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92_HB5275
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1 AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Clinical Social Work and Social Work
5 Practice Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
6 (225 ILCS 20/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 6355)
7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
8 Sec. 5. Powers and duties of the Department.
9 1. The Department must shall exercise the powers and
10 duties as set forth in this Act.
11 2. The Director must shall promulgate rules consistent
12 with the provisions of this Act for the administration and
13 enforcement thereof, and shall prescribe forms which must
14 shall be issued in connection therewith.
15 3. In addition, the Department must shall:
16 (a) Establish rules for determining approved
17 undergraduate and graduate social work degree programs and
18 prepare and maintain a list of colleges and universities
19 offering such approved programs whose graduates, if they
20 otherwise meet the requirements of this Act, are eligible to
21 apply for a license.
22 (b) Promulgate rules, as may be necessary, for the
23 administration of this Act and to carry out the purposes
24 thereof and to adopt the methods of examination of candidates
25 and to provide for the issuance of licenses authorizing the
26 independent practice of clinical social work or the practice
27 of social work.
28 (c) Authorize examinations to ascertain the
29 qualifications and fitness of candidates for a license to
30 engage in the independent practice of clinical social work
31 and in the practice of social work, and to determine the
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1 qualifications of applicants from other jurisdictions to
2 practice in Illinois.
3 (d) Maintain rosters of the names and addresses of all
4 licensees, and all persons whose licenses have been
5 suspended, revoked or denied renewal for cause within the
6 previous calendar year. These rosters shall be available
7 upon written request and payment of the required fee.
8 (Source: P.A. 85-1131.)