Section 25.245  Certification of School Nurses (2004)

a)         Each candidate for the school service personnel certificate endorsed for school nursing shall hold a bachelor's degree.

b)         Each candidate shall be licensed as a registered professional nurse in Illinois pursuant to the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act [225 ILCS 65].

c)         Each candidate shall have completed an Illinois program approved for the preparation of school nurses pursuant to Subpart C of this Part or a comparable approved program in another state or country or hold a comparable certificate issued by another state or country.

d)         Each candidate shall have met the requirements of either subsection (d)(1) or subsection (d)(2) of this Section.

            1)         Completion of an internship that:

A)        was determined by the approved program to be sufficient in length for the candidate to meet the standards set forth at 23 Ill. Adm. Code 23.120, but in no case consisted of fewer than 300 hours of experiences; and

B)        was supervised by a certified school nurse with at least two full school years of full-time experience as a school nurse and at least one full school year of full-time experience with the current employer.

2)         Completion of two years of experience as a school nurse prior to July 1, 1972.

e)         Each candidate shall be required to pass the applicable content-area test (see Section 25.710 of this Part), as well as the test of basic skills, subject to the provisions of Section 25.720 of this Part.  (See also 23 Ill. Adm. Code 23.120.)

f)          Nothing in this Section is intended to preclude the issuance of a provisional certificate under Section 21-10 of the School Code.

(Source:  Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 12374, effective July 28, 2005)