Chapter 20, EXECUTIVE BRANCH

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-5) Sec. 1905-5. Definition. In this Law, "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-50) (was 20 ILCS 1905/45 in part) Sec. 1905-50. Violations of Coal Mining Act. (a) The Department has the power to investigate violations of the Coal Mining Act and regulations issued pursuant to that Act; to institute criminal proceedings for prosecution of su…

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-75) (was 20 ILCS 1905/46) Sec. 1905-75. Permits for diesel powered equipment or explosives in underground coal mines. During the period commencing with the effective date of this amendatory Act and ending January 1, 1986, the Department shall not issue any new …

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-90) (was 20 ILCS 1905/45 in part) Sec. 1905-90. State Mining Board. Any statute that by its terms is to be administered by the State Mining Board shall be administered by the Board without any direction, supervision, or control by the Director of Natural Resour…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-1) Sec. 2105-1. Article short title. This Article 2105 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois may be cited as the Department of Professional Regulation Law. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-10) (was 20 ILCS 2105/61d) Sec. 2105-10. Legislative declaration of public policy. The practice of the regulated professions, trades, and occupations in Illinois is hereby declared to affect the public health, safety, and welfare of the People of this State and…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-100) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60c) Sec. 2105-100. Disciplinary action with respect to licenses; notice; hearing. (a) Licenses may be revoked, suspended, placed on probationary status, reprimanded, fined, or have other disciplinary action taken with regard to them as a…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-105) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60d) Sec. 2105-105. Oaths; subpoenas; penalty. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary in any licensing Act, the Department, by its Director or a person designated by him or her, is empowered, at any time during the cours…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-110) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60e) Sec. 2105-110. Court order requiring attendance of witnesses or production of materials. Any circuit court, upon the application of the registrant or of the Department, may by order duly entered enforce a subpoena issued by the Depar…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-115) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60f) Sec. 2105-115. Certified shorthand reporter; transcript. The Department, at its expense, shall provide a certified shorthand reporter to take down the testimony and preserve a record of all proceedings at the hearing of any case in w…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-117) Sec. 2105-117. Confidentiality. All information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation of a licensee, registrant, or applicant, including, but not limited to, any complaint against a licensee or registrant filed with t…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-120) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60g) Sec. 2105-120. Board's report; licensee's or applicant's motion for rehearing. (a) The board shall present to the Secretary its written report of its findings and recommendations. A copy of the report shall be served upon the license…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-125) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60h) Sec. 2105-125. Restoration of license. At any time after the successful completion of any term of suspension, revocation, placement on probationary status, or other disciplinary action taken by the Department with reference to any li…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-130) Sec. 2105-130. Determination of disciplinary sanctions. (a) Following disciplinary proceedings as authorized in any licensing Act administered by the Department, upon a finding by the Department that a person has committed a violation of the licensing Act …

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-131) Sec. 2105-131. Applicants with criminal convictions; notice of denial. (a) For the purposes of this Section, "mitigating factors" means any information, evidence, conduct, or circumstances before, during, or after the offense or offenses reviewed by the De…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-135) Sec. 2105-135. Qualification for licensure or registration; applicant conviction records. (a) The practice of professions licensed or registered by the Department is hereby declared to affect the public health, safety, and welfare and to be subject to regu…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-140) Sec. 2105-140. Licensure; immigration status. No person shall be denied a license, certificate, limited permit, or registration issued by the Department solely based on his or her citizenship status or immigration status. The General Assembly finds and dec…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-15) Sec. 2105-15. General powers and duties. (a) The Department has, subject to the provisions of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the following powers and duties: (1) To authorize examinations in English to ascertain the qualifications and fitness of…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-15.2) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 2105-15.2. Professional Regulation Evidence Fund; dissolution. On July 1, 2026 or as soon thereafter as practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the rem…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-15.5) Sec. 2105-15.5. Continuing education; sexual harassment prevention training. (a) The Department shall require each licensee to complete sexual harassment prevention training provided by the licensee's employer, the Department of Human Rights, or any conti…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-15.7) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-755) Sec. 2105-15.7. Implicit bias awareness training. (a) As used in this Section: "Health care professional" means a person licensed or registered by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation u…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-155) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60n) Sec. 2105-155. Suspension or termination of medical services provider under the Public Aid Code. When the Department receives notice from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, as required by Section 2205-10 of the Departm…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-165) Sec. 2105-165. Health care worker licensure actions; sex crimes. (a) When a licensed health care worker, as defined in the Health Care Worker Self-Referral Act, (1) has been convicted of a criminal act that requires registration under the Sex Offender Regi…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-17) Sec. 2105-17. Volunteer license status. (a) For the purposes of this Section: "Health care professional" means a physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, a dentist licensed under the Illinois Dental Practice Act, an optometrist licensed un…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-170) Sec. 2105-170. Health care workers; automatic suspension of license or registration. A health care worker, as defined by the Health Care Worker Self-Referral Act or as set forth by rule, licensed or registered by the Department shall be automatically and i…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-175) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60a in part) Sec. 2105-175. Reexaminations or rehearings. Whenever the Director is satisfied that substantial justice has not been done either in an examination or in the revocation of, refusal to renew, suspension, placing on probationar…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-180) Sec. 2105-180. Licensure; background checks. The Department shall not require self-disclosure of criminal background information in instances where the Department has already stated that the criminal background information cannot be used against an applica…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-20) Sec. 2105-20. Criminal history records checks. Licensees or applicants applying for expedited licensure through an interstate compact enacted into law by the General Assembly, including, but not limited to, the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Act, who …

