Full Text of HB2395 96th General Assembly
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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 | 5 |
| 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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)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. | 9 |
| (a) For the protection of life and the
promotion of health, | 10 |
| and the prevention of illness and communicable diseases,
any | 11 |
| person practicing or offering to practice advanced,
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| professional, or practical
nursing in Illinois shall submit | 13 |
| evidence that he or she is qualified to
practice, and shall be | 14 |
| licensed as provided under this Act. No person shall
practice | 15 |
| or offer to practice advanced, professional, or practical | 16 |
| nursing in Illinois or
use any title, sign, card or device to | 17 |
| indicate that such a person is
practicing professional or | 18 |
| practical nursing unless such person has been
licensed under | 19 |
| 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 | 22 |
| the discharge of the
employee's duties by a person who is | 23 |
| 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 50-50, 55-10, 60-10, and 70-5 of | 4 |
| 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 | 7 |
| nurse practice update courses
approved by the Department.
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| (3) The furnishing of nursing assistance in an | 9 |
| emergency.
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| (4) The practice of nursing by a nurse who holds an | 11 |
| active license in
another state when providing services to | 12 |
| patients in Illinois during a bonafide
emergency or in | 13 |
| immediate preparation for or during interstate
transit.
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| (5) The incidental care of the sick by members of the | 15 |
| family, domestic
servants or housekeepers, or care of the | 16 |
| sick where treatment is by prayer
or spiritual means.
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| (6) Persons from being employed as unlicensed | 18 |
| assistive personnel in private homes, long term care | 19 |
| facilities,
nurseries, hospitals or other institutions.
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| (7) The practice of practical nursing by one who is a | 21 |
| licensed practical
nurse under the laws of another U.S. | 22 |
| jurisdiction and has applied in writing
to the Department, | 23 |
| in form and substance satisfactory to the Department,
for a | 24 |
| license as a licensed practical nurse and who is qualified | 25 |
| to receive
such license under this Act, until (i) the | 26 |
| expiration of 6 months after
the filing of such written |
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| application, (ii) the withdrawal of such application,
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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 | 4 |
| who is an advanced practice 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 an | 8 |
| advanced practice nurse and who is qualified to receive | 9 |
| such license under this Act, until (i) the expiration of 6 | 10 |
| months after the filing of such written application, (ii) | 11 |
| the withdrawal of such application, or (iii) the denial of | 12 |
| such application by the Department.
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| (9) The practice of professional nursing by one who is | 14 |
| a registered
professional nurse under the laws of another | 15 |
| state, territory of the United
States or country and has | 16 |
| applied in writing to the Department, in form and
substance | 17 |
| satisfactory to the Department, for a license as a | 18 |
| registered
professional nurse and who is qualified to | 19 |
| receive such license under
Section 55-10, until (1) the | 20 |
| expiration of 6 months after the filing of
such written | 21 |
| 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 | 24 |
| included in a program of
study by one who is a registered | 25 |
| professional nurse under the laws of
another state or | 26 |
| territory of the United States or foreign country,
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| territory or province and who is enrolled in a graduate | 2 |
| nursing education
program or a program for the completion | 3 |
| of a baccalaureate nursing degree in
this State, which | 4 |
| includes clinical supervision by faculty as
determined by | 5 |
| the educational institution offering the program and the
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| health care organization where the practice of nursing | 7 |
| occurs.
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| (11) Any person licensed in this State under any other | 9 |
| Act from engaging
in the practice for which she or he is | 10 |
| licensed.
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| (12) Delegation to authorized direct care staff | 12 |
| trained under Section 15.4
of the Mental Health and
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| Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act consistent | 14 |
| with the policies of the Department.
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| (13) County correctional personnel from delivering | 16 |
| prepackaged medication for self-administration to an | 17 |
| individual detainee in a correctional facility. | 18 |
| Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the | 19 |
| delegation of tasks or duties by a physician, dentist, or | 20 |
| podiatrist to a licensed practical nurse, a registered | 21 |
| 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 | 24 |
| becoming law.
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