Bill Text: IL SB3154 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act. Provides that "title or description" means to hold oneself out as a licensed marriage and family therapist or an associate licensed marriage and family therapist to the public by means of stating on signs, mailboxes, address plates, stationery, announcements, calling cards, Internet website, social media, or other instruments or means of professional identification.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3154 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB3154-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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 55/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-10)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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8 | Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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9 | "Address of record" means the designated address recorded | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | file or license file maintained by the Department's licensure | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | maintenance unit. It is the duty of the applicant or licensee | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | to inform the Department of any change of address, and such | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | changes must be made either through the Department's website or | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | by contacting the Department's licensure maintenance unit.
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16 | "Advertise" means, but is not limited to, issuing or | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | causing to
be distributed any card, sign or device to any | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | person; or causing,
permitting or allowing any sign or marking | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | on or in any building,
structure, newspaper, magazine or | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | directory, or on radio or television; or
advertising by any | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | other means designed to secure public attention.
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22 | "Approved program" means an approved comprehensive program | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | of study in
marriage and family therapy in a regionally |
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1 | accredited educational institution
approved by the Department | ||||||
2 | for the training
of marriage and family therapists.
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3 | "Associate licensed marriage and family therapist" means a | ||||||
4 | person
to whom an associate marriage and family therapist | ||||||
5 | license has been issued
under this Act.
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6 | "Board" means the Illinois Marriage and Family Therapy | ||||||
7 | Licensing and
Disciplinary Board.
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8 | "Department" means the Department of Financial and
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9 | Professional Regulation.
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10 | "License" means that which is required to practice marriage | ||||||
11 | and family
therapy under this Act, the qualifications for which | ||||||
12 | include specific
education, acceptable experience and | ||||||
13 | examination requirements.
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14 | "Licensed marriage and family therapist" means a person
to | ||||||
15 | whom a
marriage and family therapist license has been issued | ||||||
16 | under this Act.
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17 | "Marriage and family therapy" means the evaluation and | ||||||
18 | treatment of
mental and emotional problems within the context | ||||||
19 | of human relationships.
Marriage and family therapy involves | ||||||
20 | the use of psychotherapeutic methods
to ameliorate | ||||||
21 | interpersonal and intrapersonal conflict and to modify
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22 | perceptions, beliefs and behavior in areas of human life that | ||||||
23 | include, but
are not limited to, premarriage, marriage, | ||||||
24 | sexuality, family, divorce
adjustment, and parenting.
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25 | "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, | ||||||
26 | partnership,
organization, or body politic.
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1 | "Practice of marriage and family therapy" means the | ||||||
2 | rendering of
marriage and family therapy services to | ||||||
3 | individuals, couples, and families
as defined in this Section, | ||||||
4 | either singly or in groups, whether the
services are offered | ||||||
5 | directly to the general public or through
organizations, either | ||||||
6 | public or private, for a fee, monetary or otherwise.
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7 | "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and | ||||||
8 | Professional Regulation.
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9 | "Title or description" means to hold oneself out as a | ||||||
10 | licensed marriage
and family therapist or an associate licensed | ||||||
11 | marriage and family therapist
to the public by means of stating | ||||||
12 | on signs,
mailboxes, address plates, stationery, | ||||||
13 | announcements, calling cards , Internet website, social media, | ||||||
14 | or
other instruments or means of professional identification.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 95-703, eff. 12-31-07.)
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