SB 1721 took effect on January 1, 2024. This legislation requires that all licensed hearing instrument dispensers have one hour of Implicit Bias Awareness training and one hour of Sexual Harassment Prevention training in each two-year renewal cycle.
The Illinois Hearing Society has arranged for all our members to have an opportunity to take these courses through the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) at no cost. IDHR has a video recording of the Sexual Harassment Prevention training available for you to take at your convenience at the link below. Upon completion of the Sexual Harassment Prevention training, you must take and pass our quiz, linked below.
While there is no pre-recorded video of the Implicit Bias Awareness training, IDHR will be providing live online trainings each month. Due to the limited availability of IDHR’s Implicit Bias Awareness trainings throughout the year, IHS gives priority to anyone who needs to renew their license first. Please email beth@ilhearing.org if you require Implicit Bias Awareness training for a renewal date in the next sixty days. You will also be asked to complete and pass our quiz after attending the live online training. The Understanding Implicit Bias quiz link is below.
After you take the quiz, it will notify us. Once passed, Illinois Hearing Society staff will submit completion records for these two CEs to International Hearing Society at the end of each month. If you need to receive proof of completion of these CEs sooner than our scheduled submission dates, please email beth@ilhearing.org.