Public Act 096-0516
 		





HB2395 Enrolled
LRB096 07599 ASK 17695 b






    AN ACT concerning professional regulation.

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

 
    Section 5. The Nurse Practice Act is amended  by changing 
Section 50-15 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 65/50-15)
  (was 225 ILCS 65/5-15)


    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

    Sec. 50-15. Policy; application of Act. 
    (a) For the protection of life and the
promotion of health, 
and the prevention of illness and communicable diseases,
any 
person practicing or offering to practice advanced,

professional, or practical
nursing in Illinois shall submit 
evidence that he or she is qualified to
practice, and shall be 
licensed as provided under this Act.  No person shall
practice 
or offer to practice advanced, professional, or practical 
nursing in Illinois or
use any title, sign, card or device to 
indicate that such a person is
practicing professional or 
practical nursing unless such person has been
licensed under 
the provisions of this Act.

    (b) This Act does not prohibit the following:


        (1) The practice of nursing in Federal employment in 
    the discharge of the
employee's duties by a person who is 
    employed by the United States
government or any bureau, 
    division or agency thereof and is a legally
qualified and 
    licensed nurse of another state or territory and not in

    conflict with Sections 50-50, 55-10, 60-10, and 70-5 of 
    this
Act.


        (2) Nursing that is included in the program of study by

    students
enrolled in programs of nursing or in current 
    nurse practice update courses
approved by the Department.


        (3) The furnishing of nursing assistance in an 
    emergency.


        (4) The practice of nursing by a nurse who holds an 
    active license in
another state when providing services to 
    patients in Illinois during a bonafide
emergency or in 
    immediate preparation for or during interstate
transit.


        (5) The incidental care of the sick by members of the 
    family, domestic
servants or housekeepers, or care of the 
    sick where treatment is by prayer
or spiritual means.


        (6) Persons from being employed as unlicensed 
    assistive personnel in private homes, long term care 
    facilities,
nurseries, hospitals or other institutions.


        (7) The practice of practical nursing by one who is a 
    licensed practical
nurse under the laws of another U.S. 
    jurisdiction and has applied in writing
to the Department, 
    in form and substance satisfactory to the Department,
for a 
    license as a licensed practical nurse and who is qualified 
    to receive
such license under this Act, until (i) the 
    expiration of 6 months after
the filing of such written 
    application, (ii) the withdrawal of such application,
or 
    (iii) the denial of such application by the Department.

        (8)                            The practice of advanced practice nursing by one 
    who is an advanced practice nurse under the laws of another 
    state, territory of the United States, or country and has 
    applied in writing to the Department, in form and substance 
    satisfactory to the Department, for a license as an 
    advanced practice nurse and who is qualified to receive 
    such license under this Act, until (i)  the expiration of 6 
    months after the filing of such written application, (ii) 
    the withdrawal of such application, or (iii) the denial of 
    such application by the Department.


        (9) The practice of professional nursing by one who is 
    a registered
professional nurse under the laws of another 
    state, territory of the United
States or country and has 
    applied in writing to the Department, in form and
substance 
    satisfactory to the Department, for a license as a 
    registered
professional nurse and who is qualified to 
    receive such license under
Section 55-10, until  (1)  the 
    expiration of 6 months after the filing of
such written 
    application, (2) the withdrawal of such application, or (3)

    the denial of such application by the Department.


        (10) The practice of professional nursing that is 
    included in a program of
study by one who is a registered 
    professional nurse under the laws of
another state or 
    territory of the United States or foreign country,

    territory or province and who is enrolled in a graduate 
    nursing education
program or a program for the completion 
    of a baccalaureate nursing degree in
this State, which 
    includes clinical supervision by faculty as
determined by 
    the educational institution offering the program and the

    health care organization where the practice of nursing 
    occurs.


        (11) Any person licensed in this State under any other 
    Act from engaging
in the practice for which she or he is 
    licensed.


        (12) Delegation to authorized direct care staff 
    trained under Section 15.4
of the Mental Health and

    Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act consistent 
    with the policies of the Department. 

        (13) County correctional personnel from delivering 
    prepackaged medication for self-administration to an 
    individual detainee in a correctional facility. 
    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the 
delegation of tasks or duties by a physician, dentist, or 
podiatrist to a licensed practical nurse, a registered 
professional nurse, or other persons.


(Source: P.A. 95-639, eff. 10-5-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)


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