95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4540


 
Introduced , by Rep. John E. Bradley
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













225 ILCS 65/55-5










    Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning LPN education program requirements.
















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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 
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Section 55-5 as follows:
 
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    (225 ILCS 65/55-5)
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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

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    Sec. 55-5. LPN education program requirements.
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    (a)  All Illinois practical nurse education programs must be 
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reviewed by the the Board and approved by the Department before 
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the successful completion of such a program may be applied 
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toward meeting the requirements for practical nurse licensure 
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under this Act.  Any program changing the level of educational 
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preparation or the relationship with or to the parent 
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institution or establishing an extension of an existing program 
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must request a review by the Board and approval by the 
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Department.  The Board shall review and make a recommendation 
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for the approval or disapproval of a program by the Department 
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based on the following criteria:
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        (1)  a feasibility study that describes the need for the 
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    program and the facilities used, the potential of the 
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    program to recruit faculty and students, financial support 
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    for the program, and other criteria, as established by 
 


 






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    rule;
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        (2)  program curriculum that meets all State 
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    requirements;
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        (3)  the administration of the program by a Nurse 
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    Administrator and the involvement of a Nurse Administrator 
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    in the development of the program; and
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        (4)  the occurrence of a site visit prior to approval.
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    (b)  In order to obtain initial Department approval and to 
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maintain Department approval, a practical nursing program must 
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meet all of the following requirements:
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        (1)  The program must continually be administered by a 
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    Nurse Administrator.
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        (2)  The institution responsible for conducting the 
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    program and the Nurse Administrator must ensure that 
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    individual faculty members are academically and 
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    professionally competent.
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        (3)  The program curriculum must contain all applicable 
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    requirements established by rule, including both theory 
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    and clinical components.
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        (4)  The passage rates of the program's graduating 
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    classes on the State-approved licensure exam must be deemed 
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    satisfactory by the Department.
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    (c)  Program site visits to an institution conducting or 
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hosting a practical nursing program may be made at the 
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discretion of the Nursing Coordinator or upon recommendation of 
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the Board.
 


 






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    (d)  Any institution conducting a practical nursing program 
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that wishes to discontinue the program must do each of the 
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following:
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        (1)  Notify the Department, in writing, of its intent to 
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    discontinue the program.
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        (2)  Continue to meet the requirements of this Act and 
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    the rules adopted thereunder until the official date of 
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    termination of the program.
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        (3)  Notify the Department of the date on which the last 
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    student shall graduate from the program and the program 
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    shall terminate.
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        (4)  Assist remaining students in the continuation of 
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    their education in the event of program termination prior 
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    to the graduation of the program's final student.
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        (5)  Upon the closure of the program, notify the 
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    Department, in writing, of the location of student and 
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    graduate records storage.

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(Source: P.A. 95-639, eff. 10-5-07.)