Bill Text: IL HB0938 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the requirements for a license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0938 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB0938-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 50/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 7405)
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| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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| 8 | Sec. 5. License required. No person shall engage in the
the
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| 9 | selling, practice of testing, fitting, selecting, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | recommending, adapting,
dispensing, or servicing hearing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | instruments or display a sign, advertise, or
represent oneself | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | as a person who practices the fitting or selling of hearing
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| 13 | instruments unless such person holds a current license issued | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | by the Department
as provided in this Act. Such person shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | known as a licensed hearing
instrument dispenser. Individuals | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | licensed pursuant to the provisions of
Section 8 of this Act | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | shall be deemed qualified to provide tests of human
hearing and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | hearing instrument evaluations for the purpose of dispensing a
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| 19 | hearing instrument for which any State agency may contract. The | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | license shall
be conspicuously displayed in the place of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | business. Duplicate licenses shall
be issued by the Department | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | to licensees operating more than one office upon
the additional | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | payment set forth in this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Except for violations of the provisions of this Act, or the | ||||||
| 2 | rules
promulgated under it, nothing in this Act shall prohibit | ||||||
| 3 | a corporation,
partnership, trust, association, or other | ||||||
| 4 | entity from engaging in the
business of testing, fitting, | ||||||
| 5 | servicing, selecting, dispensing, selling, or
offering for | ||||||
| 6 | sale hearing instruments at retail without a license, provided | ||||||
| 7 | it
employs only licensed individuals in the direct testing, | ||||||
| 8 | fitting, servicing,
selecting, offering for sale, or | ||||||
| 9 | dispensing of such products. Each such
corporation, | ||||||
| 10 | partnership, trust, association, or other entity shall file | ||||||
| 11 | with
the Department, prior to doing business in this State and | ||||||
| 12 | by July 1 of each
calendar year thereafter, on forms prescribed | ||||||
| 13 | by the Department, a list of all
licensed hearing instrument | ||||||
| 14 | dispensers employed by it and a statement attesting
that it | ||||||
| 15 | complies with this Act and the rules promulgated under it and | ||||||
| 16 | the
regulations of the Federal Food and Drug Administration and | ||||||
| 17 | the Federal Trade
Commission insofar as they are applicable.
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| 18 | (Source: P.A. 89-72, eff. 12-31-95; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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