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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 Regulatory Sunset Act is amended by
5changing Sections 4.32 and 4.37 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 80/4.32)
7    Sec. 4.32. Acts repealed on January 1, 2022. The following
8Acts are repealed on January 1, 2022:
9    The Boxing and Full-contact Martial Arts Act.
10    The Cemetery Oversight Act.
11    The Collateral Recovery Act.
12    The Community Association Manager Licensing and
13Disciplinary Act.
14    The Crematory Regulation Act.
15    The Detection of Deception Examiners Act.
16    The Home Inspector License Act.
17    The Illinois Health Information Exchange and Technology
18Act.
19    The Medical Practice Act of 1987.
20    The Registered Interior Designers Act.
21    The Massage Licensing Act.
22    The Petroleum Equipment Contractors Licensing Act.
23    The Radiation Protection Act of 1990.

 

 

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1    The Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002.
2    The Water Well and Pump Installation Contractor's License
3Act.
4(Source: P.A. 100-920, eff. 8-17-18; 101-316, eff. 8-9-19;
5101-614, eff. 12-20-19; 101-639, eff. 6-12-20.)
 
6    (5 ILCS 80/4.37)
7    Sec. 4.37. Acts and Articles repealed on January 1, 2027.
8The following are repealed on January 1, 2027:
9    The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act.
10    The Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987.
11    Articles II, III, IV, V, VI, VIIA, VIIB, VIIC, XVII, XXXI,
12XXXI 1/4, and XXXI 3/4 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
13    The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Repairer Regulation Act.
14    The Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act.
15    The Registered Interior Designers Act.
16(Source: P.A. 99-572, eff. 7-15-16; 99-909, eff. 12-16-16;
1799-910, eff. 12-16-16; 99-911, eff. 12-16-16; 100-201, eff.
188-18-17; 100-372, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
19    Section 10. The Registered Interior Designers Act is
20amended by changing Section 3, 4, 4.5, 6, 7, 11, 14, 20, 23,
2129, 30 and by adding Section 3.1 as follows:
 
22    (225 ILCS 310/3)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8203)
23    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)

 

 

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1    Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
2    "Address of record" means the designated address recorded
3by the Department in the applicant's application file or the
4registrant's registration file as maintained by the
5Department's licensure maintenance unit.
6    "Board" means the Board of Registered Interior Design
7Professionals established under Section 6 of this Act.
8    "Department" means the Department of Financial and
9Professional Regulation.
10    "Email address of record" means the designated email
11address recorded by the Department in the applicant's
12application file or the registrant's registration file as
13maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit.
14    "The profession of interior design", within the meaning
15and intent of this Act, refers to persons qualified by
16education, experience, and examination, who administer
17contracts for fabrication, procurement, or installation in the
18implementation of designs, drawings, and specifications for
19any interior design project and offer or furnish professional
20services, such as consultations, studies, drawings, and
21specifications in connection with the location of lighting
22fixtures, lamps and specifications of ceiling finishes as
23shown in reflected ceiling plans, space planning, furnishings,
24or the fabrication of non-loadbearing structural elements
25within and surrounding interior spaces of buildings but
26specifically excluding mechanical and electrical systems,

 

 

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1except for specifications of fixtures and their location
2within interior spaces.
3    "Public member" means a person who is not an interior
4designer, educator in the field, architect, structural
5engineer, or professional engineer. For purposes of board
6membership, any person with a significant financial interest
7in the design or construction service or profession is not a
8public member.
9    "Registered interior designer" means a person who has
10received registration under Section 8 of this Act. A person
11represents himself or herself to be a "registered interior
12designer" within the meaning of this Act if he or she holds
13himself or herself out to the public by any title
14incorporating the words "registered interior designer" or any
15title that includes the words "registered interior design".
16    "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
17Professional Regulation.
18(Source: P.A. 100-920, eff. 8-17-18.)
 
