Bill Text: IL HB0408 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Respiratory Care Practice Act. Makes changes in the definitions of "basic respiratory care activities", "licensed health care professional", and "respiratory care". Allows individuals without a license to practice respiratory care to perform basic screening spirometry if certified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the American Association for Respiratory Care, or other similarly accepted certification programs. Allows respiratory care practitioners licensed in other jurisdictions to provide respiratory care in this State (i) in a declared emergency in this State, (ii) as a member of an organ procurement team, or (iii) as part of a medical transport team that is transporting a patient into or out of this State. Provides that unlicensed and non-credentialed individuals who deliver respiratory care equipment may deliver, set up, calibrate, and demonstrate the mechanical operation of the device to patients, family, and caregivers if the individuals received training and demonstrated competency using the specific devices under the supervision of a respiratory care practitioner licensed by this State or some other licensed practitioner operating within his or her scope of practice. Provides that patients, family, and caregivers must be taught to use the equipment for the intended clinical application by a licensed respiratory care practitioner or other licensed health care professional operating within his or her scope of practice. Provides that instructions to the patient regarding the clinical use of equipment, patient monitoring, patient assessment, or any other procedure used with the intent of evaluating the effectiveness of the treatment must be performed by a respiratory care practitioner licensed by this State or any other licensed practitioner operating within his or her scope of practice. Makes other changes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0408 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB0408-Introduced.html
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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 Respiratory Care Practice Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Sections 10 and 15 and by adding Section 22 as | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (225 ILCS 106/10)
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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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9 | Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
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10 | "Advanced practice nurse" means an advanced practice nurse | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | licensed under the Nurse Practice Act.
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12 | "Board" means the Respiratory Care Board appointed by the | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Director. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | "Basic respiratory care activities" means and includes all | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | of the following activities: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (1) Cleaning, disinfecting, and sterilizing equipment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | used in the practice of respiratory care as delegated by a | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | licensed health care professional or other authorized | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | licensed personnel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (2) Assembling equipment used in the practice of | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | respiratory care as delegated by a licensed health care | |||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | professional or other authorized licensed personnel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | (3) Collecting and reviewing patient data through |
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1 | non-invasive means, provided that the collection and | ||||||
2 | review does not include the individual's interpretation of | ||||||
3 | the clinical significance of the data. Collecting and | ||||||
4 | reviewing patient data includes the performance of pulse | ||||||
5 | oximetry and non-invasive monitoring procedures in order | ||||||
6 | to obtain vital signs and notification to licensed health | ||||||
7 | care professionals and other authorized licensed personnel | ||||||
8 | in a timely manner. | ||||||
9 | (4) Maintaining a nasal cannula or face mask for oxygen | ||||||
10 | therapy in the proper position on the patient's face. | ||||||
11 | (4.5) The transferring of oxygen devices, including, | ||||||
12 | but not limited to, nasal cannulas, face masks, or similar | ||||||
13 | devices, with a liter flow of 6 liters per minute or less, | ||||||
14 | as specified by a licensed health care professional, from | ||||||
15 | the wall flowmeter to the oxygen cylinder and back while | ||||||
16 | under the proximate supervision of a licensed health care | ||||||
17 | professional or other authorized licensed personnel if an | ||||||
18 | unlicensed practitioner has received the training required | ||||||
19 | under subsection (j) of Section 15 of this Act. This item | ||||||
20 | (4.5) does not include neonatal and pediatric oxygen | ||||||
21 | transports. | ||||||
22 | (5) Assembling a nasal cannula or face mask for oxygen | ||||||
23 | therapy at patient bedside in preparation for use. | ||||||
24 | (6) Maintaining a patient's natural airway by | ||||||
25 | physically manipulating the jaw and neck, suctioning the | ||||||
26 | oral cavity, or suctioning the mouth or nose with a bulb |
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1 | syringe. | ||||||
2 | (7) Performing assisted ventilation during emergency | ||||||
3 | resuscitation using a manual resuscitator. | ||||||
4 | (8) Using a manual resuscitator at the direction of a | ||||||
5 | licensed health care professional or other authorized | ||||||
6 | licensed personnel who is present and performing routine | ||||||
7 | airway suctioning. These activities do not include care of | ||||||
8 | a patient's artificial airway or the adjustment of | ||||||
9 | mechanical ventilator settings while a patient is | ||||||
10 | connected to the ventilator.
