Full Text of HB5501 95th General Assembly
HB5501 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB5501
Introduced , by Rep. Angelo Saviano SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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225 ILCS 65/65-5 | was 225 ILCS 65/15-10 |
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Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides for the licensure of a registered professional nurse as a certified registered nurse anesthetist who does not have the required graduate degree, provided that he or she meets certain other requirements. Requires the Department to provide by rule for the advanced practice nurse licensure of certified registered nurse anesthetists who do not have the required graduate degree, apply for licensure before July 1, 2018, and meet certain other requirements. Effective immediately.
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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 Nurse Practice Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 65-5 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 65/65-5)
(was 225 ILCS 65/15-10)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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| Sec. 65-5. Qualifications for APN licensure.
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| (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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| (1) Submit a completed application and any fees as | 15 |
| established by the Department.
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| (2) Hold a current license to practice as a
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| professional nurse under this Act.
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| (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 |
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appropriate national certifying body as | 23 |
| determined by rule of the Department.
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| (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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| (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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| (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, as determined by rule of the Department; 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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| as determined by rule of the Department. | 2 |
| (b-10) The Department shall provide by rule for the APN | 3 |
| licensure of certified registered nurse anesthetists who (i) do | 4 |
| not have a graduate degree, (ii) apply for licensure before | 5 |
| July 1, 2018, and (iii) submit evidence of the successful | 6 |
| completion of a program described in item (4) of subsection (b) | 7 |
| or in subsection (b-5) and evidence of practice as a certified | 8 |
| registered nurse anesthetist for at least 10 years. | 9 |
| (c) Those applicants seeking licensure in more than one | 10 |
| advanced practice nursing specialty need not possess multiple | 11 |
| graduate degrees. Applicants may be eligible for licenses for | 12 |
| multiple advanced practice nurse licensure specialties, | 13 |
| provided that the applicant (i) has met the requirements for at | 14 |
| least one advanced practice nursing specialty under paragraphs | 15 |
| (3) and (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, (ii) possesses | 16 |
| an additional graduate education that results in a certificate | 17 |
| for another clinical advanced practice nurse specialty and that | 18 |
| meets the requirements for the national certification from the | 19 |
| appropriate nursing specialty, and (iii) holds a current | 20 |
| national certification from the appropriate national | 21 |
| certifying body for that additional advanced practice nursing | 22 |
| specialty.
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| (d) Any person who holds a valid license as an advanced | 24 |
| practice nurse issued under this Act as this Act existed before | 25 |
| the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | 26 |
| Assembly shall be subject only to the advanced practice nurse |
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| license renewal requirements of this Act as this Act exists on | 2 |
| and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | 3 |
| General Assembly upon the expiration of that license.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-348, eff. 7-28-05; 95-639, eff. 10-5-07.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 |
| becoming law.
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