(225 ILCS 227/65)
    Sec. 65. Grounds for discipline. Licensees subject to this Act shall conduct their practice in accordance with this Act and the rules promulgated under this Act. A licensee is subject to disciplinary sanctions enumerated in this Act if the State Fire Marshal finds that the licensee is guilty of any of the following:
        (1) Fraud or material deception in obtaining or renewing a license.
        (2) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or unprofessional conduct of a character likely
    
to deceive, defraud, or harm the public in the course of professional services or activities.
        (3) Conviction of any crime that has a substantial relationship to his or her practice
    
or an essential element of which is misstatement, fraud, dishonesty, or conviction in this or another state of any crime that is a felony under the laws of Illinois or conviction of a felony in a federal court, unless the licensee demonstrates that he or she has been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public trust.
        (4) Performing any service in a grossly negligent manner or permitting any lead
    
pyrotechnic operator or assistant to perform a service in a grossly negligent manner, regardless of whether actual damage or damage to the public is established.
        (5) Addiction to or dependency on alcohol or drugs or use of alcohol or drugs that is
    
likely to endanger the public at a pyrotechnic display.
        (6) Willfully receiving direct or indirect compensation for any professional service not
    
actually rendered.
        (7) Having disciplinary action taken against his or her license in another state.
        (8) Making differential treatment against any person to his or her detriment because of
    
race, color, creed, sex, religion, or national origin.
        (9) Engaging in unprofessional conduct.
        (10) Engaging in false or misleading advertising.
        (11) Contracting or assisting an unlicensed person to perform services for which a
    
license is required under this Act.
        (12) Permitting the use of his or her license to enable an unlicensed person or agency
    
to operate as a licensee.
        (13) Performing and charging for a service without having the authorization to do so
    
from the member of the public being served.
        (14) Failure to comply with any provision of this Act or the rules promulgated under
    
this Act.
        (15) Conducting business regulated by this Act without a currently valid license in
    
those circumstances where a license is required.
(Source: P.A. 93-263, eff. 7-22-03; 94-385, eff. 7-29-05.)