Illinois Department Of Financial And Professional Regulation

• An overview of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation: attorneys representing doctors, dentists and other licensees before the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation must know the policies and procedures of the agency to best represent their clients.

Diamond Brownridge was a beautiful five year old who, at the end of September 2006, went for a routine visit to her dentist in Chicago's Little Villag...

• Illinois Bar Journal
• Vol. 95 Nbr. 8, August 2007

• Jason Goodman, D.C., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, David E. Bluthardt, in His Official Capacity as the Acting Director of the Department'S Division of Professional Regulation, and Allan G. Bennett, M.D., Tariq H. Butt, M.D., Georgia D. Lubben, M.D., Sandra F. Olson, M.D., Edward P. Rose, M.D., Douglas P. Webster, D.O., and Linda L. Zange, D.C., in Their Official Capacity as the Duly Appointed Members of the Medical Disciplinary Board of the Division of Professional Regulation, Defendants-Appellees., 430 F.3d 432 (7th Cir. 2005)

Carl R. Draper (argued), Feldman, Wasser, Draper & Benson, Springfield, IL, James F. McCarthy, Katz, Teller, Brant & Hild, Cincinnati, OH, for Plainti...

• Federal Circuits

• Groups: Medical License Process On Life Support

SPRINGFIELD - State medical groups are warning that delays in medical licensing might discourage new doctors from seeking residency training in Illinois hospitals. Applications will take six months or longer because of a recent 69 percent staff reduction in the state office that issues medical licenses, said Susan Hofer of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• February 13, 2013

• Illinois Employees Overpaid by $25k

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Four Illinois state employees whose work was split among agencies were overpaid by $77,000 the last two years, an audit released Thursday shows. One employee working for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation got $36,151 more than specified. Another received an additional $25,662.

• Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
• June 24, 2011

• Audit: 4 State Workers Were Overpaid $77,000

SPRINGFIELD - Four Illinois state employees whose work was split among agencies were overpaid by $77,000 the last two years, an audit released Thursday shows. One employee working for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation got $36,151 more than specified. Another received an additional $25,662.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• May 13, 2011

• State Pulls Licenses for 35 Health Workers

SPRINGFIELD - A two-month-old state law barring sex offenders from practicing medicine has already nabbed nearly three dozen doctors, nurses and other health care workers. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation reported Friday it has yanked 35 licenses thus far. Among those affected are physicians with ties to Decatur, Streator, Moline and Carmi.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• October 14, 2011

• Thousands Gather in Memory of Diamond Brownridge

Many of us did not know the [Brownridge] family personally, but we would take the pain away if we could. In some small way, it seems as though Diamond has touched all of us," said [James Meeks], who is also the state senator for the 15th District. "Just by coming down here tonight, you're trying to lift the burden from this family and let them know you have their back. [Hicham K. Riba]'s dental license was suspended Friday by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The agency called Riba's practices an "imminent danger to the public" and said he failed to properly monitor Diamond's blood pressure, pulse and respiration during treatment. "Her death should result in something. We really need Diamond's law in Illinois," Meeks said. "If Diamond is the rainbow, no...

• Chicago Defender
• August 11, 2009

• Regulators Order Ex-Catholic Priest to End Therapy Sessionsconvicted Sex Offender of Lincoln Claimes He's a Clinical Psychologist

SPRINGFIELD - State regulators have ordered a former Catholic priest and convicted sex offender in Lincoln to stop the unlicensed practice of clinical psychology. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation found Francis A. Benham had been claiming he was a doctor who provides psychotherapy services when he had neither a doctorate nor a state license to practice as a clinical psychologist.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• October 31, 2012

• Michele Latz to Address Coalition of Bankers and Advocates Atfinancial Links for Low-Income People (Fllip) Awards Luncheon

News Advisory: Michele Latz, director of the Division of Financial Institutions at the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, will address over one hundred leaders in the financial education and asset-building movement at the Financial Links for Low-Income People, or FLLIP, coalition's fifth annual awards luncheon at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on Sept. 28. Latz will discuss Illinois's success in combating predatory lending through financial education, consumer protection policies, and the development of lower-cost alternative financial products and services.

• U.S. Newswire
• September 25, 2005

• Heartland Takes Over Assets of Suburban Bank

BLOOMINGTON - Bloomington-based Heartland Bank and Trust Co. has assumed the deposits and assets of Bank of Shorewood from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Bank of Shorewood was closed at 7 p.m. Friday by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which appointed the FDIC receiver. The bank's three offices are in Shorewood, Plainfield and Elmwood (also known as Bank of Elwood).

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• September 02, 2011