Bill Text: IL HB3273 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3273 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB3273-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 Clinical Social Work and Social Work | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Practice Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 20/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 6355)
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| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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| 8 | Sec. 5. Powers and duties of the Department.
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| 9 | 1. The
The Department shall exercise the powers and duties | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | as set
forth in this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 2. The Secretary shall promulgate rules consistent with the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | provisions of
this Act for the administration and enforcement | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | thereof, and shall
prescribe forms which shall be issued in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | connection therewith.
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| 15 | 3. In addition, the Department shall:
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| 16 | (a) Establish rules for determining approved | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | undergraduate
and graduate social work degree
programs and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | prepare and maintain a list of colleges and universities
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| 19 | offering such approved programs whose graduates, if they | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | otherwise meet the
requirements of this Act, are eligible | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | to apply for a license.
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| 22 | (b) Promulgate rules, as may be necessary, for the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | administration of
this Act and to carry out the purposes | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | thereof and to adopt the methods of
examination of | ||||||
| 2 | candidates and to provide for the issuance of licenses
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| 3 | authorizing the independent practice of clinical social | ||||||
| 4 | work or the
practice of social work.
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| 5 | (c) Authorize examinations to ascertain the | ||||||
| 6 | qualifications and fitness
of candidates for a license to | ||||||
| 7 | engage in the independent practice of
clinical social work | ||||||
| 8 | and in the practice of social work, and to
determine the | ||||||
| 9 | qualifications of applicants from
other jurisdictions to | ||||||
| 10 | practice in Illinois.
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| 11 | (d) Maintain rosters of the names and addresses of all | ||||||
| 12 | licensees, and
all persons whose licenses have been | ||||||
| 13 | suspended, revoked or denied renewal
for cause within the | ||||||
| 14 | previous calendar year. These rosters shall be
available | ||||||
| 15 | upon written request and payment of the required fee.
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| 16 | (Source: P.A. 95-687, eff. 10-23-07.)
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