 5    regarding   the   impairment   to  the  extent  permitted  by
 6    applicable federal statutes and regulations safeguarding  the
 7    confidentiality of medical records.
 8        An  individual licensed under this Act and affected under
 9    this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to  demonstrate
10    to  the  Department  that  he  or  she can resume practice in
11    compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under the
12    provisions of his or her license.
13    (Source: P.A. 87-1207.)
14        (225 ILCS 95/22.1) (from Ch. 111, par. 4622.1)
15        Sec. 22.1. Injunction.
16        (a)  If any person violates the provision  of  this  Act,
17    the  Director  may, in the name of the People of the State of
18    Illinois, through  the  Attorney  General  of  the  State  of
19    Illinois,  or the State's Attorney of any county in which the
20    action is brought, petition, for an order enjoining the  such
21    violation or for an order enforcing compliance with this Act.
22    Upon  the  filing  of a verified petition in court, the court
23    may issue a temporary restraining order,  without  notice  or
24    bond,  and  may  preliminarily  and  permanently  enjoin such
25    violation, and if it is  established  that  such  person  has
26    violated or is violating the injunction, the Court may punish
27    the  offender  for contempt of court.  Proceedings under this
28    Section shall be in addition to, and  not  in  lieu  of,  all
29    other remedies and penalties provided by this Act.
30        (b)  If   any   person  shall  practice  as  a  physician
31    assistant or hold himself  or  herself  out  as  a  physician
32    assistant without being licensed under the provisions of this
33    Act,  then  any  licensed physician assistant, any interested
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 1    party or any person injured thereby may, in addition  to  the
 2    Director,  petition  for relief as provided in subsection (a)
 3    of this Section.
 4        (c)  Whenever in the opinion of the Department any person
 5    violates any provision of this Act, the Department may  issue
 6    a  rule to show cause why an order to cease and desist should
 7    not be entered against him.  The rule shall clearly set forth
 8    the grounds relied upon by the Department and shall provide a
 9    period of 7 days from the date of the rule to file an  answer
10    to  the satisfaction of the Department.  Failure to answer to
11    the satisfaction of the Department shall cause  an  order  to
12    cease and desist to be issued forthwith.
13    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
14        (225 ILCS 95/22.2) (from Ch. 111, par. 4622.2)
15        Sec. 22.2. Investigation; notice; hearing. The Department
16    may investigate the actions of any applicant or of any person
17    or  persons  holding  or  claiming  to  hold  a license.  The
18    Department shall, before  suspending,  revoking,  placing  on
19    probationary  status, or taking any other disciplinary action
20    as the Department may deem proper with regard to any  license
21    or  certificate,  at  least 30 days prior to the date set for
22    the hearing, notify the  applicant  or  licensee  accused  in
23    writing  of  any  charges  made  and the time and place for a
24    hearing of the charges before the Disciplinary Board,  direct
25    him  or  her to file his or her written answer thereto to the
26    Disciplinary Board  under  oath  within  20  days  after  the
27    service  on  him  or her of such notice and inform him or her
28    that if he or she fails to file such answer default  will  be
29    taken   against  him  or  her  and  his  or  her  license  or
30    certificate may be suspended, revoked, placed on probationary
31    status, or have other disciplinary action, including limiting
32    the scope, nature or extent of his or her  practice,  as  the
33    Department  may  deem  proper taken with regard thereto. Such
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 1    written  notice  may  be  served  by  personal  delivery   or
 2    certified  or  registered  mail at the last address of his or
 3    her last notification to the Department.   At  the  time  and
 4    place  fixed  in  the notice, the Department shall proceed to
 5    hear the charges and the parties or their  counsel  shall  be
 6    accorded   ample  opportunity  to  present  such  statements,
 7    testimony, evidence, and argument as may be pertinent to  the
 8    charges  or  to  the  defense  thereto.   The  Department may
 9    continue  such  hearing  from  time  to  time.  In  case  the
10    applicant or licensee accused person, after receiving notice,
11    fails to file an answer, his or her  license  or  certificate
12    may  in the discretion of the Director, having received first
13    the recommendation of the Disciplinary Board,  be  suspended,
14    revoked,  placed  on probationary status, or the Director may
15    take whatever disciplinary action  as  he  or  she  may  deem
16    proper,  including  limiting  the scope, nature, or extent of
17    such person's practice, without a hearing, if the act or acts
18    charged constitute sufficient grounds for such  action  under
19    this Act.
20    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
21        (225 ILCS 95/22.5) (from Ch. 111, par. 4622.5)
22        Sec.  22.5.  Subpoena  power; oaths. The Department shall
23    have power to subpoena and bring before it any person in this
24    State and to take testimony either orally or by deposition or
25    both, with the same fees and mileage and in the  same  manner
26    as  prescribed  by law in judicial proceedings in civil cases
27    in circuit courts of this State.
28        The Director, the designated  hearing  officer,  and  any
29    member  of  the Disciplinary Board designated by the Director
30    shall each have power to administer oaths to witnesses at any
31    hearing which the Department is authorized to  conduct  under
32    this  Act,  and  any other oaths required or authorized to be
33    administered by the Department under this Act hereunder.
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 1    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
 2        (225 ILCS 95/22.7) (from Ch. 111, par. 4622.7)
 3        Sec.  22.7.    Hearing   officer.   Notwithstanding   the
 4    provisions  of  Section  22.2 of this Act, the Director shall
 5    have the authority to appoint any attorney duly  licensed  to
 6    practice law in the State of Illinois to serve as the hearing
 7    officer  in any action for refusal to issue or, renew, or for
 8    discipline of, a license or certificate. The  Director  shall
 9    notify  the  Disciplinary Board of any such appointment.  The
10    hearing officer shall have  full  authority  to  conduct  the
11    hearing.   The  hearing  officer  shall  report  his  or  her
12    findings  of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations to
13    the Disciplinary Board and the  Director.   The  Disciplinary
14    Board shall have 60 days from receipt of the report to review
15    the  report of the hearing officer and present their findings
16    of fact, conclusions  of  law,  and  recommendations  to  the
17    Director.    If  the  Disciplinary Board fails to present its
18    report within the 60 day period, the Director shall issue  an
19    order  based  on  the  report of the hearing officer.  If the
20    Director disagrees in any  regard  with  the  report  of  the
21    Disciplinary Board or hearing officer, he or she may issue an
22    order in contravention thereof.  The Director shall provide a
23    written  explanation  to  the  Disciplinary Board on any such
24    deviation, and shall specify with particularity  the  reasons
25    for such action in the final order.
26    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
27        (225 ILCS 95/22.11) (from Ch. 111, par. 4622.11)
28        Sec. 22.11. Restoration of license. At any time after the
29    suspension  or  revocation  of any license the Department may
30    restore it to the licensee accused person,  unless  after  an
31    investigation  and  a hearing, the Department determines that
32    restoration  is   not   in   the   public   interest.   Where
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 1    circumstances  of  suspension  or revocation so indicate, the
 2    Department may require an examination of the  licensee  prior
 3    to restoring his or her license.
 4    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
 5        (225 ILCS 95/22.12) (from Ch. 111, par. 4622.12)
 6        Sec.  22.12. Surrender of license. Upon the revocation or
 7    suspension of any license,  the  licensee  shall  immediately
 8    forthwith surrender the license to the Department. and If the
 9    licensee  fails to do so, the Department shall have the right
10    to seize the license.
