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 1        AN ACT concerning the regulation of professions.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Regulatory  Sunset  Act  is  amended by
 5    changing Section 4.13 and adding Section 4.23 as follows:

 6        (5 ILCS 80/4.13) (from Ch. 127, par. 1904.13)
 7        Sec. 4.13.  Acts repealed  on  December  31,  2002.   The
 8    following Acts are repealed on December 31, 2002:
 9        The Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act.
10        The Naprapathic Practice Act.
11        The Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act.
12        The Dietetic and Nutrition Services Practice Act.
13        The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code.
14        The  Professional  Counselor  and  Clinical  Professional
15    Counselor Licensing Act.
16    (Source: P.A. 88-45; 89-61, eff. 6-30-95; revised 8-22-01.)

17        (5 ILCS 80/4.23 new)
18        Sec.  4.23.   Act  repealed  on  January  1,  2013.   The
19    following Act is repealed on January 1, 2013:
20        The  Professional  Counselor  and  Clinical  Professional
21    Counselor Licensing Act.

22        Section  10.   The  Professional  Counselor  and Clinical
23    Professional Counselor Licensing Act is amended  by  changing
24    Sections 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, 60, and 80 and adding Section 21
25    as follows:

26        (225 ILCS 107/10)
27        (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2002)
28        Sec. 10.  Definitions. As used in this Act:
 
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 1        "Department"   means   the   Department  of  Professional
 2    Regulation.
 3        "Director" means the Director of Professional Regulation.
 4        "Board" means the Professional  Counselor  Licensing  and
 5    Disciplinary Board as appointed by the Director.
 6        "Person"  means  an individual, association, partnership,
 7    or corporation.
 8        "Professional counseling" means the provision of services
 9    to individuals, couples, groups, families, and  organizations
10    in  any one or more of the fields of professional counseling.
11    Professional counseling includes, but is not limited to:
12             (1)  social,  emotional,  educational,  and   career
13        testing and evaluation;
14             (2)  a professional relationship between a counselor
15        and  a  client in which the counselor provides assistance
16        in coping with life issues  that  include  relationships,
17        conflicts,   problem   solving,   decision   making,  and
18        developmental concerns; and
19             (3)  research.
20        Professional  counseling  may   also   include   clinical
21    professional  counseling  as  long  as it is not conducted in
22    independent private practice as defined in this Act.
23        "Clinical professional counseling" means the provision of
24    professional counseling and  mental  health  services,  which
25    includes,  but is not limited to, the application of clinical
26    counseling theory and techniques  to  prevent  and  alleviate
27    mental  and  emotional  disorders  and psychopathology and to
28    promote optimal  mental  health,  rehabilitation,  treatment,
29    testing,   assessment,   and  evaluation.  It  also  includes
30    clinical  counseling  and  psychotherapy  in  a  professional
31    relationship  to  assist  individuals,   couples,   families,
32    groups,  and  organizations to alleviate emotional disorders,
33    to  understand  conscious  and  unconscious  motivation,   to
34    resolve  emotional,  relationship, and attitudinal conflicts,
 
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 1    and  to  modify  behaviors  that  interfere  with   effective
 2    emotional, social, adaptive, and intellectual functioning.
 3        "Licensed   professional   counselor"  and  "professional
 4    counselor" means a person who holds a license authorizing the
 5    practice of professional counseling as defined in this Act.
 6        "Licensed clinical professional counselor"  and "clinical
 7    professional counselor" means a person who  holds  a  license
 8    authorizing the independent practice of clinical professional
 9    counseling in private practice as defined in this Act.
10        "Independent  private  practice  of clinical professional
11    counseling" means the application  of  clinical  professional
12    counseling  knowledge  and  skills  by  a  licensed  clinical
13    professional  counselor  who (i) regulates and is responsible
14    for her or his own practice or treatment procedures and  (ii)
15    is  self-employed or works in a group practice or setting not
16    qualified under Internal Revenue  Service  regulations  as  a
17    not-for-profit business.
18        "Clinical  supervision"  or "supervision" means review of
19    aspects of counseling and case management in  a  face-to-face
20    meeting with the person under supervision.
21        "Qualified supervisor" or "qualified clinical supervisor"
22    means  any  person  who  is  a licensed clinical professional
23    counselor, licensed clinical social worker, licensed clinical
24    psychologist, psychiatrist as defined in Section 1-121 of the
25    Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code,  or  other
26    supervisor  as defined by rule. A qualified supervisor may be
27    provided at the applicant's place of work, or may be hired by
28    the applicant to provide supervision.
29        "License"  means  that  which  is  required  to  practice
30    professional counseling or clinical  professional  counseling
31    as defined in this Act.
32    (Source: P.A. 87-1011; 87-1269.)

