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92_HB1356
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1 AN ACT concerning speech.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
5 Audiology Practice Act is amended by changing Section 2 as
6 follows:
7 (225 ILCS 110/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 7902)
8 Sec. 2. Legislative Declaration of Public Policy. The
9 practice of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology in the
10 State of Illinois is hereby declared to affect the public
11 health, safety and welfare and to be subject to regulation
12 and control in the public interest. It is further declared
13 to be a matter of public interest and concern that the
14 speech-language pathology and audiology professions merit and
15 receive the confidence of the public and that only qualified
16 persons be permitted to practice this profession in the State
17 of Illinois. This Act must shall be liberally construed to
18 carry out these objectives and purposes.
19 It is further declared to be the public policy of this
20 State, pursuant to subsections (h) and (i) of Section 6 of
21 Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, that any
22 power or function set forth in this Act to be exercised by
23 the State is an exclusive State power or function. Such
24 power or function shall not be exercised concurrently, either
25 directly or indirectly, by any unit of local government,
26 including home rule units, except as otherwise provided in
27 this Act.
28 (Source: P.A. 85-1391.)