Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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Formed | July 1, 2004 |
Jurisdiction | Illinois |
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Website | idfpr |
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) is the Illinois state government code department[1][2] that through its operational components, the Division of Banking, Division of Financial Institutions, Division of Professional Regulation, and Division of Real Estate, oversees the regulation and licensure of banks and financial institutions, real estate businesses and professionals, and various licensed professions, and is charged with enforcing standards of professional practice and protecting the rights of Illinois residents in their transactions with regulated industries.
Description
[edit]The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation was created on July 1, 2004. It is responsible for the regulation, oversight, and licensure of almost 300 different types of professional licenses and financial institutions. The current director ("Secretary") of this department is Mario Treto, Jr.
On April 1, 2014, Executive Order 3 (2014) was issued and created the Division of Real Estate.[3]
In August 2013, Illinois became the 20th state to legalize medical cannabis when the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act was signed into law. IDFPR became responsible for licensing and regulating the dispensaries that sell medical cannabis to patients, along with each dispensaries’ Principal Officers, Agents-in-Charge, and Agents.[4]
On June 25, 2019, Governor Pritzker signed the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, which made Illinois the 11th state to legalize adult use cannabis.[5] IDFPR oversaw the successful rollout of the program, which allowed existing medical cannabis dispensaries to begin selling adult use cannabis on January 1, 2020.[6] Similar to its medical cannabis licensing responsibilities, IDFPR licenses adult use cannabis dispensaries, along with the Principal Officers, Agents-in-Charge, and Agents at each dispensary. IDFPR is also responsible for tracking and reporting the sales made at adult use cannabis dispensaries.
Professions Regulated by IDFPR
[edit]- State Chartered Banks, Trust Companies and Saving Institutions
- Mortgage Loan Originators
- Pawnbrokers
- Residential Mortgage Companies State
- Student Loan Servicers
Division of Financial Institutions [7]
- Auto Title Lenders
- Consumer Installment Lenders
- Credit Unions
- Currency Exchanges
- Debt Management
- Debt Settlement
- Money Transmitters
- Safety Deposit Boxes, Safes, & Vaults
- Payday Lenders
- Sales Finance
- Title Insurance
Division of Professional Regulation[7]
- Acupuncture
- Adult Use Cannabis
- Architecture
- Athletic Training
- Audiology
- Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Shops
- Cemetery / Cemetery Managers
- Collection Agency
- Controlled Substance
- Dentistry
- Detection of Deception
- Detective, Alarm, Security, and Locksmith
- Dietitian Nutritionist
- Electrologists
- Environmental Health Practice
- Funeral Directing and Embalming
- Genetic Counselor
- Geology
- Home Medical Equipment and Service
- Humane Euthanasia
- Interior Design
- Land Surveying
- Limited Liability Company
- Mail Order Ophthalmic Provider
- Marriage and Family Therapy
- Massage Therapy
- Medical
- Medical Cannabis
- Medical Corporation
- Naprapathy
- Nursing
- Nursing Home Administration
- Occupational Therapy
- Optometry
- Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics
- Perfusion
- Pharmacy
- Physical Therapy
- Physician Assistant
- Podiatry
- Professional Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts
- Professional Counseling
- Professional Engineering
- Service Corporation
- Psychology
- Public Accounting
- Respiratory Care
- Roofing
- Sex Offender Evaluators
- Shorthand Reporting
- Social Work
- Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
- Structural Engineering
- Surgical Assistant
- Veterinary Medicine
- Wholesale Drug Distributors
- Auction
- Community Association Management
- Home Inspection
- Real Estate Appraisal
- Real Estate Brokerage
References
[edit]- ^ Uphoff, Judy Lee (2012). "The Governor and the Executive Branch". In Lind, Nancy S.; Rankin, Erik (eds.). Governing Illinois: Your Connection to State and Local Government (PDF) (4th ed.). Center Publications, Center for State Policy and Leadership, University of Illinois at Springfield. pp. 78–79. ISBN 978-0-938943-28-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
- ^ 20 ILCS 5/5-15
- ^ "Bank and Trust Companies". IDFPR. Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Illinois governor signs law allowing medical marijuana". Reuters. Reuters. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Legal marijuana is coming to Illinois as Gov. Pritzker signs bill he calls an 'important and overdue change to our state'". Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act". Illinois General Assembly. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Illinois Licensed Professionals brochure" (PDF). IDFPR. Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (official website)
- TITLE 38: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS of the Illinois Administrative Code
- TITLE 68: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS of the Illinois Administrative Code