Senate Sponsors: JONES,W. House Sponsors: BURKE-CAPPARELLI Short description: AUDIOLOGISTS-REGULATORY ACTS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Exempts audiologists licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Deletes references to audiologists and graduate audiology students in the Act. Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Inserts into the Act the provisions regarding audiologists and graduate audiology students that were formerly located in the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Provides that graduate audiology students may dispense hearing instruments as part of a program of audiology without a license under the supervision of a licensed audiologist. Repeals a Section of the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act concerning graduate audiology students. Effective January 1, 2001. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 225 ILCS 110/11 225 ILCS 50/11 rep. Adds reference to: 225 ILCS 50/4 from Ch. 111, par. 7404 225 ILCS 50/11 from Ch. 111, par. 7411 225 ILCS 50/15 from Ch. 111, par. 7415 225 ILCS 50/16 from Ch. 111, par. 7416 225 ILCS 110/14 from Ch. 111, par. 7914 225 ILCS 110/14.5 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Provides that audiologists licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act are exempt from the Act. Removes provisions regarding licensure for audiologists under the Act. Provides that specified graduate audiology students may dispense hearing instruments without a license under the supervision of a licensed audiologist (rather than a licensed hearing instrument dispenser). Adds a licensed hearing instrument dispenser to the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Board. Increases the fees for application for a license and for the license itself. Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Provides that the Department of Professional Regulation shall discipline the supervisor of a graduate audiology student as provided in the Act and enforce the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act and its rules as they apply to licensed audiologists. Provides that specified graduate audiology students may dispense hearing instruments without a license under the supervision of a licensed audiologist. Provides for the collection and deposit of a Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Fee. Effective January 1, 2001. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that the fee for a license for a person obtaining his or her supervised professional experience as required for licensure under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act shall be $60 per one year licensure period. GOVERNOR'S AMENDATORY VETO MESSAGE Recommends that language exempting audiologists licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act from the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act be changed to provide that those audiologists are exempt from the licensure provisions, but are otherwise subject to the practices and provisions of the Act. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0932 Last action date: 00-12-15 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status