33        (225 ILCS 107/15)
 
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 1        (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2002)
 2        Sec. 15.  Exemptions.
 3        (a)  This  Act  does  not  prohibit  any  persons legally
 4    regulated in this State by any other Act from engaging in the
 5    practice for which they are authorized as long as they do not
 6    represent  themselves   by   the   title   of   "professional
 7    counselor",   "licensed  professional  counselor",  "clinical
 8    professional counselor", or "licensed  clinical  professional
 9    counselor".  This  Act  does  not  prohibit  the  practice of
10    nonregulated professions whose practitioners are  engaged  in
11    the delivery of human services as long as these practitioners
12    do   not   represent  themselves  as  or  use  the  title  of
13    "professional counselor", "licensed professional  counselor",
14    "clinical  professional  counselor",  or  "licensed  clinical
15    professional counselor".
16        (b)  Nothing  in this Act shall be construed to limit the
17    activities and services of a student, intern, or resident  in
18    professional  counseling  or clinical professional counseling
19    seeking to  fulfill  educational  requirements  in  order  to
20    qualify  for a license under this Act if these activities and
21    services constitute a part of the student's supervised course
22    of study, or an individual seeking to fulfill the post-degree
23    experience requirements in order  to  qualify  for  licensing
24    under  this  Act,  as long as the activities and services are
25    not conducted in an independent practice, as defined in  this
26    Act,  if  the  activities  and  services  are  supervised  as
27    specified  in  this  Act,  and  that  the student, intern, or
28    resident is designated by a title "intern" or  "resident"  or
29    other  designation  of  trainee  status. Nothing contained in
30    this Section shall be construed to permit students,  interns,
31    or   residents   to  offer  their  services  as  professional
32    counselors or clinical professional counselors to  any  other
33    person  and  to  accept  remuneration  for  such professional
34    counseling or clinical professional counseling services other
 
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 1    than as specifically excepted in this  Section,  unless  they
 2    have been licensed under this Act.
 3        (c)  Corporations,  partnerships,  and  associations  may
 4    employ practicum students, interns, or post-degree candidates
 5    seeking   to   fulfill   educational   requirements   or  the
 6    professional experience requirements needed to qualify for  a
 7    license  under  this  Act  if  their  activities and services
 8    constitute a part of the student's supervised course of study
 9    or post-degree professional experience requirements.  Nothing
10    in  this paragraph shall prohibit a corporation, partnership,
11    or association from contracting with a licensed  health  care
12    professional  to  provide  services that they are licensed to
13    provide.
14        (d)  Nothing in this Act shall prevent the employment, by
15    a professional counselor or clinical professional  counselor,
16    person, association, partnership, or a corporation furnishing
17    professional  counseling  or clinical professional counseling
18    services  for  remuneration,  of  persons  not  licensed   as
19    professional  counselors  or clinical professional counselors
20    under this Act to perform services in various  capacities  as
21    needed if these persons are not in any manner held out to the
22    public  or  do  not  hold themselves out to the public by any
23    title or  designation  stating  or  implying  that  they  are
24    professional counselors or clinical professional counselors.
25        (e)  Nothing  in this Act shall be construed to limit the
26    services of a person, not licensed under  the  provisions  of
27    this  Act,  in  the  employ  of  a federal, State, county, or
28    municipal  agency   or   other   political   subdivision   or
29    not-for-profit  corporation  providing  human services if (1)
30    the services are a part of the duties in his or her  salaried
31    position,  (2) the services are performed solely on behalf of
32    his or her employer, and (3) that  person  does  not  in  any
33    manner  represent  himself  or herself as or use the title of
34    "professional counselor", "licensed professional  counselor",
 
