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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Nurse Practice Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 65-5 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 65/65-5)
(was 225 ILCS 65/15-10)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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8 | Sec. 65-5. Qualifications for APN licensure.
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9 | (a) Each applicant who successfully meets the requirements | ||||||
10 | of this Section shall be entitled to licensure as an advanced | ||||||
11 | practice nurse. | ||||||
12 | (b) An applicant for licensure to practice as an advanced | ||||||
13 | practice nurse must do each of the following:
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14 | (1) Submit a completed application and any fees as | ||||||
15 | established by the Department.
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16 | (2) Hold a current license to practice as a
registered | ||||||
17 | professional nurse under this Act.
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18 | (3) Have successfully completed requirements to | ||||||
19 | practice as, and holds a
current, national certification | ||||||
20 | as, a nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist,
nurse | ||||||
21 | practitioner, or certified registered nurse anesthetist | ||||||
22 | from the
appropriate national certifying body as | ||||||
23 | determined by rule of the Department.
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1 | (4) Have obtained a graduate degree appropriate for | ||||||
2 | national certification in a clinical advanced practice | ||||||
3 | nursing specialty or a graduate degree or post-master's | ||||||
4 | certificate from a graduate level program in a clinical | ||||||
5 | advanced practice nursing specialty.
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6 | (5) Have not violated the provisions of this Act | ||||||
7 | concerning the grounds for disciplinary action. The | ||||||
8 | Department may take into consideration any felony | ||||||
9 | conviction of the applicant, but such a conviction may not | ||||||
10 | operate as an absolute bar to licensure. | ||||||
11 | (6) Submit to the criminal history records check | ||||||
12 | required under Section 50-35 of this Act.
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13 | (b-5) A registered professional nurse seeking licensure as | ||||||
14 | an advanced practice nurse in the category of certified | ||||||
15 | registered nurse anesthetist who does not have a graduate | ||||||
16 | degree as described in subsection (b) of this Section shall be | ||||||
17 | qualified for licensure if that person: | ||||||
18 | (1) submits evidence of having successfully completed | ||||||
19 | a nurse anesthesia program described in item (4) of | ||||||
20 | subsection (b) of this Section prior to January 1, 1999; | ||||||
21 | (2) submits evidence of certification as a registered | ||||||
22 | nurse anesthetist by an appropriate national certifying | ||||||
23 | body; and | ||||||
24 | (3) has continually maintained active, up-to-date | ||||||
25 | recertification status as a certified registered nurse | ||||||
26 | anesthetist by an appropriate national recertifying body. |
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1 | Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may | ||||||
2 | exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under | ||||||
3 | the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or | ||||||
4 | promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this | ||||||
5 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the | ||||||
6 | Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or | ||||||
7 | enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th | ||||||
8 | General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General | ||||||
9 | Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the | ||||||
10 | Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General | ||||||
11 | Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | ||||||
12 | suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | ||||||
13 | in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | ||||||
14 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | ||||||
15 | interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | ||||||
16 | Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | ||||||
17 | explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
18 | the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | ||||||
19 | contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
20 | Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | ||||||
21 | meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | ||||||
22 | Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | ||||||
23 | definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | ||||||
24 | jurisdiction of the Governor. | ||||||
25 | (b-10) The Department shall issue a certified registered | ||||||
26 | nurse anesthetist license to an APN who (i) does not have a |
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1 | graduate degree, (ii) applies for licensure before July 1, | ||||||
2 | 2018, and (iii) submits all of the following to the Department: | ||||||
3 | (1) His or her current State registered nurse license | ||||||
4 | number. | ||||||
5 | (2) Proof of current national certification, which | ||||||
6 | includes the completion of an examination from either of | ||||||
7 | the following: | ||||||
8 | (A) the Council on Certification of the American | ||||||
9 | Association of Nurse Anesthetists; or | ||||||
10 | (B) the Council on Recertification of the American | ||||||
11 | Association of Nurse Anesthetists. | ||||||
12 | (3) Proof of the successful completion of a post-basic | ||||||
13 | advanced practice formal education program in the area of | ||||||
14 | nurse anesthesia prior to January 1, 1999. | ||||||
15 | (4) His or her complete work history for the 5-year | ||||||
16 | period immediately preceding the date of his or her | ||||||
17 | application. | ||||||
18 | (5) Verification of licensure as an advanced practice | ||||||
19 | nurse from the state in which he or she was originally | ||||||
20 | licensed, current state of licensure, and any other state | ||||||
21 | in which he or she has been actively practicing as an | ||||||
22 | advanced practice nurse within the 5-year period | ||||||
23 | immediately preceding the date of his or her application. | ||||||
24 | If applicable, this verification must state: | ||||||
25 | (A) the time during which he or she was licensed in | ||||||
26 | each state, including the date of the original issuance |
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1 | of each license; and | ||||||
2 | (B) any disciplinary action taken or pending | ||||||
3 | concerning any nursing license held, currently or in | ||||||
4 | the past, by the applicant. | ||||||
5 | (6) The required fee. | ||||||
6 | Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may | ||||||
7 | exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under | ||||||
8 | the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or | ||||||
9 | promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this | ||||||
10 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the | ||||||
11 | Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or | ||||||
12 | enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th | ||||||
13 | General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General | ||||||
14 | Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the | ||||||
15 | Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General | ||||||
16 | Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | ||||||
17 | suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | ||||||
18 | in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | ||||||
19 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | ||||||
20 | interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | ||||||
21 | Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | ||||||
22 | explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
23 | the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | ||||||
24 | contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
25 | Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | ||||||
26 | meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois |
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1 | Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | ||||||
2 | definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | ||||||
3 | jurisdiction of the Governor. | ||||||
4 | (c) Those applicants seeking licensure in more than one | ||||||
5 | advanced practice nursing specialty need not possess multiple | ||||||
6 | graduate degrees. Applicants may be eligible for licenses for | ||||||
7 | multiple advanced practice nurse licensure specialties, | ||||||
8 | provided that the applicant (i) has met the requirements for at | ||||||
9 | least one advanced practice nursing specialty under paragraphs | ||||||
10 | (3) and (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, (ii) possesses | ||||||
11 | an additional graduate education that results in a certificate | ||||||
12 | for another clinical advanced practice nurse specialty and that | ||||||
13 | meets the requirements for the national certification from the | ||||||
14 | appropriate nursing specialty, and (iii) holds a current | ||||||
15 | national certification from the appropriate national | ||||||
16 | certifying body for that additional advanced practice nursing | ||||||
17 | specialty.
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18 | (d) Any person who holds a valid license as an advanced | ||||||
19 | practice nurse issued under this Act as this Act existed before | ||||||
20 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | ||||||
21 | Assembly shall be subject only to the advanced practice nurse | ||||||
22 | license renewal requirements of this Act as this Act exists on | ||||||
23 | and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | ||||||
24 | General Assembly upon the expiration of that license.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 94-348, eff. 7-28-05; 95-639, eff. 10-5-07.)
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26 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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1 | becoming law.
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