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Public Act 095-0951
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LRB095 05650 RAS 25740 b |
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing |
Agency Licensing Act is amended by changing Section 2.11 as |
follows:
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(210 ILCS 55/2.11) |
Sec. 2.11. "Home nursing agency" means an agency that |
provides services directly, or acts as a placement agency, in |
order to deliver skilled nursing and home health aide services |
to persons in their personal residences. A home nursing agency |
provides services that would require a licensed nurse to |
perform. Home health aide services are provided under the |
direction of a registered professional nurse or Advanced |
Practice nurse. A home nursing agency does not require qualify |
for licensure as a home health agency under this Act. "Home |
nursing agency" does not include an individually licensed nurse |
acting as a private contractor or a person that provides or |
procures temporary employment in health care facilities, as |
defined in the Nurse Agency Licensing Act.
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(Source: P.A. 94-379, eff. 1-1-06.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |