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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Professional Counselor and Clinical |
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| Professional Counselor
Licensing Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 30 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 107/30) (from Ch. 111, par. 8451-30)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
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| Sec. 30. Professional Counselor Examining and Disciplinary |
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| Board.
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| (a) The
The Director shall appoint a Board which shall |
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| serve in an advisory
capacity to the Director. The Board shall |
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| consist of 7 persons, 2 of whom
are licensed solely as |
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| professional counselors, 3 of whom are licensed
solely as |
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| clinical professional counselors, one full-time faculty member |
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| of an
accredited college or university that is engaged in |
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| training professional
counselors or clinical professional |
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| counselors who possesses the qualifications
substantially |
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| equivalent to the education and experience requirements for a
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| professional counselor or clinical professional counselor, and |
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| one member of
the public who is not a licensed health care |
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| provider. In appointing members of
the Board, the Director |
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| shall give due consideration to the adequate
representation of |
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| the various fields of counseling. In appointing members of
the |
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| Board, the Director shall give due consideration to |
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| recommendations by
members of the professions of professional |
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| counseling and clinical professional
counseling, the Statewide |
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| organizations representing the interests of
professional |
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| counselors and clinical professional counselors, organizations
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| representing the interests of academic programs, |
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| rehabilitation counseling
programs, and approved counseling |
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| programs in the State of Illinois. |
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| (b) Members shall be appointed for and shall serve 4 year |
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| terms and
until their successors are appointed and qualified, |
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| except that of the
initial appointments 2 members shall be |
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| appointed to serve for 2 years, 2
shall be appointed to serve |
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| for 3 years, and the remaining shall be
appointed to serve for |
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| 4 years and until their successors are appointed and
qualified. |
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| No member shall be reappointed to the Board for a term that |
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| would
cause continuous service on the Board to be longer than 8 |
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| years. Any
appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the |
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| unexpired portion of the term.
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| (c) The membership of the Board should reasonably reflect |
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| representation
from different geographic areas of Illinois.
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| (d) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy shall be |
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| eligible for
reappointment to only one full term.
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| (e) The Director may remove any member for cause at any |
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| time prior to
the expiration of his or her term.
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| (f) The Board shall annually elect one of its members as |
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| chairperson.
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| (g) The members of the Board shall be reimbursed for all |
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| legitimate,
necessary, and authorized expenses incurred in |
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| attending the meetings of
the Board.
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| (h) The Board may make recommendations on matters relating |
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| to
approving graduate counseling, rehabilitation counseling, |
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| psychology, and
related programs.
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| (i) The Board may make recommendations on matters relating |
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| to continuing
education including the number of hours necessary |
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| for license renewal, waivers
for those unable to meet such |
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| requirements, and acceptable course content.
These |
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| recommendations shall not impose an undue burden on the |
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| Department or an
unreasonable restriction on those seeking |
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| license renewal.
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| (j) The Director shall give due consideration to all |
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| recommendations of
the Board.
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| (k) A majority of the Board members currently appointed |
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| shall constitute a
quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the |
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| Board shall not impair the right of
a
quorum to perform all of |
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| the duties of the Board.
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| (l) Members of the Board shall have no criminal, civil, or |
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| professional
liability in
an action based upon a disciplinary |
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| proceeding or other activity performed in
good faith
as a |
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| member of the Board, except for willful or wanton misconduct.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-719, eff. 7-25-02.)
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