Chapter 225 — PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

(225 ILCS 510/15) (from Ch. 111, par. 965) Sec. 15. Rulemaking. The Department shall adopt rules pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to implement this Act. (Source: P.A. 86-817.)

(225 ILCS 510/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 952) Sec. 2. The General Assembly intends to protect the public's right to high quality health care by assuring that nurse agencies employ, assign and refer licensed and certified personnel to health care facilities. (Source: P.A. 86-817.)

(225 ILCS 510/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 953) Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Certified nurse aide" means an individual certified as defined in Section 3-206 of the Nursing Home Care Act, Section 3-206 of the ID/DD Community Care Act, or Section 3-206 of the MC/DD Act, as …

(225 ILCS 510/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 954) Sec. 4. Licensing. The Department shall license nurse agencies in accordance with this Act for the protection of the health, welfare and safety of patients and residents. No nurse agency may lawfully establish, operate, maintain, or adver…

(225 ILCS 510/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 955) Sec. 5. Application for license. An application to operate a nurse agency shall be made to the Department on forms provided by the Department. A separate application shall be submitted for each additional location from which a nurse agenc…

(225 ILCS 510/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 956) Sec. 6. Issuance of license. Upon receipt and after review of an application for a license under this Act, the Director shall issue a license if it is determined that the applicant is qualified to operate a nurse agency, based upon demons…

(225 ILCS 510/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 957) Sec. 7. Renewal of license. At least 90 days prior to license expiration, the licensee shall submit an attestation detailing the number of contracted shifts, number of shifts missed, number of shifts fulfilled for the 3 quarters preceding…

(225 ILCS 510/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 958) Sec. 8. Grounds for denial of a license. An application for a license may be denied for any of the following reasons: (a) failure to comply with the minimum standards set forth by this Act or its rules; (b) conviction of the applicant of …

(225 ILCS 510/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 959) Sec. 9. Suspension, revocation, or refusal to issue or renew a license. The Department may, after appropriate notice and hearing, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew any license if the licensee or applicant fails to comply with t…

(225 ILCS 515/0.01) (from Ch. 111, par. 900) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Private Employment Agency Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(225 ILCS 515/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 901) Sec. 1. Department of Labor; authority to license employment agencies; unlicensed operation; website listing of agencies; rulemaking authority. (a) It shall be the duty of the Department of Labor and it shall have power, jurisdiction and …

(225 ILCS 515/1.1) (was 225 ILCS 515/11) Sec. 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise: "Employment agency" means any person engaged for gain or profit in the business of placing, referring, securing, or attempting to secure employment for per…

(225 ILCS 515/1.5) Sec. 1.5. Application for license; application fees; disclosure of fees, charges, and commissions; investigation of applicants; renewal of license; changes in structure and management of licensees. (a) The applicant for a license shall furnish to the Department…

(225 ILCS 515/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 910) (Text of Section from P.A. 103-721) Sec. 10. Licensee prohibitions. No licensee shall send or cause to be sent any female help or servants, inmate, or performer to enter any questionable place, or place of bad repute, house of ill-fame, …

(225 ILCS 515/10.1) (from Ch. 111, par. 911) Sec. 10.1. Farmworkers. The Department of Labor shall proscribe the recruitment by private employment agencies of farmworkers unless the private employment agency files a statement with the Department of Labor setting forth the terms a…

(225 ILCS 515/10.2) (from Ch. 111, par. 912) Sec. 10.2. Each employee recruited pursuant to Section 10.1 shall be provided by the employment agency with a written summary of the laws of the State of Illinois relevant to his employment. The summary shall be both in English and the…

(225 ILCS 515/10.3) (from Ch. 111, par. 913) Sec. 10.3. Each employment agency shall transmit to the Attorney General of the State of Illinois and the appropriate State's Attorney allegations of violations of Sections 10.1 and 10.2. Any such violation shall be a Class A misdemean…

(225 ILCS 515/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 914) (This Section was renumbered Section 1.1 by P.A. 100-278) Sec. 11. (Renumbered). (Source: P.A. 99-422, eff. 1-1-16. Renumbered by P.A. 100-278, eff. 8-22-17.)

(225 ILCS 515/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 915) Sec. 12. Enforcement of Act; hearing procedure; disciplinary actions; certification of records and costs; action to force compliance with a valid order. (a) The enforcement of this Act shall be entrusted to the Department of Labor, which…

(225 ILCS 515/12.1) (from Ch. 111, par. 915.1) Sec. 12.1. The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may suspend, the license of any person who fails to file a return, or to pay the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, pena…

(225 ILCS 515/12.2) Sec. 12.2. Civil penalties for violations of the Act; hearing procedure. (a) An employment agency that violates any of the provisions of this Act or any rule adopted under this Act shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $6,000 for violations found i…

(225 ILCS 515/12.3) Sec. 12.3. Violations of the Illinois Minimum Wage Law and the Wage Payment and Collection Act. (a) It is a violation of this Act for an employment agency to refer an individual for employment at a wage rate less than that established by Section 4 of the Illin…

(225 ILCS 515/12.4) Sec. 12.4. Employer violations of Act; civil penalties; hearing procedure. (a) An employment agency shall be required to provide each of its employer clients with proof of a valid license issued by the Department at the time of entering into a contract. An emp…

(225 ILCS 515/12.5) Sec. 12.5. Employment agency retaliation against employees; civil penalties; right of private suit. (a) It is a violation of this Act for a private employment agency, or any agent of a private employment agency, to retaliate in any manner against any employee …

(225 ILCS 515/12.6) Sec. 12.6. Child Labor and Day and Temporary Labor Services Enforcement Fund. All moneys received as fees and penalties under this Act shall be deposited into the Child Labor and Day and Temporary Labor Services Enforcement Fund and may be used for the purpose…

(225 ILCS 515/13) Sec. 13. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3860. Repealed by P.A. 100-278, eff. 8-22-17.)