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11 | "Basic respiratory care activities" does not mean activities | ||||||
12 | that involve any of the following:
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13 | (1) Specialized knowledge that results from a course of | ||||||
14 | education or training in respiratory care. | ||||||
15 | (2) An unreasonable risk of a negative outcome for the | ||||||
16 | patient. | ||||||
17 | (3) The assessment or making of a decision concerning | ||||||
18 | patient care. | ||||||
19 | (4) The administration of aerosol medication or | ||||||
20 | medical gas oxygen . | ||||||
21 | (5) The insertion and maintenance of an artificial | ||||||
22 | airway. | ||||||
23 | (6) Mechanical ventilatory support. | ||||||
24 | (7) Patient assessment. | ||||||
25 | (8) Patient education.
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26 | "Department" means the Department of Professional |
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1 | Regulation.
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2 | "Director" means the Director of
Professional Regulation.
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3 | "Licensed" means that which is required to hold oneself
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4 | as
a respiratory care
practitioner as defined in this Act.
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5 | "Licensed health care professional" means a physician | ||||||
6 | licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, a certified | ||||||
7 | registered nurse anesthetist, an advanced practice nurse who | ||||||
8 | has a written collaborative agreement with a collaborating | ||||||
9 | physician that authorizes the advanced practice nurse to | ||||||
10 | transmit orders to a respiratory care practitioner, or a | ||||||
11 | physician assistant who has been delegated the authority to | ||||||
12 | transmit orders to a respiratory care practitioner by his or | ||||||
13 | her supervising physician.
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14 | "Order" means a written, oral, or telecommunicated | ||||||
15 | authorization for respiratory care services for a patient by | ||||||
16 | (i) a licensed health care professional who maintains medical | ||||||
17 | supervision of the patient and makes a diagnosis or verifies | ||||||
18 | that the patient's condition is such that it may be treated by | ||||||
19 | a respiratory care practitioner or (ii) a certified registered | ||||||
20 | nurse anesthetist in a licensed hospital or ambulatory surgical | ||||||
21 | treatment center.
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22 | "Other authorized licensed personnel" means a licensed | ||||||
23 | respiratory care practitioner, a licensed registered nurse, or | ||||||
24 | a licensed practical nurse whose scope of practice authorizes | ||||||
25 | the professional to supervise an individual who is not | ||||||
26 | licensed, certified, or registered as a health professional. |
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1 | "Proximate supervision" means a situation in which an | ||||||
2 | individual is
responsible for directing the actions of another | ||||||
3 | individual in the facility and is physically close enough to be | ||||||
4 | readily available, if needed, by the supervised individual.
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5 | "Respiratory care" and "cardiorespiratory care"
mean | ||||||
6 | preventative services, evaluation and assessment services, | ||||||
7 | therapeutic services, cardiopulmonary disease management, and | ||||||
8 | rehabilitative services under the order of a licensed health | ||||||
9 | care professional or a certified registered nurse anesthetist | ||||||
10 | in a licensed hospital for an individual with a disorder, | ||||||
11 | disease, or abnormality of the cardiopulmonary system. These | ||||||
12 | terms include, but are not limited to, measuring, observing, | ||||||
13 | assessing, and monitoring signs and symptoms, reactions, | ||||||
14 | general behavior, and general physical response of individuals | ||||||
15 | to respiratory care services, including the determination of | ||||||
16 | whether those signs, symptoms, reactions, behaviors, or | ||||||
17 | general physical responses exhibit abnormal characteristics; | ||||||
18 | the administration of pharmacological and therapeutic agents | ||||||
19 | and procedures related to respiratory care services; the | ||||||
20 | collection of blood specimens and other bodily fluids and | ||||||
21 | tissues for, and the performance of, cardiopulmonary | ||||||
22 | diagnostic testing procedures, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
23 | blood gas analysis; development, implementation, and | ||||||
24 | modification of respiratory care treatment plans based on | ||||||
25 | assessed abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary system, | ||||||
26 | respiratory care guidelines, referrals, and orders of a |
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1 | licensed health care professional; application, operation, and | ||||||
2 | management of mechanical ventilatory support and other means of | ||||||
3 | life support , including, but not limited to, hemodynamic | ||||||
4 | cardiovascular support ; and the initiation of emergency | ||||||
5 | procedures under the rules promulgated by the Department. A | ||||||
6 | respiratory care practitioner shall refer to a physician | ||||||
7 | licensed to practice medicine in all its branches any patient | ||||||
8 | whose condition, at the time of evaluation or treatment, is | ||||||
9 | determined to be beyond the scope of practice of the | ||||||
10 | respiratory care practitioner.
