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91_HB0801enr
HB0801 Enrolled LRB9103498ACtm
1 AN ACT to amend the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing
2 Act by changing Section 10-35.
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 changing Section 10-35 as follows:
7 (225 ILCS 65/10-35)
8 Sec. 10-35. Concurrent theory and clinical practice
9 education requirements. Except for those applicants who have
10 received advanced graduate degrees in nursing from an
11 approved program with concurrent theory and clinical
12 practice, The educational requirements of Section 10-30
13 relating to registered professional nursing and licensed
14 practical nursing shall not be deemed to have been satisfied
15 by the completion of any correspondence course or any program
16 of nursing that does not require coordinated or concurrent
17 theory and clinical practice. The Department may, upon
18 recommendation of the Board, grant an Illinois license to
19 those applicants who have received advanced graduate degrees
20 in nursing from an approved program with concurrent theory
21 and clinical practice or to those applicants who are
22 currently licensed in another state and have been actively
23 practicing clinical nursing for a minimum of 2 years.
24 (Source: P.A. 90-61, eff. 12-30-97; 90-742, eff. 8-13-98.)
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