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 1    "clinical  professional  counselor",  or  "licensed  clinical
 2    professional counselor".
 3        (f)  Duly    recognized    members   of   any   religious
 4    organization shall not  be  restricted  from  functioning  in
 5    their  ministerial  capacity  provided  they do not represent
 6    themselves  as  being  professional  counselors  or  clinical
 7    professional  counselors,  or  as   providing   "professional
 8    counseling"  or  "clinical professional counseling". This Act
 9    shall not apply or  be  construed  so  as  to  apply  to  the
10    employees  or agents of a church or religious organization or
11    an organization  owned,  controlled,  or  affiliated  with  a
12    church   or   religious   organization,  unless  the  church,
13    religious organization, or owned, controlled,  or  affiliated
14    organization  designates  or  holds these employees or agents
15    out to the public  as  professional  counselors  or  clinical
16    professional  counselors or holds out their services as being
17    "professional   counseling"   or    "clinical    professional
18    counseling".
19        (g)  Nothing  in  this Act shall prohibit individuals not
20    licensed under  the  provisions  of  this  Act  who  work  in
21    self-help  groups or programs or not-for-profit organizations
22    from  providing  services  in  those  groups,  programs,   or
23    organizations, as long as those persons are not in any manner
24    held  out to the public as practicing professional counseling
25    or  clinical  professional  counseling,  or   do   not   hold
26    themselves  out  to  the  public  by any title or designation
27    stating or implying that they are professional counselors  or
28    clinical professional counselors.
29        (h)  Nothing  in this Act shall be construed to limit the
30    activities and use of the  official  title  of  "professional
31    counselor"  or  "clinical professional counselor" on the part
32    of a person not licensed under this Act who  is  an  academic
33    employee  of a duly chartered institution of higher education
34    and who holds  educational  and  professional  qualifications
 
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 1    equivalent  to  those  required for licensing under this Act,
 2    insofar as such activities are performed in the person's role
 3    as an academic employee, or insofar as such person engages in
 4    public speaking with or without remuneration.
 5        (i)  Nothing in this Act shall be  construed  to  require
 6    licensure  under  this  Act or limit the services of a school
 7    counselor certified by the State Teacher Certification  Board
 8    and  employed as authorized by Section 10-22-24a or any other
 9    provision of the School Code as long as that person is not in
10    any  manner  held  out  to  the  public  as  a  "professional
11    counselor" or "clinical professional counselor" or  does  not
12    hold   out   his  or  her  services  as  being  "professional
13    counseling" or "clinical professional counseling".
14        (j)  Nothing in this Act shall be  construed  to  require
15    any  hospital,  clinic, home health agency, hospice, or other
16    entity that provides health care to  employ  or  to  contract
17    with a person licensed under this Act to provide professional
18    counseling  or  clinical  professional  counseling  services.
19    These  persons  may  not  hold  themselves  out  or represent
20    themselves to the public as being licensed under this Act.
21        (k)  Nothing in this Act shall be  construed  to  require
22    licensure  under  this  Act or limit the services of a person
23    employed by a private  elementary  or  secondary  school  who
24    provides counseling within the scope of his or her employment
25    as  long  as that person is not in any manner held out to the
26    public   as   a   "professional   counselor"   or   "clinical
27    professional counselor" or does  not  hold  out  his  or  her
28    services  as  being  "professional  counseling"  or "clinical
29    professional counseling".
30        (l)  Nothing in this Act shall be  construed  to  require
31    licensure  under  this  Act  or  limit the services of a rape
32    crisis counselor who is an employee or volunteer  of  a  rape
33    crisis organization as defined in Section 8-802.1 of the Code
34    of  Civil  Procedure  as  long  as  that person is not in any
 
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 1    manner held out to the public as a  "professional  counselor"
 2    or "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his
 3    or   her  services  as  being  "professional  counseling"  or
 4    "clinical professional counseling".
 5        (m)  Nothing in this Act shall be  construed  to  prevent
 6    any  licensed social worker, licensed clinical social worker,
 7    or   licensed   clinical   psychologist    from    practicing
 8    professional  counseling as long as that person is not in any
 9    manner held out to the public as a  "professional  counselor"
10    or "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his
11    or   her  services  as  being  "professional  counseling"  or
12    "clinical professional counseling".
13        (n)  Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit  the
14    activities  and  use  of  the official title of "professional
15    counselor" or "clinical professional counselor" on  the  part
16    of  a  person  not licensed under this Act who is a physician
17    licensed to practice medicine in all of  its  branches  under
18    the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
19        (o)  Nothing  in  this  Act shall be construed to require
20    licensure under this Act or limit the services of a  domestic
21    violence  counselor  who  is  an  employee  or volunteer of a
22    domestic violence program as defined in Section  227  of  the
23    Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
24    (Source: P.A.   87-1011;  87-1212;  87-1269;  88-45;  88-424;
25    88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