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11 | "Respiratory care education program" means a course of | ||||||
12 | academic study leading
to eligibility for registry or | ||||||
13 | certification in respiratory care. The training
is to be | ||||||
14 | approved by an accrediting agency recognized by the Board and | ||||||
15 | shall
include an evaluation of competence through a | ||||||
16 | standardized testing mechanism
that is determined by the Board | ||||||
17 | to be both valid and reliable.
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18 | "Respiratory care practitioner" means a person who is | ||||||
19 | licensed by the
Department of Professional Regulation and meets | ||||||
20 | all of the following
criteria:
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21 | (1) The person is engaged in the practice of | ||||||
22 | cardiorespiratory care and
has the knowledge and skill | ||||||
23 | necessary to administer respiratory care.
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24 | (2) The person is capable of serving as a resource to | ||||||
25 | the
licensed
health care professional in
relation to the | ||||||
26 | technical aspects of cardiorespiratory care and the safe |
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1 | and
effective methods for administering cardiorespiratory | ||||||
2 | care modalities.
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3 | (3) The person is able to function in situations of | ||||||
4 | unsupervised patient
contact requiring great individual | ||||||
5 | judgment.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 94-523, eff. 1-1-06; 95-639, eff. 10-5-07.)
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7 | (225 ILCS 106/15)
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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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9 | Sec. 15. Exemptions.
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10 | (a) This Act does not prohibit a person legally regulated | ||||||
11 | in this State by
any other Act from engaging in any practice | ||||||
12 | for which he or she is authorized.
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13 | (b) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the practice of | ||||||
14 | respiratory care by a
person who is employed by the United | ||||||
15 | States government or any bureau, division,
or agency thereof
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16 | while in the discharge of the employee's official duties.
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17 | (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the | ||||||
18 | activities and
services of a person enrolled in an approved | ||||||
19 | course of study leading to a
degree or certificate of registry | ||||||
20 | or certification eligibility in respiratory
care if these | ||||||
21 | activities and services constitute a part of a supervised | ||||||
22 | course
of study and if the person is designated by a title | ||||||
23 | which clearly indicates his
or her status as a student or | ||||||
24 | trainee. Status as a student or trainee shall
not exceed 3 | ||||||
25 | years from the date of enrollment in an approved course.
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1 | (d) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a person from | ||||||
2 | treating ailments by
spiritual means through prayer alone in | ||||||
3 | accordance with the tenets and
practices of a recognized church | ||||||
4 | or religious denomination.
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5 | (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent a | ||||||
6 | person who is a
registered nurse, an advanced practice nurse, a | ||||||
7 | licensed
practical nurse, a physician assistant, or a physician | ||||||
8 | licensed to practice medicine in all its branches from | ||||||
9 | providing respiratory care.
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10 | (f) Nothing in this Act shall limit a person who is | ||||||
11 | credentialed by the
National Society for Cardiopulmonary | ||||||
12 | Technology or the National Board for
Respiratory Care from | ||||||
13 | performing pulmonary function tests and
respiratory care | ||||||
14 | procedures related to the pulmonary function test. Individuals | ||||||
15 | who do not possess a license to practice respiratory care or a | ||||||
16 | license in another health care field may perform basic | ||||||
17 | screening spirometry limited to peak flow, forced vital | ||||||
18 | capacity, slow vital capacity, and maximum voluntary | ||||||
19 | ventilation if they possess spirometry certification from the | ||||||
20 | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, an | ||||||
21 | Office Spirometry Certificate from the American Association | ||||||
22 | for Respiratory Care, or other similarly accepted | ||||||
23 | certification training.
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24 | (g) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the collection and | ||||||
25 | analysis of blood
by clinical laboratory personnel meeting the | ||||||
26 | personnel standards of the
Illinois Clinical Laboratory Act.
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1 | (h)
Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a polysomnographic | ||||||
2 | technologist, technician, or trainee, as defined in the job | ||||||
3 | descriptions jointly accepted by the American Academy of Sleep | ||||||
4 | Medicine, the Association of Polysomnographic Technologists, | ||||||
5 | the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists, and | ||||||
6 | the American Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists, | ||||||
7 | from performing activities within the scope of practice of | ||||||
8 | polysomnographic technology while under the direction of a | ||||||
9 | physician licensed in this State.
