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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1736 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff 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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| | SB1736 | | LRB099 10116 AMC 30339 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| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)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 deaf or hard of hearing
public from the practice of |
| 10 | | dispensing hearing instruments that
could
endanger the health, |
| 11 | | safety and welfare of the People of this State. The
Federal |
| 12 | | 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. 98-827, eff. 1-1-15.)
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