HB2443 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2443

Introduced 2/19/2009, by Rep. Dan Reitz - Angelo Saviano - Arthur L. Turner

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 50/6.1 new

Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Provides that the Department shall grant reciprocity to a hearing instrument dispenser who has a valid license, or its equivalent, from another state which has an examination that is comparable to the examination required under the Act and who has been actively practicing as a hearing instrument dispenser for at least 3 months or is certified by the National Board for Certification in Hearing Instrument Sciences.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act is amended by adding Section 6.1 as follows:

(225 ILCS 50/6.1 new)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)

Sec. 6.1. Reciprocity. The Department shall issue a license to any hearing instrument dispenser who has a valid license as a hearing instrument dispenser, or its equivalent, from another state that has a licensing examination that is comparable to the licensing examination required under this Act and who has been actively practicing as a hearing instrument dispenser for at least 3 months or is certified by the National Board for Certification in Hearing Instrument Sciences.