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This letter-report is a response to the Joint Committee on Government Organization and Operations' request that PERD review whether the Board of Physical Therapy is allowing licensed physical therapists to perform dry needling and auricular acudetox therapy. There is also concern that the Board may...

PERD conducted this follow-up review of its September 2007 report on the study of statutory legal advertisements. One objective of this study was to follow-up on PERD’s September 2007 report related to statutorily required legal advertisements and the costs incurred as a result of them to state...

The objective of this review was to determine the status of the Office of Drug Control Policy’s strategic plan. PERD’s analysis of the 2019 Substance Use Response Plan draft found that it does not adequately address the mandated requirements to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use. The goals...

The objective was to conduct a performance audit of the provisional license to practice as a social worker and the application process by which a provisional licensee may become a licensed social worker. Senate Bill 312, passed on March 5, 2020, eliminated the non-related degree social worker, and...

The objective of this review was to examine the cost, possible duplication of services, and rationale for a person having the dual title and responsibilities of DOT secretary and DOH commissioner. The Legislative Auditor contends that the statutory responsibilities of the commissioner and the...

OIG reviewed Chicago Police Department (CPD) reports of Chicago Fire Department (CFD) badges purportedly lost or stolen from January 1, 2015, through June 30, 2020. Overall, 340 CFD members reported their badges stolen or lost to CPD during this period. Approximately, 79.7% of the reports––271 of...