Public Act 0777 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4826 Enrolled LRB104 19712 AAS 33162 b

Public Act 104-0777

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2105-379 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-379 new)

Sec. 2105-379. Continuing education; prohibited services.

(a) As used in this Section, "prohibited services, treatments, practices, or procedures" means the services, treatments, practices, or procedures that are expressly prohibited by law or by rule in this State at the time a continuing education activity is completed.

(b) A licensee shall not receive continuing education credit toward the renewal of a professional license for any continuing education course, program, seminar, instruction, webinar, or other educational activity that promotes, instructs, or provides guidance on the performance of prohibited services, treatments, practices, or procedures.

(c) Approval by the Department of a continuing education provider or continuing education course does not supersede the provisions of this Section.

(d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require the Department to proactively review, pre-approve, evaluate, monitor, or otherwise assess continuing education content restrictions under this Section.

(e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit a licensee from receiving continuing education credit toward renewal of a professional license for any continuing education course, program, seminar, instruction, webinar, or other educational activity that instructs or provides guidance on recognizing, identifying, reporting, or responding to criminal conduct or victimization as it affects clients or third parties, provided that such educational activity does not itself promote, instruct, or provide guidance on the performance of prohibited services, treatments, practices, or procedures.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on January 1, 2027.