Section 595.10  Definitions

"Academic year" means the period of time from September 1 of one year through August 31 of the next year (Section 3 of the Law).

"Approved Institution" means a college or university located in this State which has National League for Nursing accreditation for the baccalaureate degree program in nursing (Section 3 of the Law).  "Approved Institution" also means a college or university in this State which has National League for Nursing accreditation for its graduate post-baccalaureate degree program in nursing.

"Baccalaureate Assistance Law for Registered Nurses" or "Law" means 110 ILCS 915 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 144, pars, 1401 et seq.).

"Board" means the Board of Higher Education created by the Board of Higher Education Act (Section 3 of the Law).

"Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Health (Section 3 of the Law).

"Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health (Section 3 of the Law).

"Enrollment" means the establishment and maintenance of an individual's status as a student in an approved institution, regardless of the terms used at the institution to describe such status (Section 3 of the Law).

"Fees" means those mandatory charges, in addition to tuition, that all enrolled students must pay, including required course or lab fees.

"Full-time student" means a student who is enrolled for at least the number of hours required per term by a school for its full-time students.

"Part-time student" means a student who is enrolled for at least one-third of the number of hours required per term by a school for its full-time students.

"Permanent legal residence" means the applicant's permanent home address.

"Professional nursing practice" means any type of nursing practice that is included in the definition of the practice of registered professional nursing in the Illinois Nursing Act of 1987 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 111, par. 3501 et seq.) [225 ILCS 65].

"Qualified for admission" means that a student has completed the requirements for entry into the baccalaureate nursing program at the approved institution, as documented by the institution.

"Regions" means the official and uniform state planning and administrative regions established by the Governor by Executive Order No. 71-7 (Section 3 of the Law).

"Registered Nurse" or "Professional Nurse" means a nurse holding a valid existing license in good standing as a registered professional nurse issued by the Department of Professional Regulation under the Illinois Nursing Act of 1987 (Section 3 of the Law).

"School term" means an academic term, such as a semester, quarter, or trimester, as defined by the approved institutions.

"Student in good standing" means a student maintaining at least a "C" average.

"Substantially Full-time Academic Work" means enrollment for the number of hours required per term by a school for its full-time students.

"Substantially Full Working Time" means at least 24 hours per week for those persons working weekend shifts, or 35 hours per week for those working weekday shifts.

"Substantially Half-time Academic Work" means enrollment for at least one-third of the number of hours required per term by a school for its full-time students.

"Substantially Half Working Time" means 17.5 hours or more per week.

"Total and permanent disability" means a physical or mental impairment, disease, or loss which is of a permanent nature and which substantially impairs the ability of an individual to engage in the practice of professional nursing or to engage in graduate post-baccalaureate studies in nursing as evidenced by a written statement from the individual's attending physician.

"Tuition" means the established charges of an institution of higher learning for instruction at that institution.

(Source:  Amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 13746, effective August 10, 1993)