Chapter 225 — PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

(225 ILCS 46/90) Sec. 90. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95; text omitted.)

(225 ILCS 46/95) Sec. 95. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95; text omitted.)

(225 ILCS 46/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95.)

(225 ILCS 47/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Health Care Worker Self-Referral Act. (Source: P.A. 87-1207.)

(225 ILCS 47/10) Sec. 10. Applicability. This Act shall apply to referrals for health services made on or after January 1, 1993. However, if a health care worker acquired an investment interest before July 1, 1992, this Act shall not apply to referrals made for health services be…

(225 ILCS 47/15) Sec. 15. Definitions. In this Act: (a) "Board" means the Health Facilities and Services Review Board. (b) "Entity" means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or other business that provides health services but does not include an individual who is a he…

(225 ILCS 47/160) Sec. 160. This Act takes effect January 1, 1993. (Source: P.A. 87-1207.)

(225 ILCS 47/20) Sec. 20. Prohibited referrals and claims for payment. (a) A health care worker shall not refer a patient for health services to an entity outside the health care worker's office or group practice in which the health care worker is an investor, unless the health c…

(225 ILCS 47/25) Sec. 25. Penalties. (a) Any entity, other than a health care worker, that makes or causes to be made a referral prohibited under Section 20 of this Act or presents or causes to be presented a bill or claim for service that the entity knows or should know is prohi…

(225 ILCS 47/30) Sec. 30. Rulemaking. The Health Facilities and Services Review Board shall exclusively and solely implement the provisions of this Act pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act concerning, but not limited to: (a) Stand…

(225 ILCS 47/35) Sec. 35. Administrative Procedure Act; application. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and incorporated herein and shall apply to the Board as if all of the provisions of such Act were included in this Act; except that in case o…

(225 ILCS 47/40) Sec. 40. Review under Administrative Review Law. Any person who is adversely affected by a final decision of the Board may have such decision judicially reviewed. The provisions of the Administrative Review Law and the rules adopted pursuant thereto shall apply t…

(225 ILCS 47/5) Sec. 5. Legislative intent. The General Assembly recognizes that patient referrals by health care workers for health services to an entity in which the referring health care worker has an investment interest may present a potential conflict of interest. The Genera…

(225 ILCS 47/50) Sec. 50. Statutorily required referrals. (a) With respect to statutorily required referrals for physical therapy services, occupational therapy services, athletic trainer services, or genetic counselor services, a patient shall be informed that he or she may requ…

(225 ILCS 47/55) Sec. 55. Application of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. A violation of any of the provisions of this Act constitutes an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. All remedies, penalties, and authorit…

(225 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 7401) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to protect the deaf or hard of hearing public from the practice of dispensing hearing aids that could endanger the health, safety and welfar…

(225 ILCS 50/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 7411) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 11. Graduate audiology students. Full-time graduate students enrolled in a program of audiology in an accredited college or university may engage in the dispensing of hearing ins…

(225 ILCS 50/12) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 12. Hearing aid technicians. (a) Hearing aid technicians may be employed by a hearing instrument professional to assist in the dispensing and servicing of hearing instruments without a license. A hearing …

(225 ILCS 50/13) (from Ch. 111, par. 7413) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 13. Expiration and renewal of licenses. The expiration date and renewal period for licenses shall be set by rule. (Source: P.A. 96-683, eff. 1-1-10.)

(225 ILCS 50/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 7414) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 14. Powers and duties of the Department. The powers and duties of the Department are: (a) To issue licenses and to administer examinations to applicants, which must be offered at…

(225 ILCS 50/15) (from Ch. 111, par. 7415) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 15. Fees. (a) The examination and licensure fees paid to the Department are not refundable and shall be set forth by administrative rule. The Department may require a fee for the…

(225 ILCS 50/16) (from Ch. 111, par. 7416) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 16. Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Board. There shall be established a Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Board which shall assist, advise and make recommendations to…

(225 ILCS 50/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 7417) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 17. Duties of the Board. The Board shall advise the Department in all matters relating to this Act and shall assist as requested by the Director. The Board shall respond to issue…

(225 ILCS 50/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 7418) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 18. Discipline by the Department. The Department may refuse to issue or renew a license or it may revoke, suspend, place on probation, censure, fine, or reprimand a licensee for …

(225 ILCS 50/18.5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 18.5. 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 th…

(225 ILCS 50/19) (from Ch. 111, par. 7419) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 19. Injunctions; civil penalties. (a) The practice of prescribing, fitting, dispensing, and servicing hearing instruments or hearing aids by any person not at that time in posses…

(225 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 7402) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 2. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. (Source: P.A. 89-72, eff. 12-31-95.)