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-200) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60.1) Sec. 2105-200. Index of formal decisions regarding disciplinary action. The Department shall maintain an index of formal decisions regarding the issuance of or refusal to issue licenses, the renewal of or refusal to renew licenses, …

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-205) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60.3) Sec. 2105-205. Publication of disciplinary actions; annual report. (a) The Department shall publish on its website, at least monthly, final disciplinary actions taken by the Department against a licensee or applicant pursuant to any…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-207) Sec. 2105-207. Records of Department actions; sealing of disciplinary records. (a) Any licensee subject to a licensing Act administered by the Department and who has been subject to disciplinary action by the Department may file an application with the Dep…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-215) (was 20 ILCS 2105/61a) Sec. 2105-215. Proof of Department records. The papers, entries, and records of the Department or parts thereof may be proved in any legal proceeding by a copy thereof certified under the signature of the keeper thereof in the name o…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-220) (was 20 ILCS 2105/61b) Sec. 2105-220. Release of Department records pursuant to subpoena. Prior to the release of any records of the Department pursuant to a subpoena in a civil or criminal proceeding, the party seeking the records shall pay to the Departm…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-25) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60.01) Sec. 2105-25. Perjury; penalty. Each document required to be filed under any Act administered by the Department shall be verified or contain a written affirmation that it is signed under the penalties of perjury. An applicant or reg…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-30) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60p) Sec. 2105-30. License forms; notification of abuse. Beginning January 1, 2000, each license or permit application or renewal form the Department provides to a person who is required by law to report child abuse or elder abuse must inc…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-300) (was 20 ILCS 2105/61e) Sec. 2105-300. Professions Indirect Cost Fund; allocations; analyses. (a) Appropriations for the direct and allocable indirect costs of licensing and regulating each regulated profession, trade, occupation, or industry are intended t…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-325) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60a in part) Sec. 2105-325. Board member expenses. Except as otherwise provided in any licensing Act, from amounts appropriated for expenses of boards, each member of each board shall be reimbursed for the member's expenses necessarily in…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-330) Sec. 2105-330. Badges. The Director must authorize to each agent, officer, investigator, and peace officer and to any other employee of the Department exercising the powers of a peace officer a distinct badge that, on its face, (i) clearly states that the …

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-35) Sec. 2105-35. Prohibited uses of roster of information. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any roster of information including, but not limited to, the licensee's name, address, and profession, shall not be used by a third party for…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-355) Sec. 2105-355. Licensing exemptions related to free medical clinics. (a) Any health care professional authorized by law to provide services at a free medical clinic may do so without being licensed under any Act administered by the Department, provided tha…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-360) Sec. 2105-360. Licensing exemptions for athletic team health care professionals. (a) Definitions. For purposes of this Section: "Athletic team" means any professional or amateur level group from outside the State of Illinois organized for the purpose of en…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-365) Sec. 2105-365. Continuing education; Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. (a) As used in this Section, "health care professional" means a person licensed or registered by the Department under the following Acts: the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Nu…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-368) Sec. 2105-368. Data on applications. In conjunction with applications for licensure and renewals, the Department shall request, and applicants may voluntarily provide, demographic information that includes sex, ethnicity, race, disability, primary language…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-370) Sec. 2105-370. Continuing education; cultural competency. (a) As used in this Section: "Cultural competency" means a set of integrated attitudes, knowledge, and skills that enables a health care professional or organization to care effectively for patients…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-375) Sec. 2105-375. Limitation on specific statutorily mandated training requirements. (a) As used in this Section: "Health care professional" means a person licensed or registered by the Department under the following Acts: the Medical Practice Act of 1987, th…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-378) Sec. 2105-378. Continuing education; simulation training. (a) As used in this Section, "health care professional" means a person licensed or registered by the Department under the following Acts: the Medical Practice Act of 1987; the Nurse Practice Act; th…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-379) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 2105-379. Continuing education; prohibited services. (a) As used in this Section, "prohibited services, treatments, practices, or procedures" means the services, treatment…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-390) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 2105-390. Health professionals; duty to report. (a) As used in this Section: "Health professional" means: (1) a person licensed or registered by the Department of Financia…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-391) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 2105-391. Health organizations; duty to report. (a) As used in this Section: "Health professional" has the meaning given to that term in Section 2105-390. "Intimate conduc…

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-392) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 2105-392. State's Attorney; report of arrests, charges, or convictions. (a) As used in this Section: "Health professional" has the meaning given to that term in Section 21…