Bill Text: IL SB1718 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a licensed practical nurse's scope of practice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1718 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1718-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB1718 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 65/55-30
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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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 55-30 as follows:
(225 ILCS 65/55-30)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
Sec. 55-30. LPN scope of practice.
(a) Practice as a licensed practical nurse means a scope of
nursing practice, with or without compensation, under the the
guidance of a registered professional nurse or an advanced
practice registered nurse, or as directed by a physician
assistant, physician, dentist, podiatric physician, or other
health care professionals as determined by the Department, and
includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Conducting a focused nursing assessment and
contributing to the ongoing comprehensive nursing
assessment of the patient performed by the registered
professional nurse.
(2) Collaborating in the development and modification
of the registered professional nurse's or advanced
practice registered nurse's comprehensive nursing plan of
care for all types of patients.

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(3) Implementing aspects of the plan of care.
(4) Participating in health teaching and counseling to
promote, attain, and maintain the optimum health level of
patients.
(5) Serving as an advocate for the patient by
communicating and collaborating with other health service
personnel.
(6) Participating in the evaluation of patient
responses to interventions.
(7) Communicating and collaborating with other health
care professionals.
(8) Providing input into the development of policies
and procedures to support patient safety.
(Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.)