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

• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 1
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. (Source: P.A. 95-617, eff. 9-12-07.)
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 5
  Purpose. The practice of interpreting for the deaf in the State of Illinois is hereby declared to affect the public health, safety, and welfare and...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 7
  Applicability of Act. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to limit the means in which effective communication is achieved under the federal Americans...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 10
  Definitions. The following words and phrases have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Accepted certificate" means a...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 15
  Licensure requirement. (a) On or after January 1, 2009, no person shall practice as an interpreter for the deaf, hold himself or herself out as...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 20
  Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty. (a) On or after January 1, 2009, any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice, or holds himself...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 25
  Exemptions. The following do not constitute violations of this Act: (1) Persons interpreting in religious activities. (2) Notwithstanding other State or federal laws or rules...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 30
  Application for licensure. (a) An application for licensure as an interpreter for the deaf shall be made to the Commission on forms prescribed by the...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 35
  Examination and evaluation. (a) The Commission, by rule, may establish a written examination and performance evaluation of applicants for licensure as interpreters for the deaf...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 40
  Social Security number. In addition to any other information required to be contained in the application, every application for an original license under this Act...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 45
  Qualifications for licensure. A person shall be qualified to be licensed as an interpreter for the deaf and the Commission shall issue a license to...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 50
  Powers and duties of the Commission. (a) The Commission shall exercise the powers and duties prescribed by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois for the...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 55
  Powers and duties of the Department. (a) The Department shall exercise the powers and duties prescribed by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois for the...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 60
  Interpreter Coordinator. The Director may employ, pursuant to the Personnel Code, an Interpreter Coordinator and any other necessary staff. The Interpreter Coordinator shall be a...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 65
  Illinois Board of Interpreters. (a) The Director shall appoint an Illinois Board of Interpreters for the Deaf consisting of 7 voting members who shall serve...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 70
  Privileged communications. Interpreters for the deaf licensed under this Act shall be subject to the provisions concerning privileged communications between interpreters for the deaf and...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 75
  Provisional licensure. The Commission may, at its discretion, issue a provisional license to an applicant who has not met all of the requirements for full...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 80
  Expiration, renewal, and restoration of license. (a) The expiration date and renewal period for each license issued under this Act shall be determined by the...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 85
  Inactive status. Any interpreter for the deaf who notifies the Commission, on forms prescribed by the Commission, may place his or her license on inactive...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 90
  Continuing education. The Commission may adopt rules of continuing education for persons licensed under this Act. These rules shall be consistent with the requirements of...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 95
  Roster. The Commission shall maintain a list of licensed interpreters for the deaf authorized to practice in the State. The list shall show the name...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 100
  Fees. The Commission may charge fees for the administration and enforcement of this Act, including, but not limited to, application, administration of an examination or...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 105
  Checks or order dishonored. Any person who delivers a check or other payment to the Commission that is returned to the Commission unpaid by the...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 110
  Interpreters for the Deaf Fund. The moneys received as fees and fines by the Commission under this Act shall be deposited in the Interpreters for...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 115
  Grounds for disciplinary action. (a) The Commission may refuse to issue or renew any license and the Department may suspend or revoke any license or...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 120
  Violations; injunction; cease and desist order. (a) If any person violates the provisions of this Act, the Attorney General may petition for an order enjoining...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 125
  Investigations; notice and hearing. The Commission may investigate the actions of any applicant or any person holding or claiming to hold a license under this...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 130
  Disposition by consent order or settlement agreement. Disposition may be made of any charge by consent order or settlement agreement between the Commission and the...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 135
  Record of proceedings; transcript. The Commission, at its expense, shall preserve a record of all proceedings at any formal hearing of any case. The notice...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 140
  Subpoenas; depositions; oaths. The Department shall have power to subpoena and bring before it any person and to take testimony either orally or by deposition,...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 145
  Compelling testimony. Any circuit court, upon the application of the Department, designated hearing officer, applicant, or licensee against whom proceedings under Section 115 of the...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 150
  Findings and recommendations. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Board shall present to the Secretary a written report of its findings of fact, conclusions...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 155
  Appointment of hearing officer. The Secretary shall have the authority to appoint any attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois to...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 160
  Board; rehearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, a copy of the Board's report shall be served upon the applicant or licensee by the Commission,...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 165
  Director; rehearing. Whenever the Secretary believes justice has not been done in the revocation, suspension, or refusal to issue or renew a license or the...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 170
  Order or certified copy; prima facie proof. An order of revocation, suspension, placing the license on probationary status, or other formal disciplinary action as the...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 175
  Restoration of suspended or revoked license. At any time after the suspension or revocation of any license, the Commission may restore it to the licensee...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 180
  Surrender of license. Upon the revocation or suspension of a license, the licensee shall immediately surrender his or her license to the Commission. If the...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 185
  Summary suspension of license. The Director may summarily suspend the license of an interpreter for the deaf without a hearing, simultaneously with the institution of...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 190
  Administrative review; venue. (a) All final administrative decisions of the Department are subject to judicial review pursuant to the Administrative Review Law and its rules....
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 195
  Certification of record; costs. The Department shall not be required to certify any record to the court, to file an answer in court, or to...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 200
  Offenses and punishment. Unless otherwise specified, any person found to have violated any provision of this Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (Source:...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 205
  Administrative Procedure Act. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and incorporated in this Act as if all of the provisions of such...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 210
  Home rule. The regulation and licensing of the practice of interpreting are exclusive powers and functions of the State. A home rule unit may not...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 215
  Savings provision. (a) This Act is intended to replace the Interpreters for the Deaf Act in all respects. (b) The provisions of this Act shall...
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 900
  Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 95-617, eff. 9-12-07.)
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• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 905
  (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 95-617, eff. 9-12-07; text omitted.)
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• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 910
  (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 95-617, eff. 9-12-07; text omitted.)
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• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 915
  (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 95-617, eff. 9-12-07; text omitted.)
• Illinois Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007. - 225 ILCS 443, Section 999
  Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 95-617, eff. 9-12-07.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015