95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3720

 

Introduced 2/28/2007, by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 30/15.5

    Amends the Dietetic and Nutrition Services Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning unlicensed practice.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Dietetic and Nutrition Services Practice Act
5 is amended by changing Section 15.5 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 30/15.5)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
8     Sec. 15.5. Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty.
9     (a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts
10 to practice, or holds oneself out to practice dietetics or
11 nutrition services without being licensed under this Act shall,
12 in addition to any other penalty provided by law, pay a civil
13 penalty to the the Department in an amount not to exceed $5,000
14 for each offense as determined by the Department. The civil
15 penalty shall be assessed by the Department after a hearing is
16 held in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Act
17 regarding the provision of a hearing for the discipline of a
18 licensee.
19     (b) The Department has the authority and power to
20 investigate any and all unlicensed activity.
21     (c) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after
22 the effective date of the order imposing the civil penalty. The
23 order shall constitute a judgment and may be filed and

 

 

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1 execution had thereon in the same manner as any judgment from
2 any court of record.
3 (Source: P.A. 92-642, eff. 10-31-03.)