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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2714
Introduced 2/22/2005, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning powers and duties of the Department.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2714 |
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LRB094 08393 RAS 38593 b |
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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 Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 10-10 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 65/10-10)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
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| Sec. 10-10. Department powers and duties.
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| (a) The
The Department shall exercise the powers and duties
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| prescribed by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois for |
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| administration
of licensing acts and shall exercise other |
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| powers and duties necessary
for effectuating the purpose of |
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| this Act. None of the functions, powers, or
duties of the |
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| Department with respect to licensure and examination shall
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| exercised by the Department except upon review by the Board.
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| The
Department shall adopt rules to implement, interpret, or |
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| make specific
the provisions and purposes of this Act; however |
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| no such rules shall
be adopted by the Department except upon |
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| review by the Board.
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| (b) The Department shall:
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| (1) prepare and maintain a list of approved programs of |
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| professional
nursing education and programs of practical |
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| nursing education in this
State, whose graduates, if they |
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| have the other necessary qualifications
provided in this |
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| Act, shall be eligible to apply for a license to practice
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| nursing in this State;
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| (2) promulgate rules defining what constitutes an |
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| approved program of
professional nursing education and |
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| what constitutes an approved program of
practical nursing |
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| education; and
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| (3) adopt rules for examination of candidates for |
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| licenses and for
issuance of licenses authorizing |