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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3115 Introduced 2/7/2014, by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Provides that it is unlawful for any person licensed under the Act to use claims of superior quality of care to entice the public (rather than it is unlawful for any person licensed under the Act to use testimonials or claims of superior quality of care to entice the public).
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| | SB3115 | | LRB098 19600 ZMM 54793 b |
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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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Physical Therapy Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 16.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 90/16.5)
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| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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| 8 | | Sec. 16.5. Advertising services.
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| 9 | | (a) A licensee shall include in every advertisement for |
| 10 | | services regulated under
this
Act his or her title as it
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| 11 | | appears on the license or the initials authorized under this |
| 12 | | Act.
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| 13 | | (b) It is unlawful for any person licensed under this Act
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| 14 | | to use testimonials or claims of superior quality of care to
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| 15 | | entice the public. It shall be unlawful to advertise fee
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| 16 | | comparisons of available services with those of other
persons |
| 17 | | licensed under this Act.
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| 18 | | (c) This Act does not authorize the advertising of
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| 19 | | professional services that the offeror of such services is
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| 20 | | licensed to render. Nor shall the advertiser use
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| 21 | | that contain false, fraudulent, deceptive or
misleading |
| 22 | | material or guarantees of success, play upon the vanity or |
| 23 | | fears of the public, or
promote or produce unfair competition.
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