(225 ILCS 50/20) (from Ch. 111, par. 7420) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 20. Inactive status. A hearing instrument dispenser who notifies the Department, on the prescribed forms, may place his or her license on inactive status and shall be exempt from…

(225 ILCS 50/21) (from Ch. 111, par. 7421) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 21. The Department may investigate the actions of any applicant, corporation, partnership, trust, association or other entity, or any person holding or claiming to hold a license…

(225 ILCS 50/22) (from Ch. 111, par. 7422) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 22. Findings and recommendations of the Board. At the conclusion of the hearing, the hearing officer shall make findings of fact in such hearing to the Board. The Board shall rev…

(225 ILCS 50/23) (from Ch. 111, par. 7423) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 23. The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a record of all proceedings at the formal hearing of any case involving the refusal to issue a license or to discipline a licen…

(225 ILCS 50/24) (from Ch. 111, par. 7424) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 24. If any licensee violates any provision of this Act, the Director may, through the Attorney General, petition, for an order enjoining such violation or for an order enforcing …

(225 ILCS 50/25) (from Ch. 111, par. 7425) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 25. Any circuit court may, upon application of the prosecutor or of the applicant or licensee against whom disciplinary proceedings are pending, enter an order requiring the atte…

(225 ILCS 50/26) (from Ch. 111, par. 7426) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 26. Upon the revocation or suspension of any license, the licensee shall forthwith surrender the license to the Department and if such person fails to do so, the Department shall…

(225 ILCS 50/27) (from Ch. 111, par. 7427) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 27. Restoration of certificate. At any time after the suspension or revocation of any license, the Department may restore it to the accused person, upon the written recommendatio…

(225 ILCS 50/27.1) (from Ch. 111, par. 7427.1) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 27.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 21 of this Act, the Director shall have the authority to appoint any attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State of Il…

(225 ILCS 50/28) (from Ch. 111, par. 7428) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 28. The Department shall not be required to certify any record to the Court or to file any answer in court or otherwise appear in any court in a judicial review proceeding, unles…

(225 ILCS 50/29) (from Ch. 111, par. 7429) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 29. An order or a certified copy thereof, over the seal of the Department and purporting to be signed by the Director, shall be prima facie proof: (a) That such signature is the …

(225 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 7403) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, except as the context requires otherwise: "Department" means the Department of Public Health. "Director" means the Director of the Department …

(225 ILCS 50/30) (from Ch. 111, par. 7430) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 30. The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission, as provided in the "Mental Health and Developmental Disabiliti…

(225 ILCS 50/31) (from Ch. 111, par. 7431) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 31. The provisions of "The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act", approved September 22, 1975, as amended, shall apply to this Act. All final administrative decisions of the Dep…

(225 ILCS 50/32) (from Ch. 111, par. 7432) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 32. It is declared to be the public policy of this State, pursuant to paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, that any power or f…

(225 ILCS 50/32.5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 32.5. Effect of amendatory Act of 1995. All rights and obligations incurred and any actions commenced under this Act shall not be impaired by the enactment of this amendatory Act of 1995. Rules adopted …

(225 ILCS 50/33) (from Ch. 111, par. 7433) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 33. Violation of Act; unlawful practice. The advertising, offering for sale, sale, or distribution of hearing instrument goods and services to consumers by any person in violatio…

(225 ILCS 50/34) (from Ch. 111, par. 7434) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 34. All remedies, penalties and authority granted to the Attorney General by the "Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act", approved July 24, 1961, as now or hereafte…

(225 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 7404) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 4. Disclosure; complaints; insurance. The hearing instrument professional shall give at no charge to every person fitted and sold a hearing aid the "User Instructional Brochure", …

(225 ILCS 50/4.5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 4.5. Hearing aids dispensed by prescription to persons age 17 or younger. (a) A hearing instrument professional may dispense a hearing aid to a person age 17 or younger in accordance with the requirement…

(225 ILCS 50/4.6) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 4.6. Prescription hearing aids for persons age 18 or older. (a) A hearing instrument professional may dispense a hearing aid to a person age 18 or older in accordance with the requirements of this Sectio…

(225 ILCS 50/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 7405) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 5. License required. No person shall engage in the selling, practice of testing, fitting, selecting, recommending, adapting, dispensing, or servicing hearing aids or display a sig…

(225 ILCS 50/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 7406) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 6. Mail order and Internet sales. Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other organization, maintaining an established business add…