19    (225 ILCS 310/3.1 new)
20    Sec. 3.1. Address of record; email address of record. All
21applicants and registrants shall:
22        (1) provide a valid address and email address to the
23    Department, which shall serve as the address of record and
24    email address of record, respectively, at the time of
25    application for registration or renewal of a registration;

 

 

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1    and
2        (2) inform the Department of any change of address of
3    record or email address of record within 14 days after
4    such change either through the Department's website or by
5    contacting the Department's licensure maintenance unit.
 
6    (225 ILCS 310/4)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8204)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
8    Sec. 4. Title; application of Act.
9    (a) No individual shall, without a valid registration as
10an interior designer issued by the Department, in any manner
11hold himself or herself out to the public as a registered
12interior designer or attach the title "registered interior
13designer" or any other name or designation which would in any
14way imply that he or she is able to use the title "registered
15interior designer" as defined in this Act.
16    (a-5) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing
17or restricting the services offered or advertised by an
18interior designer who is registered under this Act.
19    (b) Nothing in this Act shall prevent the employment, by a
20registered interior designer association, partnership, or a
21corporation furnishing interior design services for
22remuneration, of persons not registered as interior designers
23to perform services in various capacities as needed, provided
24that the persons do not represent themselves as, or use the
25title of, "registered interior designer".

 

 

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1    (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
2activities and use of the title "interior designer" on the
3part of a person not registered under this Act who is a
4graduate of an interior design program and a full-time
5employee of a duly chartered institution of higher education
6insofar as such person engages in public speaking, with or
7without remuneration, provided that such person does not
8represent himself or herself to be a registered interior
9designer or use the title "registered interior designer".
10    (d) Nothing contained in this Act shall restrict any
11person not registered under this Act from carrying out any of
12the activities listed in the definition of "the profession of
13interior design" in Section 3 if such person does not
14represent himself or herself or his or her services in any
15manner prohibited by this Act.
16    (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing
17or restricting the practice, services, or activities of any
18person licensed in this State under any other law from
19engaging in the profession or occupation for which he or she is
20licensed.
21    (f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing
22or restricting the practice, services, or activities of
23engineers licensed under the Professional Engineering Practice
24Act of 1989 or the Structural Engineering Practice Act of
251989; architects licensed pursuant to the Illinois
26Architectural Practice Act of 1989; any interior decorator or

 

 

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1individual offering interior decorating services including,
2but not limited to, the selection of surface materials, window
3treatments, wall coverings, furniture, accessories, paint,
4floor coverings, and lighting fixtures; or builders, home
5furnishings salespersons, and similar purveyors of goods and
6services relating to homemaking.
7    (g) Nothing in this Act or any other Act shall prevent a
8licensed architect from practicing interior design services.
9Nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring the
10services of a registered interior designer for the interior
11designing of a single family residence.
12    (h) Nothing in this Act shall authorize registered
13interior designers to perform services, including life safety
14services that they are prohibited from performing, or any
15practice (i) that is restricted in the Illinois Architecture
16Practice Act of 1989, the Professional Engineering Practice
17Act of 1989, or the Structural Engineering Practice Act of
181989, or (ii) that they are not authorized to perform under the
19Environmental Barriers Act.
20    (i) Nothing in this Act shall authorize registered
21interior designers to advertise services that they are
22prohibited to perform, including architecture or engineering
23services, nor to use the title "architect" in any form.
24(Source: P.A. 95-1023, eff. 6-1-09; 96-1334, eff. 7-27-10.)
 
25    (225 ILCS 310/4.5)

 

 

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1    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
2    Sec. 4.5. Unregistered practice; violation; civil penalty.
3    (a) Any person who holds himself or herself out to be a
4registered interior designer without being registered under
5this Act shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by
6law, pay a civil penalty to the Department in an amount not to
7exceed $5,000 for each offense as determined by the
8Department. The civil penalty shall be assessed by the
9Department after a hearing is held in accordance with the
10provisions set forth in this Act regarding the provision of a
11hearing for the discipline of a registrant licensee.
12    (b) The Department has the authority and power to
13investigate any illegal use of the title of registered
14interior designer.
15    (c) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after
16the effective date of the order imposing the civil penalty.
17The order shall constitute a judgment and may be filed and
18execution had thereon in the same manner as any judgment from
19any court of record.
20(Source: P.A. 95-1023, eff. 6-1-09; 96-1334, eff. 7-27-10.)
 