11    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
12        (225 ILCS 95/24) (from Ch. 111, par. 4624)
13        Sec. 24. Pending  actions.  All  licenses  in  effect  on
14    December  31,  1987  and  issued pursuant to the "Physician's
15    Assistants Practice Act", approved  September  11,  1975,  as
16    amended, are reinstated for the balance of the term for which
17    last issued.  All rules and regulations in effect on December
18    31,   1987  and  promulgated  pursuant  to  the  "Physician's
19    Assistants Practice Act", approved  September  11,  1975,  as
20    amended,  shall  remain  in  full  force  and  effect  on the
21    effective date of this Act without being promulgated again by
22    the Department,  except  to  the  extent  any  such  rule  or
23    regulation  is  inconsistent  with any provision of this Act.
24    All disciplinary actions taken or  pending  pursuant  to  the
25    "Physician's Assistants Practice Act", approved September 11,
26    1975,  as  amended,  shall,  for the actions taken, remain in
27    effect, and for the actions pending, shall be  continued,  on
28    the  effective  date  of  this  Act  without  having separate
29    actions filed by the Department.
30    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
31        (225 ILCS 95/18 rep.)
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 1        Section 55. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of  1987
 2    is amended by repealing Section 18.
 3        Section  60.  The  Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
 4    Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Sections 3,  5,
 5    7,  8,  11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 28, 30, and 33 and by
 6    adding Sections 3.5, 9.5, 16.5, 28.5, and 29.5 as follows:
 7        (225 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 7903)
 8        Sec. 3.  Definitions.  The following  words  and  phrases
 9    shall  have  the  meaning  ascribed  to  them in this Section
10    unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
11             (a)  "Department" means the Illinois  Department  of
12        Professional Regulation.
13             (b)  "Director" means the Director of the Department
14        of Professional Regulation.
15             (c)  "Board"  means  the  Board  of  Speech-Language
16        Pathology  and  Audiology  established under Section 5 of
17        this Act.
18             (d)  "Speech-Language pathologist"  means  a  person
19        who  has received a license pursuant to Section 9 of this
20        Act and who engages in the  practice  of  speech-language
21        pathology, as defined herein.
22             (e)  "Audiologist" means a person who has received a
23        license pursuant to Section 9 of this Act and who engages
24        in the practice of audiology, as defined herein.
25             (f)  "Public  member"  means  a  person who is not a
26        health professional.  For purposes of  board  membership,
27        any  person  with  a  significant financial interest in a
28        health service or profession is not a public member.
29             (g)  "The practice of audiology" is the  application
30        of    nonmedical   methods   and   procedures   for   the
31        identification,    measurement,    testing,    appraisal,
32        prediction, habilitation, rehabilitation, or  instruction
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 1        related  to  hearing  and  disorders  of  hearing.  These
 2        procedures are for the purpose of counseling,  consulting
 3        and  rendering  or  offering  to  render  services or for
 4        participating in the planning, directing or conducting of
 5        programs that which are designed to modify  communicative
 6        disorders involving speech, language or auditory function
 7        related  to  hearing  loss. The practice of audiology may
 8        include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
 9                  (1)  any task, procedure, act, or practice that
10             is  necessary  for  the  evaluation  of  hearing  or
11             vestibular function;
12                  (2)  training  in  the  use  of  amplification,
13             including hearing aids;
14                  (3)  performing  basic  speech   and   language
15             screening   tests  and  procedures  consistent  with
16             audiology training.
17             (h)  "The practice of speech-language pathology"  is
18        the  application of nonmedical methods and procedures for
19        the  identification,  measurement,  testing,   appraisal,
20        prediction,     habilitation,     rehabilitation,     and
21        modification  related  to  communication development, and
22        disorders or disabilities  of  speech,  language,  voice,
23        swallowing,  and other speech, language and voice related
24        disorders.  These  procedures  are  for  the  purpose  of
25        counseling,  consulting  and  rendering  or  offering  to
26        render  services,  or  for participating in the planning,
27        directing or conducting of programs which are designed to
28        modify  communicative   disorders   and   conditions   in
29        individuals  or  groups  of individuals involving speech,
30        language, voice and swallowing function.
31             The  practice  of  speech-language  pathology  shall
32        include:
33                  (1)  hearing   screening   tests   and    aural
34             rehabilitation     procedures     consistent    with
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 1             speech-language pathology training;
 2                  (2)  tasks, procedures, acts or practices  that
 3             are necessary for the evaluation of, and training in
 4             the  use  of,  augmentative  communication  systems,
 5             communication  variation,  cognitive rehabilitation,
 6             non-spoken language production and comprehension.
 7    (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)
 8        (225 ILCS 110/3.5 new)
 9        Sec. 3.5. Exemptions. This Act does not prohibit:
10             (a)  The practice of  speech-language  pathology  or
11        audiology  by  students  in  their  course  of  study  in
12        programs approved by the Department when acting under the
13        direction  and  supervision  of  licensed speech-language
14        pathologists or audiologists.
15             (b)  The   performance   of   any    speech-language
16        pathology   or  audiology  service  by  an  appropriately
17        trained person if such service  is  performed  under  the
18        supervision   and   full  responsibility  of  a  licensed
19        speech-language pathologist or audiologist.
20             (c)  The performance of audiometric testing for  the
21        purpose   of   industrial   hearing  conservation  by  an
22        audiometric  technician  certified  by  the  Council   of
23        Accreditation   for   Occupational  Hearing  Conservation
24        (CAOHC).
25             (d)  The performance of an audiometric screening  by
26        an  audiometric  screenings  technician  certified by the
27        Department of Public Health.
28             (e)  The selling or practice of fitting, dispensing,
29        or  servicing  hearing  instruments  by  a  hearing   aid
30        dispenser  licensed under the Hearing Instrument Consumer
31        Protection Act.
32             (f)  The performance of vestibular function  testing
33        by  an appropriately trained person under the supervision
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 1        of a physician licensed to practice medicine in  all  its
 2        branches.
 3             (g)  A person licensed in this State under any other
 4        Act  from engaging in the practice for which he or she is
 5        licensed.
 6        (225 ILCS 110/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 7905)
 7        Sec.  5.   Board   of   Speech-Language   Pathology   and
 8    Audiology.  There  is  created  a  Board  of  Speech-Language
 9    Pathology  and Audiology to be composed of persons designated
10    from time to time by the Director, as follows:
11             (a)  Five persons, 2  of  whom  have  been  licensed
12        speech-language  pathologists  for a period of 5 years or
13        more, 2 of whom have been  licensed  audiologists  for  a
14        period  of  5  years or more, and one public member.  The
15        board shall annually elect a chairperson chairman  and  a
16        vice-chairperson.
17             (b)  Terms for all members shall be for 3 years. For
18        initial  appointments,  one  member shall be appointed to
19        serve for one year, 2 shall be appointed to serve  for  2
20        years,  and the remaining shall be appointed to serve for
21        3 years and until  their  successors  are  appointed  and
22        qualify.  Initial terms shall begin on the effective date
23        of  this  Act. Partial terms over 2 years in length shall
24        be considered as full terms.  A member may be reappointed
25        for a successive term, but no  member  shall  serve  more
26        than 2 full terms.
27             (c)  The  membership  of the Board should reasonably
28        reflect representation from the various geographic  areas
29        of the State.
