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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 
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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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)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 
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of this Section shall be entitled to licensure as an advanced 
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practice nurse.
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    (b) An applicant for licensure to practice as an advanced 
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practice nurse must do each of the following:


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        (1) Submit a completed application and any fees as 
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    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 
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    practice as, and holds a
current, national certification 
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    as, a nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist,
nurse 
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    practitioner, or certified registered nurse anesthetist 
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    from the
appropriate national certifying body as 
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    determined by rule of the Department.


 


 






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        (4) Have obtained a graduate degree appropriate for 
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    national certification in a clinical advanced practice 
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    nursing specialty or a graduate degree or post-master's 
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    certificate from a graduate level program in a clinical 
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    advanced practice nursing specialty.

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        (5)  Have not violated the provisions of this Act 
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    concerning the grounds for disciplinary action.  The 
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    Department may take into consideration any felony 
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    conviction of the applicant, but such a conviction may not 
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    operate as an absolute bar to licensure.
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        (6)  Submit to the criminal history records check 
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    required under Section 50-35 of this Act.

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    (b-5) A registered professional nurse seeking licensure as 
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an advanced practice nurse in the category of certified 
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registered nurse anesthetist who does not have a graduate 
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degree as described in subsection (b) of this Section shall be 
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qualified for licensure if that person:
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        (1) submits evidence of having successfully completed 
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    a nurse anesthesia program described in item (4) of 
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    subsection (b) of this Section prior to January 1, 1999;
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        (2) submits evidence of certification as a registered 
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    nurse anesthetist by an appropriate national certifying 
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    body; and
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        (3) has continually maintained active, up-to-date 
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    recertification status as a certified registered nurse 
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    anesthetist by an appropriate national recertifying body. 
 


 






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    (b-10) The Department shall issue a certified registered 
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nurse anesthetist license to an APN who (i) does not have a 
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graduate degree, (ii) applies for licensure before July 1, 
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2018, and (iii) submits all of the following to the Department:
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        (1) His or her current State registered nurse license 
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    number.
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        (2) Proof of current national certification, which 
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    includes the completion of an examination from either of 
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    the following:
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            (A) the Council on Certification of the American 
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        Association of Nurse Anesthetists; or
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            (B) the Council on Recertification of the American 
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        Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
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        (3) Proof of the successful completion of a post-basic 
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    advanced practice formal education program in the area of 
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    nurse anesthesia prior to January 1, 1999.
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        (4) His or her complete work history for the 5-year 
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    period immediately preceding the date of his or her 
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    application.
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        (5) Verification of licensure as an advanced practice 
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    nurse from the state in which he or she was originally 
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    licensed, current state of licensure, and any other state 
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    in which he or she has been actively practicing as an 
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    advanced practice nurse within the 5-year period 
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    immediately preceding the date of his or her application.  
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    If applicable, this verification must state:
 


 






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            (A) the time during which he or she was licensed in 
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        each state, including the date of the original issuance 
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        of each license; and
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            (B) any disciplinary action taken or pending 
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        concerning any nursing license held, currently or in 
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        the past, by the applicant.
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        (6) The required fee. 
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    (c) Those applicants seeking licensure in more than one 
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advanced practice nursing specialty need not possess multiple 
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graduate degrees.  Applicants may be eligible for licenses for 
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multiple advanced practice nurse licensure specialties, 
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provided that the applicant (i) has met the requirements for at 
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least one advanced practice nursing specialty under paragraphs 
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(3) and (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, (ii) possesses 
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an additional graduate education that results in a certificate 
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for another clinical advanced practice nurse specialty and that 
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meets the requirements for the national certification from the 
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appropriate nursing specialty, and (iii) holds a current 
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national certification from the appropriate national 
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certifying body for that additional advanced practice nursing 
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specialty.

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    (d) Any person who holds a valid license as an advanced 
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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 
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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 
 


 






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and after the effective date of  this amendatory Act of the 95th 
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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 
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becoming law.