21    (225 ILCS 310/6)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8206)
22    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
23    Sec. 6. Board of Registered Interior Design Professionals.
24The Secretary shall appoint a Board of Registered Interior
25Design Professionals consisting of 5 members who shall serve

 

 

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1in an advisory capacity to the Secretary. All members of the
2Board shall be residents of Illinois. Four members shall (i)
3hold a valid registration as an interior designer in Illinois
4and have held the registration under this Act for the
5preceding 10 years; and (ii) not have been disciplined within
6the preceding 10 years under this Act. In addition to the 4
7registered interior designer members, there shall be one
8public member. The public member shall be a voting member and
9shall not be licensed or registered under this Act or any other
10design profession licensing Act that the Department
11administers.
12    Board members shall serve 5-year terms and until their
13successors are appointed and qualified. In appointing members
14to the Board, the Secretary shall give due consideration to
15recommendations by members and organizations of the interior
16design profession.
17    The membership of the Board should reasonably reflect
18representation from the geographic areas in this State.
19    No member shall be reappointed to the Board for a term that
20would cause his or her continuous service on the Board to be
21longer than 2 consecutive 5-year terms.
22    Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made in the same
23manner as original appointments for the unexpired portion of
24the vacated term.
25    Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. A
26quorum is required for Board decisions.

 

 

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1    The Secretary may remove any member of the Board for
2misconduct, incompetence, or neglect of duty or for reasons
3prescribed by law for removal of State officials.
4    The Secretary may remove a member of the Board who does not
5attend 2 consecutive meetings.
6    Notice of proposed rulemaking may be transmitted to the
7Board and the Department may review the response of the Board
8and any recommendations made therein. The Department may, at
9any time, seek the expert advice and knowledge of the Board on
10any matter relating to the administration or enforcement of
11this Act.
12    Members of the Board are not liable for damages in any
13action or proceeding as a result of activities performed as
14members of the Board, except upon proof of actual malice.
15    Members of the Board shall be reimbursed for all
16legitimate, necessary, and authorized expenses.
17    There is created a Board of Registered Interior Design
18Professionals to be composed of persons designated from time
19to time by the Director, as follows:
20        (a) For the first year, 5 persons, 4 of whom have been
21    interior designers for a period of 5 years or more who
22    would qualify upon application to the Department under
23    this Act to be registered interior designers, and one
24    public member. After the initial appointments, each
25    interior design member shall hold a valid registration as
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1    elect a chairman.
2        (b) Terms for all members shall be 3 years. For
3    initial appointments, one member shall be appointed to
4    serve for one year, 2 shall be appointed to serve for 2
5    years, and the remaining shall be appointed to serve for 3
6    years and until their successors are appointed and
7    qualified. Initial terms shall begin on the effective date
8    of this Act. Partial terms over 2 years in length shall be
9    considered as full terms. A member may be reappointed for
10    a successive term, but no member shall serve more than 2
11    full terms.
12        (c) The membership of the Board should reasonably
13    reflect representation from the various geographic areas
14    of the State.
15        (d) In making appointments to the Board, the Director
16    shall give due consideration to recommendations by
17    national and state organizations of the interior design
18    profession and shall promptly give due notice to such
19    organizations of any vacancy in the membership of the
20    Board. The Director may terminate the appointment of any
21    member for any cause, which in the opinion of the
22    Director, reasonably justifies such termination.
23        (e) Three members shall constitute a quorum. A quorum
24    is required for all Board decisions.
25        (f) The members of the Board shall each receive as
26    compensation a reasonable sum as determined by the

 

 

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1    Director for each day actually engaged in the duties of
2    the office, and all legitimate and necessary expenses
3    incurred in attending the meeting of the Board.
4        (g) Members of the Board shall be immune from suit in
5    any action based upon any disciplinary proceedings or
6    other activities performed in good faith as members of the
7    Board.
8(Source: P.A. 95-1023, eff. 6-1-09; 96-1334, eff. 7-27-10.)
 
