Full Text of HB5501 95th General Assembly
HB5501ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Registration and Regulation Committee
Filed: 3/12/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5501
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5501 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)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
registered |
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| professional nurse under this Act.
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| (3) Have successfully completed requirements to | 3 |
| practice as, and holds a
current, national certification | 4 |
| as, a nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist,
nurse | 5 |
| practitioner, or certified registered nurse anesthetist | 6 |
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appropriate national certifying body as | 7 |
| determined by rule of the Department.
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| (4) Have obtained a graduate degree appropriate for | 9 |
| national certification in a clinical advanced practice | 10 |
| nursing specialty or a graduate degree or post-master's | 11 |
| certificate from a graduate level program in a clinical | 12 |
| advanced practice nursing specialty.
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| (5) Have not violated the provisions of this Act | 14 |
| concerning the grounds for disciplinary action. The | 15 |
| Department may take into consideration any felony | 16 |
| conviction of the applicant, but such a conviction may not | 17 |
| operate as an absolute bar to licensure. | 18 |
| (6) Submit to the criminal history records check | 19 |
| required under Section 50-35 of this Act.
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| (b-5) A registered professional nurse seeking licensure as | 21 |
| an advanced practice nurse in the category of certified | 22 |
| registered nurse anesthetist who does not have a graduate | 23 |
| degree as described in subsection (b) of this Section shall be | 24 |
| qualified for licensure if that person: | 25 |
| (1) submits evidence of having successfully completed | 26 |
| a nurse anesthesia program described in item (4) of |
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| subsection (b) of this Section prior to January 1, 1999; | 2 |
| (2) submits evidence of certification as a registered | 3 |
| nurse anesthetist by an appropriate national certifying | 4 |
| body; and | 5 |
| (3) has continually maintained active, up-to-date | 6 |
| recertification status as a certified registered nurse | 7 |
| anesthetist by an appropriate national recertifying body. | 8 |
| Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may | 9 |
| exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under | 10 |
| the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or | 11 |
| promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this | 12 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the | 13 |
| Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or | 14 |
| enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th | 15 |
| General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General | 16 |
| Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the | 17 |
| Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General | 18 |
| Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | 19 |
| suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | 20 |
| in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | 21 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | 22 |
| interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | 23 |
| Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | 24 |
| explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of | 25 |
| the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | 26 |
| contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative |
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| Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | 2 |
| meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | 3 |
| Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | 4 |
| definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | 5 |
| jurisdiction of the Governor. | 6 |
| (b-10) The Department shall issue a certified registered | 7 |
| nurse anesthetist license to an APN who (i) does not have a | 8 |
| graduate degree, (ii) applies for licensure before July 1, | 9 |
| 2018, and (iii) submits all of the following to the Department: | 10 |
| (1) His or her current State registered nurse license | 11 |
| number. | 12 |
| (2) Proof of current national certification, which | 13 |
| includes the completion of an examination from either of | 14 |
| the following: | 15 |
| (A) the Council on Certification of the American | 16 |
| Association of Nurse Anesthetists; or | 17 |
| (B) the Council on Recertification of the American | 18 |
| Association of Nurse Anesthetists. | 19 |
| (3) Proof of the successful completion of a post-basic | 20 |
| advanced practice formal education program in the area of | 21 |
| nurse anesthesia prior to January 1, 1999. | 22 |
| (4) His or her complete work history for the 5-year | 23 |
| period immediately preceding the date of his or her | 24 |
| application. | 25 |
| (5) Verification of licensure as an advanced practice | 26 |
| nurse from the state in which he or she was originally |
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| licensed, current state of licensure, and any other state | 2 |
| in which he or she has been actively practicing as an | 3 |
| advanced practice nurse within the 5-year period | 4 |
| immediately preceding the date of his or her application. | 5 |
| If applicable, this verification must state: | 6 |
| (A) the time during which he or she was licensed in | 7 |
| each state, including the date of the original issuance | 8 |
| of each license; and | 9 |
| (B) any disciplinary action taken or pending | 10 |
| concerning any nursing license held, currently or in | 11 |
| the past, by the applicant. | 12 |
| (6) The required fee. | 13 |
| Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may | 14 |
| exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under | 15 |
| the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or | 16 |
| promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this | 17 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the | 18 |
| Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or | 19 |
| enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th | 20 |
| General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General | 21 |
| Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the | 22 |
| Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General | 23 |
| Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | 24 |
| suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | 25 |
| in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | 26 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be |
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| interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | 2 |
| Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | 3 |
| explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of | 4 |
| the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | 5 |
| contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | 6 |
| Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | 7 |
| meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | 8 |
| Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | 9 |
| definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | 10 |
| jurisdiction of the Governor. | 11 |
| (c) Those applicants seeking licensure in more than one | 12 |
| advanced practice nursing specialty need not possess multiple | 13 |
| graduate degrees. Applicants may be eligible for licenses for | 14 |
| multiple advanced practice nurse licensure specialties, | 15 |
| provided that the applicant (i) has met the requirements for at | 16 |
| least one advanced practice nursing specialty under paragraphs | 17 |
| (3) and (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, (ii) possesses | 18 |
| an additional graduate education that results in a certificate | 19 |
| for another clinical advanced practice nurse specialty and that | 20 |
| meets the requirements for the national certification from the | 21 |
| appropriate nursing specialty, and (iii) holds a current | 22 |
| national certification from the appropriate national | 23 |
| certifying body for that additional advanced practice nursing | 24 |
| specialty.
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| (d) Any person who holds a valid license as an advanced | 26 |
| practice nurse issued under this Act as this Act existed before |
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| the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | 2 |
| Assembly shall be subject only to the advanced practice nurse | 3 |
| license renewal requirements of this Act as this Act exists on | 4 |
| and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | 5 |
| 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 | 8 |
| becoming law.".
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