(225 ILCS 60/49) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-49)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 49.
If any person does any of the following and does not possess
a valid license issued under this Act, that person shall be sentenced as
provided in Section 59: (i) holds himself or herself out to the
public as being engaged in the diagnosis or treatment of physical or
mental ailments or conditions including, but not limited to,
deformities, diseases, disorders, or injuries of human beings; (ii)
suggests, recommends or prescribes any form of treatment for the
palliation, relief or cure of any physical or mental ailment or condition
of any person with the intention of receiving, either directly or
indirectly, any fee, gift, or compensation whatever;
(iii) diagnoses or attempts to diagnose, operates upon,
professes to heal, prescribes for, or otherwise treats any ailment or
condition, or supposed ailment or condition, of another; (iv) maintains an
office for examination or treatment of persons afflicted, or alleged or
supposed to be afflicted, by any ailment or condition; (v) manipulates or
adjusts osseous or articular structures; or (vi) attaches the
title Doctor, Physician, Surgeon, M.D., D.O. or D.C. or any other word or
abbreviation to his or her name indicating that he or she is engaged in
the treatment of human ailments or conditions as a business.
Whenever the Department has reason to believe that any person has violated
this Section the Department may issue a rule to show cause why an order to
cease and desist should not be entered against that person. The rule shall
clearly set forth the grounds relied upon by the Department and shall
provide a period of 7 days from the date of the rule to file an answer to the
satisfaction of the Department. Failure to answer to the satisfaction of the
Department shall cause an order to cease and desist to be
issued immediately.
(Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
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