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      225 ILCS 2/40
          Amends the Acupuncture Practice Act to  provide  that  on
      and  after  January  1,  2000, the Department of Professional
      Regulation shall issue a license to an applicant who  submits
      proof of graduating from an accredited school, in addition to
      meeting current qualification requirements.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend the Acupuncture Practice Act to change
 2    Section 40.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Acupuncture Practice Act is amended by
 6    changing Section 40 as follows:
 7        (225 ILCS 2/40)
 8        Sec. 40.  Application for  licensure.   Applications  for
 9    original  licensure  as an acupuncturist shall be made to the
10    Department in writing on forms prescribed by  the  Department
11    and shall be accompanied by the required fee, which shall not
12    be refundable.
13        Until December 31, 2001, applicants shall submit with the
14    application  proof of passing the National Commission for the
15    Certification   of   Acupuncturists    examination    or    a
16    substantially   equivalent   examination   approved   by  the
17    Department or meeting any other qualifications established by
18    the Department.
19        On and after January 1, 2002, the Department shall  issue
20    a  license  to  an applicant who submits with the application
21    proof of each of the following:
22             (1)(A)  graduation from a school accredited  by  the
23        National   Accreditation   Commission   for  Schools  and
24        Colleges  of  Acupuncture  and  Oriental  Medicine  or  a
25        similar accrediting body approved by the  Department;  or
26        (B)  completion  of  a  comprehensive educational program
27        approved by the Department; and
28             (2)  passing  the  National   Commission   for   the
29        Certification   of   Acupuncturists'   examination  or  a
30        substantially  equivalent  examination  approved  by  the
31        Department.
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 1        An applicant has 3 years from the  date  of  his  or  her
 2    application  to  complete  the  application  process.  If the
 3    process has not been completed in 3  years,  the  application
 4    shall  be  denied,  the  fee  shall  be  forfeited,  and  the
 5    applicant must reapply and meet the requirements in effect at
 6    the time of reapplication.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97; 90-61, eff. 7-3-97.)

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