Public Act 100-0183
 
HB3490 EnrolledLRB100 08312 MJP 18419 b


  
    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Nursing Education Scholarship Law is amended  
by changing Section 3 as follows:
 



    (110 ILCS 975/3)  (from Ch. 144, par. 2753)


    Sec. 3. Definitions. 

    The following terms, whenever used or referred to, have the 
following
meanings except where the context clearly indicates 
otherwise:

    (1) "Board" means the Board of Higher Education created by 
the Board
of Higher Education Act.

    (2) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public 
Health.

    (3) "Approved institution" means a public community 
college, private
junior college, hospital-based diploma in 
nursing
program, or public or private
college or university 
with a pre-licensure nursing education program located in this 
State that has approval by the Department of Financial and 
Professional
Regulation for an associate degree in nursing

program,
associate degree in applied
sciences in nursing 
program, hospital-based diploma in nursing
program,

baccalaureate degree in nursing program, graduate degree in 
nursing program, or
certificate in a practical
nursing program 
or a post-licensure nursing education program approved by the 
Illinois Board of Higher Education or any successor agency with 
similar authority.

    (4) "Baccalaureate degree in nursing program" means a 
program offered by
an
approved institution and leading to a 
bachelor of science degree in nursing.

    (5) "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.

    (6) "Academic year" means the period of time from September 
1 of one
year through August 31 of the next year or as 
otherwise defined by the
academic institution.

    (7) "Associate degree in nursing program or hospital-based 
diploma in
nursing program" means a program
offered by an 
approved institution and leading to an associate
degree in

nursing, associate degree in applied sciences in nursing, or

hospital-based diploma in nursing.

    (8) "Graduate degree in nursing program" means a program 
offered by an approved institution and leading to a master of 
science degree in nursing or a doctorate of philosophy or 
doctorate of nursing degree in nursing.

    (9) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois 
Department of Public
Health.

    (10) "Accepted for admission" means a student has completed 
the
requirements for entry into an associate degree in nursing 
program,
associate degree in applied sciences in nursing 
program, hospital-based
diploma in nursing program,

baccalaureate degree in nursing program, graduate degree in 
nursing program, or
certificate in practical nursing program at 
an approved institution, as
documented by the
institution.

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

    (12) "Full-time student" means a student enrolled for at 
least 12 hours
per
term or as otherwise determined by the 
academic institution.

    (13) "Law" means the Nursing Education Scholarship Law.

    (14) "Nursing employment obligation" means employment in 
this State as a
registered
professional
nurse, licensed 
practical nurse, or advanced practice nurse in direct patient 
care
 for at least one year for each year of scholarship 
assistance received through
the Nursing
Education Scholarship 
Program.

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

    (16) "Practical nursing program" means a program offered by 
an approved
institution leading to a certificate in practical 
nursing.

    (17) "Registered professional nurse" means a
person who is 
currently licensed as a registered professional nurse
by the 
Department of Professional
Regulation under the Nurse Practice 
Act.

    (18) "Licensed practical nurse" means a
person who is 
currently licensed as a licensed practical nurse
by the 
Department of Professional
Regulation under the Nurse Practice 
Act.

    (19) "School term" means an academic term, such as a 
semester, quarter,
trimester, or number of clock hours, as 
defined by an approved institution.

    (20) "Student in good standing" means a student maintaining 
a cumulative
grade point average equivalent to at least the 
academic grade of a "C".

    (21) "Total and permanent disability" means a physical or 
mental impairment,
disease, or loss of a permanent nature that 
prevents nursing employment with or
without reasonable 
accommodation.  Proof of disability shall be a declaration
from 
the social security administration, Illinois Workers' 
Compensation Commission,
Department of Defense, or an insurer 
authorized to transact business in
Illinois who is providing 
disability insurance coverage to a contractor.

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

    (23) "Nurse educator" means a person who is currently 
licensed as a registered nurse by the Department of 
Professional Regulation under the Nurse Practice Act, who has a 
graduate degree in nursing, and who is employed by an approved 
academic institution to educate registered nursing students, 
licensed practical nursing students, and registered nurses 
pursuing graduate degrees.

    (24) "Nurse educator employment obligation" means 
employment in this State as a nurse educator for at least 2 
years for each year of scholarship assistance received under 
Section 6.5 of this Law. 
    Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of 
the 96th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules 
being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois 
Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of 
the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule 
not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized. 
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-639, eff. 10-5-07; 
96-805, eff. 10-30-09.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.