Bill Text: IL HB3996 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides that the continuing education requirement for cosmetologists does not apply to a licensee who is 70 years or older and has been licensed as a cosmetologist for at least 25 years.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3996 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3996-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 Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Braiding, and Nail
Technology Act of 1985 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | changing Section 3-7 as follows:
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| 7 | (225 ILCS 410/3-7) (from Ch. 111, par. 1703-7)
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| 8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
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| 9 | Sec. 3-7. Licensure; renewal; continuing education. The
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| 10 | holder of a license issued under this Article III may renew | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | that license during
the month preceding the expiration date | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | thereof by paying the required fee,
giving such evidence as the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Department may prescribe of completing not less
than 14 hours | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | of continuing education for a cosmetologist, and 24 hours of
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| 15 | continuing education for a cosmetology teacher or cosmetology | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | clinic teacher,
within the 2 years prior to renewal. The | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | training shall be in subjects
approved by the Department as | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | prescribed by rule upon recommendation of the Board and may | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | include online instruction. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | For the initial renewal of a cosmetologist's license which | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | requires continuing education, as prescribed by rule, one hour | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | of the continuing education shall include domestic violence and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | sexual assault awareness education as prescribed by rule of the | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Department. For every subsequent renewal of a cosmetologist's | ||||||
| 2 | license, one hour of the continuing education may include | ||||||
| 3 | domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education as | ||||||
| 4 | prescribed by rule of the Department. The one-hour domestic | ||||||
| 5 | violence and sexual assault awareness continuing education | ||||||
| 6 | course shall be provided by a continuing education provider | ||||||
| 7 | approved by the Department, except that completion from March | ||||||
| 8 | 12, 2016 to March 15, 2016 of a one-hour domestic violence and | ||||||
| 9 | sexual assault awareness course from a domestic violence and | ||||||
| 10 | sexual assault awareness organization shall satisfy this | ||||||
| 11 | requirement.
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| 12 | The Department may prescribe rules regarding the | ||||||
| 13 | requirements for domestic violence and sexual assault | ||||||
| 14 | awareness continuing education courses and teachers. | ||||||
| 15 | The Department shall establish by rule a means for the | ||||||
| 16 | verification of
completion of the continuing education | ||||||
| 17 | required by this Section. This
verification may be accomplished | ||||||
| 18 | through audits of records maintained by
registrants, by | ||||||
| 19 | requiring the filing of continuing education certificates with
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| 20 | the Department, or by other means established by the | ||||||
| 21 | Department.
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| 22 | The Department, in its discretion, may waive
enforcement of | ||||||
| 23 | the continuing education requirement in this Section, | ||||||
| 24 | including the domestic violence and sexual assault awareness | ||||||
| 25 | education requirement, and
shall adopt rules defining the | ||||||
| 26 | standards and criteria for
that waiver under the following | ||||||
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| 1 | circumstances:
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| 2 | (a) the licensee resides in a locality where it is | ||||||
| 3 | demonstrated that the
absence of opportunities for such | ||||||
| 4 | education would interfere with the
ability of the licensee | ||||||
| 5 | to provide service to the public;
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| 6 | (b) that to comply with the continuing education | ||||||
| 7 | requirements would
cause a substantial financial hardship | ||||||
| 8 | on the licensee;
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| 9 | (c) that the licensee is serving in the United States | ||||||
| 10 | Armed Forces; or
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| 11 | (d) that the licensee is incapacitated due to illness.
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| 12 | The continuing education requirements of this Section do | ||||||
| 13 | not apply to a licensee who is 70 years of age or older and has | ||||||
| 14 | been licensed as a cosmetologist for at least 25 years. | ||||||
| 15 | (Source: P.A. 98-911, eff. 1-1-15; 99-427, eff. 8-21-15; | ||||||
| 16 | 99-766, eff. 1-1-17.)
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