225 ILCS 410/1-7.5: Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty.

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-478)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2031)

(a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice, or holds oneself out to practice barbering, cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, or nail technology without being licensed under this Act shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the Department in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for each offense as determined by the Department. The civil penalty shall be assessed by the Department after a hearing is held in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Act regarding disciplining a licensee.

(b) The Department has the authority and power to investigate any and all unlicensed activity.

(c) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the civil penalty. The order shall constitute a judgment and may be filed and execution had thereon in the same manner as any judgment from any court of record.

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-478)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2031)

Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty.

(a) Except for a person who is an apprentice and working in the salon or shop that is part of the person's apprenticeship program or a student at a licensed school working in the school clinic or at a licensed salon or shop in an internship program, any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice, or holds oneself out to practice barbering, cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, or nail technology without being licensed under this Act shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the Department in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for each offense as determined by the Department. The civil penalty shall be assessed by the Department after a hearing is held in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Act regarding disciplining a licensee.

(b) The Department has the authority and power to investigate any and all unlicensed activity.

(c) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the civil penalty. The order shall constitute a judgment and may be filed and execution had thereon in the same manner as any judgment from any court of record.