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PAGE 8 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY. JANUARY 4, 1980 Restricted Advertisement v / ' " ' • ' >• Now Allowed For Doctors Medical doctors and chiropractors are now able to advertise their professional services under a new Illinois law. , However, they will not be able to make any claims of superior quality of care or make statements which are false or misleading, which guarantee success of "play upon the vanity of fears of the public." I The new law took effect Jan. 1. _ • In signing the law enacted by the Illinois General Assembly, Governor James R. Thompson eliminated a section of the Illinois Medical Practice act that h&d made advertising or soliciting a ground for revoking or suspending the license of a medical doctor or chiropractor. The Illinois Department of Registration and .Education, the Illinois Statlr Medical society and the Illinois Chiropractic society cooperated in developing the law. Department Director Joan G. Anderson pointed out that enactment of the new medical advertising law followed action by the Illinois Supreme court in upholding the order of the department in suspending the license of a chiropractor whose advertisements had offered "free chicken...free refreshments, free spinal X- rays...." The U.S. Supreme court subsequently upheld the state Supreme court. Since then, Director An­ derson explained, the department has had a policy of enforcing strictly that high coyrt decision against false, deceptive and misleading advertising by those in health-related professions. At the same time, the department has not sought disciplinary action against licensees on com­ plaints involving simple name recognition or ad­ vertising which cites prices for routine services. The new medical licensing law - an amendment to the state's Medical Practice Act - spells out exactly what advertising medical doctors and chiropractors can i and can riot do and states that it is the intent of the General Assembly to provi uniform standards for their advertising. "The state has a very real and compelling . interest in restricting the advertising of health care services to that which is informative a helpful to the potential consumer in making intelligent decision," thi new law says. Licensed medical doctors and chiropractors may advertise the availability of professional services in the public^ media or on the premises where such ser­ vices are rendered, the law says. But .such advertising is limited to: - Publication of the per­ son's name, title, office hours, address and telephone number. -Information pertaining to the licensee's areas of specialization, including appropriate board cer­ tification > or limitation of professional practice. * -Information on usual or ide* custpmary fees for routine ieir\professional services of­ fered. Such information will include notification that fees may be adjusted "due to complications or Unforeseen circumstances." -Announcement of the opening or change of, ab­ sence from or return to business. --Announcements of changes in the professional licensed staff. -The issuance of business or appointment cards. However, the new medical advertising law says that it is unlawful for a licensed medical doctor v or chiropractor to * "use testimonials or claims of superior quality of care to entice the public." Further it says, it is unlawful for such licensees to advertise fee comparisons of available services with .those of other licensed medical doctors and chiropractors. Under the new law, the advertiser can not use "statements which contain ^false, fraudulent, deceptive "or misleading material or guarantee of success, statements which j»lay. upon the lanity or fears of the pubic, or statements which promote or produce unfair competition." In iddition, the law does not authorize the advertising of professional services by ^ those who are not licensed to , render such services. Meiical doctors and chiropractors comprise two of the 32 broad-based professional and oc­ cupational groups in which the department issues 100 different licenses. There are more }han 27,500 licensed medicil doctors and chiroptactors among the more than 500,000 persons licensed and regulated by the department. 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Citizens For Life To Sponsor Film Series eiurns; A LOAN ASSOCIATION SAVINGS * SHOO YEAR ending twenty thousand savers «« inn.000.00 ; over TO qoqogo* The showing of the film series, "Whatever Happened to the Human Race?" will be held Jan. 19 at the Barrington high school auditorium, 616 West Main street, Barrington, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m The Cary Grove Citizens for Life, Inc. is sponsoring this series. Free baby-sitting will be available. There will also be a free lunch. Tickets are available at the door. Tax Refund Checks Undelivere Undelivered federal tax refuira checks totaling over $1 minion for 2,870 Northern Illinois taxpayers are waiting to be claimed, the Internal Revenue Service said. Many of these checks remain undelivered because taxpayers have rt^o)jgd~and left no forwarding address with the U.S. Postal Service, according to the IR$ refund delays are caused by errors or omissions^em the tax return, such^a^illegible names or addresses. 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