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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 50-15 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 65/50-15)
  (was 225 ILCS 65/5-15)


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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

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    Sec. 50-15. Policy; application of Act. 
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    (a) For the protection of life and the
promotion of health, 
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and the prevention of illness and communicable diseases,
any 
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person practicing or offering to practice advanced,

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professional, or practical
nursing in Illinois shall submit 
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evidence that he or she is qualified to
practice, and shall be 
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licensed as provided under this Act.  No person shall
practice 
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or offer to practice advanced, professional, or practical 
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nursing in Illinois or
use any title, sign, card or device to 
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indicate that such a person is
practicing professional or 
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practical nursing unless such person has been
licensed under 
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the provisions of this Act.

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    (b) This Act does not prohibit the following:


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        (1) The practice of nursing in Federal employment in 
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    the discharge of the
employee's duties by a person who is 
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    employed by the United States
government or any bureau, 
 


 






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    division or agency thereof and is a legally
qualified and 
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    licensed nurse of another state or territory and not in

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    conflict with Sections 50-50, 55-10, 60-10, and 70-5 of 
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    this
Act.


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        (2) Nursing that is included in the program of study by

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    students
enrolled in programs of nursing or in current 
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    nurse practice update courses
approved by the Department.


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        (3) The furnishing of nursing assistance in an 
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    emergency.


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        (4) The practice of nursing by a nurse who holds an 
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    active license in
another state when providing services to 
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    patients in Illinois during a bonafide
emergency or in 
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    immediate preparation for or during interstate
transit.


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        (5) The incidental care of the sick by members of the 
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    family, domestic
servants or housekeepers, or care of the 
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    sick where treatment is by prayer
or spiritual means.


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        (6) Persons from being employed as unlicensed 
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    assistive personnel in private homes, long term care 
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    facilities,
nurseries, hospitals or other institutions.


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        (7) The practice of practical nursing by one who is a 
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    licensed practical
nurse under the laws of another U.S. 
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    jurisdiction and has applied in writing
to the Department, 
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    in form and substance satisfactory to the Department,
for a 
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    license as a licensed practical nurse and who is qualified 
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    to receive
such license under this Act, until (i) the 
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    expiration of 6 months after
the filing of such written 
 


 






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    application, (ii) the withdrawal of such application,
or 
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    (iii) the denial of such application by the Department.

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        (8)                            The practice of advanced practice nursing by one 
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    who is an advanced practice nurse under the laws of another 
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    state, territory of the United States, or country and has 
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    applied in writing to the Department, in form and substance 
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    satisfactory to the Department, for a license as an 
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    advanced practice nurse and who is qualified to receive 
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    such license under this Act, until (i)  the expiration of 6 
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    months after the filing of such written application, (ii) 
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    the withdrawal of such application, or (iii) the denial of 
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    such application by the Department.


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        (9) The practice of professional nursing by one who is 
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    a registered
professional nurse under the laws of another 
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    state, territory of the United
States or country and has 
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    applied in writing to the Department, in form and
substance 
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    satisfactory to the Department, for a license as a 
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    registered
professional nurse and who is qualified to 
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    receive such license under
Section 55-10, until  (1)  the 
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    expiration of 6 months after the filing of
such written 
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    application, (2) the withdrawal of such application, or (3)

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    the denial of such application by the Department.


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        (10) The practice of professional nursing that is 
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    included in a program of
study by one who is a registered 
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    professional nurse under the laws of
another state or 
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    territory of the United States or foreign country,

 


 






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    territory or province and who is enrolled in a graduate 
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    nursing education
program or a program for the completion 
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    of a baccalaureate nursing degree in
this State, which 
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    includes clinical supervision by faculty as
determined by 
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    the educational institution offering the program and the

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    health care organization where the practice of nursing 
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    occurs.


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        (11) Any person licensed in this State under any other 
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    Act from engaging
in the practice for which she or he is 
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    licensed.


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        (12) Delegation to authorized direct care staff 
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    trained under Section 15.4
of the Mental Health and

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    Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act consistent 
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    with the policies of the Department. 

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        (13) County correctional personnel from delivering 
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    prepackaged medication for self-administration to an 
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    individual detainee in a correctional facility. 
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    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the 
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delegation of tasks or duties by a physician, dentist, or 
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podiatrist to a licensed practical nurse, a registered 
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professional nurse, or other persons.


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(Source: P.A. 95-639, eff. 10-5-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)


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