30             (d)  In   making  appointments  to  the  Board,  the
31        Director shall give due consideration to  recommendations
32        by  organizations  of  the  speech-language pathology and
33        audiology professions in Illinois, including the Illinois
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 1        Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and  shall  promptly
 2        give  due  notice to such organizations of any vacancy in
 3        the membership of the Board.  The Director may  terminate
 4        the appointment of any member for any cause, which in the
 5        opinion   of  the  Director,  reasonably  justifies  such
 6        termination.
 7             (e)  A  majority  of  the  Board  members  currently
 8        appointed shall constitute a quorum.  A  vacancy  in  the
 9        membership  of  the Board shall not impair the right of a
10        quorum to exercise all the rights  and  perform  all  the
11        duties of the Board.
12             (f)  The  members of the Board shall each receive as
13        compensation  a  reasonable  sum  as  determined  by  the
14        Director for each day actually engaged in the  duties  of
15        the  office,  and  all  legitimate and necessary expenses
16        incurred in attending the meetings of the Board.
17             (g)  Members of the Board shall be immune from  suit
18        in  any action based upon any disciplinary proceedings or
19        other activities performed in good faith  as  members  of
20        the Board.
21             (h)  The  Director  may consider the recommendations
22        of the Board in establishing guidelines for  professional
23        conduct,  the conduct of formal disciplinary  proceedings
24        brought under this Act, and qualifications of applicants.
25        Notice of proposed rulemaking shall be transmitted to the
26        Board and the Department shall review the response of the
27        Board and any recommendations made in the  response.  The
28        Department,  at  any time, may seek the expert advice and
29        knowledge of the Board on  any  matter  relating  to  the
30        administration or enforcement of this Act.
31             (i)  Whenever   the   Director   is  satisfied  that
32        substantial justice  has  not  been  done  either  in  an
33        examination  or in the revocation, suspension, or refusal
34        of a license, or other disciplinary action relating to  a
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 1        license,  the  Director  may  order  a  reexamination  or
 2        rehearing.
 3    (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)
 4        (225 ILCS 110/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 7907)
 5        Sec. 7. Licensure requirement. Necessity for Licensure of
 6    Speech-Language    Pathologists    and    Audiologists    and
 7    Applications  for  Licenses. (a) On or after June 1, 1989, no
 8    person shall practice speech-language pathology or  audiology
 9    without  first  applying for and obtaining a license for such
10    purpose from the Department.
11        (b)  Applications must be  accompanied  by  the  required
12    fee.
13        (c)  If  an applicant neglects, fails, refuses to take or
14    fails to pass an examination for  licensure  under  this  Act
15    within  3 years after filing his application, the fee paid by
16    the applicant shall be forfeited and the application  denied.
17    However, such applicant may thereafter make a new application
18    for  examination, accompanied by the required fee and provide
19    evidence of meeting the requirements in force at the time  of
20    the  new  application.   In the event an applicant has passed
21    part of an examination administered during the 3 year period,
22    but has failed to pass the examination in its entirety,  said
23    individual's  partial  scores  shall be void, and he shall be
24    required to retake all portions of the examination  within  a
25    successive 3 year period.
26        (d)  In lieu of the examination given to other applicants
27    for  licensure,  the  Director  may  issue  a  license  to an
28    individual who presents proof to the  Director  that  he  was
29    actively   engaged   in   the   practice   of   audiology  or
30    speech-language pathology, or both, prior to  June  1,  1989,
31    and  who has practiced such profession in this State for 2 of
32    the last 4 years immediately preceding the enactment of  this
33    Act.   The Director may issue a license under this subsection
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 1    (d)  to  an  individual  who  has  actively   practiced   the
 2    profession  for  at  least 4 years, but who does not meet the
 3    requirement  of  practicing  2  of  the  last  4  years.   In
 4    addition,  such  individual  shall  demonstrate  evidence  of
 5    receiving one of the following: (1) a master's degree or  its
 6    equivalent  in  speech-language  pathology  or audiology, and
 7    meeting  the  certification   standards   of   the   American
 8    Speech-Language-Hearing  Association  (ASHA),  or (2) a valid
 9    Type 10-Speech  and  Language  Impaired  Certificate  or  its
10    equivalent  from  the Illinois State Board of Education.  The
11    application for a license without examination shall  be  made
12    to the Director within one year of the enactment date of this
13    Act.   Prior  to  the  licensure  of an individual under this
14    Section,  the  Director  may  require  that   the   applicant
15    demonstrate  satisfactory  knowledge  of current developments
16    and procedures in his area of specialization.
17    (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)
18        (225 ILCS 110/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 7908)
19        Sec. 8.  Qualifications of Applicants for Speech-Language
20    Pathology  and  Audiology  licenses.  The  Department   shall
21    require that each applicant for a license to practice shall:
22             (a)  (Blank);
23             (b)  Be at least 21 years of age;
24             (c)  Not  have violated any provisions of Section 16
25        of this Act;
26             (d)  Present satisfactory evidence  of  receiving  a
27        master's degree in speech-language pathology or audiology
28        from  a  program  approved by the Department.  Nothing in
29        this Act shall be construed to prevent any  program  from
30        establishing higher standards than specified in this Act;
31             (e)  Pass   an   examination   authorized   by   the
32        Department  in the theory and practice of the profession,
33        provided that the Department may recognize a  certificate
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 1        granted    by    the   American   Speech-Language-Hearing
 2        Association in lieu of such examination; and
 3             (f)  Have completed the equivalent of  9  months  of
 4        full-time, supervised professional experience.
 5        Applicants  have  3 years from the date of application to
 6    complete the application process. If the process has not been
 7    completed within 3 years, the application  shall  be  denied,
 8    the  fee  shall  be forfeited, and the applicant must reapply
 9    and  meet  the  requirements  in  effect  at  the   time   of
10    reapplication.
11    (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 8-20-95.)
12        (225 ILCS 110/9.5 new)
13        Sec.  9.5.  Practice by corporations. No license shall be
14    issued by the  Department  to  any  corporation,  the  stated
15    purpose  of  which includes or that practices or holds itself
16    out as available to  practice  speech-language  pathology  or
17    audiology, unless it is organized under the provisions of the
18    Professional Service Corporation Act.
19        (225 ILCS 110/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 7911)
20        Sec.   11.    Expiration,   renewal  and  restoration  of
21    licenses.
22        (a)  The expiration date  and  renewal  period  for  each
23    license  issued  under  this  Act  shall  be  set by rule.  A
24    speech-language pathologist or  audiologist  may  renew  such
25    license  during  the  month  preceding  the  expiration  date
26    thereof by paying the required fee.
27        (b)  Inactive status.
28             (1)  Any  licensee  who  notifies  the Department in
29        writing on forms prescribed by the Department, may  elect
30        to  place  his  or  her license on an inactive status and
31        shall, subject to rules of  the  Department,  be  excused
32        from payment of renewal fees until he or she notifies the
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 1        Department  in  writing  of  his  or her desire to resume
 2        active status.;
 3             (2)  Any  licensee   requesting   restoration   from
 4        inactive  status  shall  be  required  to pay the current
 5        renewal fee and shall be required to restore his  or  her
 6        license.;
 7             (3)  Any  licensee  whose  license is in an inactive
 8        status shall not practice in the State of Illinois.; and
 9             (4)  Any licensee who shall engage in  the  practice
10        while   the  license  is  lapsed  or  inactive  shall  be
11        considered to be practicing without a license which shall
12        be grounds for discipline under Section 16 of this Act.
