Full Text of HB0822 94th General Assembly
HB0822 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0822
Introduced 2/2/2005, by Rep. Eddie Washington SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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210 ILCS 9/70 |
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210 ILCS 45/3-206.05 new |
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225 ILCS 65/5-15 |
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Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, and the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to develop and implement rules for the training, certification, and employment of certified medication technicians in nursing homes. Provides that a certified medication technician may administer medications to nursing home residents under the direction of a duly licensed Registered Nurse. Sets forth the requirements for certification of medication technicians. For purposes of the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, provides that a certified medication technician may administer all medications allowed under Department of Public Health rules adopted to implement the provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act concerning certified medication technicians. Provides that the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act does not prohibit delegation to a certified medication technician of the administration of medications in accordance with the provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act concerning certified medication technicians.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 70 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 9/70)
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| Sec. 70. Service requirements. An
establishment must
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| provide all mandatory services and may provide optional | 9 |
| services, including
medication reminders, supervision of | 10 |
| self-administered medication and
medication administration as
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| defined by this Section
and nonmedical services defined by | 12 |
| rule, whether provided directly by the
establishment or by | 13 |
| another
entity arranged for by the establishment with the | 14 |
| consent of the resident or
the resident's
representative.
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| For the purposes of this Section, "medication reminders" | 16 |
| means reminding
residents to take pre-dispensed, | 17 |
| self-administered medication, observing the
resident, and | 18 |
| documenting whether or not the resident took the medication.
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| For the purposes of this Section, "supervision of | 20 |
| self-administered
medication" means assisting the resident | 21 |
| with self-administered medication
using any combination of the | 22 |
| following: reminding residents to take medication,
reading the | 23 |
| medication label to residents, checking the self-administered
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| medication dosage against the label of the medication, | 25 |
| confirming that
residents have obtained and are taking the | 26 |
| dosage as prescribed, and
documenting in writing that the | 27 |
| resident has taken (or refused to take) the
medication. If | 28 |
| residents are physically unable to open the container, the
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| container may be opened for them. Supervision of | 30 |
| self-administered medication
shall be under the direction of a | 31 |
| licensed health care professional.
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| For the purposes of this Section, "medication |
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| administration" refers to a
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| employed by an establishment engaging in
administering routine | 3 |
| insulin and vitamin B-12 injections,
oral medications,
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| treatments, eye and ear drops, or
nitroglycerin patches.
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| Non-licensed staff may not administer any medication , except | 6 |
| that a certified medication technician may administer all | 7 |
| medications allowed under Department of Public Health rules | 8 |
| adopted to implement Section 3-206.05 of the Nursing Home Care | 9 |
| Act .
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| The Department shall specify by rule procedures for | 11 |
| medication reminders,
supervision of self-administered | 12 |
| medication, and medication administration.
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| Nothing in this Act shall preclude a physician licensed to | 14 |
| practice medicine
in all its branches from providing services | 15 |
| to any resident.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-656, eff. 1-1-01.)
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| Section 10. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by adding | 18 |
| Section 3-206.05 as follows: | 19 |
| (210 ILCS 45/3-206.05 new) | 20 |
| Sec. 3-206.05. Certified medication technician. | 21 |
| (a) The Department shall adopt and implement rules for the | 22 |
| training, certification, and employment of certified | 23 |
| medication technicians in facilities licensed under this Act. | 24 |
| Certified medication technicians shall be allowed to | 25 |
| administer medications to facility residents under the | 26 |
| direction of a duly licensed Registered Nurse in accordance | 27 |
| with rules adopted by the Department under this Section. | 28 |
| (b) Unless an individual is certified under this Section: | 29 |
| (1) The individual may not practice as a certified | 30 |
| medication technician. | 31 |
| (2) A facility may not employ the individual as a | 32 |
| certified medication technician. | 33 |
| (c) A certified medication technician must: | 34 |
| (1) Be a duly certified nursing assistant under this |
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| (2) Satisfactorily complete the medication technician | 3 |
| training program prescribed by the Department. | 4 |
| (3) Satisfactorily meet all continuing education and | 5 |
| recertification requirements prescribed by the Department. | 6 |
| (d) The Department shall: | 7 |
| (1) Prescribe education and training programs for | 8 |
| certified medication technicians. | 9 |
| (2) Prescribe requirements for re-certification, | 10 |
| including continuing education and in-service | 11 |
| requirements. | 12 |
| (3) Develop standards concerning the functions that | 13 |
| may be performed by certified medication technicians, | 14 |
| including standards for supervision and oversight by a | 15 |
| licensed Registered Nurse.
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| Section 15. The Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act | 17 |
| is amended by changing Section 5-15 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 65/5-15)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
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| Sec. 5-15. Policy; application of Act. For the protection | 21 |
| of life and the
promotion of health, and the prevention of | 22 |
| illness and communicable diseases,
any person practicing or | 23 |
| offering to practice professional and practical
nursing in | 24 |
| Illinois shall submit evidence that he or she is qualified to
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| practice, and shall be licensed as provided under this Act. No | 26 |
| person shall
practice or offer to practice professional or | 27 |
| practical nursing in Illinois or
use any title, sign, card or | 28 |
| device to indicate that such a person is
practicing | 29 |
| professional or practical nursing unless such person has been
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| licensed under the provisions of this Act.
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| This Act does not prohibit the following:
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| (a) The practice of nursing in Federal employment in | 33 |
| the discharge of the
employee's duties by a person who is | 34 |
| employed by the United States
government or any bureau, |
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| division or agency thereof and is a legally
qualified and | 2 |
| licensed nurse of another state or territory and not in
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| conflict with Sections 10-5, 10-30, and 10-45 of this
Act.
