96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4975

 

Introduced 1/21/2010, by Rep. Angelo Saviano

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2105/2105-207 new

    Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that any licensee disciplined under a licensure Act administered by the Division of Professional Regulation for an offense relating to the failure to pay taxes, child support, or student loans or relating to continuing education or advertising may file a petition with the Department on forms provided by the Department, along with the required fee of $200, to have the records of that offense removed from public view on the Department's website if certain conditions are met. Provides that nothing shall prohibit the Department from using a previous discipline for any regulatory purpose or from releasing records of a previous discipline upon request from law enforcement, other governmental body, or the public. Provides that removal of records of a disciplinary offense from the Department's website shall not be considered a vacating or expunging of the offense from the licensee's disciplinary record. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of
5 the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding
6 Section 2105-207 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 2105/2105-207 new)
8     Sec. 2105-207. Petition to remove disciplinary records
9 from public view.
10     (a) Any licensee disciplined under a licensure Act
11 administered by the Division of Professional Regulation for an
12 offense relating to the failure to pay taxes, child support, or
13 student loans or relating to continuing education or
14 advertising may file a petition with the Department on forms
15 provided by the Department, along with the required fee of
16 $200, to have the records of that offense removed from public
17 view on the Department's website. A petition to remove
18 disciplinary records shall only be considered by the Department
19 if:
20         (1) the application is submitted more than 10 years
21     after the disciplinary offense occurred;
22         (2) the licensee has had no incidents of discipline
23     under this Act since the disciplinary offense identified in

 

 

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1     the petition occurred;
2         (3) the Department has no pending investigations
3     against the licensee; and
4         (4) the licensee is not currently in a disciplinary
5     status.
6     (b) A petition to remove disciplinary records shall be
7 submitted to and considered by the Director of the Division of
8 Professional Regulation upon submission of a petition and the
9 required non-refundable fee. The Department may establish
10 additional requirements by rule. The Department is not required
11 to report the removal of any disciplinary record to any
12 national database. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the
13 Department from using a previous discipline for any regulatory
14 purpose or from releasing records of a previous discipline upon
15 request from law enforcement, other governmental body, or the
16 public. Removal of records of a disciplinary offense from the
17 Department's website pursuant to this Section shall not be
18 considered a vacating or expunging of the offense from the
19 licensee's disciplinary record.
 
20     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.