HB4617 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 16761 RAS 42796 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4617

Introduced , by Rep. Elga L. Jefferies

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 410/1-4	from Ch. 111, par. 1701-4
225 ILCS 410/1-4.5 new
225 ILCS 410/4-7.5 new

Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides that the Department of Professional Regulation shall not refuse to issue a license to an ex-offender that may be refused a license under specified provisions of the Act if the ex-offender learned the licensable trade while incarcerated. Provides that references in this Act (i) to the Department of Professional Regulation are deemed, in appropriate contexts, to be references to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and (ii) to the Director of Professional Regulation are deemed, in appropriate contexts, to be references to the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail Technology Act of 1985 is amended changing Section 1-4 and by adding Sections 1-4.5 and 4-7.5 as follows:

(225 ILCS 410/1-4) (from Ch. 111, par. 1701-4)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)

Sec. 1-4. Definitions. In this Act the following words shall have the following meanings:

"Board" means the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail Technology Board.

"Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Department of Professional Regulation.

"Director" means the Director of Professional Regulation.

"Licensed barber" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice barbering as defined in this Act and whose license is in good standing.

"Licensed barber clinic teacher" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice barbering, as defined in this Act, and to provide clinical instruction in the practice of barbering in an approved school of barbering.

"Licensed cosmetologist" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice cosmetology, nail technology, and esthetics as defined in this Act and whose license is in good standing.

"Licensed esthetician" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice esthetics as defined in this Act and whose license is in good standing.

"Licensed nail technician" means any individual licensed by the Department to practice nail technology as defined in this Act and whose license is in good standing.

"Licensed barber teacher" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice barbering as defined in this Act and to provide instruction in the theory and practice of barbering to students in an approved barber school.

"Licensed cosmetology teacher" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology as defined in this Act and to provide instruction in the theory and practice of cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology to students in an approved cosmetology, esthetics, or nail technology school.

"Licensed cosmetology clinic teacher" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology as defined in this Act and to provide clinical instruction in the practice of cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology in an approved school of cosmetology, esthetics, or nail technology.

"Licensed esthetics teacher" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice esthetics as defined in this Act and to provide instruction in the theory and practice of esthetics to students in an approved cosmetology or esthetics school.

"Licensed esthetics clinic teacher" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice esthetics as defined in this Act and to provide clinical instruction in the practice of esthetics in an approved school of cosmetology or an approved school of esthetics.

"Licensed nail technology teacher" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice nail technology and to provide instruction in the theory and practice of nail technology to students in an approved nail technology school or cosmetology school.

"Licensed nail technology clinic teacher" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice nail technology as defined in this Act and to provide clinical instruction in the practice of nail technology in an approved school of cosmetology or an approved school of nail technology.

"Enrollment" is the date upon which the student signs an enrollment agreement or student contract.

"Enrollment agreement" or "student contract" is any agreement, instrument, or contract however named, which creates or evidences an obligation binding a student to purchase a course of instruction from a school.

"Enrollment time" means the maximum number of hours a student could have attended class, whether or not the student did in fact attend all those hours.

"Elapsed enrollment time" means the enrollment time elapsed between the actual starting date and the date of the student's last day of physical attendance in the school.

"Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation.

(Source: P.A. 94-451, eff. 12-31-05; 94-871, eff. 6-16-06.)

(225 ILCS 410/1-4.5 new)

Sec. 1-4.5. References to Department or Director of Professional Regulation. References in this Act (i) to the Department of Professional Regulation are deemed, in appropriate contexts, to be references to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and (ii) to the Director of Professional Regulation are deemed, in appropriate contexts, to be references to the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation.

(225 ILCS 410/4-7.5 new)

Sec. 4-7.5. Licensing of ex-offenders. The Department shall not refuse to issue a license to an ex-offender that may be refused a license under paragraph a. of item (1) of Section 4-7 of this Act if the ex-offender learned the licensable trade while incarcerated.