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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1664 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Robert Peters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 225 ILCS 15/13 | from Ch. 111, par. 5363 |
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Amends the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act. Provides that for an individual licensed under the Act, 24 hours of continuing education credits are required for every 2-year licensing period. Provides specified credit requirements for the 24-hour continuing education requirement. Provides that continuing education credit hours shall not be required to be completed in person. Effective October 1, 2024.
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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 Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act is |
5 | | amended by changing Section 13 as follows:
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6 | | (225 ILCS 15/13) (from Ch. 111, par. 5363) |
7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) |
8 | | Sec. 13. License renewal; restoration. |
9 | | (a) The expiration date and renewal
period for each |
10 | | license
issued under this Act shall be set by rule. Every |
11 | | holder of a license
under this Act may renew such license |
12 | | during the 90-day period immediately
preceding the
expiration |
13 | | date thereof upon payment of the required renewal fees and |
14 | | demonstrating compliance with any continuing education |
15 | | requirements. |
16 | | For an individual licensed under this Act, 24 hours of |
17 | | continuing education credits are required for every 2-year |
18 | | licensing period. Of the 24 hours of continuing education |
19 | | required under this Section: |
20 | | (1) at least 3 of the required hours shall include |
21 | | content related to ethics; and |
22 | | (2) at least 3 of the required hours shall include |
23 | | content related to diversity. |
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1 | | Continuing education credit hours shall not be required to be |
2 | | completed in person. The Department shall adopt rules |
3 | | establishing minimum requirements of continuing education and |
4 | | means for verification of the completion of the continuing |
5 | | education requirements. The Department may, by rule, specify |
6 | | circumstances under which the continuing education |
7 | | requirements may be waived. |
8 | | A clinical psychologist who has permitted his or her |
9 | | license to expire or
who
has had his or her license on inactive |
10 | | status may have his or her
license restored
by
making |
11 | | application to the Department and filing proof acceptable to |
12 | | the
Department, as defined by rule, of his or her fitness to |
13 | | have his or her license restored,
including evidence
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14 | | certifying to active practice in another jurisdiction |
15 | | satisfactory to the
Department and by paying the required |
16 | | restoration fee. |
17 | | If the clinical psychologist has not maintained an active |
18 | | practice in
another jurisdiction satisfactory to the |
19 | | Department, the Board shall
determine, by an evaluation |
20 | | program established by rule, his or her fitness
to
resume |
21 | | active status and may require the clinical psychologist to |
22 | | complete
a period of supervised professional experience and |
23 | | may require successful
completion of an examination. |
24 | | However, any clinical psychologist whose license expired |
25 | | while he or she
was (1)
in Federal Service on active duty with |
26 | | the Armed Forces of the United
States, or the State Militia |
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1 | | called into service or training, or (2) in
training or |
2 | | education under the supervision of the United States
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3 | | preliminary to induction into the military service, may have |
4 | | his or her
license
renewed or restored without paying any |
5 | | lapsed renewal fees if within 2
years after honorable |
6 | | termination of such service, training or education he
or she |
7 | | furnishes the Department with satisfactory evidence to the |
8 | | effect
that he
or she has been so engaged and that his or her |
9 | | service, training or
education has been
so terminated. |
10 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the |
11 | | following requirements for restoration of an inactive or |
12 | | expired license of less than 5 years as set forth in subsection |
13 | | (a) are suspended for any licensed clinical psychologist who |
14 | | has had no disciplinary action taken against his
or her |
15 | | license in this State or in any other jurisdiction during the |
16 | | entire period of licensure: proof of fitness, certification of |
17 | | active practice in another jurisdiction, and the payment of a |
18 | | renewal fee. An individual may not restore his or her license |
19 | | in accordance with this subsection more than once. |
20 | | (Source: P.A. 102-1053, eff. 6-10-22.)
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21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect October |
22 | | 1, 2024.
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