Sen. Dave Syverson
Filed: 3/17/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1554 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1554 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 13 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 15/13)  (from Ch. 111, par. 5363)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017)
8    Sec. 13. License renewal; restoration. The expiration date 
9and renewal
period for each license
issued under this Act shall 
10be set by rule.  Every holder of a license
under this Act may 
11renew such license during the 90-day period immediately


12preceding the
expiration date thereof upon payment of the 
13required renewal fees and demonstrating compliance with any 
14continuing education requirements. The Department shall adopt 
15rules establishing minimum requirements of continuing 
16education and means for verification of the completion of the 
 
 
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1continuing education requirements. The Department may contract 
2with the Illinois Psychological Association to audit 
3compliance with the continuing education requirements under 
4this Section, including approving courses and verifying that 
5licensees complete the continuing education requirements. The 
6Department may, by rule, specify circumstances under which the 
7continuing education requirements may be waived.  
8    A clinical psychologist who has permitted his or her 
9license to expire or
who
has had his or her license on inactive 
10status may have his or her
license restored
by
making 
11application to the Department and filing proof acceptable to 
12the
Department, as defined by rule, of his or her fitness to 
13have his or her license restored,
including evidence
certifying 
14to active practice in another jurisdiction satisfactory to the

15Department and by paying the required restoration fee.
16    If the clinical psychologist has not maintained an active 
17practice in
another jurisdiction satisfactory to the 
18Department, the Board shall
determine, by an evaluation program 
19established by rule, his or her fitness
to
resume active status 
20and may require the clinical psychologist to complete
a period 
21of supervised professional experience and may require 
22successful
completion of an examination.
23    However, any clinical psychologist whose license expired 
24while he or she
was (1)
in Federal Service on active duty with 
25the Armed Forces of the United
States, or the State Militia 
26called into service or training, or (2) in
training or 
 
 
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1education under the supervision of the United States

2preliminary to induction into the military service, may have 
3his or her
license
renewed or restored without paying any 
4lapsed renewal fees if within 2
years after honorable 
5termination of such service, training or education he
or she 
6furnishes the Department with satisfactory evidence to the 
7effect
that he
or she has been so engaged and that his or her 
8service, training or
education has been
so terminated.
9(Source: P.A. 96-1050, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
11becoming law.".