13        (c)  Any speech-language pathologist or audiologist whose
14    license has expired may have his or her license  restored  at
15    any  time  within  5 years after the expiration thereof, upon
16    payment of the required fee.
17        (d)  Any person whose license has been expired  for  more
18    than  5 years or more may have his or her license restored by
19    making  application  to  the  Department  and  filing   proof
20    acceptable  to  the  Department of his or her fitness to have
21    his  or  her  license  restored,  including  sworn   evidence
22    certifying to active lawful practice in another jurisdiction,
23    and  by  paying  the  required  restoration  fee.   A  person
24    practicing  on  an expired license is deemed to be practicing
25    without a license.
26        (e)  If a  person  whose  license  has  expired  has  not
27    maintained  active  practice  in  another  jurisdiction,  the
28    Department   shall   determine,   by  an  evaluation  process
29    established by rule, his or  her  fitness  to  resume  active
30    status  and  may  require  the person to complete a period of
31    evaluated clinical experience,  and  may  require  successful
32    completion of an examination.
33        (f)  Any person whose license has expired while he or she
34    has  been  engaged  (1) in federal or State service on active
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 1    duty, or (2) in training or education under  the  supervision
 2    of  the  United  States  preliminary  to  induction  into the
 3    military service,  may  have  his  or  her  license  restored
 4    without  paying  any  lapsed  renewal  or restoration fee, if
 5    within 2 years after termination of such service, training or
 6    education  he  or   she   furnishes   the   Department   with
 7    satisfactory  proof  that  he  or she has been so engaged and
 8    that his or her service, training or education  has  been  so
 9    terminated.
10    (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)
11        (225 ILCS 110/13) (from Ch. 111, par. 7913)
12        Sec. 13. Licensing applicants from other States.
13        Upon  payment  of the required fee, an applicant who is a
14    speech-language pathologist or audiologist licensed under the
15    laws of another state or  territory  of  the  United  States,
16    shall,   without  examination  be  granted  a  license  as  a
17    speech-language pathologist or audiologist by the Department:
18        (a)  whenever the requirements of such state or territory
19    of  the  United  States  were  at  the  date   of   licensure
20    substantially equal to the requirements then in force in this
21    State; or
22        (b)  whenever  such  requirements  of  another  state  or
23    territory  of the United States together with educational and
24    professional qualifications, as distinguished from  practical
25    experience,  of  the  applicant  since obtaining a license as
26    speech-language pathologist or audiologist in such  state  or
27    territory of the United States are substantially equal to the
28    requirements  in force in Illinois at the time of application
29    for   licensure   as   a   speech-language   pathologist   or
30    audiologist.
31        Applicants have 3 years from the date of  application  to
32    complete the application process. If the process has not been
33    completed  within  3  years, the application shall be denied,
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 1    the fee shall be forfeited, and the  applicant  must  reapply
 2    and   meet   the  requirements  in  effect  at  the  time  of
 3    reapplication.
 4    (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)
 5        (225 ILCS 110/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 7914)
 6        Sec. 14.  Fees.
 7        (a)  The Department shall provide by rule for a  schedule
 8    of fees to be paid for licenses by all applicants.
 9        (b)  Except as provided in subsection (c) below, the fees
10    for the administration and enforcement of this Act, including
11    but   not   limited   to  original  licensure,  renewal,  and
12    restoration, shall be set by rule and shall be nonrefundable.
13        (c)  Applicants for examination shall be required to pay,
14    either to the Department or the designated testing service, a
15    fee covering the  cost  of  initial  screening  to  determine
16    eligibility and to provide the examination. Failure to appear
17    for  the  examination  on  the scheduled date at the time and
18    place specified, after the application  for  examination  has
19    been  received  and  acknowledged  by  the  Department or the
20    designated testing service, shall result in the forfeiture of
21    the examination fee.
22    (a) The following fees are non-refundable:
23        1.   Application  for   initial   license   pursuant   to
24    examination: $90.
25        2.   Application for licensure for a person licensed as a
26    speech-language pathologist or audiologist under the laws  of
27    another State or territory of the United States: $100.
28        3.  Application for renewal of a license: $50 per year.
29        4.   (i)  Application for restoration of a license, other
30    than from inactive status: $10 plus  payment  of  all  lapsed
31    renewal fees.
32        (ii)  Application  for  restoration from inactive status:
33    $10 plus current renewal fees.
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 1        5.  Issuance of a  duplicate  certificate  of  licensure,
 2    issuance of a replacement certificate for a certificate which
 3    has  been lost or destroyed or issuance of a certificate with
 4    a change of name or address other  than  during  the  renewal
 5    period: $20.  No fee is required for name and address changes
 6    on  Department  records  when  no  duplicate  certificate  is
 7    issued.
 8        6.  Application  for  a  certification  of  a  licensee's
 9    record for any purpose: $20.
10        7.  Application  for rescoring of an examination: cost to
11    the Department of rescoring the examination,  plus  any  fees
12    charged  by  the  applicable  testing  service  to  have  the
13    examination rescored.
14        (b)  Applicants  for any examination shall be required to
15    pay, either to the Department or to  the  designated  testing
16    service,  a  fee  covering  the  cost of initial screening to
17    determine eligibility and providing the examination.
18        (c)  The fee for a wall certificate shall be  the  actual
19    cost of producing such certificate.
20        (d)  The   fee  for  a  roster  of  persons  licensed  as
21    speech-language pathologists or audiologists  in  this  State
22    shall be the actual cost of producing such a roster.
23    (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)
24        (225 ILCS 110/16) (from Ch. 111, par. 7916)
25        Sec.    16.  Refusal,   revocation   or   suspension   of
26    Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology licenses.
27        (1)  The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or  may
28    revoke,  suspend,  place  on probation, censure, reprimand or
29    take other disciplinary action as  the  Department  may  deem
30    proper,  including  fines  not  to  exceed  $5,000  for  each
31    violation,  with regard to any license or certificate for any
32    one or combination of the following causes:
33             (a)  Fraud in procuring the license.
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 1             (b)  Habitual intoxication or addiction to  the  use
 2        of drugs.
 3             (c)  Willful  or repeated violations of the rules of
 4        the Department of Public Health.
 5             (d)  Division of fees or agreeing to split or divide
 6        the  fees  received  for  speech-language  pathology   or
 7        audiology  services  with  any  person  for  referring an
 8        individual, or assisting in the care or treatment  of  an
 9        individual,  without  the  knowledge of the individual or
10        his or her legal representative.
11             (e)  Employing,  procuring,  inducing,   aiding   or
12        abetting  a  person  not  licensed  as  a speech-language
13        pathologist or audiologist to engage in the  unauthorized
14        practice of speech-language pathology or audiology.
15             (f)  Making    any   misrepresentations   or   false
16        promises, directly or indirectly, to influence,  persuade
17        or induce patronage.
18             (g)  Professional connection or association with, or
19        lending  his  or  her  name  to  another  for the illegal
20        practice of speech-language  pathology  or  audiology  by
21        another,  or  professional connection or association with
22        any person, firm or corporation holding itself out in any
23        manner contrary to this Act.
