Chapter 225, PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

(225 ILCS 65/60-5) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-542) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 60-5. Registered professional nursing education programs. (a) The purpose of nursing education rules and regulations is to ensure that graduates of nursing education …

(225 ILCS 65/65-10) (was 225 ILCS 65/15-13) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-10. APRN license-pending status. (a) A graduate of an advanced practice registered nursing program may practice in the State of Illinois in the role of certified clinical nur…

(225 ILCS 65/65-11) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-11. Temporary permit for advanced practice registered nurses for health care. (a) The Department may issue a temporary permit to an applicant who is licensed to practice as an advanced practice regi…

(225 ILCS 65/65-11.5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-11.5. Temporary permit for full practice advanced practice registered nurses for health care. (a) The Department may issue a full practice advanced practice registered nurse temporary permit to an…

(225 ILCS 65/65-15) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-15. Expiration of APRN license; renewal. (a) The expiration date and renewal period for each advanced practice registered nurse license issued under this Act shall be set by rule. The holder of a li…

(225 ILCS 65/65-20) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-20. Restoration of APRN license; temporary permit. (a) Any license issued under this Act that has expired or that is on inactive status may be restored by making application to the Department and fi…

(225 ILCS 65/65-25) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-25. Inactive status of a APRN license. Any advanced practice registered nurse who notifies the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department may elect to place his or her license on in…

(225 ILCS 65/65-30) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-30. APRN scope of practice. (a) Advanced practice registered nursing by certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse anesthetists, certified nurse midwives, or clinical nurse specialists is based …

(225 ILCS 65/65-35) (was 225 ILCS 65/15-15) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-35. Written collaborative agreements. (a) A written collaborative agreement is required for all advanced practice registered nurses engaged in clinical practice prior to meet…

(225 ILCS 65/65-35.1) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-35.1. Written collaborative agreement; temporary practice. Any advanced practice registered nurse required to enter into a written collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician is authori…

(225 ILCS 65/65-40) (was 225 ILCS 65/15-20) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-40. Written collaborative agreement; prescriptive authority. (a) A collaborating physician may, but is not required to, delegate prescriptive authority to an advanced practic…

(225 ILCS 65/65-43) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-43. Full practice authority. (a) An Illinois-licensed advanced practice registered nurse certified as a nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or clinical nurse specialist shall be deemed by law to poss…

(225 ILCS 65/65-44) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-44. Certified nurse midwife out-of-hospital birth services. (a) An advanced practice registered nurse certified as a nurse midwife may provide out-of-hospital birth services in a licensed birth cent…

(225 ILCS 65/65-45) (was 225 ILCS 65/15-25) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-45. Advanced practice registered nursing in hospitals, hospital affiliates, or ambulatory surgical treatment centers. (a) An advanced practice registered nurse may provide se…

(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 requirements of this Section is eligible for licensure as an advanced practice registered n…

(225 ILCS 65/65-50) (was 225 ILCS 65/15-30) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-50. APRN title. (a) No person shall use any words, abbreviations, figures, letters, title, sign, card, or device tending to imply that he or she is an advanced practice regis…

(225 ILCS 65/65-55) (was 225 ILCS 65/15-40) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-55. Advertising as an APRN. (a) A person licensed under this Act as an advanced practice registered nurse may advertise the availability of professional services in the publi…

(225 ILCS 65/65-60) (was 225 ILCS 65/15-45) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-60. Continuing education. The Department shall adopt rules of continuing education for persons licensed under this Article as advanced practice registered nurses that require…

(225 ILCS 65/65-65) (was 225 ILCS 65/15-55) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-764) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-65. Reports relating to APRN professional conduct and capacity. (a) Entities Required to Report. (1) Health Care Institutio…

(225 ILCS 65/65-70) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 65-70. Collaborating physician liability. (a) A physician shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of an advanced practice registered nurse solely on the basis of having signed a collaborative agr…

