Bill Text: IL SB2604 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that any licensee disciplined under a licensure Act administered by the Division of Professional Regulation for an offense relating to the failure to pay taxes, child support, or student loans or relating to continuing education or advertising may file a petition with the Department on forms provided by the Department, along with the required fee of $200, to have the records of that offense removed from public view on the Department's website if certain conditions are met. Provides that nothing shall prohibit the Department from using a previous discipline for any regulatory purpose or from releasing records of a previous discipline upon request from law enforcement, other governmental body, or the public. Provides that removal of records of a disciplinary offense from the Department's website shall not be considered a vacating or expunging of the offense from the licensee's disciplinary record. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-11 - Tabled By Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff [SB2604 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB2604-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB2604 Introduced 1/21/2010, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2105/2105-207 new
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that any licensee disciplined under a licensure Act administered by the Division of Professional Regulation for an offense relating to the failure to pay taxes, child support, or student loans or relating to continuing education or advertising may file a petition with the Department on forms provided by the Department, along with the required fee of $200, to have the records of that offense removed from public view on the Department's website if certain conditions are met. Provides that nothing shall prohibit the Department from using a previous discipline for any regulatory purpose or from releasing records of a previous discipline upon request from law enforcement, other governmental body, or the public. Provides that removal of records of a disciplinary offense from the Department's website shall not be considered a vacating or expunging of the offense from the licensee's disciplinary record. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding
Section 2105-207 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2105/2105-207 new)
Sec. 2105-207. Petition to remove disciplinary records
from public view.
(a) Any licensee disciplined under a licensure Act
administered by the Division of Professional Regulation for an
offense relating to the failure to pay taxes, child support, or
student loans or relating to continuing education or
advertising may file a petition with the Department on forms
provided by the Department, along with the required fee of
$200, to have the records of that offense removed from public
view on the Department's website. A petition to remove
disciplinary records shall only be considered by the Department
if:
(1) the application is submitted more than 10 years
after the disciplinary offense occurred;
(2) the licensee has had no incidents of discipline
under this Act since the disciplinary offense identified in

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the petition occurred;
(3) the Department has no pending investigations
against the licensee; and
(4) the licensee is not currently in a disciplinary
status.
(b) A petition to remove disciplinary records shall be
submitted to and considered by the Director of the Division of
Professional Regulation upon submission of a petition and the
required non-refundable fee. The Department may establish
additional requirements by rule. The Department is not required
to report the removal of any disciplinary record to any
national database. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the
Department from using a previous discipline for any regulatory
purpose or from releasing records of a previous discipline upon
request from law enforcement, other governmental body, or the
public. Removal of records of a disciplinary offense from the
Department's website pursuant to this Section shall not be
considered a vacating or expunging of the offense from the
licensee's disciplinary record.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.