Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article -

• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 1
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Acupuncture Practice Act. (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 5
  Objects and purpose. The practice of acupuncture in the State of Illinois is hereby declared to affect the public health, safety, and welfare and...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 10
  Definitions. As used in this Act: "Acupuncture" means the evaluation or treatment of persons affected through a method of stimulation of a certain point or...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 15
  Who may practice acupuncture. No person licensed under this Act may treat human ailments otherwise than by the practice of acupuncture as defined in this...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 20
  Exempt activities. This Act does not prohibit any person licensed in this State as a dentist or physician from engaging in the practice for...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 20.1
  Guest instructors of acupuncture; professional education. The provisions of this Act do not prohibit an acupuncturist from another state or country, who is not licensed...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 25
  Powers and duties of Department. The Department shall exercise powers and duties under this Act as follows: (1) Review applications to ascertain the qualifications...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 30
  Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and shall apply to all administrative rules and procedures of the...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 35
  Board of Acupuncture. The Secretary shall appoint a Board of Acupuncture to consist of 7 persons who shall be appointed by and shall serve in...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 40
  Application for licensure. Applications for original licensure as an acupuncturist shall be made to the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department and...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 45
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97. Repealed by P.A. 90-61, eff. 7-3-97.)
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 50
  Practice prohibited. Unless he or she has been issued, by the Department, a valid, existing license as an acupuncturist under this Act, no person...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 55
  Endorsement. The Department may, at its discretion, license as an acupuncturist without examination, on payment of the fee, an applicant for licensure who is...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 60
  Exhibition of license upon request; change of address. A licensee shall, whenever requested, exhibit his or her license to any representative of the Department and...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 70
  Renewal, reinstatement, or restoration of license; continuing education; military service. The expiration date and renewal period for each license issued under this Act shall be...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 75
  Inactive licenses. A licensee who notifies the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department may elect to place his or her license...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 80
  Fees. The Department shall provide by rule for a schedule of fees for the administration and enforcement of this Act, including but not limited...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 90
  Roster. The Department shall maintain a roster of the names and addresses of all licensees and of all persons whose licenses have been disciplined....
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 100
  Advertisement. Any person licensed under this Act may advertise the availability of professional services in the public media or on the premises where such...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 105
  Unlicensed practice; civil penalty. A person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice, or holds himself or herself out to practice as a licensed...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 110
  Grounds for disciplinary action. (a) The Department may refuse to issue or to renew, place on probation, suspend, revoke or take other disciplinary or non-disciplinary...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 117
  Suspension of license for failure to pay restitution. The Department, without further process or hearing, shall suspend the license or other authorization to practice of...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 120
  Checks or orders to Department dishonored because of insufficient funds. Any person who issues or delivers a check or other order to the Department that...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 130
  Injunctions; criminal offenses; cease and desist order. (a) If any person violates the provisions of this Act, the Secretary may, in the name of the...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 135
  Criminal violations. Whoever knowingly practices or offers to practice acupuncture in this State without being licensed for that purpose shall be guilty of a Class...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 140
  Investigation; notice; hearing. Licenses may be refused, revoked, suspended, or otherwise disciplined in the manner provided by this Act and not otherwise. The Department may...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 145
  Formal hearing; preservation of record. The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a record of all proceedings at the formal hearing of any case...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 150
  Witnesses; production of documents; contempt. Any circuit court may, upon application of the Department or its designee or of the applicant or licensee against...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 152
  Certification of record. The Department shall not be required to certify a record to the court, file any answer in court, or otherwise appear...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 154
  Compelling testimony. Any circuit court may, upon application of the Department or its designee or of the applicant or licensee against whom proceedings pursuant...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 155
  Subpoena; oaths. The Department shall have power to subpoena and bring before it any person in this State and to take testimony either orally or...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 160
  Findings of facts, conclusions of law, and recommendations. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Board shall present to the Secretary a written report of...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 165
  Hearing officer. The Secretary shall have the authority to appoint any attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois to serve as...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 170
  Service of report; rehearing; order. In any case involving the discipline of a license, a copy of the hearing officer's report shall be served upon...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 175
  Substantial justice to be done; rehearing. Whenever the Secretary is satisfied that substantial justice has not been done in the discipline of a license, the...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 180
  Order or certified copy as prima facie proof. An order or a certified copy thereof, over the seal of the Department and purporting to be...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 185
  Restoration of license. At any time after the suspension or revocation of any license the Department may restore it to the accused person, unless...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 190
  Surrender of registration. Upon the revocation or suspension of any registration, the registrant shall immediately surrender the registration certificate to the Department. If the registrant...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 195
  Imminent danger to public; temporary suspension. The Secretary may temporarily suspend the license of an acupuncturist without a hearing, simultaneously with the institution of proceedings...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 200
  Review under Administrative Review Law. All final administrative decisions of the Department are subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law. The term...
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 205
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97. Repealed by P.A. 90-61, eff. 7-3-97.)
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 210
  Violations; penalties. Any person who is found to have violated any provision of this Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. On conviction...
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• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 250
  (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97; text omitted.)
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• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 255
  (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97; text omitted.)
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• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 265
  (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97; text omitted.)
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• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 270
  (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97; text omitted.)
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• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 275
  (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97; text omitted.)
• Illinois Acupuncture Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 2, Section 999
  Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015