Section 280.70 Grounds for Revocation, Suspension or Refusal to Issue a License

Section 280.70  Grounds for

Revocation, Suspension or Refusal to Issue a License

Licensees subject to the Act

shall conduct their practice in accordance with the Act and with 41 Ill.

Adm. Code 251 and this Part.  Licensees shall be subject to the exercise of the

disciplinary sanctions enumerated in Section 280.75 if the State Fire Marshal

finds that a licensee is guilty of any of the following or other grounds

enumerated in Section 75 of the Act:

a)

fraud or material deception in obtaining or renewing a

license;

b)

professional incompetence as manifested by poor standards

of service;

c)

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;

d)

conviction of any crime by a licensee that has a

substantial relationship to his or her practice or an essential element of

which is misstatement, fraud or dishonesty, or conviction in this or another

state of any crime that is a felony under the laws of Illinois or conviction of

a felony in a federal court, unless the person demonstrates that he or she has

been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public trust;

e)

performing any services in a grossly negligent manner or

permitting any of his or her licensed employees to perform services in a

grossly negligent manner, regardless of whether actual damage or damages to the

public are established;

f)

habitual drunkenness or habitual addiction to the use of

morphine, cocaine, controlled substances, or other habit forming drugs;

g)

willfully receiving compensation for any professional

services not actually rendered;

h)

having disciplinary action taken against his or her license

in any other state;

i)

making differential treatment against any person to his or

her detriment because of race, color, creed, sex, religion, or national origin;

j)

engaging in unprofessional conduct;

k)

engaging in false or misleading advertising;

l)

contracting or assisting unlicensed persons to perform

s

es not actually rendered;

h)

having disciplinary action taken against his or her license

in any other state;

i)

making differential treatment against any person to his or

her detriment because of race, color, creed, sex, religion, or national origin;

j)

engaging in unprofessional conduct;

k)

engaging in false or misleading advertising;

l)

contracting or assisting unlicensed persons to perform

services for which a license is required under the Act;

m)

permitting the use of his or her license to enable any

unlicensed person or agency to operate as a licensee;

n)

performing and charging for services without having

authorization to do so from the member of the public being serviced;

o)

failure to comply with any provision of the Act or this

Part;

p)

conducting business regulated by the Act without a

currently valid license.