Chapter 225 — PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

(225 ILCS 107/40) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 40. Examination; failure or refusal to take examination. (a) The Department shall authorize examinations of applicants at such times and places as it may determine. The examinations shall be of a charact…

(225 ILCS 107/45) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 45. Qualifications for a license. (a) Professional counselor. A person is qualified to be licensed as a licensed professional counselor, and the Department shall issue a license authorizing the practice …

(225 ILCS 107/47) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 47. Practice pending licensure. (a) An applicant for licensure under this Act shall be authorized to temporarily practice under supervision pending issuance of a license if: (1) the applicant authorizes …

(225 ILCS 107/5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 5. Declaration of public policy. The practice of professional counseling and clinical professional counseling is hereby declared to affect the public health, safety and welfare, and to be subject to regul…

(225 ILCS 107/50) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 50. Licenses; renewal; restoration; person in military service; inactive status. (a) The expiration date and renewal period for each license issued under this Act shall be set by rule. As a condition for…

(225 ILCS 107/55) Sec. 55. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-580, eff. 5-21-98. Repealed by P.A. 92-719, eff. 7-25-02; 102-878, eff. 1-1-23.)

(225 ILCS 107/60) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 60. Fees. The Department shall provide by rule for a schedule of fees for the administration and enforcement of this Act, including, but not limited to, original licensure, registration, renewal, and res…

(225 ILCS 107/65) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65. Payments; penalty for insufficient funds. Any person who issues or delivers a check or other order to the Department that is returned to the Department unpaid by the financial institution upon which …

(225 ILCS 107/70) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70. Endorsement. The Department may issue a license as a licensed professional counselor or licensed clinical professional counselor, without the required examination, to (i) an applicant licensed under …

(225 ILCS 107/75) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 75. Privileged communications and exceptions. (a) No licensed professional counselor or licensed clinical professional counselor shall disclose any information acquired from persons consulting the counse…

(225 ILCS 107/80) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 80. Grounds for discipline. (a) The Department may refuse to issue, renew, or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the Department d…

(225 ILCS 107/83) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 83. Suspension of license for failure to pay restitution. The Department, without further process or hearing, shall suspend the license or other authorization to practice of any person issued under this …

(225 ILCS 107/85) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 85. Violations; injunction; cease and desist order. (a) If any person violates the provisions of this Act, the Secretary may, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, through the Attorney Gene…

(225 ILCS 107/90) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 90. Investigations; notice and hearing. (a) The Department may investigate the actions of any applicant or any person holding or claiming to hold a license. (b) The Department shall, before refusing to i…

(225 ILCS 107/93) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 93. Confidentiality. All information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation of a licensee or applicant, including, but not limited to, any complaint against a licens…

(225 ILCS 107/95) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 95. Record of proceedings; transcript. The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a record of all proceedings at the formal hearing of any case. The notice of hearing, complaint, all other documents …

(225 ILCS 109/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Sex Offender Evaluation and Treatment Provider Act. (Source: P.A. 97-1098, eff. 7-1-13.)

(225 ILCS 109/10) Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Address of record" means the designated address recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application file or license file maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. "Associate sex off…

(225 ILCS 109/100) Sec. 100. Record of proceeding. The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a record of all proceedings at the formal hearing of any case. The notice of hearing, complaint and all other documents in the nature of pleadings and written motions filed in the pr…

(225 ILCS 109/105) Sec. 105. Subpoenas; oaths; attendance of witnesses. The Department has the power to subpoena and to bring before it any person and to take testimony either orally or by deposition, or both, with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as prescribed in…

(225 ILCS 109/110) Sec. 110. Recommendations for disciplinary action. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Board shall present to the Secretary a written report of its findings and recommendations. The report shall contain a finding whether or not the accused person violated thi…

(225 ILCS 109/115) Sec. 115. Rehearing. In a hearing involving disciplinary action against a licensee, a copy of the Board's report shall be served upon the respondent by the Department, either personally or as provided in this Act for the service of the notice of hearing. Within…

(225 ILCS 109/120) Sec. 120. Hearing by other hearing officer. Whenever the Secretary is not satisfied that substantial justice has been done in the revocation, suspension or refusal to issue or renew a license, the Secretary may order a rehearing by the same or other hearing off…

(225 ILCS 109/125) Sec. 125. Appointment of a hearing officer. The Secretary has the authority to appoint any attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois to serve as the hearing officer in any action for refusal to issue or renew a license, or to discipline a …

(225 ILCS 109/130) Sec. 130. Order; certified copy. An order or a certified copy of the order, over the seal of the Department and purporting to be signed by the Secretary, shall be prima facie proof: (a) that the signature is the genuine signature of the Secretary; (b) that the …