24             (h)  Obtaining or seeking to obtain  checks,  money,
25        or  any  other  things  of  value  by false or fraudulent
26        representations, including but not limited  to,  engaging
27        in  such  fraudulent  practice  to  defraud  the  medical
28        assistance program of the Department of Public Aid.
29             (i)  Practicing  under  a name other than his or her
30        own.
31             (j)  Improper,   unprofessional   or    dishonorable
32        conduct of a character likely to deceive, defraud or harm
33        the public.
34             (k)  Conviction  in  this  or  another  state of any
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 1        crime which is a felony under the laws of this  State  or
 2        conviction  of  a  felony  in  a  federal  court,  if the
 3        Department determines,  after  investigation,  that  such
 4        person has not been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant
 5        the public trust.
 6             (1)  Permitting   a   person   under   his   or  her
 7        supervision to perform any  function  not  authorized  by
 8        this Act.
 9             (m)  A  violation  of  any  provision of this Act or
10        rules promulgated thereunder.
11             (n)  Revocation by another state,  the  District  of
12        Columbia,  territory,  or  foreign nation of a license to
13        practice speech-language pathology or  audiology  in  its
14        jurisdiction  if  at  least  one  of the grounds for that
15        revocation is the same as or the equivalent of one of the
16        grounds for revocation set forth herein.
17             (o)  Willfully failing  to  report  an  instance  of
18        suspected  child  abuse  or  neglect  as  required by the
19        Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
20             (p)  Gross  or  repeated  malpractice  resulting  in
21        injury or death of an individual.
22             (q)  Willfully making or  filing  false  records  or
23        reports  in  his  or  her  practice  as a speech-language
24        pathologist or audiologist, including,  but  not  limited
25        to,  false  records  to support claims against the public
26        assistance program of the Illinois Department  of  Public
27        Aid.
28             (r)  Professional incompetence as manifested by poor
29        standards of care or mental incompetence as declared by a
30        court of competent jurisdiction.
31             (s)  Repeated  irregularities  in  billing  a  third
32        party  for  services  rendered  to  an  individual.   For
33        purposes  of  this  Section,  "irregularities in billing"
34        shall include:
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 1                  (i)  reporting  excessive   charges   for   the
 2             purpose  of  obtaining  a total payment in excess of
 3             that  usually  received   by   the   speech-language
 4             pathologist   or   audiologist   for   the  services
 5             rendered;
 6                  (ii)  reporting  charges   for   services   not
 7             rendered; or
 8                  (iii)  incorrectly  reporting services rendered
 9             for the purpose of obtaining payment not earned.
10             (t)  (Blank) Failure to file a return, or to pay the
11        tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return,  or  to
12        pay  any final assessment of tax, penalty or interest, as
13        required by any tax  act  administered  by  the  Illinois
14        Department   of   Revenue,   until   such   time  as  the
15        requirements of any such tax act are satisfied.
16             (u)  Violation   of   the   Health    Care    Worker
17        Self-Referral Act.
18             (v)  Physical  illness, including but not limited to
19        deterioration through the aging process or loss of  motor
20        skill,  mental illness, or disability that results in the
21        inability to  practice  the  profession  with  reasonable
22        judgment, skill, or safety.
23        (2)  The  Department  shall  deny  a  license  or renewal
24    authorized by this Act to any person who has defaulted on  an
25    educational loan guaranteed by the Illinois State Scholarship
26    Commission;  however,  the  Department may issue a license or
27    renewal if the  aforementioned  persons  have  established  a
28    satisfactory  repayment  record as determined by the Illinois
29    State Scholarship Commission.
30        (3)  The  entry  of  an  order   by   a   circuit   court
31    establishing that any person holding a license under this Act
32    is  subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission as
33    provided  for  in  the  Mental   Health   and   Developmental
34    Disabilities  Code,  operates  as  an automatic suspension of
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 1    that license.  That  person  may  have  his  or  her  license
 2    restored  only upon the determination by a circuit court that
 3    the patient is no longer subject to involuntary admission  or
 4    judicial  admission  and  the issuance of an order so finding
 5    and  discharging  the   patient,   and   upon   the   Board's
 6    recommendation   to   the  Department  that  the  license  be
 7    restored. Where the circumstances so indicate, the Board  may
 8    recommend  to  the  Department that it require an examination
 9    prior to restoring any license automatically suspended  under
10    this subsection.
11        (4)  The  Department  may  refuse to issue or may suspend
12    the license of any person who fails to file a return,  or  to
13    pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or
14    to  pay  any final assessment of the tax penalty or interest,
15    as required by any tax Act administered by the Department  of
16    Revenue,  until such time as the requirements of any such tax
17    Act are satisfied.
18        (5)  In enforcing this Section, the Department  or  Board
19    upon  a  showing  of  a  possible  violation  may  compel  an
20    individual  licensed  to  practice under this Act, or who has
21    applied for licensure under this Act, to submit to  a  mental
22    or  physical  examination, or both, as required by and at the
23    expense of the Department. The Department or Board may  order
24    the  examining  physician to present testimony concerning the
25    mental or physical examination of the licensee or  applicant.
26    No  information shall be excluded by reason of any common law
27    or statutory privilege relating to communications between the
28    licensee  or  applicant  and  the  examining  physician.  The
29    examining physicians shall be specifically designated by  the
30    Board  or Department. The individual to be examined may have,
31    at his or her own expense, another physician of  his  or  her
32    choice  present  during  all  aspects  of  this  examination.
33    Failure  of  an  individual to submit to a mental or physical
34    examination, when directed, shall be grounds  for  suspension
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 1    of  his  or  her  license until the individual submits to the
 2    examination  if  the  Department  finds,  after  notice   and
 3    hearing,  that  the  refusal to submit to the examination was
 4    without reasonable cause.
 5        If the Department or Board finds an individual unable  to
 6    practice  because  of  the reasons set forth in this Section,
 7    the Department or Board may require that individual to submit
 8    to care, counseling, or treatment by physicians  approved  or
 9    designated  by the Department or Board, as a condition, term,
10    or  restriction  for  continued,   reinstated,   or   renewed
11    licensure  to  practice;  or, in lieu of care, counseling, or
12    treatment,  the  Department  may  file,  or  the  Board   may
13    recommend   to   the  Department  to  file,  a  complaint  to
14    immediately suspend,  revoke,  or  otherwise  discipline  the
15    license  of  the  individual. An individual whose license was
16    granted,  continued,  reinstated,  renewed,  disciplined   or
17    supervised    subject   to   such   terms,   conditions,   or
18    restrictions, and  who  fails  to  comply  with  such  terms,
19    conditions,   or  restrictions,  shall  be  referred  to  the
20    Director for a determination as  to  whether  the  individual
21    shall  have his or her license suspended immediately, pending
22    a hearing by the Department.
23        In instances in which the Director immediately suspends a
24    person's license  under  this  Section,  a  hearing  on  that
25    person's license must be convened by the Department within 15
26    days  after  the suspension and completed without appreciable
27    delay. The Department and Board shall have the  authority  to
28    review  the  subject  individual's  record  of  treatment and
29    counseling regarding the impairment to the  extent  permitted
30    by  applicable  federal statutes and regulations safeguarding
31    the confidentiality of medical records.
32        An individual licensed under this Act and affected  under
33    this  Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate
34    to the Department or Board that he or she can resume practice
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 1    in compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards  under
 2    the provisions of his or her license.
