Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article -
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 1
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Massage Licensing Act. (Source: P.A. 92-860, eff. 6-1-03.)
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 5
Declaration of public policy. The practice of massage therapy is hereby declared to affect the public health, safety, and welfare and to be subject...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 10
Definitions. As used in this Act: "Address of Record" means the designated address recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application file or...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 15
Licensure requirements. (a) Persons engaged in massage for compensation must be licensed by the Department. The Department shall issue a license to an individual who...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 17
Social Security number on license application. In addition to any other information required to be contained in the application, every application for an original, renewal,...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 19
Endorsement. The Department may, in its discretion, license as a massage therapist, by endorsement, on payment of the required fee, an applicant who is a...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 20
(Repealed). (Source: P.A. 95-613, eff. 9-11-07. Repealed by P.A. 97-514, eff. 8-23-11.)
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 25
Exemptions. (a) This Act does not prohibit a person licensed under any other Act in this State from engaging in the practice for which he...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 30
Title protection. (a) Persons regulated by this Act are designated as massage therapists and therefore are exclusively entitled to utilize the terms "massage", "massage therapy",...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 32
Display. Every holder of a license shall display it, or a copy, in a conspicuous place in the holder's principal office or any other location...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 35
Massage Licensing Board. (a) The Secretary shall appoint a Massage Licensing Board, which shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Secretary. The Board shall...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 40
Duties of the Department. The Department shall exercise the powers and duties prescribed by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois for administration of licensing acts...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 45
Grounds for discipline. (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other disciplinary or...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 50
Advertising. It is a misdemeanor for any person, organization, or corporation to advertise massage services unless the person providing the service holds a valid...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 55
Exclusive jurisdiction. The regulation and licensing of massage therapy is an exclusive power and function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 60
Administrative Procedure Act. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and incorporated herein as if all of the provisions of that Act were...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 65
Renewal of licenses. The expiration date and renewal period for each license issued under this Act shall be set by rule. (Source: P.A. 92-860,...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 67
Continuing education. The Department shall adopt rules for continuing education for persons licensed under this Act that require a completion of 24 hours of...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 70
Restoration of expired licenses. A massage therapist who has permitted his or her license to expire or who has had his or her license on...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 75
Inactive licenses. Any massage therapist who notifies the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department may elect to place his or her...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 80
Fees. The fees assessed under this Act shall be set by rule. (Source: P.A. 92-860, eff. 6-1-03.)
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 85
Deposit of fees and fines; appropriations. All fees and fines collected under this Act shall be deposited into the General Professions Dedicated Fund. All moneys...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 90
Violations; injunction; cease and desist order. (a) If any person violates a provision of this Act, the Secretary may, in the name of the People...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 95
Investigations; notice and hearing. The Department may investigate the actions of any applicant or of any person or persons rendering or offering to render massage...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 100
Stenographer; transcript. The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a record of all proceedings at the formal hearing of any case. Any notice, all documents...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 105
Subpoenas; depositions; oaths. (a) The Department may subpoena and bring before it any person to take the oral or written testimony or compel the production...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 110
Findings and recommendations. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Board shall present to the Secretary a written report of its findings and recommendations. The...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 115
Board; rehearing. In any case involving the refusal to issue or renew a license or discipline of a licensee, a copy of the Board's report...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 120
Secretary; rehearing. Whenever the Secretary believes that substantial justice has not been done in the revocation, suspension, or refusal to issue, restore, or renew a...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 125
Appointment of a hearing officer. The Secretary shall have the authority to appoint any attorney duly licensed to practice law in this State to serve...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 130
Order or certified copy; prima facie proof. An order or a certified copy thereof, over the seal of the Department and purporting to be signed...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 135
Restoration of license from discipline. At any time after the successful completion of a term of indefinite probation, suspension, or revocation of a license, the...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 140
Surrender of license. Upon the revocation or suspension of any license, the licensee shall surrender the license to the Department and, if the licensee...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 145
Temporary suspension of a license. The Secretary may temporarily suspend the license of a massage therapist without a hearing, simultaneously with the institution of proceedings...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 150
Administrative review; venue. All final administrative decisions of the Department are subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law and its rules. The term...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 155
Violations. (a) A person who is found to have violated any provision of this Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 160
Returned checks; fines. Any person who delivers a check or other payment to the Department that is returned to the Department unpaid by the financial...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 165
Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty. (a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice, or holds himself or herself out to practice massage...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 168
Confidentiality. All information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation of a licensee or applicant, including, but not limited to,...
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 170
Severability. If any provision of this Act or the application of any provision of this Act to any person or circumstance is held invalid,...
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Amendatory provisions; text omitted
- Illinois Massage Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 57, Section 950
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 92-860, eff. 6-1-03.)
Last modified: February 18, 2015