(225 ILCS 109/135) Sec. 135. Restoration. At any time after the suspension or revocation of a license, the Department may restore the license to the accused person, upon the written recommendation of the Board, unless after an investigation and a hearing the Board determines that…

(225 ILCS 109/140) Sec. 140. License surrender. Upon the revocation or suspension of a license, the licensee shall immediately surrender the license to the Department. If the licensee fails to do so, the Department has the right to seize the license. (Source: P.A. 97-1098, eff. 7…

(225 ILCS 109/145) Sec. 145. Summary suspension. The Secretary may summarily suspend the license of a licensee without a hearing, simultaneously with the institution of proceedings for a hearing provided for in this Act, if the Secretary finds that evidence in his or her possessi…

(225 ILCS 109/15) Sec. 15. Duties of the Department. The Department shall exercise the powers and duties prescribed by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois for administration of licensing acts and shall exercise other powers and duties necessary for effectuating the purpose …

(225 ILCS 109/150) Sec. 150. Judicial review. All final administrative decisions of the Department are subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law and its rules. The term "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure. P…

(225 ILCS 109/155) Sec. 155. Certification of records. The Department shall not be required to certify any record to the court or file any answer in court or otherwise appear in any court in a judicial review proceeding, unless there is filed in the court, with the complaint, a r…

(225 ILCS 109/160) Sec. 160. Violations; penalties. A person who is found to have violated any provision of this Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense, and a Class 4 felony for a second and subsequent offense. (Source: P.A. 97-1098, eff. 7-1-13.)

(225 ILCS 109/165) Sec. 165. Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is expressly adopted and incorporated in this Act as if all of the provisions of that Act were included in this Act, except that the provision of paragraph (d) of Section…

(225 ILCS 109/170) Sec. 170. Home rule. The regulation and licensing of sex offender evaluators and treatment providers are exclusive powers and functions of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate or license sex offender evaluators and treatment providers. This Section is a…

(225 ILCS 109/172) Sec. 172. Confidentiality. All information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation of a licensee or applicant, including, but not limited to, any complaint against a licensee filed with the Department and information collect…

(225 ILCS 109/174) Sec. 174. Multiple licensure. When a licensee under this Act, who is also a licensee under another statute enforced by the Department, is subject to any disciplinary action including but not limited to the probation, suspension or revocation of any license issu…

(225 ILCS 109/175) Sec. 175. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 97-1098, eff. 1-1-13; text omitted.)

(225 ILCS 109/180) Sec. 180. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 97-1098, eff. 1-1-13; text omitted.)

(225 ILCS 109/185) Sec. 185. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 97-1098, eff. 1-1-14; text omitted.)

(225 ILCS 109/190) Sec. 190. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 97-1098, eff. 1-1-14; text omitted.)

(225 ILCS 109/195) Sec. 195. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 97-1098, eff. 1-1-13; text omitted.)

(225 ILCS 109/20) Sec. 20. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14. Repealed by P.A. 104-435, eff. 11-21-25.)

(225 ILCS 109/25) Sec. 25. Application. (a) Applications for original licensure shall be made to the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department and shall be accompanied by the appropriate documentation and the required fee, which fee is nonrefundable. An applicat…

(225 ILCS 109/30) Sec. 30. Social Security Number on license application. In addition to any other information required to be contained in the application, every application for an original, renewal, reinstated, or restored license under this Act shall include the applicant's Soc…

(225 ILCS 109/35) Sec. 35. Qualifications for licensure. (a)(1) A person is qualified for licensure as a sex offender evaluator if that person: (A) has applied in writing on forms prepared and furnished by the Department; (B) has not engaged or is not engaged in any practice or c…

(225 ILCS 109/40) Sec. 40. Application; exemptions. (a) No person may act as a sex offender evaluator, sex offender treatment provider, or associate sex offender provider as defined in this Act for the provision of sex offender evaluations or sex offender treatment pursuant to th…

(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 expiratio…

(225 ILCS 109/5) Sec. 5. Declaration of public policy. The practice of sex offender evaluation and treatment in Illinois is hereby declared to affect the public health, safety and welfare, and to be subject to regulations in the public interest. The purpose of this Act is to esta…

(225 ILCS 109/50) Sec. 50. Inactive status. (a) A licensee who notifies the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department may elect to place his or her license on an inactive status and shall, subject to rules of the Department, be excused from payment of renewal fe…

(225 ILCS 109/55) Sec. 55. Fees. The fees for the administration and enforcement of this Act, including but not limited to original licensure, renewal, and restoration, shall be set by rule of the Department. The fees shall be nonrefundable. (Source: P.A. 97-1098, eff. 7-1-13.)