 3    (Source: P.A. 87-1207.)
 4        (225 ILCS 110/16.5 new)
 5        Sec.  16.5. Advertising. A person licensed under this Act
 6    may advertise the availability of  professional  services  in
 7    the  public  media or on the premises where such professional
 8    services are rendered  as  permitted  by  law,  provided  the
 9    advertising  is truthful and not misleading or deceptive. The
10    Department may adopt rules consistent with this Section.
11        (225 ILCS 110/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 7917)
12        Sec. 17.  Investigations; notice of  hearing.   Upon  the
13    motion  of  either  the  Department  or the Board or upon the
14    verified complaint in writing of  any  person  setting  forth
15    facts  that  which  if  proven  would  constitute grounds for
16    refusal to issue, suspension, or revocation of a  license  or
17    for  taking any other disciplinary action with regard to a of
18    license  under  this  Act,   the   Department   Board   shall
19    investigate the actions of any person, hereinafter called the
20    "licensee",  who  holds  or represents that he or she holds a
21    license.  All such motions or complaints shall be brought  to
22    the Board.
23        The Director shall, before refusing to issue, suspending,
24    revoking, placing on probationary status, or taking any other
25    disciplinary  action  as  the  Director  may deem proper with
26    regard to any license, at least 30 days prior to the date set
27    for the hearing,  notify  the  licensee  in  writing  of  any
28    charges  made  and  the  time  and place for a hearing of the
29    charges before the Board.  The Board shall also direct him to
30    file his or her written answer thereto with the  Board  under
31    oath  within 20 days after the service on him of such notice,
32    and inform him that if he or she fails to file  such  answer,
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 1    his  or  her  license  may  be  suspended, revoked, placed on
 2    probationary status or other disciplinary action may be taken
 3    with regard thereto, including limiting the scope, nature  or
 4    extent  of  his  or  her  practice  as  the Director may deem
 5    proper.
 6        Such written notice and any  notice  in  such  proceeding
 7    thereafter  may  be  served  by  delivery  personally  to the
 8    licensee, or by registered or certified mail to  the  address
 9    specified  by the licensee in his or her last notification to
10    the Director.
11    (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)
12        (225 ILCS 110/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 7918)
13        Sec. 18.  Disciplinary actions.
14        (a)  In case the licensee, after receiving notice,  fails
15    to  file an answer, his or her license may, in the discretion
16    of the Director, having first received the recommendation  of
17    the  Board,  be  suspended,  revoked,  placed on probationary
18    status or the Director may take whatever disciplinary  action
19    he  or  she  may  deem  proper, including limiting the scope,
20    nature, or extent of the person's practice or the  imposition
21    of  a  fine,  without  a  hearing, if the act or acts charged
22    constitute sufficient grounds for such action under this Act.
23        (b)  The Director may temporarily suspend the license  of
24    a   speech-language  pathologist  or  audiologist  without  a
25    hearing, simultaneous to the institution of proceedings for a
26    hearing under this Act, if the Director finds  that  evidence
27    in  his  or  her  possession indicates that a speech-language
28    pathologist's or audiologist's continuation in practice would
29    constitute an immediate danger to the public.  In  the  event
30    that  the  Director  temporarily  suspends  the  license of a
31    speech-language pathologist or audiologist without a hearing,
32    a hearing by the Board must be held within 15 days after such
33    suspension has occurred  and  concluded  without  appreciable
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 1    delay.
 2        (c)  The   entry   of  a  decree  by  any  circuit  court
 3    establishing that any person holding a license under this Act
 4    is a person subject to involuntary admission under the Mental
 5    Health and Developmental Disabilities Code shall operate as a
 6    suspension of that  license.   That  person  may  resume  his
 7    practice  only  upon  a finding by the Board that he has been
 8    determined to be no longer subject to  involuntary  admission
 9    by  the  court  and  upon  the  Board's recommendation to the
10    Director that he be permitted to resume his practice.
11    (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)
12        (225 ILCS 110/21) (from Ch. 111, par. 7921)
13        Sec. 21.  Recommendations for disciplinary action  Action
14    by Director. The Board may advise the Director that probation
15    be  granted  or that other disciplinary action, including the
16    limitation of the scope,  nature  or  extent  of  a  person's
17    practice,  be  taken,  as  it  deems proper.  If disciplinary
18    action other than suspension  or  revocation  is  taken,  the
19    Board   may   advise   the   Director  to  impose  reasonable
20    limitations and requirements  upon  the  licensee  to  insure
21    compliance   with   the  terms  of  the  probation  or  other
22    disciplinary action, including, but not limited  to,  regular
23    reporting  by  the  licensee  to  the  Director of his or her
24    actions, or the licensee placing himself under the care of  a
25    qualified  physician  for  treatment  or  limiting his or her
26    practice in such manner as the Director may require.
27        The Board shall present to the Director a written  report
28    of  its  findings and recommendations.  A copy of such report
29    shall be served upon the licensee, either  personally  or  by
30    registered  or  certified  mail.   Within  20 days after such
31    service, the licensee may present to the  Department  his  or
32    her  motion  in  writing  for  a  rehearing,  specifying  the
33    particular grounds therefor.  If the licensee orders and pays
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 1    for  a transcript of the record, the time elapsing thereafter
 2    and before such transcript is ready for delivery to him shall
 3    not be counted as part of such 20 days.
 4        At the expiration of the time allowed for filing a motion
 5    for rehearing, the Director may take the  action  recommended
 6    by  the  Board.   Upon  suspension,  revocation, placement on
 7    probationary status, or the taking of any other  disciplinary
 8    action,  including  the  limiting  of  the  scope, nature, or
 9    extent of one's practice, deemed proper by the Director, with
10    regard to the license, the licensee shall  surrender  his  or
11    her  license  to  the  Department  if ordered to do so by the
12    Department and upon his or her failure or refusal to  do  so,
13    the Department may seize such license.
14        In  all  instances  under this Act in which the Board has
15    rendered a recommendation to the Director with respect  to  a
16    particular person, the Director shall notify the Board if, to
17    the  extent  that  he  or  she disagrees with or takes action
18    contrary to the recommendation of the Board,  file  with  the
19    Board and the Secretary of State his specific written reasons
20    of  disagreement.  Such reasons shall be filed within 30 days
21    after the Director has taken the contrary position.
22        Each   order   of   revocation,   suspension   or   other
23    disciplinary  action  shall  contain  a  brief  and   concise
24    statement   of   the   ground   or  grounds  upon  which  the
25    Department's action is based, as well as the  specific  terms
26    and conditions of such action.
27    (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)
28        (225 ILCS 110/22) (from Ch. 111, par. 7922)
29        Sec. 22.  Appointment of a hearing officer.  The Director
30    shall  have  the  authority  to  appoint  any  attorney  duly
31    licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois to serve as
32    the  hearing  officer  for  any  action for refusal to issue,
33    renew or discipline of a license.  The hearing officer  shall
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 1    have  full  authority  to  conduct  the hearing.  The hearing
 2    officer shall report his or her findings and  recommendations
 3    to  the Board and the Director.  The Board shall have 60 days
 4    after from receipt of the report to review the report of  the
 5    hearing officer and present its findings of fact, conclusions
 6    of  law  and  recommendations  to the Director.  If the Board
 7    fails to present its report within  the  60-day  period,  the
 8    Director  may shall issue an order based on the report of the
 9    hearing officer.  If the Director  disagrees  in  any  regard
10    with  the  Board's  report,  he  or she may issue an order in
11    contravention of the Board's report.
