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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4502
Introduced 1/11/2006, by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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225 ILCS 110/2 |
from Ch. 111, par. 7902 |
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Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice
Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the legislative
declaration of policy.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4502 |
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LRB094 18378 RAS 53689 b |
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| AN ACT concerning 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 Speech-Language Pathology and
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| Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Section 2 as |
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| follows:
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| (225 ILCS 110/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 7902)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
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| Sec. 2. Legislative Declaration of Public Policy. The
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| practice of
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology in the |
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| State of Illinois is hereby
declared to affect the public |
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| health, safety and welfare and to be subject
to regulation and |
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| control in the public interest. It is further declared
to be a |
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| matter of public interest and concern that the speech-language
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| pathology and audiology professions merit and receive the |
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| confidence of the
public and that only qualified persons be |
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| permitted to practice this
profession in the State of Illinois. |
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| This Act shall be liberally construed
to carry out these |
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| objectives and purposes. |
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| It is further declared to be the public policy of this |
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| State, pursuant to
subsections (h) and (i) of Section 6 of |
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| Article VII of the Illinois
Constitution of 1970, that any |
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| power or function set forth in this Act to
be exercised by the |
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| State is an exclusive State power or function. Such
power or |
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| function shall not be exercised concurrently, either directly |
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| or
indirectly, by any unit of local government, including home |
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| rule units,
except as otherwise provided in this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)
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