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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 Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing
5 Agency Licensing Act is amended by changing Section 2.11 as
6 follows:
 
7     (210 ILCS 55/2.11)
8     Sec. 2.11. "Home nursing agency" means an agency that
9 provides services directly, or acts as a placement agency, in
10 order to deliver skilled nursing and home health aide services
11 to persons in their personal residences. A home nursing agency
12 provides services that would require a licensed nurse to
13 perform. Home health aide services are provided under the
14 direction of a registered professional nurse or Advanced
15 Practice nurse. A home nursing agency does not require qualify
16 for licensure as a home health agency under this Act. "Home
17 nursing agency" does not include an individually licensed nurse
18 acting as a private contractor or a person that provides or
19 procures temporary employment in health care facilities, as
20 defined in the Nurse Agency Licensing Act.
21 (Source: P.A. 94-379, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
22     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1 becoming law.