AUTHORITY: Implementing the Mail Order Contact Lens Act [225 ILCS 83] and authorized by Section 60(7) of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois [20 ILCS 2105/2105-60].DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATIONS
a) The Director of the Department may grant variances from this Part in individual cases when he/she finds that:
1) The provision from which the variance is granted is not statutorily mandated;
2) No party will be injured by the granting of the variance; and
3) The rule from which the variance is granted would, in the particular case, be unreasonable or unnecessarily burdensome.
b) The Director shall notify the Illinois Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board and the Medical Licensing Board of the granting of the variance, and the reasons for the variance, at the next meeting of the boards.