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| (b) Nursing that is included in their program of study | 5 |
| by
students
enrolled in programs of nursing or in current | 6 |
| nurse practice update courses
approved by the Department.
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| (c) The furnishing of nursing assistance in an | 8 |
| emergency.
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| (d) The practice of nursing by a nurse who holds an | 10 |
| active license in
another state when providing services to | 11 |
| patients in Illinois during a bonafide
emergency or in | 12 |
| immediate preparation for or during interstate
transit.
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| (e) The incidental care of the sick by members of the | 14 |
| family, domestic
servants or housekeepers, or care of the | 15 |
| sick where treatment is by prayer
or spiritual means.
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| (f) Persons from being employed as nursing aides, | 17 |
| attendants, orderlies,
and
other auxiliary workers in | 18 |
| private homes, long term care facilities,
nurseries, | 19 |
| hospitals or other institutions.
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| (g) The practice of practical nursing by one who has | 21 |
| applied in writing to
the Department in form and substance | 22 |
| satisfactory to the Department, for a
license as a licensed | 23 |
| practical nurse and who has complied with all the
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| provisions under Section 10-30, except the passing of an | 25 |
| examination
to be eligible to receive such license, until: | 26 |
| the decision of the Department
that the applicant has | 27 |
| failed to pass the next available examination
authorized by | 28 |
| the Department or has failed, without an approved excuse, | 29 |
| to
take the next available examination authorized by the | 30 |
| Department or until the
withdrawal of the application, but | 31 |
| not to exceed 3 months.
An applicant practicing practical | 32 |
| nursing under this Section who passes the
examination, | 33 |
| however, may continue to practice under this Section until | 34 |
| such
time as he or she receives his or her license to | 35 |
| practice or until the
Department notifies him or her that | 36 |
| the license has been denied.
No applicant
for licensure |
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| practicing under
the provisions of this paragraph shall | 2 |
| practice practical nursing except
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| supervision of a registered professional nurse licensed
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| under this Act or a licensed physician, dentist or | 5 |
| podiatrist. In no
instance shall any such applicant | 6 |
| practice or be
employed in any supervisory capacity.
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| (h) The practice of practical nursing by one who is a | 8 |
| licensed practical
nurse under the laws of another U.S. | 9 |
| jurisdiction and has applied in writing
to the Department, | 10 |
| in form and substance satisfactory to the Department,
for a | 11 |
| license as a licensed practical nurse and who is qualified | 12 |
| to receive
such license under Section 10-30, until (1) the | 13 |
| expiration of 6 months after
the filing of such written | 14 |
| application, (2) the withdrawal of such application,
or (3) | 15 |
| the denial of such application by the Department.
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| (i) The practice of professional nursing by one who has | 17 |
| applied in writing
to the Department in form and substance | 18 |
| satisfactory to the Department for
a license as a | 19 |
| registered professional nurse and has complied with all the
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| provisions under Section 10-30 except the passing of an | 21 |
| examination to be
eligible to receive such license, until | 22 |
| the decision of the Department
that the applicant has | 23 |
| failed to pass the next available examination
authorized by | 24 |
| the Department or has failed, without an approved excuse, | 25 |
| to
take the next available examination authorized by the | 26 |
| Department or until
the withdrawal of the application, but | 27 |
| not to exceed 3 months.
An applicant practicing | 28 |
| professional nursing under this Section who passes
the
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| examination, however, may continue to practice under this | 30 |
| Section until such
time as he or she receives his or her | 31 |
| license to practice or until the
Department notifies him or | 32 |
| her that the license has been denied.
No applicant
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| licensure practicing under
the provisions of this | 34 |
| paragraph shall practice professional nursing except
under | 35 |
| the direct supervision of a registered professional nurse | 36 |
| licensed
under this Act. In no instance shall any such |
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| applicant practice or be
employed in any supervisory | 2 |
| capacity.
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| (j) The practice of professional nursing by one who is | 4 |
| a registered
professional nurse under the laws of another | 5 |
| state, territory of the United
States or country and has | 6 |
| applied in writing to the Department, in form and
substance | 7 |
| satisfactory to the Department, for a license as a | 8 |
| registered
professional nurse and who is qualified to | 9 |
| receive such license under
Section 10-30, until (1) the | 10 |
| expiration of 6 months after the filing of
such written | 11 |
| 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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| (k) The practice of professional nursing that is | 14 |
| included in a program of
study by one who is a registered | 15 |
| professional nurse under the laws of
another state or | 16 |
| territory of the United States or foreign country,
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| territory or province and who is enrolled in a graduate | 18 |
| nursing education
program or a program for the completion | 19 |
| of a baccalaureate nursing degree in
this State, which | 20 |
| includes clinical supervision by faculty as
determined by | 21 |
| the educational institution offering the program and the
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| health care organization where the practice of nursing | 23 |
| occurs. The
educational institution will file with the | 24 |
| Department each academic term a
list of the names and | 25 |
| origin of license of all professional nurses
practicing | 26 |
| nursing as part of their programs under this provision.
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| (l) Any person licensed in this State under any other | 28 |
| Act from engaging
in the practice for which she or he is | 29 |
| licensed.
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| (m) Delegation to authorized direct care staff trained | 31 |
| under Section 15.4
of the Mental Health and
Developmental | 32 |
| Disabilities Administrative Act.
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| (n) Delegation of administration of medications to a | 34 |
| certified medication technician certified under Section | 35 |
| 3-206.05 of the Nursing Home Care Act.
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| An applicant for license practicing under the exceptions |
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| set forth in
subparagraphs (g), (h), (i), and (j) of this | 2 |
| Section shall use the title
R.N. Lic. Pend. or L.P.N. Lic. | 3 |
| Pend. respectively and no other.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-265, eff. 7-22-03.)
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