95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5817


 
Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













225 ILCS 65/55-30










    Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a licensed practical nurse's scope of practice.
















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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 55-30 as follows:
 
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    (225 ILCS 65/55-30)
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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

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    Sec. 55-30. LPN scope of practice.
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    (a)  Practice as a licensed practical nurse means a scope of 
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basic nursing practice, with or without compensation, as 
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delegated by a registered professional nurse or an advanced 
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practice nurse or as directed by a physician assistant,  
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physician, dentist, or podiatrist, and and includes, but is not 
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limited to, all of the following:
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        (1)  Collecting data and collaborating in the 
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    assessment of the health status of a patient.
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        (2)  Collaborating in the development and modification 
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    of the registered professional nurse's or advanced 
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    practice nurse's comprehensive nursing plan of care for all 
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    types of patients.
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        (3)  Implementing aspects of the plan of care as 
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    delegated.
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        (4)  Participating in health teaching and counseling to 
 


 






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    promote, attain, and maintain the optimum health level of 
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    patients, as delegated.
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        (5)  Serving as an advocate for the patient by 
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    communicating and collaborating with other health service 
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    personnel, as delegated.
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        (6)  Participating in the evaluation of patient 
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    responses to interventions.
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        (7)  Communicating and collaborating with other health 
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    care professionals as delegated.
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        (8)  Providing input into the development of policies 
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    and procedures to support patient safety.


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