12    (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)
13        (225 ILCS 110/28) (from Ch. 111, par. 7928)
14        Sec. 28. Injunction Unlicensed  Practice  -  Injunctions.
15    The practice of speech-language pathology or audiology by any
16    person not holding a valid and current license under this Act
17    is  declared  to  be  inimical  to  the  public  welfare,  to
18    constitute  a  public nuisance, and to cause irreparable harm
19    to the public welfare.  The Director, the  Attorney  General,
20    the State's attorney of any county in the State or any person
21    may maintain an action in the name of the People of the State
22    of  Illinois,  and may apply for an injunction in any circuit
23    court to  enjoin  any  such  person  from  engaging  in  such
24    practice.   Upon  the  filing  of a verified petition in such
25    court, the court  or  any  judge  thereof,  if  satisfied  by
26    affidavit, or otherwise, that such person has been engaged in
27    such  practice without a valid and current license, may issue
28    a temporary injunction without notice or bond, enjoining  the
29    defendant from any such further practice. Only the showing of
30    nonlicensure,  by  affidavit  or  otherwise,  is necessary in
31    order for a temporary injunction to  issue.  A  copy  of  the
32    verified complaint shall be served upon the defendant and the
33    proceedings  shall  thereafter be conducted as in other civil
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 1    cases  except  as  modified  by  this  Section.  If   it   is
 2    established that the defendant has been, or is engaged in any
 3    such  unlawful practice, the court, or any judge thereof, may
 4    enter  an  order  or  judgment  perpetually   enjoining   the
 5    defendant  from  further  such  practice.  In all proceedings
 6    hereunder, the court, in its discretion,  may  apportion  the
 7    costs  among  the  parties  interested in the suit, including
 8    cost of filing the complaint,  service  of  process,  witness
 9    fees  and  expenses,  court  reporter  charges and reasonable
10    attorneys' fees. In  case  of  violation  of  any  injunction
11    issued  under  the  provisions of this Section, the court, or
12    any judge thereof, may summarily try and punish the  offender
13    for  contempt  of court. Such injunction proceedings shall be
14    in addition to, and not in lieu of, all penalties  and  other
15    remedies provided in this Act.
16    (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)
17        (225 ILCS 110/28.5 new)
18        Sec. 28.5. Cease and desist order. If any person violates
19    the  provisions of this Act, the Director, in the name of the
20    People of the State of Illinois, through the Attorney General
21    or the State's Attorney of the county in which the  violation
22    is  alleged  to  have  occurred,  may  petition  for an order
23    enjoining the violation or for an order enforcing  compliance
24    with  this  Act.  Upon the filing of a verified petition, the
25    court with appropriate jurisdiction  may  issue  a  temporary
26    restraining   order,   without   notice   or  bond,  and  may
27    preliminarily and permanently enjoin the violation. If it  is
28    established  that the person has violated or is violating the
29    injunction, the court may punish the offender for contempt of
30    court. Proceedings under this Section are in addition to, and
31    not in lieu of, all other remedies and penalties provided  by
32    this Act.
33        Whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  the Department, a person
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 1    violates any provision of this Act, the Department may  issue
 2    a  rule to show cause why an order to cease and desist should
 3    not be entered against that person. The  rule  shall  clearly
 4    set forth the grounds relied upon by the Department and shall
 5    allow  at  least  7 days from the date of the rule to file an
 6    answer satisfactory to the Department. Failure to  answer  to
 7    the  satisfaction  of  the Department shall cause an order to
 8    cease and desist to be issued.
 9        (225 ILCS 110/29.5 new)
10        Sec. 29.5. Unlicensed practice; civil penalty.
11        (a)  Any  person  who  practices,  offers  to   practice,
12    attempts  to  practice,  or  holds  oneself  out  to practice
13    speech-language pathology or audiology without being licensed
14    under this Act  shall,  in  addition  to  any  other  penalty
15    provided  by law, pay a civil penalty to the Department in an
16    amount not to exceed $5,000 for each offense as determined by
17    the Department. The civil penalty shall be  assessed  by  the
18    Department  after  a  hearing  is held in accordance with the
19    provisions set forth in this Act regarding the provision of a
20    hearing for the discipline of a licensee.
21        (b)  The  Department  has  the  authority  and  power  to
22    investigate any and all unlicensed activity.
23        (c)  The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after
24    the effective date of the order imposing the  civil  penalty.
25    The  order  shall  constitute a judgment and may be filed and
26    execution had thereon in the same manner as any judgment from
27    any court of record.
28        (225 ILCS 110/30) (from Ch. 111, par. 7930)
29        Sec. 30. Filing license or diploma of another. Any person
30    filing, or attempting to file as his or her own, the  diploma
31    or   license   of   another,   or   a   forged  affidavit  of
32    identification or qualification, shall be deemed guilty of  a
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 1    Class 3 felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject
 2    to  such fine and imprisonment as is made and provided by the
 3    statutes of this State for the crime of forgery.
 4    (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)
 5        (225 ILCS 110/33) (from Ch. 111, par. 7933)
 6        Sec. 33. Exemption from civil liability for  peer  review
 7    committees. While serving upon any peer review committee, any
 8    speech-language  pathologist  or  audiologist  shall  not  be
 9    liable for civil damages as a result of his or her decisions,
10    findings  or  recommendations  in  connection with his or her
11    duties on  such  committee,  except  decisions,  findings  or
12    recommendations   involving  his  or  her  wilful  or  wanton
13    misconduct.
14    (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)
15        (225 ILCS 110/6 rep.)
16        (225 ILCS 110/7.5 rep.)
17        (225 ILCS 110/9 rep.)
18        (225 ILCS 110/12 rep.)
19        (225 ILCS 110/31 rep.)
20        (225 ILCS 110/32 rep.)
21        Section 65. The Illinois  Speech-Language  Pathology  and
22    Audiology  Practice  Act  is amended by repealing Sections 6,
23    7.5, 9, 12, 31, and 32.
24        Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
25    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
26    text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
27    Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
28    text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
29    the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
30    any other Public Act.
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 1        Section   99.  Effective  date.  This  Act  takes  effect
 2    December 30, 1997, except that Sections 10, 15, and  99  take
 3    effect upon becoming law.
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 1                                INDEX
 2               Statutes amended in order of appearance
 3    5 ILCS 80/4.9             from Ch. 127, par. 1904.9
 4    5 ILCS 80/4.18 new
 5    225 ILCS 2/10
 6    225 ILCS 2/15
 7    225 ILCS 2/20
 8    225 ILCS 2/25
 9    225 ILCS 2/35
10    225 ILCS 2/40
11    225 ILCS 2/50
12    225 ILCS 2/55 new
13    225 ILCS 2/60
14    225 ILCS 2/70
15    225 ILCS 2/75 new
16    225 ILCS 2/80
17    225 ILCS 2/90
18    225 ILCS 2/100
19    225 ILCS 2/105 new
20    225 ILCS 2/110
21    225 ILCS 2/130
22    225 ILCS 2/135 new
23    225 ILCS 2/140
24    225 ILCS 2/145
25    225 ILCS 2/150
26    225 ILCS 2/152 new
27    225 ILCS 2/154 new
28    225 ILCS 2/155
29    225 ILCS 2/160
30    225 ILCS 2/165
31    225 ILCS 2/170
32    225 ILCS 2/175
33    225 ILCS 2/180
34    225 ILCS 2/185
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 1    225 ILCS 2/195
 2    225 ILCS 2/45 rep.
