License renewal; restoration

(225 ILCS 109/45)     Sec. 45. License renewal; restoration.     (a) The expiration date and renewal period for a license issued under this Act shall be set by rule. The holder of a license under this Act may renew that license during the 90-day period immediately preceding the expiration date upon payment of the required renewal fees and demonstrating compliance with any continuing education requirements. The Department shall adopt rules establishing minimum requirements of continuing education and means for verification of the completion of the continuing education requirements. The Department may, by rule, specify circumstances under which the continuing education requirements may be waived.     (b) A licensee who has permitted the licensee's license to expire or who has had the licensee's license on inactive status may have the license restored by making application to the Department and filing proof acceptable to the Department, as defined by rule, of the licensee's fitness to have the license restored, including evidence certifying to active practice in another jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department and by paying the required restoration fee.     (c) A licensee whose license expired while the licensee was (1) in Federal Service on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States, or the State Militia called into service or training, or (2) in training or education under the supervision of the United States preliminary to induction into the military service, may have the license renewed or restored without paying any lapsed renewal fees if within 2 years after honorable termination of service, training or education, the licensee furnishes the Department with satisfactory evidence to the effect that the licensee has been so engaged and that the licensee's service, training or education has been terminated. (Source: P.A. 104-796, eff. 8-7-26.)