92nd General Assembly
Summary of SB0929
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Senate Sponsors:
DONAHUE-RONEN-MYERS, SHADID AND WELCH.

House Sponsors:
CROTTY-SAVIANO-TENHOUSE-MCCARTHY

Short description: 
MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS-NURSES                                                

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the School Code. Provides that  advanced  practice  nurses      
   who  have  a  written  collaborative  agreement  with  a collaborating      
   physician which authorizes them to  perform  health  examinations  and      
   physician assistants who have been delegated the performance of health      
   examinations  by  their  supervising  physician (as well as physicians      
   licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches) are  responsible      
   for health examinations. Provides that an advanced practice nurse or a      
   physician  assistant  (as  well  as  a physician, registered nurse, or      
   local health department) may sign a schedule and statement  explaining      
   why  a  child's  required  immunizations have been delayed. Amends the      
   Illinois Vehicle  Code.  Provides  that  qualified  advanced  practice      
   nurses  and  physician assistants (as well as licensed physicians) may      
   conduct medical examinations  of  applicants  for  school  bus  driver      
   permits.  Provides that the definition of "medical examiner or medical      
   practitioner" applies only in the Driver's License Medical Review  Law      
   of 1992.  (Before Public Act 90-89, the definition applied only in the      
   Driver's License Medical Review Law of 1992. Public Act 90-89 made the      
   definition  apply to the entire Illinois Vehicle Code.)  Provides that      
   individuals who meet the requirements set forth in the  definition  of      
   "medical  examiner"  in  provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations      
   dealing with federal motor  carrier  safety  regulations  may  act  as      
   medical  examiners  under  specified provisions of the Code of Federal      
   Regulations  relating  to   qualifications   of   drivers.   Effective      
   immediately.                                                                
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Provides that the advanced practice nurse or physician  assistant      
   shall  sign  all  report  forms  pertaining  to  those portions of the      
   examination  for  which  the  advanced  practice  nurse  or  physician      
   assistant is responsible.                                                   
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0703

   Last action date: JUL-19-2002

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   1


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