(225 ILCS 415/23)
(from Ch. 111, par. 6223)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
Sec. 23.
Grounds for disciplinary action.
(a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand or take other disciplinary action as the Department may deem appropriate, including fines not to exceed $5,000 for each violation, with regard to any license for any one or combination of the following:
(1) Material misstatement in furnishing information
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(2) Violations of this Act, or of the rules |
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(3) Conviction of any crime under the laws of the |
| United States or any state or territory thereof which is a felony or which is a misdemeanor, an essential element of which is dishonesty, or of any crime which is directly related to the practice of shorthand reporting; |
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(4) Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of |
| obtaining certification, or violating any provision of this Act or the rules promulgated thereunder pertaining to advertising; |
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(5) Having demonstrated unworthiness, or incompetency |
| to act as a certified shorthand reporter in such manner as to safeguard the interest of the public; |
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(6) Aiding or assisting another person, firm, |
| partnership or corporation in violating any provision of this Act or rules; |
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(7) Failing, within 60 days, to provide information |
| in response to a written request made by the Department; |
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(8) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical or |
| unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive, defraud or harm the public; |
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(9) Habitual intoxication or addiction to the use of |
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(10) Discipline by another state, the District of |
| Columbia, a territory, or foreign nation, if at least one of the grounds for the discipline is the same or substantially equivalent to those set forth herein; |
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(11) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving |
| from any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association any fee, commission, rebate or other form of compensation for professional services not actually or personally rendered; |
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(12) A finding by the Board that the certificate |
| holder, after having his certificate placed on probationary status, has violated the terms of probation; |
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(13) Willfully making or filing false records or |
| reports in the practice of shorthand reporting, including but not limited to false records filed with State agencies or departments; |
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(14) Physical illness, including but not limited to, |
| deterioration through the aging process, or loss of motor skill which results in the inability to practice the profession with reasonable judgment, skill or safety; |
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(15) Solicitation of professional services other than |
| by permitted advertising; |
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(16) Willful failure to take full and accurate |
| stenographic notes of any proceeding; |
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(17) Willful alteration of any stenographic notes |
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(18) Willful failure to accurately transcribe |
| verbatim any stenographic notes taken at any proceeding; |
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(19) Willful alteration of a transcript of |
| stenographic notes taken at any proceeding; |
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(20) Affixing one's signature to any transcript of |
| his stenographic notes or certifying to its correctness unless the transcript has been prepared by him or under his immediate supervision; |
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(21) Willful failure to systematically retain |
| stenographic notes or transcripts on paper or any electronic media for 5 years from the date that the notes or transcripts were taken or for 5 years from the end of litigation; |
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(22) Failure to deliver transcripts in a timely |
| manner or in accordance with contractual agreements; |
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(23) Establishing contingent fees as a basis of |
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(b) The determination by a circuit court that a certificate holder is subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission as provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, operates as an automatic suspension. Such suspension will end only upon a finding by a court that the patient is no longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission, an order by the court so finding and discharging the patient, and the recommendation of the Board to the Director that the certificate holder be allowed to resume his practice.
(Source: P.A. 91-558, eff. 8-14-99 .) |