Full Text of HB3996 101st General Assembly
HB3996 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB3996 Introduced 1/8/2020, by Rep. Margo McDermed - Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 225 ILCS 410/3-7 | from Ch. 111, par. 1703-7 |
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Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides that the continuing education requirement for cosmetologists does not apply to a licensee who is 70 years or older and has been licensed as a cosmetologist for at least 25 years.
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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 Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair | 5 | | Braiding, and Nail
Technology Act of 1985 is amended by | 6 | | changing Section 3-7 as follows:
| 7 | | (225 ILCS 410/3-7) (from Ch. 111, par. 1703-7)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
| 9 | | Sec. 3-7. Licensure; renewal; continuing education. The
| 10 | | holder of a license issued under this Article III may renew | 11 | | that license during
the month preceding the expiration date | 12 | | thereof by paying the required fee,
giving such evidence as the | 13 | | Department may prescribe of completing not less
than 14 hours | 14 | | of continuing education for a cosmetologist, and 24 hours of
| 15 | | continuing education for a cosmetology teacher or cosmetology | 16 | | clinic teacher,
within the 2 years prior to renewal. The | 17 | | training shall be in subjects
approved by the Department as | 18 | | prescribed by rule upon recommendation of the Board and may | 19 | | include online instruction. | 20 | | For the initial renewal of a cosmetologist's license which | 21 | | requires continuing education, as prescribed by rule, one hour | 22 | | of the continuing education shall include domestic violence and | 23 | | sexual assault awareness education as prescribed by rule of the |
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| 1 | | Department. For every subsequent renewal of a cosmetologist's | 2 | | license, one hour of the continuing education may include | 3 | | domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education as | 4 | | prescribed by rule of the Department. The one-hour domestic | 5 | | violence and sexual assault awareness continuing education | 6 | | course shall be provided by a continuing education provider | 7 | | approved by the Department, except that completion from March | 8 | | 12, 2016 to March 15, 2016 of a one-hour domestic violence and | 9 | | sexual assault awareness course from a domestic violence and | 10 | | sexual assault awareness organization shall satisfy this | 11 | | requirement.
| 12 | | The Department may prescribe rules regarding the | 13 | | requirements for domestic violence and sexual assault | 14 | | awareness continuing education courses and teachers. | 15 | | The Department shall establish by rule a means for the | 16 | | verification of
completion of the continuing education | 17 | | required by this Section. This
verification may be accomplished | 18 | | through audits of records maintained by
registrants, by | 19 | | requiring the filing of continuing education certificates with
| 20 | | the Department, or by other means established by the | 21 | | Department.
| 22 | | The Department, in its discretion, may waive
enforcement of | 23 | | the continuing education requirement in this Section, | 24 | | including the domestic violence and sexual assault awareness | 25 | | education requirement, and
shall adopt rules defining the | 26 | | standards and criteria for
that waiver under the following |
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| 1 | | circumstances:
| 2 | | (a) the licensee resides in a locality where it is | 3 | | demonstrated that the
absence of opportunities for such | 4 | | education would interfere with the
ability of the licensee | 5 | | to provide service to the public;
| 6 | | (b) that to comply with the continuing education | 7 | | requirements would
cause a substantial financial hardship | 8 | | on the licensee;
| 9 | | (c) that the licensee is serving in the United States | 10 | | Armed Forces; or
| 11 | | (d) that the licensee is incapacitated due to illness.
| 12 | | The continuing education requirements of this Section do | 13 | | not apply to a licensee who is 70 years of age or older and has | 14 | | been licensed as a cosmetologist for at least 25 years. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 98-911, eff. 1-1-15; 99-427, eff. 8-21-15; | 16 | | 99-766, eff. 1-1-17 .)
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