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Health Care Availability and Access Committee
Filed: 1/31/2006
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4370
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4370 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following: |
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| "Section 5. The Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act is |
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| amended by adding Section 6.7 as follows: |
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| (210 ILCS 5/6.7 new)
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| Sec. 6.7. Registered nurse administration of limited |
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| levels of sedation or analgesia.
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| (a) Nothing in this Act precludes a registered nurse from |
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| administering medications for the delivery of local or minimal |
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| sedation ordered by a physician licensed to practice medicine |
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| in all its branches, podiatrist, or dentist. |
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| (b) If the ASTC policy allows the registered nurse to |
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| deliver moderate sedation ordered by a physician licensed to |
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| practice medicine in all its branches, podiatrist, or dentist, |
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| the following are required: |
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| (1) The registered nurse must be under the supervision |
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| of a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its |
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| branches, podiatrist, or dentist during the delivery or |
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| monitoring of moderate sedation and have no other |
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| responsibilities during the procedure.
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| (2) The registered nurse must maintain current |
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| Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification or Pediatric |
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| Advanced Life Support certification as appropriate to the |
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| age of the patient.
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| (3) The supervising physician licensed to practice |
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| medicine in all its branches, podiatrist, or dentist must |
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| have training and experience in delivering and monitoring |
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| moderate sedation and possess clinical privileges at the |
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| ASTC to administer moderate sedation or analgesia.
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| (4) The supervising physician licensed to practice |
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| medicine in all its branches, podiatrist, or dentist must |
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| remain physically present and available on the premises |
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| during the delivery of moderate sedation for diagnosis, |
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| consultation, and treatment of emergency medical |
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| conditions.
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| (5) The supervising physician licensed to practice |
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| medicine in all its branches, podiatrist, or dentist must |
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| maintain current Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
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| certification or Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
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| certification as appropriate to the age of the patient.
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| (c) Local, minimal, and moderate sedation shall be defined |
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| by the Division of Professional Regulation of the Department of |
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| Financial and Professional Regulation. Registered nurses shall |
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| be limited to administering medications for moderate sedation |
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| at doses rapidly reversible pharmacologically as determined by |
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| rule by the Division of Professional Regulation of the |
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| Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
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| Section 10. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by |
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| adding Section 54.6 as follows: |
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| (225 ILCS 60/54.6 new)
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| Sec. 54.6. Registered nurse administration of limited |
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| levels of anesthesia. Nothing in this Act precludes a |
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| registered nurse from administering local anesthesia or |
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| minimal sedation or moderate sedation, as defined by rule, |
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| ordered by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its |