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92_HB5277
LRB9211641ACcd
1 AN ACT concerning hearing instruments.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection
5 Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
6 (225 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 7401)
7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2006)
8 Sec. 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to protect
9 the hearing-impaired public from incompetent and dishonest
10 dispensers of hearing instruments who could endanger the
11 health, safety and welfare of the People of this State. The
12 Federal Food and Drug Administration has recommended that
13 State legislation is necessary in order to establish
14 standards of competency and to impose stringent penalties for
15 those who violate the public trust in this field of health
16 care.
17 (Source: P.A. 89-72, eff. 12-31-95.)