093_HB2027

 
                                     LRB093 04866 AMC 04925 b

 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 Psychologist  Licensing  Act  is
 5    amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

 6        (225 ILCS 15/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 5351)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
 8        Sec.  1.  Policy;  short title.  The practice of clinical
 9    psychology in Illinois  is  hereby  declared  to  affect  the
10    public  health,  safety  and  welfare,  and  to be subject to
11    regulations in the public interest to protect the public from
12    persons who are  unauthorized  or  unqualified  to  represent
13    themselves  as  clinical  psychologists  or  as being able to
14    render clinical psychological services as herein defined, and
15    from unprofessional conduct by persons licensed  to  practice
16    clinical  psychology.   This  Act  shall  be known and may be
17    cited as the "Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act".
18    (Source: P.A. 85-1305.)