Public Act 093-0754
 
HB4410 Enrolled LRB093 19751 AMC 46399 b

    AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987 is
amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows:
 
    (225 ILCS 80/4.5)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
    Sec. 4.5. Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty.
    (a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts
to practice, or holds oneself out to practice optometry without
being licensed under this Act or any individual or entity that
causes or attempts to cause a licensed optometrist or any other
person under that individual's or entity's control to violate
this Act or any other State or federal law or rule related to
the practice of optometry shall, in addition to any other
penalty provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the Department
in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for each offense as
determined by the Department. The civil penalty shall be
assessed by the Department after a hearing is held in
accordance with the provisions set forth in this Act regarding
the provision of a hearing for the discipline of a licensee.
    (b) The Department has the authority and power to
investigate any and all unlicensed activity.
    (c) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after
the effective date of the order imposing the civil penalty. The
order shall constitute a judgment and may be filed and
execution had thereon in the same manner as any judgment from
any court of record.
(Source: P.A. 89-474, eff. 6-18-96.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 7/16/2004