Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article -
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 1
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act". (Source: P.A. 83-696.)
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 2
Definitions. In this Act: (1) "Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. (2) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Financial and...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 3
Licensure requirement; exempt activities. After the effective date of this Act, no person shall practice occupational therapy or hold himself out as an occupational therapist...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 3.1
Referrals. (a) A licensed occupational therapist or licensed occupational therapy assistant may consult with, educate, evaluate, and monitor services for individuals, groups, and populations concerning...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 3.2
Practice of optometry. (a) No rule shall be adopted under this Act that allows an occupational therapist to perform an act, task, or function...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 3.3
Rules. The Department shall promulgate rules to define and regulate the activities of an aide in occupational therapy. (Source: P.A. 98-264, eff. 12-31-13.)
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 3.5
Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty. (a) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice,...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 4
Administration of Act; rules and forms. (a) The Department shall exercise the powers and duties prescribed by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois for the...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 5
Board. The Secretary shall appoint an Illinois Occupational Therapy Licensure Board as follows: 7 persons who shall be appointed by and shall serve in an...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 6
Applications for original licensure. Applications for original licensure shall be made to the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department and shall be...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 6.5
Social Security Number on license application. In addition to any other information required to be contained in the application, every application for an original license...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 7
Examinations. The Department shall authorize examinations of applicants for a license under this Act at the times and place as it may designate. The examination...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 8
A person shall be qualified for licensure as an occupational therapist if that person: (1) has applied in writing in form and substance to the...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 9
A person shall be qualified for licensure as an occupational therapy assistant if that person: (1) has applied in writing in form and substance...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 10
(Repealed). (Source: P.A. 83-696. Repealed by P.A. 98-264, eff. 12-31-13.)
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 11
Expiration and renewal; restoration; military service. (a) The expiration date and renewal period for each certificate issued under this Act shall be set by rule....
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 11.1
Continuing education requirement. As a condition for renewal of a license, licensees shall be required to complete continuing education in occupational therapy in accordance with...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 12
Inactive status; restoration. Any occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant who notifies the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department, may elect to...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 13
Endorsement. The Department may, in its discretion, license as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant, without examination, on payment of the required fee,...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 14
(Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-424.)
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 15
Any person who is issued a license as an occupational therapist registered under the terms of this Act may use the words "occupational therapist" or...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 16
Fees; returned checks. The fees for the administration and enforcement of this Act, including but not limited to, original certification, renewal, and restoration of a...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 16.5
Deposit of fees and fines. All fees, penalties, and fines collected under this Act shall be deposited into the General Professions Dedicated Fund and shall...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 17
The Department shall maintain a roster of the names and addresses of all license holders and of all persons whose licenses have been suspended,...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 18
Advertising. (a) Any person licensed under this Act may advertise the availability of professional services in the public media or on the premises where such...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19
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 Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.1
Injunctive relief; order to cease and desist. (a) If any person violates the provisions of this Act, the Secretary may, in the name of the...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.2
Investigations; notice and hearing. The Department may investigate the actions of any applicant or of any person or person holding or claiming to hold a...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.2a
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 Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.3
Record of proceedings. The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a record of all proceedings at the formal hearing of any case. The notice of...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.4
Subpoenas; oaths. The Department may subpoena and bring before it any person and to take the oral or written testimony or compel the production of...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.5
Attendance of witnesses; contempt. Any circuit court, upon application of the Department or licensee, may order the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the production...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.6
Findings of Board. At the conclusion of the hearing the Board shall present to the Secretary a written report of its findings of fact, conclusions...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.7
Report of Board; motion for rehearing. In any case involving the refusal to issue or renew, or the taking of disciplinary action against, a license,...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.8
Rehearing. Whenever the Secretary is satisfied that substantial justice has not been done in the revocation or suspension of, or the refusal to issue or...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.9
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 Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.10
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 Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.11
Restoration of license from discipline. At any time after successful completion of a term of indefinite probation, suspension, or revocation of a license, the Department...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.12
Upon the revocation or suspension of any license, the licensee shall forthwith surrender the license or licenses to the Department. If the licensee fails...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.13
Summary suspension pending hearing. The Secretary may summarily suspend a license issued under this Act without a hearing, simultaneously with the institution of proceedings for...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.14
All final administrative decisions of the Department are subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law and all rules...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.15
Certification of record. The Department shall not be required to certify any record to the court or file any answer in court or otherwise appear...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.16
Criminal penalties. Any person who is found to have violated any provision of this Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first...
- Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 19.17
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 Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 20
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 Occupational Therapy Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 75, Section 21
Home rule. The regulation and licensing as an occupational therapist are exclusive powers and functions of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate...
Last modified: February 18, 2015