Bill Text: IL HB4921 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning qualifications for licensure as an advanced practice registered nurse.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4921 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB4921-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB4921 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 65/65-5 was 225 ILCS 65/15-10
Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning qualifications for licensure as an advanced practice registered nurse.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Nurse Practice Act is amended by changing
Section 65-5 as follows:
(225 ILCS 65/65-5) (was 225 ILCS 65/15-10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
Sec. 65-5. Qualifications for APRN licensure.
(a) Each applicant who successfully meets the the
requirements of this Section is eligible for licensure as an
advanced practice registered nurse.
(b) An applicant for licensure to practice as an advanced
practice registered nurse is eligible for licensure when the
following requirements are met:
(1) the applicant has submitted a completed
application and any fees as established by the Department;
(2) the applicant holds a current license to practice
as a registered professional nurse under this Act;
(3) the applicant has successfully completed
requirements to practice as, and holds and maintains
current, national certification as, a nurse midwife,
clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner, or
certified registered nurse anesthetist from the

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appropriate national certifying body as determined by rule
of the Department;
(4) the applicant has obtained a graduate degree
appropriate for national certification in a clinical
advanced practice registered nursing specialty or a
graduate degree or post-master's certificate from a
graduate level program in a clinical advanced practice
registered nursing specialty;
(5) (blank);
(6) the applicant has submitted to the criminal
history records check required under Section 50-35 of this
Act; and
(7) if applicable, the applicant has submitted
verification of licensure status in another jurisdiction,
as provided by rule.
(b-5) A registered professional nurse seeking licensure as
an advanced practice registered nurse in the category of
certified registered nurse anesthetist who does not have a
graduate degree as described in subsection (b) of this Section
shall be qualified for licensure if that person:
(1) submits evidence of having successfully completed
a nurse anesthesia program described in item (4) of
subsection (b) of this Section prior to January 1, 1999;
(2) submits evidence of certification as a registered
nurse anesthetist by an appropriate national certifying
body; and

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(3) has continually maintained active, up-to-date
recertification status as a certified registered nurse
anesthetist by an appropriate national recertifying body.
(b-10) The Department may issue a certified registered
nurse anesthetist license to an APRN who (i) does not have a
graduate degree, (ii) applies for licensure before July 1,
2023, and (iii) submits all of the following to the
Department:
(1) His or her current State registered nurse license
number.
(2) Proof of current national certification, which
includes the completion of an examination from either of
the following:
(A) the Council on Certification of the American
Association of Nurse Anesthetists; or
(B) the Council on Recertification of the American
Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
(3) Proof of the successful completion of a post-basic
advanced practice formal education program in the area of
nurse anesthesia prior to January 1, 1999.
(4) His or her complete work history for the 5-year
period immediately preceding the date of his or her
application.
(5) Verification of licensure as an advanced practice
registered nurse from the state in which he or she was
originally licensed, current state of licensure, and any

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other state in which he or she has been actively
practicing as an advanced practice registered nurse within
the 5-year period immediately preceding the date of his or
her application. If applicable, this verification must
state:
(A) the time during which he or she was licensed in
each state, including the date of the original
issuance of each license; and
(B) any disciplinary action taken or pending
concerning any nursing license held, currently or in
the past, by the applicant.
(6) The required fee.
(c) Those applicants seeking licensure in more than one
advanced practice registered nursing specialty need not
possess multiple graduate degrees. Applicants may be eligible
for licenses for multiple advanced practice registered nurse
licensure specialties, provided that the applicant (i) has met
the requirements for at least one advanced practice registered
nursing specialty under paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of
this Section, (ii) possesses an additional graduate education
that results in a certificate for another clinical advanced
practice registered nurse specialty 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

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registered nursing specialty.
(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)