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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Nurse Practice Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 65-5 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 65/65-5)
(was 225 ILCS 65/15-10)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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8 | Sec. 65-5. Qualifications for APN licensure.
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9 | (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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14 | (1) Submit a completed application and any fees as | ||||||
15 | established by the Department.
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16 | (2) Hold a current license to practice as a
registered | ||||||
17 | professional nurse under this Act.
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18 | (3) Have successfully completed requirements to | ||||||
19 | practice as, and holds and maintains a
current, national | ||||||
20 | certification as, a nurse midwife, clinical nurse | ||||||
21 | specialist,
nurse practitioner, or certified registered | ||||||
22 | nurse anesthetist from the
appropriate national certifying | ||||||
23 | body as determined by rule of the Department.
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1 | (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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6 | (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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13 | (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; 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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1 | (b-10) The Department shall issue a certified registered | ||||||
2 | nurse anesthetist license to an APN who (i) does not have a | ||||||
3 | graduate degree, (ii) applies for licensure before July 1, | ||||||
4 | 2018, and (iii) submits all of the following to the Department: | ||||||
5 | (1) His or her current State registered nurse license | ||||||
6 | number. | ||||||
7 | (2) Proof of current national certification, which | ||||||
8 | includes the completion of an examination from either of | ||||||
9 | the following: | ||||||
10 | (A) the Council on Certification of the American | ||||||
11 | Association of Nurse Anesthetists; or | ||||||
12 | (B) the Council on Recertification of the American | ||||||
13 | Association of Nurse Anesthetists. | ||||||
14 | (3) Proof of the successful completion of a post-basic | ||||||
15 | advanced practice formal education program in the area of | ||||||
16 | nurse anesthesia prior to January 1, 1999. | ||||||
17 | (4) His or her complete work history for the 5-year | ||||||
18 | period immediately preceding the date of his or her | ||||||
19 | application. | ||||||
20 | (5) Verification of licensure as an advanced practice | ||||||
21 | nurse from the state in which he or she was originally | ||||||
22 | licensed, current state of licensure, and any other state | ||||||
23 | in which he or she has been actively practicing as an | ||||||
24 | advanced practice nurse within the 5-year period | ||||||
25 | immediately preceding the date of his or her application. | ||||||
26 | If applicable, this verification must state: |
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1 | (A) the time during which he or she was licensed in | ||||||
2 | each state, including the date of the original issuance | ||||||
3 | of each license; and | ||||||
4 | (B) any disciplinary action taken or pending | ||||||
5 | concerning any nursing license held, currently or in | ||||||
6 | the past, by the applicant. | ||||||
7 | (6) The required fee. | ||||||
8 | (c) Those applicants seeking licensure in more than one | ||||||
9 | advanced practice nursing specialty need not possess multiple | ||||||
10 | graduate degrees. Applicants may be eligible for licenses for | ||||||
11 | multiple advanced practice nurse licensure specialties, | ||||||
12 | provided that the applicant (i) has met the requirements for at | ||||||
13 | least one advanced practice nursing specialty under paragraphs | ||||||
14 | (3) and (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, (ii) possesses | ||||||
15 | an additional graduate education that results in a certificate | ||||||
16 | for another clinical advanced practice nurse specialty and that | ||||||
17 | meets the requirements for the national certification from the | ||||||
18 | appropriate nursing specialty, and (iii) holds a current | ||||||
19 | national certification from the appropriate national | ||||||
20 | certifying body for that additional advanced practice nursing | ||||||
21 | specialty.
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22 | (d) Any person who holds a valid license as an advanced | ||||||
23 | practice nurse issued under this Act as this Act existed before | ||||||
24 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | ||||||
25 | Assembly shall be subject only to the advanced practice nurse | ||||||
26 | license renewal requirements of this Act as this Act exists on |
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1 | and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | ||||||
2 | General Assembly upon the expiration of that license.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 95-639, eff. 10-5-07; 96-189, eff. 8-10-09.)
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