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IL SB2660
Bill
Status
8/2/2024
Primary Sponsor
Javier Cervantes
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AI Summary
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Amends the Massage Licensing Act to allow Department fines up to $10,000 per violation for grounds for discipline including professional incompetence, immoral conduct, false advertising, and unlicensed practice.
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Adds new requirement that prosecuting attorneys notify the Department within 5 business days when a licensed massage therapist is charged with sex offenses, involuntary sexual servitude, patient battery, or forcible felonies.
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Requires the Secretary to issue an administrative order within 5 business days mandating that charged massage therapists practice only with a licensed chaperone present during all patient encounters pending criminal proceedings outcome.
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Mandates chaperones provide written notice to patients explaining the chaperone requirement and include a statement in 14-point font that the therapist is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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Establishes that failure to comply with the administrative order, submit a compliance plan, or follow the plan results in automatic temporary license suspension until criminal proceedings conclude; requires vacating the order if the licensee is acquitted or conviction is overturned.
Legislative Description
MASSAGE THERAPY-MISCONDUCT
Last Action
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0757
8/2/2024