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91_HB0502enr
HB0502 Enrolled LRB9102187ACdv
1 AN ACT to amend the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing
2 Act by adding Section 5-23.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act
6 is amended by adding Section 5-23 as follows:
7 (225 ILCS 65/5-23 new)
8 Sec. 5-23. Criminal background check. After the
9 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
10 Assembly, the Department shall require an applicant for
11 initial licensure under this Act to submit to a criminal
12 background check as part of the qualification for licensure.
13 If an applicant's criminal background check indicates
14 criminal conviction, the applicant must further submit to a
15 fingerprint-based criminal background check. The Department
16 shall adopt rules to implement this Section.
17 Section 99. Effective Date. This Act takes effect
18 January 1, 2000.
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