(225 ILCS 515/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 917) Sec. 14. Should one or more of the provisions of this Act be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any of the valid provisions hereof. (Source: Laws 1935, p. 827.)

(225 ILCS 515/15) (from Ch. 111, par. 918) Sec. 15. An Act relating to private employment agencies and to repeal parts of a certain Act relating thereto approved June 15, 1909, as amended, is repealed. (Source: Laws 1935, p. 827.)

(225 ILCS 515/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 902) Sec. 2. The Department of Labor shall require such person to file with his application for a license a bond in due form, to the People of the State of Illinois, for the penal sum of $5,000 with one or more sureties, to be approved by said…

(225 ILCS 515/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 903) Sec. 3. Records. It shall be the duty of every such licensed person to keep a complete record in the English language of all orders for employees which are received from prospective employers. Upon request of the Department, a licensee sh…

(225 ILCS 515/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 904) Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to act as an employment counselor, or to advertise, or assume to act as an employment counselor, without first obtaining a license as such employment counselor, from the Department of Labor. It …

(225 ILCS 515/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 905) Sec. 5. No such licensee shall charge a registration fee without having first obtained a permit to charge such registration fee from the Department of Labor. Any such licensee desiring to charge a registration fee shall make application i…

(225 ILCS 515/5.1) (from Ch. 111, par. 905.1) Sec. 5.1. Any employment agency which derives no placement fees from applicants may act with the same rights and powers as persons who are not an employment agency as defined in this Act: (a) with regard to contacting prospective and …

(225 ILCS 515/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 906) Sec. 6. No such licensee shall by himself or by his agent, or agents, solicit, persuade or induce any employee to leave any employment in which said licensee or his agent has placed said employee; nor shall any such licensee or any of his…

(225 ILCS 515/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 907) Sec. 7. Whenever such licensee, or anyone acting for him, agrees to send one or more persons to work as contract or railroad laborers, outside the city in which such agency is located, the said licensee shall give to each of such laborers…

(225 ILCS 515/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 908) Sec. 8. Any such licensee conducting a theatrical employment agency, before making a theatrical engagement, except an emergency engagement, for an employee with any employer, for services in any such engagement, shall prepare and file in …

(225 ILCS 515/9.1) (from Ch. 111, par. 909.1) Sec. 9.1. Every employment agency licensed under this Act which provides employees for domestic service shall require that all such employees receive an annual physical examination, which complies with the rules of the Department of L…

(225 ILCS 605/1) (from Ch. 8, par. 301) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Animal Welfare Act. (Source: P.A. 78-900.)

(225 ILCS 605/10) (from Ch. 8, par. 310) Sec. 10. Grounds for discipline. The Department may refuse to issue or renew or may suspend or revoke a license on any one or more of the following grounds: a. material misstatement in the application for original license or in the applica…

(225 ILCS 605/11) (from Ch. 8, par. 311) Sec. 11. The Department may upon its own motion and shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any person who has been the recipient of an animal through purchase, gift or adoption setting forth facts which if proved would constitute …

(225 ILCS 605/12) (from Ch. 8, par. 312) Sec. 12. Record of hearing. In accordance with Section 10-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, the Department shall preserve a record of all proceedings at the hearing of any case involving refusal to issue or renew a license, …

(225 ILCS 605/13) (from Ch. 8, par. 313) Sec. 13. In any case involving the refusal to issue or renew a license, or the suspension or revocation of a license, or the referral of a case for criminal prosecution, a copy of the Department's report shall be served upon the respondent…

(225 ILCS 605/14) (from Ch. 8, par. 314) Sec. 14. Any circuit court may upon application of the Director or of the applicant or licensee against whom proceedings under Section 11 of this Act are pending, enter an order requiring the attendance of witnesses and their testimony, an…

(225 ILCS 605/15) (from Ch. 8, par. 315) Sec. 15. Any person affected by a final administrative decision of the Department may have such decision reviewed judicially by the circuit court of the county wherein such person resides, or in the case of a corporation, wherein the regis…

(225 ILCS 605/16) (from Ch. 8, par. 316) Sec. 16. Upon the revocation or suspension of any license, the licensee shall forthwith surrender the license and any branch office licenses to the Department, and if the licensee fails to do so, the Department shall have the right to seiz…

(225 ILCS 605/18) (from Ch. 8, par. 318) Sec. 18. The licensee shall: (a) Maintain sanitary conditions. (b) Ensure proper ventilation. (c) Provide adequate nutrition. (d) Provide humane care and treatment of all animals under his jurisdiction. (e) Take reasonable care to release …

(225 ILCS 605/18.1) Sec. 18.1. Sale or gift of reptiles and other animals. (a) A pet shop shall not sell a reptile, offer a reptile for sale, or offer a reptile as a gift or promotional consideration unless a notice regarding safe reptile-handling practices that meets the require…

(225 ILCS 605/18.2) Sec. 18.2. Fire alarm system. (a) In this Section: "Fire alarm system" means a system that automatically triggers notification to local emergency responders when activated. "Staffing plan" means a plan to staff a kennel operator anytime dogs or cats are on the…

(225 ILCS 605/19) (from Ch. 8, par. 319) Sec. 19. The Director may issue regulations, consistent with the provisions of this Act, for the administration and enforcement thereof and may prescribe forms which shall be used in connection therewith. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2956.)

(225 ILCS 605/2) (from Ch. 8, par. 302) Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act unless the context otherwise requires: "Department" means the Illinois Department of Agriculture. "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture. "Pet shop operator" means an…