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| Public Act 098-0837 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Nurse Practice Act is amended by changing | ||||
Section 65-5 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 65/65-5)
(was 225 ILCS 65/15-10)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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Sec. 65-5. Qualifications for APN licensure.
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(a) Each applicant who successfully meets the requirements | ||||
of this Section shall be entitled to licensure as an advanced | ||||
practice nurse. | ||||
(b) An applicant for licensure to practice as an advanced | ||||
practice nurse must do each of the following:
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(1) Submit a completed application and any fees as | ||||
established by the Department.
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(2) Hold a current license to practice as a
registered | ||||
professional nurse under this Act.
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(3) Have successfully completed requirements to | ||||
practice as, and holds and maintains a
current, national | ||||
certification as, a nurse midwife, clinical nurse | ||||
specialist,
nurse practitioner, or certified registered | ||||
nurse anesthetist from the
appropriate national certifying | ||||
body as determined by rule of the Department.
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(4) Have obtained a graduate degree appropriate for | ||
national certification in a clinical advanced practice | ||
nursing specialty or a graduate degree or post-master's | ||
certificate from a graduate level program in a clinical | ||
advanced practice nursing specialty.
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(5) Have not violated the provisions of this Act | ||
concerning the grounds for disciplinary action. The | ||
Department may take into consideration any felony | ||
conviction of the applicant, but such a conviction may not | ||
operate as an absolute bar to licensure. | ||
(6) Submit to the criminal history records check | ||
required under Section 50-35 of this Act.
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(b-5) A registered professional nurse seeking licensure as | ||
an advanced practice nurse in the category of certified | ||
registered nurse anesthetist who does not have a graduate | ||
degree as described in subsection (b) of this Section shall be | ||
qualified for licensure if that person: | ||
(1) submits evidence of having successfully completed | ||
a nurse anesthesia program described in item (4) of | ||
subsection (b) of this Section prior to January 1, 1999; | ||
(2) submits evidence of certification as a registered | ||
nurse anesthetist by an appropriate national certifying | ||
body; and | ||
(3) has continually maintained active, up-to-date | ||
recertification status as a certified registered nurse | ||
anesthetist by an appropriate national recertifying body. | ||
(b-10) The Department shall issue a certified registered | ||
nurse anesthetist license to an APN who (i) does not have a | ||
graduate degree, (ii) applies for licensure before July 1, | ||
2018, and (iii) submits all of the following to the Department: | ||
(1) His or her current State registered nurse license | ||
number. | ||
(2) Proof of current national certification, which | ||
includes the completion of an examination from either of | ||
the following: | ||
(A) the Council on Certification of the American | ||
Association of Nurse Anesthetists; or | ||
(B) the Council on Recertification of the American | ||
Association of Nurse Anesthetists. | ||
(3) Proof of the successful completion of a post-basic | ||
advanced practice formal education program in the area of | ||
nurse anesthesia prior to January 1, 1999. | ||
(4) His or her complete work history for the 5-year | ||
period immediately preceding the date of his or her | ||
application. | ||
(5) Verification of licensure as an advanced practice | ||
nurse from the state in which he or she was originally | ||
licensed, current state of licensure, and any other state | ||
in which he or she has been actively practicing as an | ||
advanced practice nurse within the 5-year period | ||
immediately preceding the date of his or her application. | ||
If applicable, this verification must state: | ||
(A) the time during which he or she was licensed in | ||
each state, including the date of the original issuance | ||
of each license; and | ||
(B) any disciplinary action taken or pending | ||
concerning any nursing license held, currently or in | ||
the past, by the applicant. | ||
(6) The required fee. | ||
(c) Those applicants seeking licensure in more than one | ||
advanced practice nursing specialty need not possess multiple | ||
graduate degrees. Applicants may be eligible for licenses for | ||
multiple advanced practice nurse licensure specialties, | ||
provided that the applicant (i) has met the requirements for at | ||
least one advanced practice nursing specialty under paragraphs | ||
(3) and (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, (ii) possesses | ||
an additional graduate education that results in a certificate | ||
for another clinical advanced practice nurse specialty and that | ||
meets the requirements for the national certification from the | ||
appropriate nursing specialty, and (iii) holds a current | ||
national certification from the appropriate national | ||
certifying body for that additional advanced practice nursing | ||
specialty.
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(d) Any person who holds a valid license as an advanced | ||
practice nurse issued under this Act as this Act existed before | ||
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | ||
Assembly shall be subject only to the advanced practice nurse | ||
license renewal requirements of this Act as this Act exists on | ||
and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | ||
General Assembly upon the expiration of that license.
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(Source: P.A. 95-639, eff. 10-5-07; 96-189, eff. 8-10-09.)
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