Public Act 094-0348
 		





HB0876 Enrolled
LRB094 07691 AMC 37867 b






    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act is 
amended  by changing Section 15-10 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 65/15-10)



    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)

    Sec. 15-10. Advanced practice nurse; qualifications; 
roster. 

    (a) A person shall be qualified for licensure as an 
advanced practice nurse
if that person:


        (1) has applied in writing in form and substance 
    satisfactory to the
Department and has not violated a 
    provision of this Act or the rules adopted
under this Act. 
    The Department may take into consideration any felony

    conviction of the applicant but a conviction shall not 
    operate as an absolute
bar to licensure;


        (2) holds a current license to practice as a
registered 
    nurse in Illinois;


        (3) has successfully completed requirements to 
    practice as, and holds a
current, national certification 
    as, a nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist,
nurse 
    practitioner, or certified registered nurse anesthetist 
    from the
appropriate national certifying body as 
    determined by rule of the Department;


        (4) has paid the required fees as set by rule; and


        (5) has obtained a graduate degree appropriate for 
    national certification in a clinical advanced practice 
    nursing specialty or a graduate degree or post-master's 
    certificate from a graduate level program in a clinical 
    advanced practice nursing specialty
successfully completed 
    a post-basic advanced practice formal
education program in 
    the area of his or her nursing specialty.

    (b) Those applicants seeking licensure in more than one 
advanced practice nursing category need not possess multiple 
graduate degrees.  Applicants may be eligible for licenses for 
multiple advanced practice nurse licensure categories, 
provided that the applicant (i) has met the requirements for at 
least one advanced practice nursing specialty under paragraphs 
(3) and (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, (ii) possesses 
an additional graduate education that results in a certificate 
for another clinical advanced practice nurse category and that 
meets the requirements for the national certification from the 
appropriate nursing specialty, and (iii) holds a current 
national certification from the appropriate national 
certifying body for that additional advanced practice nursing 
category.
In addition to meeting the requirements of subsection 
(a), except item
(5) of that subsection, beginning July 1, 2001 
or 12 months after the adoption
of final rules to implement 
this Section, whichever is sooner, applicants for
initial 
licensure shall have a graduate degree appropriate for national

certification in a clinical advanced practice nursing 
specialty.

    (b-5) A registered professional nurse seeking licensure as 
an advanced
practice nurse in the category of certified 
registered nurse anesthetist who
applies on or before December 
31, 2006 and
does not have a graduate degree as described in 
subsection (b) shall be
qualified for licensure if that person:


        (1) submits evidence of having successfully completed 
    a nurse anesthesia
program described in item (5) of 
    subsection (a) of this Section prior to
January 1, 1999;


        (2) submits evidence of certification as a registered 
    nurse anesthetist by
an appropriate national certifying 
    body, as determined by rule of the
Department; and


        (3) has continually maintained active, up-to-date 
    recertification
status as a certified registered nurse 
    anesthetist by an appropriate national
recertifying body, 
    as determined by rule of the Department.

    (c) The Department shall provide by rule for APN
licensure 
of registered professional nurses who (1) apply for
licensure 
before July 1, 2001 and (2) submit evidence of
completion of a 
program described in item (5) of
subsection (a) or in 
subsection (b) and evidence of practice for
at least 10 years 
as a nurse practitioner.

    (d) The Department shall maintain a separate roster of 
advanced practice
nurses licensed under this Title and their 
licenses shall indicate "Registered
Nurse/Advanced Practice 
Nurse".

(Source: P.A. 93-296, eff. 7-22-03.)


 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.