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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB0528 Introduced 2/23/2021, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a licensed practical nurse's scope of practice.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB0528 | | LRB102 16991 SPS 22411 b |
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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 55-30 as follows:
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6 | | (225 ILCS 65/55-30) |
7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
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8 | | Sec. 55-30. LPN scope of practice. |
9 | | (a) Practice as a licensed practical nurse means a scope |
10 | | of nursing practice, with or without compensation, under the
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11 | | the guidance of a registered professional nurse or an advanced |
12 | | practice registered nurse, or as directed by a physician |
13 | | assistant, physician, dentist, podiatric physician, or other |
14 | | health care professionals as determined by the Department, and |
15 | | includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: |
16 | | (1) Conducting a focused nursing assessment and |
17 | | contributing to the ongoing comprehensive nursing |
18 | | assessment of the patient performed by the registered |
19 | | professional nurse. |
20 | | (2) Collaborating in the development and modification |
21 | | of the registered professional nurse's or advanced |
22 | | practice registered nurse's comprehensive nursing plan of |
23 | | care for all types of patients. |