100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB0340

 

Introduced 1/24/2017, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 50/5  from Ch. 111, par. 7405

    Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the requirements for a license.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act
5is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 50/5)  (from Ch. 111, par. 7405)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
8    Sec. 5. License required. No person shall engage in the the
9selling, practice of testing, fitting, selecting,
10recommending, adapting, dispensing, or servicing hearing
11instruments or display a sign, advertise, or represent oneself
12as a person who practices the fitting or selling of hearing
13instruments unless such person holds a current license issued
14by the Department as provided in this Act. Such person shall be
15known as a licensed hearing instrument dispenser. Individuals
16licensed pursuant to the provisions of Section 8 of this Act
17shall be deemed qualified to provide tests of human hearing and
18hearing instrument evaluations for the purpose of dispensing a
19hearing instrument for which any State agency may contract. The
20license shall be conspicuously displayed in the place of
21business. Duplicate licenses shall be issued by the Department
22to licensees operating more than one office upon the additional
23payment set forth in this Act. No hearing instrument

 

 

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1manufacturer may distribute, sell, or otherwise provide
2hearing instruments to any unlicensed hearing care
3professional for the purpose of selling hearing instruments to
4the consumer.
5    Except for violations of the provisions of this Act, or the
6rules promulgated under it, nothing in this Act shall prohibit
7a corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other
8entity from engaging in the business of testing, fitting,
9servicing, selecting, dispensing, selling, or offering for
10sale hearing instruments at retail without a license, provided
11it employs only licensed individuals in the direct testing,
12fitting, servicing, selecting, offering for sale, or
13dispensing of such products. Each such corporation,
14partnership, trust, association, or other entity shall file
15with the Department, prior to doing business in this State and
16by July 1 of each calendar year thereafter, on forms prescribed
17by the Department, a list of all licensed hearing instrument
18dispensers employed by it and a statement attesting that it
19complies with this Act and the rules promulgated under it and
20the regulations of the Federal Food and Drug Administration and
21the Federal Trade Commission insofar as they are applicable.
22(Source: P.A. 99-204, eff. 7-30-15.)