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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 Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act is
5 amended by changing Section 15-10 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 65/15-10)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
8     Sec. 15-10. Advanced practice nurse; qualifications;
9 roster.
10     (a) A person shall be qualified for licensure as an
11 advanced practice nurse if that person:
12         (1) has applied in writing in form and substance
13     satisfactory to the Department and has not violated a
14     provision of this Act or the rules adopted under this Act.
15     The Department may take into consideration any felony
16     conviction of the applicant but a conviction shall not
17     operate as an absolute bar to licensure;
18         (2) holds a current license to practice as a registered
19     nurse in Illinois;
20         (3) has successfully completed requirements to
21     practice as, and holds a current, national certification
22     as, a nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist, nurse
23     practitioner, or certified registered nurse anesthetist
24     from the appropriate national certifying body as
25     determined by rule of the Department;
26         (4) has paid the required fees as set by rule; and
27         (5) has obtained a graduate degree appropriate for
28     national certification in a clinical advanced practice
29     nursing specialty or a graduate degree or post-master's
30     certificate from a graduate level program in a clinical
31     advanced practice nursing specialty successfully completed
32     a post-basic advanced practice formal education program in

 

 

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1     the area of his or her nursing specialty.
2     (b) Those applicants seeking licensure in more than one
3 advanced practice nursing category need not possess multiple
4 graduate degrees. Applicants may be eligible for licenses for
5 multiple advanced practice nurse licensure categories,
6 provided that the applicant (i) has met the requirements for at
7 least one advanced practice nursing specialty under paragraphs
8 (3) and (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, (ii) possesses
9 an additional graduate education that results in a certificate
10 for another clinical advanced practice nurse category and that
11 meets the requirements for the national certification from the
12 appropriate nursing specialty, and (iii) holds a current
13 national certification from the appropriate national
14 certifying body for that additional advanced practice nursing
15 category. In addition to meeting the requirements of subsection
16 (a), except item (5) of that subsection, beginning July 1, 2001
17 or 12 months after the adoption of final rules to implement
18 this Section, whichever is sooner, applicants for initial
19 licensure shall have a graduate degree appropriate for national
20 certification in a clinical advanced practice nursing
21 specialty.
22     (b-5) A registered professional nurse seeking licensure as
23 an advanced practice nurse in the category of certified
24 registered nurse anesthetist who applies on or before December
25 31, 2006 and does not have a graduate degree as described in
26 subsection (b) shall be qualified for licensure if that person:
27         (1) submits evidence of having successfully completed
28     a nurse anesthesia program described in item (5) of
29     subsection (a) of this Section prior to January 1, 1999;
30         (2) submits evidence of certification as a registered
31     nurse anesthetist by an appropriate national certifying
32     body, as determined by rule of the Department; and
33         (3) has continually maintained active, up-to-date
34     recertification status as a certified registered nurse
35     anesthetist by an appropriate national recertifying body,
36     as determined by rule of the Department.

 

 

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1     (c) The Department shall provide by rule for APN licensure
2 of registered professional nurses who (1) apply for licensure
3 before July 1, 2001 and (2) submit evidence of completion of a
4 program described in item (5) of subsection (a) or in
5 subsection (b) and evidence of practice for at least 10 years
6 as a nurse practitioner.
7     (d) The Department shall maintain a separate roster of
8 advanced practice nurses licensed under this Title and their
9 licenses shall indicate "Registered Nurse/Advanced Practice
10 Nurse".
11 (Source: P.A. 93-296, eff. 7-22-03.)
 
12     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13 becoming law.