26        (225 ILCS 107/20)
27        (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2002)
28        Sec. 20.  Restrictions and limitations.
29        (a)  No person  shall,  without  a  valid  license  as  a
30    professional  counselor  issued by the Department: (i) in any
31    manner hold himself  or  herself  out  to  the  public  as  a
32    professional  counselor under this Act; (ii) attach the title
33    "professional   counselor"    or    "licensed    professional
 
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 1    counselor";   or   (iii)   offer   to  render  or  render  to
 2    individuals,  corporations,  or   the   public   professional
 3    counseling  services if the words "professional counselor" or
 4    "licensed professional counselor" are used  to  describe  the
 5    person offering to render or rendering them, or "professional
 6    counseling"  is  used  to  describe  the services rendered or
 7    offered to be rendered.
 8        (b)  No person  shall,  without  a  valid  license  as  a
 9    clinical professional counselor issued by the Department: (i)
10    in  any manner hold himself or herself out to the public as a
11    clinical  professional   counselor   or   licensed   clinical
12    professional  counselor under this Act; (ii) attach the title
13    "clinical  professional  counselor"  or  "licensed   clinical
14    professional   counselor";   or  (iii)  offer  to  render  to
15    individuals,   corporations,   or   the    public    clinical
16    professional  counseling  services  if  the  words  "licensed
17    clinical  professional  counselor"  are  used to describe the
18    person to render or rendering them, or "clinical professional
19    counseling" is used to  describe  the  services  rendered  or
20    offered to be rendered.
21        (c)  Licensed  professional  counselors may not engage in
22    independent private practice as defined in this Act without a
23    clinical professional counseling license. In  an  independent
24    private  practice,  a  licensed  professional  counselor must
25    practice at all times under  the  order,  control,  and  full
26    professional    responsibility   of   a   licensed   clinical
27    professional counselor, a licensed clinical social worker,  a
28    licensed clinical psychologist, or a psychiatrist, as defined
29    in  Section  1-121  of  the  Mental  Health and Developmental
30    Disabilities Code.
31        (d)  No  association  or   partnership   shall   practice
32    clinical  professional  counseling or professional counseling
33    be granted  a  license  unless  every  member,  partner,  and
34    employee  of  the  association  or  partnership who practices
 
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 1    professional counseling or clinical professional  counseling,
 2    or   who   renders   professional   counseling   or  clinical
 3    professional counseling services,  holds  a  currently  valid
 4    license  issued under this Act. No license shall be issued to
 5    a corporation, the stated purpose of which includes or  which
 6    practices  or which holds itself out as available to practice
 7    professional counseling or clinical  professional  counseling
 8    unless   it  is  organized  under  the  Professional  Service
 9    Corporation Act.
10        (e)  Nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting
11    persons  licensed  as  professional  counselors  or  clinical
12    professional counselors  to  engage  in  any  manner  in  the
13    practice of medicine in all its branches as defined by law in
14    this State.
15        (f)  When,   in  the  course  of  providing  professional
16    counseling or clinical professional  counseling  services  to
17    any person, a professional counselor or clinical professional
18    counselor  licensed  under  this  Act  finds  indication of a
19    disease or condition that in his or her professional judgment
20    requires professional service outside the scope  of  practice
21    as  defined in this Act, he or she shall refer that person to
22    a physician licensed to  practice  medicine  in  all  of  its
23    branches or another appropriate health care practitioner.
24    (Source: P.A. 87-1011.)

25        (225 ILCS 107/21 new)
26        Sec. 21.  Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty.
27        (a)  Any   person  who  practices,  offers  to  practice,
28    attempts to practice, or holds  himself  or  herself  out  to
29    practice as a clinical professional counselor or professional
30    counselor  without  being  licensed  or exempt under this Act
31    shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law,  pay
32    a  civil penalty to the Department in an amount not to exceed
33    $5,000 for each offense, as determined by the Department. The
 
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 1    civil penalty shall be assessed by  the  Department  after  a
 2    hearing  is  held in accordance with the provisions set forth
 3    in this Act regarding the provision  of  a  hearing  for  the
 4    discipline of a licensee.
 5        (b)  The  Department may investigate any actual, alleged,
 6    or suspected unlicensed activity.
 7        (c)  The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after
 8    the effective date of the order imposing the  civil  penalty.
 9    The  order shall constitute a final judgment and may be filed
10    and execution had thereon in the same manner as any  judgment
11    from any court of record.

