Section 1300.10  Definitions

The following definitions shall apply to this Part:

            "Act" means the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act [225 ILCS 65].

"Bilingual Nurse Consortium course or other comparable course approved by the Division" means a course specifically designed to prepare a nurse trained in another jurisdiction, and for whom English is a second language, to take the Illinois required licensure examination.

            "Board" means the Board of Nursing.

            "Delegation" means the transfer of responsibility for the performance of an activity or task from a registered professional nurse to an unlicensed or licensed person with the former retaining the accountability for the outcome.  Responsibility and accountability may be delegated to another licensee under the Act within the scope of practice set forth in the Act and this Part.

            "Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

            "Direct Supervision" means being within the facility to provide initial and ongoing direction, procedural guidance, and evaluation of tasks and professional responsibilities delegated to a license pending nurse.

            "Direction" means to give authoritative instruction to another regarding tasks and/or professional responsibilities.

            "Director" means the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation with the authority delegated by the Secretary.

            "Division" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation-Division of Professional Regulation.

"Externship" means a two-year program allowing a registered nurse who is licensed under the laws of another state or territory of the United States to practice as a nurse extern under the direct supervision of a registered professional nurse while preparing for the NCLEX-RN examination.

            "Professional Responsibility" includes making decisions and judgments requiring use of knowledge acquired by completion of an approved program for licensure as a practical or professional nurse.

            "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

            "Supervision" means monitoring and providing guidance in which the supervisor maintains accountability for tasks and/or professional responsibilities delegated to another.

           "Task" means work not requiring professional knowledge, judgment and/or decision making.

(Source:  Amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 8582, effective April 21, 2006)