95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2248


 
Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














225 ILCS 65/65-5  was 225 ILCS 65/15-10








    Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning qualifications for licensure as an advanced practice nurse.
















LRB095 19496 RAS 45792 b

















 


 


A BILL FOR









 











SB2248

LRB095 19496 RAS 45792 b






1
    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
2
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3
represented in the General Assembly:


 
4
    Section 5. The Nurse Practice Act is amended  by changing 
5
Section 65-5 as follows:
 



6
    (225 ILCS 65/65-5)
  (was 225 ILCS 65/15-10)


7
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

8
    Sec. 65-5. Qualifications for APN licensure. 

9
    (a) Each applicant who successfully meets the the 
10
requirements of this Section shall be entitled to licensure as 
11
an advanced practice nurse.
12
    (b) An applicant for licensure to practice as an advanced 
13
practice nurse must do each of the following:


14
        (1) Submit a completed application and any fees as 
15
    established by the Department.


16
        (2) Hold a current license to practice as a
registered 
17
    professional nurse under this Act.


18
        (3) Have successfully completed requirements to 
19
    practice as, and holds a
current, national certification 
20
    as, a nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist,
nurse 
21
    practitioner, or certified registered nurse anesthetist 
22
    from the
appropriate national certifying body as 
23
    determined by rule of the Department.


 


 






SB2248
- 2 -
LRB095 19496 RAS 45792 b




1
        (4) Have obtained a graduate degree appropriate for 
2
    national certification in a clinical advanced practice 
3
    nursing specialty or a graduate degree or post-master's 
4
    certificate from a graduate level program in a clinical 
5
    advanced practice nursing specialty.

6
        (5)  Have not violated the provisions of this Act 
7
    concerning the grounds for disciplinary action.  The 
8
    Department may take into consideration any felony 
9
    conviction of the applicant, but such a conviction may not 
10
    operate as an absolute bar to licensure.
11
        (6)  Submit to the criminal history records check 
12
    required under Section 50-35 of this Act.

13
    (c) Those applicants seeking licensure in more than one 
14
advanced practice nursing specialty need not possess multiple 
15
graduate degrees.  Applicants may be eligible for licenses for 
16
multiple advanced practice nurse licensure specialties, 
17
provided that the applicant (i) has met the requirements for at 
18
least one advanced practice nursing specialty under paragraphs 
19
(3) and (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, (ii) possesses 
20
an additional graduate education that results in a certificate 
21
for another clinical advanced practice nurse specialty and that 
22
meets the requirements for the national certification from the 
23
appropriate nursing specialty, and (iii) holds a current 
24
national certification from the appropriate national 
25
certifying body for that additional advanced practice nursing 
26
specialty.

 


 






SB2248
- 3 -
LRB095 19496 RAS 45792 b




1
    (d) Any person who holds a valid license as an advanced 
2
practice nurse issued under this Act as this Act existed before 
3
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General 
4
Assembly shall be subject only to the advanced practice nurse 
5
license renewal requirements of this Act as this Act exists on 
6
and after the effective date of  this amendatory Act of the 95th 
7
General Assembly upon the expiration of that license.

8
(Source: P.A. 94-348, eff. 7-28-05; 95-639, eff. 10-5-07.)