(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)

Licensees shall be subject to disciplinary action for any of the following:

1. (1) obtaining or renewing a license by the use of fraud or material deception;
2. (2) being professionally incompetent as manifested by poor standards of service;
3. (3) engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public in the course of professional services or activities;
4. (4) being convicted of a crime that has a substantial relationship to his or her practice or an essential element of which is misstatement, fraud, or dishonesty, being convicted in this or another state of any crime that is a felony under the laws of Illinois or of that state, or being convicted of a felony in a federal court, unless the licensee demonstrates that he or she has been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public trust;
5. (5) performing any service in a grossly negligent manner or permitting any licensed employee to perform services in a grossly negligent manner, regardless of whether actual damage or damage to the public is established;
6. (6)
7. (blank) ;
8. (7) willfully receiving compensation, directly or indirectly, for any professional service not actually rendered;
9. (8) having disciplinary action taken against his or her license in another State;
10. (9) contracting or assisting unlicensed persons to perform services for which a license is required under this Act;
11. (10) permitting the use of his or her license to enable an unlicensed person or agency to operate as a licensee;
12. (11) performing and charging for services without having authorization to do so from the member of the public being served; or
13. (12) failing to comply with any provision of this Act or the rules adopted under this Act.

(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)