Full Text of HB2638 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Nurse Practice Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 75-15 as follows: | 6 | | (225 ILCS 65/75-15) (was 225 ILCS 65/17-15) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018) | 8 | | Sec. 75-15. Center for Nursing Advisory Board.
| 9 | | (a) There is created the Center for Nursing Advisory Board, | 10 | | which shall consist of 11 members appointed by the Governor, | 11 | | with 6 members of the Advisory Board being nurses | 12 | | representative of various nursing specialty areas. The other 5 | 13 | | members may include representatives of associations, health | 14 | | care providers, nursing educators, and consumers. The Advisory
| 15 | | Board shall be chaired by the Nursing Act Coordinator, who | 16 | | shall be a voting member of the Advisory Board. | 17 | | (b) The membership of the Advisory Board shall reasonably | 18 | | reflect representation from the geographic areas in this State. | 19 | | (c) Members of the Advisory Board appointed by the Governor | 20 | | shall serve for terms of 4 years, with no member serving more | 21 | | than 10 successive years, except that, initially, 4 members | 22 | | shall be appointed to the Advisory Board for terms that expire | 23 | | on June 30, 2009, 4 members shall be appointed to the Advisory
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| 1 | | Board for terms that expire on June 30, 2008, and 3 members | 2 | | shall be appointed to the Advisory Board for terms that expire | 3 | | on June 30, 2007. A member shall serve until his or her | 4 | | successor is appointed and has qualified. Vacancies shall be | 5 | | filled in the same manner as original appointments, and any | 6 | | member so appointed shall serve during the remainder of the | 7 | | term for which the vacancy occurred. | 8 | | (d) A quorum of the Advisory Board shall consist of a | 9 | | majority of Advisory Board members currently serving. A | 10 | | majority vote of the quorum is required for Advisory Board | 11 | | decisions. A vacancy in the membership of the Advisory Board | 12 | | shall not impair the right of a quorum to exercise all of the | 13 | | rights and perform all of the duties of the Advisory Board. | 14 | | (e) The Governor may remove any appointed member of the | 15 | | Advisory Board for misconduct, incapacity, or neglect of duty | 16 | | and shall be the sole judge of the sufficiency of the cause for | 17 | | removal. | 18 | | (f) Members of the Advisory Board are immune from suit in | 19 | | any action based upon any activities performed in good faith as | 20 | | members of the Advisory Board. | 21 | | (g) Members of the Advisory Board shall not receive | 22 | | compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual traveling, | 23 | | incidentals, and expenses necessarily incurred in carrying out | 24 | | their duties as members of the Advisory Board, as approved by | 25 | | the Department.
| 26 | | (h) The Advisory Board shall meet annually to elect a |
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| 1 | | chairperson and vice chairperson. | 2 | | (Source: P.A. 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
| 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law.
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