9    (225 ILCS 310/7)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8207)
10    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
11    Sec. 7. Board recommendations. The Secretary Director
12shall consider the recommendations of the Board in
13establishing guidelines for professional conduct, for the
14conduct of formal disciplinary proceedings brought under this
15Act, and for establishing guidelines for qualifications of
16applicants. Notice of proposed rulemaking may shall be
17transmitted to the Board and the Department shall review the
18response of the Board and any recommendations made in their
19response. The Department, at any time, may seek the expert
20advice and knowledge of the Board on any matter relating to the
21administration or enforcement of this Act.
22(Source: P.A. 86-1404.)
 
23    (225 ILCS 310/11)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8211)
24    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)

 

 

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1    Sec. 11. Fees. The Department shall provide by rule for a
2schedule of fees for the administration and enforcement of
3this Act, including but not limited to original registration
4licensure, renewal, and restoration. The fees shall be
5nonrefundable.
6    All fees collected under this Act shall be deposited into
7the General Professions Dedicated Fund and shall be
8appropriated to the Department for the ordinary and contingent
9expenses of the Department in the administration of this Act.
10(Source: P.A. 91-454, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
11    (225 ILCS 310/14)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8214)
12    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
13    Sec. 14. Investigations; Notice of hearing. Upon the
14motion of either the Department or the Board, or upon the
15verified complaint in writing of any person setting forth
16facts which, if proven, would constitute grounds for refusal,
17suspension, or revocation of registration under this Act, the
18Board shall investigate the actions of any person, hereinafter
19called the "registrant", who holds or represents that he holds
20a certificate of registration. All such motions or complaints
21shall be brought to the Board.
22    The Director shall, before suspending, revoking, placing
23on probationary status, or taking any other disciplinary
24action as the Director may deem proper with regard to any
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1hearing, notify the registrant in writing of any charges made
2and the time and place for a hearing on the charges before the
3Board. The Board shall also direct the registrant to file his
4written answer to the charges with the Board under oath within
520 days after the service on him of such notice, and inform him
6that if he fails to file such answer, his certificate of
7registration may be suspended, revoked, placed on probationary
8status or other disciplinary action may be taken with regard
9thereto, as the Director may deem proper.
10    The written notice and any notice in such proceeding may
11be served by delivery personally to the registrant, by email,
12or by registered or certified mail to the address specified by
13the registrant in his last notification to the Director.
14    The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a record of
15all proceedings at the formal hearing of any case involving
16the refusal to issue or renew a registration, or discipline of
17a registrant. The notice of hearing, complaint, and all other
18documents in the nature of pleadings and written motions filed
19in the proceedings, the transcript of testimony, the report of
20the Board, and the orders of the Department shall be the record
21of such proceedings.
22(Source: P.A. 86-1404.)
 
23    (225 ILCS 310/20)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8220)
24    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
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1revocation, placement on probationary status, or the taking of
2any other disciplinary action with regard to any registration,
3the Department may restore the certificate of registration, or
4take any other action to reinstate the registration to good
5standing, without further examination, upon the written
6recommendation of the Board.
7(Source: P.A. 86-1404.)
 