12        (225 ILCS 107/30) (from Ch. 111, par. 8451-30)
13        (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2002)
14        Sec.    30.  Professional    Counselor    Examining   and
15    Disciplinary Board.
16        (a)  The Director shall appoint a Board which shall serve
17    in an advisory capacity to  the  Director.  The  Board  shall
18    consist  of  7  persons,  2  of  whom  are licensed solely as
19    professional counselors, 3 of whom  are  licensed  solely  as
20    clinical   professional  counselors,  one  full-time  faculty
21    member of an accredited college or university that is engaged
22    in training professional counselors or clinical  professional
23    counselors  who  possesses  the  qualifications substantially
24    equivalent to the education and experience requirements for a
25    professional counselor or  clinical  professional  counselor,
26    and  one  member  of  the public who is not a licensed health
27    care provider.  In  appointing  members  of  the  Board,  the
28    Director   shall  give  due  consideration  to  the  adequate
29    representation  of  the  various  fields  of  counseling.  In
30    appointing members of the Board, the Director shall give  due
31    consideration   to   recommendations   by   members   of  the
32    professions   of   professional   counseling   and   clinical
33    professional   counseling,   the   Statewide    organizations
 
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 1    representing  the  interests  of  professional counselors and
 2    clinical professional counselors, organizations  representing
 3    the interests of academic programs, rehabilitation counseling
 4    programs,  and  approved  counseling programs in the State of
 5    Illinois. The initial appointees shall be licensed under this
 6    Act within one year after appointment to the  Board.  Failure
 7    on the part of an initial Board appointee to obtain a license
 8    within one year may be cause for removal from the Board.
 9        (b)  Members  shall  be  appointed  for and shall serve 4
10    year terms and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and
11    qualified,  except that of the initial appointments 2 members
12    shall be appointed to serve for 2 years, 2 shall be appointed
13    to serve for 3 years, and the remaining shall be appointed to
14    serve for 4 years and until their  successors  are  appointed
15    and  qualified.  No  member shall be reappointed to the Board
16    for a term that would cause continuous service on  the  Board
17    to  be longer than 8 years. Any appointment to fill a vacancy
18    shall be for the unexpired portion of the term.
19        (c)  The  membership  of  the  Board  should   reasonably
20    reflect  representation  from  different  geographic areas of
21    Illinois.
22        (d)  Any member appointed to  fill  a  vacancy  shall  be
23    eligible for reappointment to only one full term.
24        (e)  The  Director may remove any member for cause at any
25    time prior to the expiration of his or her term.
26        (f)  The Board shall annually elect one of its members as
27    chairperson.
28        (g)  The members of the Board shall be reimbursed for all
29    legitimate, necessary, and authorized  expenses  incurred  in
30    attending the meetings of the Board.
31        (h)  The   Board  may  make  recommendations  on  matters
32    relating to  approving  graduate  counseling,  rehabilitation
33    counseling, psychology, and related programs.
34        (i)  The   Board  may  make  recommendations  on  matters
 
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 1    relating to continuing  education  including  the  number  of
 2    hours necessary for license renewal, waivers for those unable
 3    to  meet  such  requirements,  and acceptable course content.
 4    These recommendations shall not impose an undue burden on the
 5    Department or an unreasonable restriction  on  those  seeking
 6    license renewal.
 7        (j)  The  Director  shall  give  due consideration to all
 8    recommendations of the Board.
 9        (k)  A majority of the Board members currently  appointed
10    shall constitute a quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the
11    Board  shall  not impair the right of a quorum to perform all
12    of the duties of the Board.
13        (l)  Members of the Board shall have no criminal,  civil,
14    or   professional   liability  in  an  action  based  upon  a
15    disciplinary proceeding or other activity performed  in  good
16    faith  as a member of the Board, except for willful or wanton
17    misconduct.
18    (Source: P.A.  87-1011;   87-1269;   88-424;   88-670,   eff.
19    12-2-94.)

