Bill Text: IL SB1421 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act. Requires the Department of Professional Regulation to issue a license as a licensed environmental health practitioner to any applicant who holds a Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Registered Sanitarian credential in good standing with the National Environmental Health Association. Effective July 1, 2009.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2009-11-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0827 [SB1421 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB1421-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB1421 Introduced 2/11/2009, by Sen. Terry Link SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 37/30
Amends the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act. Requires the Department of Professional Regulation to issue a license as a licensed environmental health practitioner to any applicant who holds a Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Registered Sanitarian credential in good standing with the National Environmental Health Association. Effective July 1, 2009.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing
Act is amended by changing Section 30 as follows:
(225 ILCS 37/30)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2019)
Sec. 30. Endorsement. The Department may issue a license as
a licensed environmental health practitioner, without the
required examination, to an applicant licensed under the laws
of another state if the requirements for licensure in that
state are, on the date of granting the license, substantially
equal to the requirements of this Act. The Department shall
issue a license as a licensed environmental health practitioner
to any applicant who holds a Registered Environmental Health
Specialist/Registered Sanitarian credential in good standing
with the National Environmental Health Association. An
applicant under this Section shall pay all required fees.
Applicants have 3 years from the date of application to
complete the application process. If the process has not been
completed within 3 years, the application shall be denied, the
fee forfeited, and the applicant must reapply and meet the
requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.

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(Source: P.A. 89-61, eff. 6-30-95.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2009.