HB5815 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5815

Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross

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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

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

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

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

Sec. 65-5. Qualifications for APN licensure.

(a) Each applicant who successfully meets the the requirements of this Section shall be entitled to licensure as an advanced practice nurse.

(b) An applicant for licensure to practice as an advanced practice nurse must do each of the following:

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

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

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

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

(5) Have not violated the provisions of this Act concerning the grounds for disciplinary action. The Department may take into consideration any felony conviction of the applicant, but such a conviction may not operate as an absolute bar to licensure.

(6) Submit to the criminal history records check required under Section 50-35 of this Act.

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

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

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