20        (225 ILCS 107/45)
21        (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2002)
22        Sec. 45.  Qualifications for a license.
23        (a)  Professional  counselor. A person is qualified to be
24    licensed  as  a  licensed  professional  counselor,  and  the
25    Department shall issue a license authorizing the practice  of
26    professional counseling to an applicant who:
27             (1)  has  applied  in writing on the prescribed form
28        and has paid the required fee;
29             (2)  is at least 21 years of age and has not engaged
30        in conduct or activities which would  constitute  grounds
31        for discipline under this Act;
32             (3)  is a graduate of:
33                  (A)  a  master's  or  doctoral level program in
 
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 1             the field of counseling, rehabilitation  counseling,
 2             psychology,  or  similar  degree program approved by
 3             the Department; or
 4                  (B)  an approved baccalaureate program in human
 5             services or similar degree program approved  by  the
 6             Department  and  can  document  the  equivalent of 5
 7             years   of   full-time    satisfactory    supervised
 8             experience,   as   established   by  rule,  under  a
 9             qualified supervisor;
10             (4)  has passed an examination for the  practice  of
11        professional  counseling as authorized by the Department;
12        and
13             (5)  has paid the fees required by this Act.
14        Any person who has received certification by any State or
15    national organization whose standards  are  accepted  by  the
16    Department as being substantially similar to the standards in
17    this  Act  may apply for a professional counselor license and
18    need not be examined further.
19        (b)  Clinical  professional  counselor.   A   person   is
20    qualified   to   be   licensed  as  a  clinical  professional
21    counselor,  and  the  Department  shall   issue   a   license
22    authorizing  the practice of clinical professional counseling
23    to an applicant who:
24             (1)  has applied in writing on the  prescribed  form
25        and has paid the required fee;
26             (2)  is at least 21 years of age and has not engaged
27        in  conduct  or activities which would constitute grounds
28        for discipline under this Act;
29             (3)  is a graduate of:
30                  (A)  a master's level program in the  field  of
31             counseling,  rehabilitation  counseling, psychology,
32             or similar degree program approved by the Department
33             and  has  completed  the  equivalent  of   2   years
34             full-time   satisfactory  supervised  employment  or
 
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 1             experience  working  as  a   clinical   professional
 2             counselor   under   the  direction  of  a  qualified
 3             supervisor subsequent to the degree; or
 4                  (B)  a  doctoral  program  in  the   field   of
 5             counseling,  rehabilitation  counseling, psychology,
 6             or similar program approved by  the  Department  and
 7             has  completed  the  equivalent of 2 years full-time
 8             satisfactory  supervised  employment  or  experience
 9             working as a clinical professional  counselor  under
10             the  direction  of  a qualified supervisor, at least
11             one year of which is subsequent to the degree;
12             (4)  has passed the examination for the practice  of
13        clinical  professional  counseling  as  authorized by the
14        Department; and
15             (5)  has paid the fees required by this Act.
16        Any person who has received certification by any State or
17    national organization whose standards  are  accepted  by  the
18    Department as being substantially similar to the standards in
19    this  Act  may  apply  for  a clinical professional counselor
20    license, and need not be examined further.
21        (c)  Examination for applicants under this Act  shall  be
22    held  at  the  discretion of the Department from time to time
23    but not less than once each year. The examination used  shall
24    be authorized by the Department.
25        (d)  Upon application and payment of the required fee, an
26    applicant   who   has   an   active  license  as  a  clinical
27    psychologist or a clinical social worker licensed  under  the
28    laws  of  this  State  may,  without  examination, be granted
29    registration as a licensed clinical professional counselor by
30    the Department.
31    (Source: P.A. 87-1011; 87-1269.)

32        (225 ILCS 107/60)
33        (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2002)
 
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 1        Sec. 60.  Fees. The fees imposed under this Act shall  be
 2    set by rule are as follows and are not refundable.:
 3        (a)  The fee for application for a professional counselor
 4    or clinical professional counselor license is $150.
 5        (b)  The fee for application for a temporary professional
 6    counselor   license   or   temporary   clinical  professional
 7    counselor license is $150.
 8        (c)  Applicants for examination shall pay, either to  the
 9    Department  or  to  the  designated  testing  service,  a fee
10    covering the cost of providing the examination.
11        (d)  The fee for the renewal of  a  license  is  $60  per
12    year.
13        (e)  The fee for the reinstatement of a license which has
14    been  expired  for  less than 5 years is $20, plus payment of
15    all unpaid fees for every year that has lapsed.
16        (f)  The fee for the restoration of a license  which  has
17    been expired for more than 5 years is $300.
18        (g)  The fee for the issuance of a duplicate license, the
19    issuance of a replacement for a license that has been lost or
20    destroyed, or the issuance of a license with a change of name
21    or  address, other than during the renewal period, is $20. No
22    fee is required for name and address  changes  on  Department
23    records when no duplicate license is issued.
24        (h)  The  fee  for the certification of a license for any
25    purpose is $20.
26        (i)  The fee for rescoring an examination is the cost  to
27    the  Department  of  rescoring the examination, plus any fees
28    charged  by  the  applicable  testing  service  to  have  the
29    examination rescored.
30        (j)  The fee for copies of a license shall be the  actual
31    cost of producing such copies.
32        (k)  The   fee  for  a  roster  of  persons  licensed  as
33    professional counselors or clinical  professional  counselors
34    is the actual cost of producing such a roster.
 
