Full Text of HB6314 93rd General Assembly
HB6314 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6314
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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225 ILCS 50/5 |
from Ch. 111, par. 7405 |
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Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Makes technical changes
to a Section concerning the requirements for a license.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB093 15135 AMC 40730 b |
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| AN ACT concerning the regulation of professions.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act | | 5 |
| is amended by
changing Section 5 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 50/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 7405)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2006)
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| Sec. 5. License required. No person shall engage in the
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| selling, practice of testing, fitting, selecting, | | 10 |
| recommending, adapting,
dispensing, or servicing hearing | | 11 |
| instruments or display a sign, advertise, or
represent oneself | | 12 |
| as a person who practices the fitting or selling of hearing
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| instruments unless such person possesses
holds a current | | 14 |
| license issued
by the Department
as provided in this Act. Such | | 15 |
| person shall be known as a licensed hearing
instrument | | 16 |
| dispenser. Individuals licensed pursuant to the provisions of
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| Section 8 of this Act shall be deemed qualified to provide | | 18 |
| tests of human
hearing and hearing instrument evaluations for | | 19 |
| the purpose of dispensing a
hearing instrument for which any | | 20 |
| State agency may contract. The license shall
be conspicuously | | 21 |
| displayed in the place of business. Duplicate licenses shall
be | | 22 |
| issued by the Department to licensees operating more than one | | 23 |
| office upon
the additional payment set forth in this Act.
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| Except for violations of the provisions of this Act, or the | | 25 |
| rules
promulgated under it, nothing in this Act shall prohibit | | 26 |
| a corporation,
partnership, trust, association, or other | | 27 |
| entity from engaging in the
business of testing, fitting, | | 28 |
| servicing, selecting, dispensing, selling, or
offering for | | 29 |
| sale hearing instruments at retail without a license, provided | | 30 |
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employs only licensed individuals in the direct testing, | | 31 |
| fitting, servicing,
selecting, offering for sale, or | | 32 |
| dispensing of such products. Each such
corporation, |
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| partnership, trust, association, or other entity shall file | | 2 |
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the Department, prior to doing business in this State and | | 3 |
| by July 1 of each
calendar year thereafter, on forms prescribed | | 4 |
| by the Department, a list of all
licensed hearing instrument | | 5 |
| dispensers employed by it and a statement attesting
that it | | 6 |
| complies with this Act and the rules promulgated under it and | | 7 |
| the
regulations of the Federal Food and Drug Administration and | | 8 |
| the Federal Trade
Commission insofar as they are applicable.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-72, eff. 12-31-95; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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