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Public Act 91-0369

HB0502 Enrolled                                LRB9102187ACdv

    AN ACT to amend the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing
Act by adding Section 5-23.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5. The Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act
is amended by adding Section 5-23 as follows:

    (225 ILCS 65/5-23 new)
    Sec.  5-23.   Criminal  background  check.    After   the
effective  date  of  this  amendatory Act of the 91st General
Assembly, the  Department  shall  require  an  applicant  for
initial  licensure  under  this  Act  to submit to a criminal
background check as part of the qualification for  licensure.
If   an   applicant's  criminal  background  check  indicates
criminal conviction, the applicant must further submit  to  a
fingerprint-based  criminal background check.  The Department
shall adopt rules to implement this Section.

    Section 99.   Effective  Date.   This  Act  takes  effect
January 1, 2000.

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