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Health Care Licenses Committee
Filed: 3/11/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2395
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2395 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)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 |