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Public Act 093-0754
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LRB093 19751 AMC 46399 b |
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AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987 is |
amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 80/4.5)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
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Sec. 4.5. Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty.
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(a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts |
to practice, or
holds oneself out to practice optometry without |
being licensed under this Act
or any individual or entity that |
causes or attempts to cause a licensed optometrist or any other |
person under that individual's or entity's control to violate |
this Act or any other State or federal law or rule related to |
the practice of optometry shall, in
addition to any other |
penalty provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the
Department |
in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for each offense as |
determined by
the Department. The civil penalty shall be |
assessed by the Department after a
hearing is held in |
accordance with the provisions set forth in this Act
regarding |
the provision of a hearing for the discipline of a licensee.
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(b) The Department has the authority and power to |
investigate any and all
unlicensed activity.
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(c) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after |
the effective date
of the order imposing the civil penalty. The |
order shall constitute a judgment
and may be filed and |
execution had thereon in the same manner as any judgment
from |
any court of record.
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(Source: P.A. 89-474, eff. 6-18-96.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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