96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2395


 
Introduced 2/19/2009, by Rep. Angelo Saviano
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Nurse Practice Act. In a provision prohibiting a registered professional nurse from delegating the nursing activity of medication administration to an unlicensed person, provides that "medication administration" does not include prepackaged medications administered to an individual detainee in a correctional facility by corrections personnel in accordance with Title 20 of the Illinois Administrative Code. Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning professional 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 50-75 as follows:
 
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    (225 ILCS 65/50-75)
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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

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    Sec. 50-75. Nursing delegation.
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    (a)  For the purposes of this Section:
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    "Delegation" means transferring to an individual the 
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authority to perform a selected nursing activity or task, in a 
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selected situation.
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    "Nursing activity" means any work requiring the use of 
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knowledge acquired by completion of an approved program for 
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licensure, including advanced education, continuing education, 
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and experience as a licensed practical nurse or professional 
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nurse, as defined by the Department by rule.
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    "Task" means work not requiring nursing knowledge, 
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judgment, or decision-making, as defined by the Department by 
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rule.
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    (b)  Nursing shall be practiced by licensed practical 
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nurses, registered professional nurses, and advanced practice 
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nurses. In the delivery of nursing care, nurses work with many 
 


 






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other licensed professionals and other persons. An advanced 
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practice nurse may delegate to registered professional nurses, 
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licensed practical nurses, and others persons.
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    (c)  A registered professional nurse shall not delegate any 
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nursing activity requiring the specialized knowledge, 
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judgment, and skill of a licensed nurse to an unlicensed 
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person, including medication administration.  A registered 
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professional nurse may delegate nursing activities to other 
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registered professional nurses or  licensed practical nurses.
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    A registered nurse may delegate tasks to other licensed and 
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unlicensed persons.  A licensed practical nurse who has been 
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delegated a nursing activity shall not re-delegate the nursing 
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activity.  A registered professional nurse or advanced practice 
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nurse retains the right to refuse to delegate or to stop or 
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rescind a previously authorized delegation.
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    For purposes of this subsection (c), "medication 
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administration" does not include prepackaged medications 
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administered to an individual detainee in a correctional 
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facility by corrections personnel in accordance with Title 20 
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of the Illinois Administrative Code. 

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

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