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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2420 Introduced 2/18/2011, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 225 ILCS 50/1 | from Ch. 111, par. 7401 |
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Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Makes a technical
change
in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB2420 | | LRB097 07529 CEL 47639 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act |
| 5 | | is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 7401)
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| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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| 8 | | Sec. 1. Purpose. The
The purpose of this Act is to protect |
| 9 | | the
hearing-impaired
public from incompetent and dishonest |
| 10 | | dispensers of hearing instruments who
could
endanger the |
| 11 | | health, safety and welfare of the People of this State. The
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| 12 | | Federal Food and Drug Administration
has recommended that State |
| 13 | | legislation is necessary in order to establish
standards of |
| 14 | | competency and to impose stringent penalties for those who
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| 15 | | violate the public trust in this field of health care. |
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 89-72, eff. 12-31-95.)
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