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92_HB1356

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning speech.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois  Speech-Language  Pathology  and
 5    Audiology  Practice  Act  is amended by changing Section 2 as
 6    follows:

 7        (225 ILCS 110/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 7902)
 8        Sec. 2.  Legislative Declaration of Public  Policy.   The
 9    practice  of  Speech-Language  Pathology and Audiology in the
10    State of Illinois is hereby declared  to  affect  the  public
11    health,  safety  and  welfare and to be subject to regulation
12    and control in the public interest.  It is  further  declared
13    to  be  a  matter  of  public  interest  and concern that the
14    speech-language pathology and audiology professions merit and
15    receive the confidence of the public and that only  qualified
16    persons be permitted to practice this profession in the State
17    of  Illinois.   This Act must shall be liberally construed to
18    carry out these objectives and purposes.
19        It is further declared to be the public  policy  of  this
20    State,  pursuant  to  subsections (h) and (i) of Section 6 of
21    Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of  1970,  that  any
22    power  or  function  set forth in this Act to be exercised by
23    the State is an exclusive State power  or  function.     Such
24    power or function shall not be exercised concurrently, either
25    directly  or  indirectly,  by  any  unit of local government,
26    including home rule units, except as  otherwise  provided  in
27    this Act.
28    (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)

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