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 1        AN ACT concerning professional regulation.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  Clinical  Social  Work and Social Work
 5    Practice Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

 6        (225 ILCS 20/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 6355)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
 8        Sec. 5.  Powers and duties of the Department.
 9        1.  The Department must shall  exercise  the  powers  and
10    duties as set forth in this Act.
11        2.   The  Director must shall promulgate rules consistent
12    with the provisions of this Act for  the  administration  and
13    enforcement  thereof,  and  shall  prescribe forms which must
14    shall be issued in connection therewith.
15        3.  In addition, the Department must shall:
16        (a)  Establish    rules    for    determining    approved
17    undergraduate and graduate social work  degree  programs  and
18    prepare  and  maintain  a  list  of colleges and universities
19    offering such approved  programs  whose  graduates,  if  they
20    otherwise  meet the requirements of this Act, are eligible to
21    apply for a license.
22        (b)  Promulgate rules,  as  may  be  necessary,  for  the
23    administration  of  this  Act  and  to carry out the purposes
24    thereof and to adopt the methods of examination of candidates
25    and to provide for the issuance of licenses  authorizing  the
26    independent  practice of clinical social work or the practice
27    of social work.
28        (c)  Authorize    examinations    to    ascertain     the
29    qualifications  and  fitness  of  candidates for a license to
30    engage in the independent practice of  clinical  social  work
31    and  in  the  practice  of  social work, and to determine the
 
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 1    qualifications of  applicants  from  other  jurisdictions  to
 2    practice in Illinois.
 3        (d)  Maintain  rosters  of the names and addresses of all
 4    licensees,  and  all  persons  whose   licenses   have   been
 5    suspended,  revoked  or  denied  renewal for cause within the
 6    previous calendar year.  These  rosters  shall  be  available
 7    upon written request and payment of the required fee.
 8    (Source: P.A. 85-1131.)