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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB1396 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Massage Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning title protection.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB1396 | | LRB100 03094 SMS 13099 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Massage Licensing Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 30 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 57/30)
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| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
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| 8 | | Sec. 30. Title protection.
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| 9 | | (a) Persons regulated by this Act are designated as massage |
| 10 | | therapists
and
and
therefore
are exclusively entitled to |
| 11 | | utilize the terms "massage", "massage therapy", and
"massage |
| 12 | | therapist" when advertising or printing
promotional material. |
| 13 | | (b) Anyone who knowingly aids and abets one or more persons |
| 14 | | not authorized
to
use a
professional title regulated by this |
| 15 | | Act or knowingly employs persons not
authorized to use the
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| 16 | | regulated professional title in the course of their employment, |
| 17 | | commits a
violation of this Act.
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| 18 | | (c) Anyone not authorized, under the definitions of this |
| 19 | | Act, to utilize the
term
"massage", "massage therapy", or |
| 20 | | "massage therapist" and who knowingly utilizes
these terms when |
| 21 | | advertising
commits a violation
of this Act.
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| 22 | | (d) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the use of the terms |
| 23 | | "massage", "massage therapy", or "massage therapist" by a salon |