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SB2617 Engrossed |
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LRB093 19750 AMC 46397 b |
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| AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987 is |
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| amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 80/4.5)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
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| Sec. 4.5. Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty.
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| (a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts |
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| to practice, or
holds oneself out to practice optometry without |
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| being licensed under this Act
or any individual or entity that |
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| causes or attempts to cause a licensed optometrist or any other |
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| person under that individual's or entity's control to violate |
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| this Act or any other State or federal law or rule related to |
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| the practice of optometry shall, in
addition to any other |
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| penalty provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the
Department |
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| in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for each offense as |
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| determined by
the Department. The civil penalty shall be |
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| assessed by the Department after a
hearing is held in |
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| accordance with the provisions set forth in this Act
regarding |
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| the provision of a hearing for the discipline of a licensee.
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| (b) The Department has the authority and power to |
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| investigate any and all
unlicensed activity.
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| (c) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after |
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| the effective date
of the order imposing the civil penalty. The |
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| order shall constitute a judgment
and may be filed and |
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| execution had thereon in the same manner as any judgment
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| any court of record.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-474, eff. 6-18-96.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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