Public Act 098-0768
 
SB3115 EnrolledLRB098 19600 ZMM 54793 b

    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Physical Therapy Act is amended by
changing Section 16.5 as follows:
 
    (225 ILCS 90/16.5)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
    Sec. 16.5. Advertising services.
    (a) A licensee shall include in every advertisement for
services regulated under this Act his or her title as it
appears on the license or the initials authorized under this
Act.
    (b) It is unlawful for any person licensed under this Act
to use testimonials or claims of superior quality of care to
entice the public. It shall be unlawful to advertise fee
comparisons of available services with those of other persons
licensed under this Act.
    (c) This Act does not authorize the advertising of
professional services that the offeror of such services is not
licensed to render. Nor shall the advertiser use statements
that contain false, fraudulent, deceptive or misleading
material or guarantees of success, play upon the vanity or
fears of the public, or promote or produce unfair competition.
    (d) It is unlawful and punishable under Section 31 for any
person licensed under this Act to knowingly advertise that the
licensee will accept as payment for services rendered by
assignment from any third-party payor the amount the
third-party payor covers as payment in full, if the effect is
to give the impression of eliminating the need of payment by
the patient of any required deductible or copayment applicable
in the patient's health benefit plan.
    (e) As used in this Section, "advertise" means solicitation
by the licensee or through another by means of handbills,
posters, circulars, motion pictures, radio, newspapers, or
television or in any other manner.
(Source: P.A. 93-1010, eff. 8-24-04.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2015