Summary as Introduced
Amends the Topical Eye Medication Prescription Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Staff Analysis
SB 1105 (SFA 1) Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Illinois Court Reporters Licensing Act of 2022. Provides that no person may practice digital, electronic, stenographic, or voice reporting on a temporary or permanent basis in the State without being licensed under the Act. Provides that any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice, or holds oneself out to practice as a court report without being licensed shall pay a civil penalty to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in an amount not to exceed $10,000 for each offense. Includes provisions regarding: applications for licensure; examinations of applicants for licensure; qualifications for licensure; expiration and renewal of licenses; inactive status of licenses; endorsement and licensure without an examination; fees; a roster; advertising; rights and obligations; revocation or suspension; grounds for disciplinary action; injunctive actions and orders to cease and desist; investigations, notices, and hearings; confidentiality; records of proceedings; subpoenas and oaths; compelling testimony and contempt; Department reports; motions for rehearing and ordered rehearings ordered; hearing officers, reports, and review; restoration of license; surrender of license; summary suspension; certification of record and receipt; penalties; responsibility for notes; and continuing education. Repeals the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984. Makes conforming changes in other Acts. Effective January 1, 2023.