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 1        (l)  The   fee   for  application  for  a  license  by  a
 2    professional counselor  or  clinical  professional  counselor
 3    registered or licensed under the laws of another jurisdiction
 4    is $200.
 5        (m)  The  fee for a sponsor of continuing education shall
 6    be set by rule.
 7        All of  the  fees  collected  under  this  Act  shall  be
 8    deposited into the General Professions Dedicated Fund.
 9    (Source: P.A. 87-1011; 87-1269; 88-683, eff. 1-24-95.)

10        (225 ILCS 107/80)
11        (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2002)
12        Sec. 80.  Grounds for discipline.
13        (a)  The  Department  may  refuse to issue, renew, or may
14    revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other
15    disciplinary action  as  the  Department  deems  appropriate,
16    including  the issuance of fines not to exceed $1000 for each
17    violation, with regard to any license for any one or more  of
18    the following:
19             (1)  Material misstatement in furnishing information
20        to the Department or to any other State agency.
21             (2)  Violations    or   negligent   or   intentional
22        disregard of this Act, or any of its rules.
23             (3)  Conviction of any crime under the laws  of  the
24        United States or any state or territory thereof that is a
25        felony, or that is a misdemeanor, an essential element of
26        which  is  dishonesty,  or of any crime which is directly
27        related to the practice of the profession.
28             (4)  Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of
29        obtaining a license, or violating any provision  of  this
30        Act or its rules.
31             (5)  Professional  incompetence  or gross negligence
32        in the rendering of professional counseling  or  clinical
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 1             (6)  Malpractice.
 2             (7)  Aiding or assisting another person in violating
 3        any provision of this Act or any rules.
 4             (8)  Failing  to  provide information within 60 days
 5        in response to a written request made by the Department.
 6             (9)  Engaging   in   dishonorable,   unethical,   or
 7        unprofessional conduct of a character likely to  deceive,
 8        defraud,  or  harm  the public and violating the rules of
 9        professional conduct adopted by the Department.
10             (10)  Habitual or  excessive  use  or  addiction  to
11        alcohol,  narcotics,  stimulants,  or  any other chemical
12        agent or drug which results in inability to practice with
13        reasonable skill, judgment, or safety.
14             (11)  Discipline  by  another  jurisdiction,  if  at
15        least one of the grounds for the discipline is  the  same
16        or  substantially  equivalent  to those set forth in this
17        Section.
18             (12)  Directly or indirectly giving to or  receiving
19        from   any  person,  firm,  corporation,  partnership  or
20        association any fee, commission, rebate or other form  of
21        compensation  for  any  professional service not actually
22        rendered.
23             (13)  A finding by  the  Board  that  the  licensee,
24        after  having  the license placed on probationary status,
25        has violated the terms of probation.
26             (14)  Abandonment of a client.
27             (15)  Willfully filing false reports relating  to  a
28        licensee's  practice,  including but not limited to false
29        records  filed  with  federal  or   State   agencies   or
30        departments.
31             (16)  Willfully  failing  to  report  an instance of
32        suspected child abuse  or  neglect  as  required  by  the
33        Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
34             (17)  Being  named  as a perpetrator in an indicated
 
