STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WITH PROFESSIONAL LICENSING FUNCTIONS

• NCJ Number: 17485
• Author(s): W M BLEAKLEY
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 35 pages
• Corporate Author: Illinois Legislative Council
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

LISTS THOSE OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESSES THAT MUST BE LICENSED IN ILLINOIS, AND COMPARES OTHER STATES' LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.

Abstract

ILLINOIS LICENSES AND REGULATES AT LEAST 181 OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESSES, MORE THAN ANY OTHER STATE. OF THESE, 44 ARE LICENSED BY A BOARD OR COMMISSION. THESE AGENCIES HAVE ALL THE POWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LICENSING FUNCTION. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (REGULATION) ARE OFTEN PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENTS OF WHICH THE BOARDS ARE A PART. MUCH LICENSING IS CENTRALIZED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION. MOST BOARDS HAVE AN ODD NUMBER OF MEMBERS; FIVE OR SEVEN ARE MOST COMMON. STATUTORY QUALIFICATIONS ARE USUALLY PRESCRIBED FOR BOARD MEMBERS, EXPERIENCE IN THE OCCUPATION OR FIELD BEING LICENSED BEING THE MOST COMMON. LICENSING STATUTES ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE ILLINOIS REVISED STATUTES. IN SIX OTHER STATES THAT WERE STUDIED, THE APPROACH TO LICENSING IS MUCH THE SAME AS IN ILLINOIS. CALIFORNIA, HOWEVER, PROVIDES FOR APPOINTMENT OF 'PUBLIC' MEMBERS TO SOME OF ITS LICENSING BOARDS. THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF HAVING PUBLIC MEMBERS ON LICENSING BOARDS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)