Public Act 102-0326
 
SB1632 EnrolledLRB102 15447 SPS 20810 b


  
    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Clinical Social Work and Social Work 
Practice Act is amended  by changing Sections 5, 8, 9A, and 11 
as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 20/5)  (from Ch. 111, par. 6355)



    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)

    Sec. 5. Powers and duties of the Department. Subject to 
the provisions of this Act, the Department shall exercise the 
following functions, powers, and duties:

        (1)   Conduct or authorize examinations to ascertain the 
    qualifications and fitness of candidates for a license to 
    engage in the independent practice of clinical social work 
    and in the practice of social work, pass upon the 
    qualifications of applicants for licenses, and issue 
    licenses to those who are found to be fit and qualified.
        (2)   Adopt rules required for the administration and 
    enforcement of this Act.
        (3)    Adopt rules for determining approved undergraduate 
    and graduate social work degree programs and prepare and 
    maintain a list of colleges and universities offering such 
    approved programs whose graduates, if they otherwise meet 
    the requirements of this Act, are eligible to apply for a 
    license.
        (4)   Prescribe forms to be issued for the 
    administration and enforcement of this Act consistent with 
    and reflecting the requirements of this Act and rules 
    adopted pursuant to this Act.
        (5)
Conduct investigations related to possible 
    violations of this Act.
        (6)   Maintain rosters of the names and addresses of all 
    persons who hold valid licenses under this Act. These 
    rosters shall be available upon written request and 
    payment of the required fee. 






(Source: P.A. 100-414, eff. 8-25-17.)

 


    (225 ILCS 20/8)  (from Ch. 111, par. 6358)




    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)

    Sec. 8. Examination. 

    (1) The
Department shall authorize examinations of 
applicants at such times and
places as it may determine.  Each 
examination shall be of a character to
fairly test the 
competence and qualifications of the applicants to practice
as 
a licensed clinical social worker or as a licensed social 
worker.

    (2) Applicants for examination shall pay, either to the

Department or to
the designated testing service, a fee 
covering the cost of determining the
applicant's eligibility 
and of providing the examination.  Failure to
appear for the 
examination on the scheduled date at the time and place

specified after the applicant's application for examination 
has been
received and acknowledged by the Department or the 
designated testing
service shall result in forfeiture of the 
examination fee.

    (3) (Blank).

    (4) The Department may employ consultants for the purpose 
of
preparing and conducting examinations.

    (5) An applicant has one year from the date of 
notification of
successful completion of the examination to 
apply to the Department for a
license.  If an applicant fails to 
apply within one year, the examination
scores shall be void 
and the applicant shall
be required to take and pass the 
examination again unless licensed in
another jurisdiction of 
the United States within one year of passing the
examination.
    (6) (Blank). Applicants for a license as a licensed social 
worker enrolled in an approved program for a master's degree 
in social work may sit for the authorized examination for 
licensed social workers in the final semester of the program 
for a master's degree in social work without prior approval of 
the Department. The Department may adopt rules to administer 
this paragraph (6). Applicants for a license as a licensed 
social worker must still meet all requirements set forth in 
Section 9A. 

(Source: P.A. 101-568, eff. 1-1-20.)

 



    (225 ILCS 20/9A)  (from Ch. 111, par. 6359A)



    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)

    Sec. 9A. Qualifications for license as licensed social 
worker. A
person shall be qualified to be licensed as a 
licensed social worker if that person:

        (1) has applied in writing on the prescribed form;

        (2) is of good moral character, as defined in 
    subsection (2) of
Section 9;

        (3)(a) has a degree from a graduate program of social 
    work
approved by the Department; or

        (b) has a degree in social work from an undergraduate

    program approved by the Department and has successfully 
    completed at least
3 years of supervised professional 
    experience subsequent to obtaining the
degree as 
    established by rule.  If
no supervision by a licensed 
    social worker or a licensed clinical social
worker is 
    available, then supervised professional experience may 
    include
supervision by other appropriate disciplines as 
    defined by rule;

        (4) (blank); and has passed the examination for the 
    practice of social work as
a licensed social worker as 
    authorized by the Department; and

        (5) has paid the required fees.

(Source: P.A. 100-414, eff. 8-25-17.)

 



    (225 ILCS 20/11)  (from Ch. 111, par. 6361)



    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)

    Sec. 11. Licenses; renewal; restoration; person in 
military service; inactive status. 

    (a) The expiration date and renewal period for each 
license issued under this Act shall be set by rule.
The 
licensee may renew a license during the 60-day period 
preceding its

expiration date by paying the required fee and 
by demonstrating compliance
with any continuing education 
requirements. The Department shall adopt rules establishing 
minimum requirements of continuing education and means for 
verification of the completion of the continuing education 
requirements.  The Department may, by rule, specify 
circumstances under which the continuing education 
requirements may be waived.

    (b) Any person who has permitted a license to expire or who 
has a
license on inactive status may have it restored by 
submitting an application to
the Department and filing proof 
of fitness, as defined by rule, to have the license restored,

including, if appropriate, evidence which is satisfactory to 
the
Department certifying the active practice of clinical 
social work or
social work in another jurisdiction and by 
paying the required fee.

    (b-5) If the person has not maintained an active practice 
in another
jurisdiction which is satisfactory to the 
Department, the Department
shall determine the person's 
fitness to resume active status.  The Department may also 
require the person to
complete a specific period of evaluated 
clinical social work or social
work experience and may require 
successful completion of an examination for clinical social 
workers.

    (b-7) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any 
person whose license expired while on active duty with
the 
armed forces of the United States, while called into service 
or
training with the State Militia or in training or education 
under the
supervision of the United States government prior to 
induction into the
military service may have his or her 
license restored without paying any
renewal
fees if, within 2 
years after the honorable termination of that service,

training or education, except under conditions other than 
honorable, the
Department is furnished with satisfactory 
evidence that the person has been
so engaged and that the 
service, training or education has
been so terminated.

    (c) A license to practice shall not be denied any 
applicant because of the applicant's race, religion, creed, 
national origin, political beliefs or activities, age, sex, 
sexual orientation, or physical impairment.


    (d) (Blank).

    (e) (Blank).

    (f) (Blank).

    (g) The Department shall indicate on each license the 
academic degree of
the licensee.

(Source: P.A. 95-687, eff. 10-23-07.)