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 1        report by the Department of Children and Family  Services
 2        pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act,
 3        and  upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that the
 4        licensee has caused a child to  be  an  abused  child  or
 5        neglected  child  as  defined in the Abused and Neglected
 6        Child Reporting Act.
 7             (18)  Physical  or  mental   disability,   including
 8        deterioration  through  the  aging  process  or  loss  of
 9        abilities  and  skills  which results in the inability to
10        practice the profession with reasonable judgment,  skill,
11        or safety.
12             (19)  Solicitation of professional services by using
13        false or misleading advertising.
14             (20)  Failure  to  file a return, or to pay the tax,
15        penalty or interest shown in a filed return,  or  to  pay
16        any  final  assessment  of  tax,  penalty or interest, as
17        required by any tax  Act  administered  by  the  Illinois
18        Department  of  Revenue  or  any  successor agency or the
19        Internal Revenue Service or any successor agency.
20             (21)  A finding that licensure has been applied  for
21        or obtained by fraudulent means.
22             (22)  Practicing  or  attempting to practice under a
23        name other than the full name as shown on the license  or
24        any other legally authorized name.
25             (23)  Gross  overcharging  for professional services
26        including filing statements for  collection  of  fees  or
27        monies for which services are not rendered.
28             (24)  Rendering  professional counseling or clinical
29        professional counseling services  without  a  license  or
30        practicing outside the scope of a license.
31             (25)  Clinical supervisors failing to adequately and
32        responsibly monitor supervisees.
33        (b)  The  Department  shall  deny,  without  hearing, any
34    application or renewal for a license under this  Act  to  any
 
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 1    person who has defaulted on an educational loan guaranteed by
 2    the   Illinois  State  Assistance  Commission;  however,  the
 3    Department may issue a license or renewal if  the  person  in
 4    default  has  established  a satisfactory repayment record as
 5    determined by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
 6        (c)  The determination by a  court  that  a  licensee  is
 7    subject  to  involuntary  admission  or judicial admission as
 8    provided in the Mental Health and Developmental  Disabilities
 9    Code  will  result  in  an automatic suspension of his or her
10    license.  The suspension will end upon a finding by  a  court
11    that  the  licensee  is  no  longer  subject  to  involuntary
12    admission  or judicial admission, the issuance of an order so
13    finding and discharging the patient, and  the  recommendation
14    of  the Board to the Director that the licensee be allowed to
15    resume professional practice.
16        (d)  In enforcing this Section, the Board, upon a showing
17    of a possible violation, may compel a licensee  or  applicant
18    to  submit  to  a mental or physical examination, or both, as
19    required by  and  at  the  expense  of  the  Department.  The
20    examining physicians or clinical psychologists shall be those
21    specifically  designated  by  the  Board.  The  Board  or the
22    Department may order (i) the examining physician  to  present
23    testimony  concerning the mental or physical examination of a
24    licensee  or  applicant  or  (ii)  the   examining   clinical
25    psychologist  to  present  testimony  concerning  the  mental
26    examination  of a licensee or applicant. No information shall
27    be  excluded  by  reason  of  any  common  law  or  statutory
28    privilege relating to communications between  a  licensee  or
29    applicant   and   the   examining   physician   or   clinical
30    psychologist.  An  individual to be examined may have, at his
31    or  her  own   expense,   another   physician   or   clinical
32    psychologist  of his or her choice present during all aspects
33    of the examination. Failure of an individual to submit  to  a
34    mental or physical examination, when directed, is grounds for
 
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 1    suspension  of  his  or  her license. The license must remain
 2    suspended until the person submits to the examination or  the
 3    Board  finds,  after  notice and hearing, that the refusal to
 4    submit to the examination was with reasonable cause.
 5        If the Board  finds  an  individual  unable  to  practice
 6    because  of  the reasons set forth in this Section, the Board
 7    must require the individual to submit to care, counseling, or
 8    treatment by a physician or clinical psychologist approved by
 9    the  Board,  as  a  condition,  term,  or   restriction   for
10    continued,  reinstated,  or renewed licensure to practice. In
11    lieu  of  care,  counseling,  or  treatment,  the  Board  may
12    recommend that the Department file a complaint to immediately
13    suspend or revoke the license of the individual or  otherwise
14    discipline the licensee.
15        Any  individual  whose  license  was  granted, continued,
16    reinstated, or  renewed  subject  to  conditions,  terms,  or
17    restrictions,  as  provided  for  in  this  Section,  or  any
18    individual  who  was  disciplined  or  placed  on supervision
19    pursuant to this Section must be referred to the Director for
20    a determination as to whether the person shall  have  his  or
21    her  license  suspended immediately, pending a hearing by the
22    Board.
23    (Source: P.A. 87-1011; 87-1269.)

24        (225 ILCS 107/55 rep.)
25        Section 15.   The  Professional  Counselor  and  Clinical
26    Professional  Counselor Licensing Act is amended by repealing
27    Section 55.

28        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
29    becoming law.

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