8    (225 ILCS 310/23)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8223)
9    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
10    Sec. 23. Confidentiality. Confidential information;
11Disclosure. All information collected by the Department in the
12course of an examination or investigation of a registrant or
13applicant, including, but not limited to, any complaint
14against a registrant filed with the Department and information
15collected to investigate any such complaint, shall be
16maintained for the confidential use of the Department and may
17not be disclosed. The Department may not disclose the
18information to anyone other than law enforcement officials,
19other regulatory agencies that have an appropriate regulatory
20interest as determined by the Secretary, or a party presenting
21a lawful subpoena to the Department. Information and documents
22disclosed to a federal, State, county, or local law
23enforcement agency may not be disclosed by the agency for any
24purpose to any other agency or person. A formal complaint
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1public record, except as otherwise prohibited by law. In
2hearings conducted under this Act, information presented into
3evidence that was acquired by an interior designer in serving
4any individual in a professional capacity, and necessary to
5professionally serve such individual, shall be deemed strictly
6confidential and shall only be made available either as part
7of the record of a hearing hereunder or otherwise:
8    (a) when the record is required, in its entirety, for
9purposes of judicial review;
10    (b) upon the express written consent of the individual
11served, or in the case of his or her death or disability, the
12consent of his or her personal representative.
13(Source: P.A. 86-1404.)
 
14    (225 ILCS 310/29)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8229)
15    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
16    Sec. 29. Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The
17Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly
18adopted and incorporated herein as if all of the provisions of
19that Act were included in this Act, except that the provision
20of subsection (d) of Section 10-65 of the Illinois
21Administrative Procedure Act that provides that at hearings
22the registrant has the right to show compliance with all
23lawful requirements for retention, continuation, or renewal of
24the registration is specifically excluded. For the purposes of
25this Act, the notice required under Section 10-25 of the

 

 

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1Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is deemed sufficient
2when mailed or emailed to the last known address of a party.
3(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
4    (225 ILCS 310/30)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8230)
5    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
6    Sec. 30. Fund; appropriations; investments; audits
7Interior Design Administration and Investigation Fund. All of
8the fees collected pursuant to this Act shall be deposited
9into the General Professions Dedicated Fund.
10    On January 1, 2000 the State Comptroller shall transfer
11the balance of the monies in the Interior Design
12Administration and Investigation Fund into the General
13Professions Dedicated Fund. Amounts appropriated for fiscal
14year 2000 out of the Interior Design Administration and
15Investigation Fund may be paid out of the General Professions
16Dedicated Fund.
17    The moneys monies deposited in the General Professions
18Dedicated Fund may be used for the expenses of the Department
19in the administration of this Act.
20    Moneys from the Fund may also be used for direct and
21allocable indirect costs related to the public purposes of the
22Department of Professional Regulation. Moneys in the Fund may
23be transferred to the Professions Indirect Cost Fund as
24authorized by Section 2105-300 of the Department of
25Professional Regulation Law (20 ILCS 2105/2105-300).

 

 

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1    Upon the completion of any audit of the Department as
2prescribed by the Illinois State Auditing Act that includes an
3audit of the General Professions Dedicated Fund Interior
4Design Administration and Investigation Fund, the Department
5shall make the audit open to inspection by any interested
6person. The copy of the audit report required to be submitted
7to the Department by this Section is in addition to copies of
8audit reports required to be submitted to other State officers
9and agencies by Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing
10Act.
11(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-454, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16,
12eff. 6-28-01.)
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
141, 2022, except that this Section and Section 5 take effect
15upon becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    5 ILCS 80/4.32
4    5 ILCS 80/4.41 new
5    225 ILCS 310/3from Ch. 111, par. 8203
6    225 ILCS 310/3.1 new
7    225 ILCS 310/4from Ch. 111, par. 8204
8    225 ILCS 310/4.5
9    225 ILCS 310/6from Ch. 111, par. 8206
10    225 ILCS 310/7from Ch. 111, par. 8207
11    225 ILCS 310/11from Ch. 111, par. 8211
12    225 ILCS 310/14from Ch. 111, par. 8214
13    225 ILCS 310/20from Ch. 111, par. 8220
14    225 ILCS 310/23from Ch. 111, par. 8223
15    225 ILCS 310/29from Ch. 111, par. 8229
16    225 ILCS 310/30from Ch. 111, par. 8230