100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB1396

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 57/30

    Amends the Massage Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning title protection.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Massage Licensing Act is amended by changing
5Section 30 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 57/30)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
8    Sec. 30. Title protection.
9    (a) Persons regulated by this Act are designated as massage
10therapists and and therefore are exclusively entitled to
11utilize the terms "massage", "massage therapy", and "massage
12therapist" when advertising or printing promotional material.
13    (b) Anyone who knowingly aids and abets one or more persons
14not authorized to use a professional title regulated by this
15Act or knowingly employs persons not authorized to use the
16regulated professional title in the course of their employment,
17commits a violation of this Act.
18    (c) Anyone not authorized, under the definitions of this
19Act, to utilize the term "massage", "massage therapy", or
20"massage therapist" and who knowingly utilizes these terms when
21advertising commits a violation of this Act.
22    (d) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the use of the terms
23"massage", "massage therapy", or "massage therapist" by a salon

 

 

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1registered under the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair
2Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985, provided that the
3salon offers massage therapy services in accordance with this
4Act.
5(Source: P.A. 97-514, eff. 8-23-11.)