Public Act 0806 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 093-0806
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LRB093 19865 AMC 45608 b |
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AN ACT concerning nursing.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act is |
amended by changing Section 20-40 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 65/20-40)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
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Sec. 20-40. Fund. There is hereby created within the State |
Treasury the
Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund. The |
monies in the Fund may be
used by and at the direction of the |
Department for the administration and
enforcement of this Act, |
including but not limited to:
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(a) Distribution and publication of the Nursing and |
Advanced Practice
Nursing Act and the rules at the time of |
renewal to all persons licensed by
the Department under |
this Act.
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(b) Employment of secretarial, nursing, |
administrative, enforcement, and
other staff for the |
administration of this Act.
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(c) Conducting a survey, as prescribed by rule of the |
Department, once
every 4 years during the license renewal |
period.
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(d) Conducting of training seminars for licensees |
under this Act relating
to the obligations, |
responsibilities, enforcement and other provisions of
the |
Act and its rules.
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(e) Disposition of Fees:
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(i) (Blank).
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(ii) All of the fees and fines collected pursuant |
to
this Act shall be deposited in the Nursing Dedicated |
and Professional Fund.
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(iii) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988, |
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the moneys deposited
in the Nursing Dedicated and |
Professional Fund shall be appropriated to the
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Department for expenses of the Department and the Board |
in the
administration of this Act. All earnings |
received from investment of
moneys in the Nursing |
Dedicated and Professional Fund shall be
deposited in |
the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund and shall |
be used
for the same purposes as fees deposited in the |
Fund.
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(iv) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004
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2001 and for
each fiscal
year thereafter, $1,200,000
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$750,000 of the moneys deposited in the
Nursing |
Dedicated
and Professional Fund each year shall be set |
aside and appropriated to the
Illinois
Department of |
Public Health for nursing scholarships awarded |
pursuant to
the Nursing Education Scholarship Law.
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Representatives
of the Department and the Nursing |
Education Scholarship Program Advisory
Council shall |
review this requirement and
the scholarship awards |
every 2 years.
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(v) Moneys in the Fund may be transferred to the |
Professions
Indirect Cost Fund as authorized under |
Section 2105-300 of the
Department of Professional |
Regulation Law (20 ILCS 2105/2105-300).
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(Source: P.A. 91-239, 1-1-00; 92-46, eff. 7-1-01.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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