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IL HB4293
Bill
Status
1/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Kambium Buckner
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AI Summary
HB4293 Summary
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Amends the Massage Licensing Act to establish grounds for disciplinary action by the Department, including fines up to $10,000 per violation, for violations of the Act, criminal convictions, professional incompetence, sexual misconduct, fraud, and other violations.
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Requires mandatory license revocation for any massage therapist convicted of prostitution, rape, sexual misconduct, or crimes requiring sex offender registration, with permanent bar to practice in Illinois.
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Mandates prosecuting attorneys notify the Department within specified timeframes when a licensed massage therapist is charged with sex offenses, involuntary sexual servitude, patient battery involving sexual conduct, or forcible felonies.
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Requires the Department to issue an administrative order within 5 business days of receiving criminal charges, requiring the therapist to practice only with a chaperone (licensed massage therapist or other Department-licensed health care worker) pending criminal proceedings, with automatic temporary suspension for non-compliance.
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Provides that if the therapist is not convicted or if conviction is overturned, the administrative order shall be vacated and removed from the licensee's record.
Legislative Description
MASSAGE THERAPY-MISCONDUCT
Last Action
Session Sine Die
1/7/2025