 3    225 ILCS 2/205 rep.
 4    225 ILCS 55/20            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-20
 5    225 ILCS 55/25            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-25
 6    225 ILCS 55/30            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-30
 7    225 ILCS 55/40            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-40
 8    225 ILCS 55/45            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-45
 9    225 ILCS 55/55            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-55
10    225 ILCS 55/60            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-60
11    225 ILCS 55/65            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-65
12    225 ILCS 55/85            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-85
13    225 ILCS 55/90            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-90
14    225 ILCS 55/95            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-95
15    225 ILCS 55/165           from Ch. 111, par. 8351-165
16    225 ILCS 55/50 rep.
17    225 ILCS 65/3             from Ch. 111, par. 3503
18    225 ILCS 65/4             from Ch. 111, par. 3504
19    225 ILCS 65/7             from Ch. 111, par. 3507
20    225 ILCS 65/10            from Ch. 111, par. 3510
21    225 ILCS 65/11            from Ch. 111, par. 3511
22    225 ILCS 65/12            from Ch. 111, par. 3512
23    225 ILCS 65/14            from Ch. 111, par. 3514
24    225 ILCS 65/16            from Ch. 111, par. 3516
25    225 ILCS 65/17            from Ch. 111, par. 3517
26    225 ILCS 65/21            from Ch. 111, par. 3521
27    225 ILCS 65/23            from Ch. 111, par. 3523
28    225 ILCS 65/24            from Ch. 111, par. 3524
29    225 ILCS 65/25            from Ch. 111, par. 3525
30    225 ILCS 65/26            from Ch. 111, par. 3526
31    225 ILCS 65/27            from Ch. 111, par. 3527
32    225 ILCS 65/30            from Ch. 111, par. 3530
33    225 ILCS 65/32            from Ch. 111, par. 3532
34    225 ILCS 65/33            from Ch. 111, par. 3533
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 1    225 ILCS 65/35            from Ch. 111, par. 3535
 2    225 ILCS 65/36            from Ch. 111, par. 3536
 3    225 ILCS 65/37            from Ch. 111, par. 3537
 4    225 ILCS 65/38            from Ch. 111, par. 3538
 5    225 ILCS 65/39            from Ch. 111, par. 3539
 6    225 ILCS 65/40            from Ch. 111, par. 3540
 7    225 ILCS 65/42            from Ch. 111, par. 3542
 8    225 ILCS 65/43            from Ch. 111, par. 3543
 9    225 ILCS 65/47            from Ch. 111, par. 3547
10    225 ILCS 65/8 rep.
11    225 ILCS 65/9 rep.
12    225 ILCS 65/13 rep.
13    225 ILCS 65/15 rep.
14    225 ILCS 65/19 rep.
15    225 ILCS 70/4             from Ch. 111, par. 3654
16    225 ILCS 70/5             from Ch. 111, par. 3655
17    225 ILCS 70/5.1 new
18    225 ILCS 70/6             from Ch. 111, par. 3656
19    225 ILCS 70/7             from Ch. 111, par. 3657
20    225 ILCS 70/8             from Ch. 111, par. 3658
21    225 ILCS 70/9             from Ch. 111, par. 3659
22    225 ILCS 70/10            from Ch. 111, par. 3660
23    225 ILCS 70/11            from Ch. 111, par. 3661
24    225 ILCS 70/12            from Ch. 111, par. 3662
25    225 ILCS 70/13            from Ch. 111, par. 3663
26    225 ILCS 70/14            from Ch. 111, par. 3664
27    225 ILCS 70/15            from Ch. 111, par. 3665
28    225 ILCS 70/17            from Ch. 111, par. 3667
29    225 ILCS 70/18            from Ch. 111, par. 3668
30    225 ILCS 70/19            from Ch. 111, par. 3669
31    225 ILCS 70/20            from Ch. 111, par. 3670
32    225 ILCS 70/20.1 new
33    225 ILCS 70/21            from Ch. 111, par. 3671
34    225 ILCS 70/22            from Ch. 111, par. 3672
                            -164-              LRB9003267DPcc
 1    225 ILCS 70/23            from Ch. 111, par. 3673
 2    225 ILCS 70/24            from Ch. 111, par. 3674
 3    225 ILCS 70/24.1 new
 4    225 ILCS 70/28            from Ch. 111, par. 3678
 5    225 ILCS 70/37 rep.
 6    225 ILCS 95/6             from Ch. 111, par. 4606
 7    225 ILCS 95/9             from Ch. 111, par. 4609
 8    225 ILCS 95/10            from Ch. 111, par. 4610
 9    225 ILCS 95/11            from Ch. 111, par. 4611
10    225 ILCS 95/14            from Ch. 111, par. 4614
11    225 ILCS 95/14.1 new
12    225 ILCS 95/16            from Ch. 111, par. 4616
13    225 ILCS 95/17            from Ch. 111, par. 4617
14    225 ILCS 95/21            from Ch. 111, par. 4621
15    225 ILCS 95/22.1          from Ch. 111, par. 4622.1
16    225 ILCS 95/22.2          from Ch. 111, par. 4622.2
17    225 ILCS 95/22.5          from Ch. 111, par. 4622.5
18    225 ILCS 95/22.7          from Ch. 111, par. 4622.7
19    225 ILCS 95/22.11         from Ch. 111, par. 4622.11
20    225 ILCS 95/22.12         from Ch. 111, par. 4622.12
21    225 ILCS 95/24            from Ch. 111, par. 4624
22    225 ILCS 95/18 rep.
23    225 ILCS 110/3            from Ch. 111, par. 7903
24    225 ILCS 110/3.5 new
25    225 ILCS 110/5            from Ch. 111, par. 7905
26    225 ILCS 110/7            from Ch. 111, par. 7907
27    225 ILCS 110/8            from Ch. 111, par. 7908
28    225 ILCS 110/9.5 new
29    225 ILCS 110/11           from Ch. 111, par. 7911
30    225 ILCS 110/13           from Ch. 111, par. 7913
31    225 ILCS 110/14           from Ch. 111, par. 7914
32    225 ILCS 110/16           from Ch. 111, par. 7916
33    225 ILCS 110/16.5 new
34    225 ILCS 110/17           from Ch. 111, par. 7917
                            -165-              LRB9003267DPcc
 1    225 ILCS 110/18           from Ch. 111, par. 7918
 2    225 ILCS 110/21           from Ch. 111, par. 7921
 3    225 ILCS 110/22           from Ch. 111, par. 7922
 4    225 ILCS 110/28           from Ch. 111, par. 7928
 5    225 ILCS 110/28.5 new
 6    225 ILCS 110/29.5 new
 7    225 ILCS 110/30           from Ch. 111, par. 7930
 8    225 ILCS 110/33           from Ch. 111, par. 7933
 9    225 ILCS 110/6 rep.
10    225 ILCS 110/7.5 rep.
11    225 ILCS 110/9 rep.
12    225 ILCS 110/12 rep.
13    225 ILCS 110/31 rep.
14    225 ILCS 110/32 rep.

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