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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 Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 15-10 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 65/15-10)



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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)

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    Sec. 15-10. Advanced practice nurse; qualifications; 
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roster. 

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    (a) A person shall be qualified for licensure as an 
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advanced practice nurse
if that person:


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        (1) has applied in writing in form and substance 
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    satisfactory to the
Department and has not violated a 
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    provision of this Act or the rules adopted
under this Act. 
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    The Department may take into consideration any felony

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    conviction of the applicant but a conviction shall not 
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    operate as an absolute
bar to licensure;


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        (2) holds a current license to practice as a
registered 
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    nurse in Illinois;


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


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        (4) has paid the required fees as set by rule; and


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        (5) has obtained a graduate degree appropriate for 
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    national certification in a clinical advanced practice 
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    nursing specialty or a graduate degree or post-master's 
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    certificate from a graduate level program in a clinical 
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    advanced practice nursing specialty
successfully completed 
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    a post-basic advanced practice formal
education program in 
 


 






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    the area of his or her nursing specialty.

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    (b) Those applicants seeking licensure in more than one 
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advanced practice nursing category need not possess multiple 
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graduate degrees.  Applicants may be eligible for licenses for 
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multiple advanced practice nurse licensure categories, 
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provided that the applicant (i) has met the requirements for at 
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least one advanced practice nursing specialty under paragraphs 
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(3) and (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, (ii) possesses 
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an additional graduate education that results in a certificate 
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for another clinical advanced practice nurse category and that 
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meets the requirements for the national certification from the 
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appropriate nursing specialty, and (iii) holds a current 
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national certification from the appropriate national 
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certifying body for that additional advanced practice nursing 
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category.
In addition to meeting the requirements of subsection 
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(a), except item
(5) of that subsection, beginning July 1, 2001 
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or 12 months after the adoption
of final rules to implement 
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this Section, whichever is sooner, applicants for
initial 
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licensure shall have a graduate degree appropriate for national

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certification in a clinical advanced practice nursing 
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specialty.

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    (b-5) A registered professional nurse seeking licensure as 
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an advanced
practice nurse in the category of certified 
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registered nurse anesthetist who
applies on or before December 
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31, 2006 and
does not have a graduate degree as described in 
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subsection (b) shall be
qualified for licensure if that person:


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        (1) submits evidence of having successfully completed 
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    a nurse anesthesia
program described in item (5) of 
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    subsection (a) of this Section prior to
January 1, 1999;


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        (2) submits evidence of certification as a registered 
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    nurse anesthetist by
an appropriate national certifying 
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    body, as determined by rule of the
Department; and


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        (3) has continually maintained active, up-to-date 
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    recertification
status as a certified registered nurse 
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    anesthetist by an appropriate national
recertifying body, 
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    as determined by rule of the Department.

 


 






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    (c) The Department shall provide by rule for APN
licensure 
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of registered professional nurses who (1) apply for
licensure 
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before July 1, 2001 and (2) submit evidence of
completion of a 
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program described in item (5) of
subsection (a) or in 
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subsection (b) and evidence of practice for
at least 10 years 
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as a nurse practitioner.

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    (d) The Department shall maintain a separate roster of 
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advanced practice
nurses licensed under this Title and their 
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licenses shall indicate "Registered
Nurse/Advanced Practice 
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Nurse".

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(Source: P.A. 93-296, eff. 7-22-03.)


 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.