On Aug. 25, 2023, the Sixth District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that awards of statutory attorney fees against a state agency are not barred by sovereign immunity when the fees are ancillary to the injunctive relief.
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation adopted a new Part titled the Consumer Legal Funding Act. The Act creates new requirements for licensed consumer legal funding companies.
The Illinois General Assembly amended the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. The amendment allows those professionals—including physicians, registered nurses, physical therapists, and other licensed professionals—who held temporary out-of-state permits and temporary reinstatement permits issued by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in response to COVID-19 to continue practicing if they submitted the proper applications by May 11, 2023.
The Illinois General Assembly amended the Pharmacy Practice Act. Pharmacy practice now includes initiating, dispensing, or administering drugs, tests, assessments, referrals, and consultations for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
The Illinois General Assembly amended the Illinois Plumbing License Law. A licensed plumber must inspect every aspect of a sprinkler system installed by an irrigation contractor, including all piping, fittings, and heads.
The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation amended the Part titled Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act. The department may now discipline, or suspend, revoke, or decline to renew the license of an environmental health practitioner for dishonorable, unprofessional, unethical conduct.
The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation adopted amendments to the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, requiring the department to issue at least 50 additional conditional adult-use dispensing-organization licenses by lottery on or before Dec. 21, 2022.
The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation adopted amendments to the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, expanding training requirements. Registered employees may complete various required basic and annual training in a classroom or online.
The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation amended the Transmitters of Money Act. It requires licensees to file their statutorily required annual audited financial statements no later than 120 days after the end of the licensee’s fiscal year from the former deadline of Dec. 1.
The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation amended the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. The amendment implements procedures for Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing organizations (Same-Site Licensees) under the medical cannabis pilot program to relocate their dispensaries.
The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation adopted amendments to the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 implementing the sunset reauthorization of the Act.
The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation adopted amendments to provide clarification and transparency in how the department complies with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (DFPR) amended the part titled “Administrative Procedures for General Professional Regulation Under the Administrative Code” (68 IAC 1130; 42 Ill. Reg. 22314 (effective May 10, 2019)).
The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation issued a rulemaking which consolidates the licenses for providers of real estate prelicense education and continuing education into a single education provider license (68 Ill. Adm. Code 1450 (effective Jan. 25, 2019)).
The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation adopted amendments to Real Estate Appraiser Licensing (68 Ill. Adm. Code 1455 (effective Nov. 26, 2018)).