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10 | (i)
Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a family member from | ||||||
11 | providing respiratory care services to an ill person.
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12 | (j) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit an | ||||||
13 | unlicensed practitioner in a licensed hospital who is working | ||||||
14 | under the proximate supervision of a licensed health care | ||||||
15 | professional or other authorized licensed personnel and | ||||||
16 | providing direct patient care services from performing basic | ||||||
17 | respiratory care activities if the unlicensed practitioner
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18 | has been trained to perform the basic respiratory care | ||||||
19 | activities at the facility that employs or contracts with the | ||||||
20 | individual and (ii) at a minimum, has annually received an | ||||||
21 | evaluation of the unlicensed practitioner's performance of | ||||||
22 | basic respiratory care activities documented by the facility.
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23 | (k) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a | ||||||
24 | person enrolled in a respiratory care education program or an | ||||||
25 | approved course of study leading to a degree or certification | ||||||
26 | in a health care-related discipline that provides respiratory |
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1 | care activities within his or her scope of practice and | ||||||
2 | employed in a licensed hospital in order to provide direct | ||||||
3 | patient care services under the direction of other authorized | ||||||
4 | licensed personnel from providing respiratory care activities. | ||||||
5 | (l) Nothing in this Act prohibits a person licensed as a | ||||||
6 | respiratory care practitioner in another jurisdiction from | ||||||
7 | providing respiratory care: (i) in a declared emergency in this | ||||||
8 | State; (ii) as a member of an organ procurement team; or (iii) | ||||||
9 | as part of a medical transport team that is transporting a | ||||||
10 | patient into or out of this State.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 96-456, eff. 8-14-09.)
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12 | (225 ILCS 106/22 new) | ||||||
13 | Sec. 22. Durable medical equipment use and training. | ||||||
14 | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, | ||||||
15 | unlicensed or non-credentialed individuals who deliver | ||||||
16 | prescribed respiratory care equipment, including, but not | ||||||
17 | limited to, oxygen, oxygen concentrators, pulmonary hygiene | ||||||
18 | devices, aerosol compressors and generators, suction machines, | ||||||
19 | positive airway pressure devices, and mechanical ventilators, | ||||||
20 | may deliver, set up, calibrate, and demonstrate the mechanical | ||||||
21 | operation of the device to the patient, family, and caregivers. | ||||||
22 | Demonstration of the mechanical operation of the device | ||||||
23 | includes demonstration of the on-off switches, emergency | ||||||
24 | buttons, and alarm silence and reset buttons, as appropriate. | ||||||
25 | In order for unlicensed or non-credentialed personnel to |
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1 | deliver, set up, calibrate, and demonstrate the equipment as | ||||||
2 | allowed in this subsection (a), the employer must document that | ||||||
3 | the employee has both received training and demonstrated | ||||||
4 | competency using the specific devices under the supervision of | ||||||
5 | a respiratory care practitioner licensed by this State or some | ||||||
6 | other licensed practitioner operating within his or her scope | ||||||
7 | of practice. | ||||||
8 | Equipment demonstration is not to be interpreted as | ||||||
9 | teaching, administration, or performance of respiratory care. | ||||||
10 | Unlicensed or non-credentialed individuals may not attach the | ||||||
11 | equipment to the patient or instruct the patient, family, or | ||||||
12 | caregiver on the use of the equipment beyond the mechanical | ||||||
13 | functions of the device. | ||||||
14 | (b) Patients, family, and caregivers must be taught to use | ||||||
15 | the equipment for the intended clinical application by a | ||||||
16 | licensed respiratory care practitioner or other licensed | ||||||
17 | health care professional operating within his or her scope of | ||||||
18 | practice. This instruction may occur through follow-up after | ||||||
19 | delivery, with an identical model in the health care facility | ||||||
20 | prior to discharge or with an identical model at the medical | ||||||
21 | supply office. Instructions to the patient regarding the | ||||||
22 | clinical use of equipment, patient monitoring, patient | ||||||
23 | assessment, or any other procedure used with the intent of | ||||||
24 | evaluating the effectiveness of the treatment must be performed | ||||||
25 | by a respiratory care practitioner licensed by this State or | ||||||
26 | any other licensed practitioner operating within his or her |
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1 | scope of practice.
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