(225 ILCS 65/70-10) (was 225 ILCS 65/10-50) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-10. Intoxication and drug abuse. (a) Any nurse who is an administrator or officer in any hospital, nursing home, other health care agency or facility, or nurse agency and has…

(225 ILCS 65/70-100) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-100) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-100. Hearing; findings and recommendations; rehearing. (a) The Board or the hearing officer authorized by the Department shall hear evidence in support of the formal charge…

(225 ILCS 65/70-103) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-103. Disposition by consent order. At any point in any investigation or disciplinary proceeding provided for in this Act, both parties may agree to a negotiated consent order. The consent order sha…

(225 ILCS 65/70-120) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-120) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-120. Order of Secretary. An order regarding any disciplinary action or a certified copy thereof, over the seal of the Department and purporting to be signed by the Secretar…

(225 ILCS 65/70-125) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-125) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-125. Restoration after suspension or revocation. At any time after the suspension or revocation of any license, the Department may restore it to the accused person unless, …

(225 ILCS 65/70-130) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-130) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-130. Surrender of license. Upon revocation or suspension of any license, the licensee shall forthwith surrender the license to the Department and if the licensee fails to d…

(225 ILCS 65/70-135) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-135) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-135. Temporary suspension. The Secretary may temporarily suspend the license of a licensee without a hearing, simultaneously with the institution of proceedings for a heari…

(225 ILCS 65/70-140) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-140) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-140. Review under Administrative Review Law. All final administrative decisions of the Department are subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administr…

(225 ILCS 65/70-145) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-145) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-145. Certification of record. The Department shall not be required to certify any record to the court, file any answer in court, or otherwise appear in any court in a judic…

(225 ILCS 65/70-15) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-15. Disciplinary and non-disciplinary options for the impaired nurse. The Department shall establish by rule a program of care, counseling, and treatment for the impaired nurse. This program shall a…

(225 ILCS 65/70-150) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-150) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-150. Criminal penalties. Any person who is found to have violated any provision of this Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. On conviction of a second or subsequent offe…

(225 ILCS 65/70-155) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-155) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-155. Pending actions. All disciplinary actions taken or pending pursuant to the Illinois Nursing Act, approved June 14, 1951, as amended, shall, for the actions taken, rema…

(225 ILCS 65/70-160) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-160) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-160. Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and incorporated herein as if all of the provisions of tha…

(225 ILCS 65/70-165) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-165) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-165. Home rule preemption. It is declared to be the public policy of this State, pursuant to paragraph (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970,…

(225 ILCS 65/70-170) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-170. Sexually Transmitted Infection Control Act. No licensee under this Act may be disciplined for providing expedited partner therapy in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Sexually Tra…

(225 ILCS 65/70-20) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-13) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-20. Suspension of license for failure to pay restitution. The Department, without further process or hearing, shall suspend the license or other authorization to practice of …

(225 ILCS 65/70-25) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-25) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-25. Returned checks; fines. Any person who delivers a check or other payment to the Department that is returned to the Department unpaid by the financial institution upon whi…

(225 ILCS 65/70-35) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-31) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-35. Licensure requirements; Internet site. The Department shall make available to the public the requirements for licensure on the Internet through the Department's World Wid…

(225 ILCS 65/70-40) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-32) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-40. Educational resources; Internet link. The Department may work with the Board, the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, Statewide organiz…

(225 ILCS 65/70-45) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-35) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-45. Fees. (a) The Department shall provide by rule for a schedule of fees to be paid for licenses by all applicants. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Section,…

(225 ILCS 65/70-5) (was 225 ILCS 65/10-45) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-728) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-5. Grounds for disciplinary action. (a) The Department may refuse to issue or to renew, or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprima…

(225 ILCS 65/70-50) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-40) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-50. Fund. (a) There is hereby created within the State Treasury the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund. The monies in the Fund may be used by and at the direction of the…

(225 ILCS 65/70-55) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-50) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-55. Statute of limitations. All proceedings to suspend, revoke, or take any other disciplinary action as the Department may deem proper, with regard to a license on any of th…

(225 ILCS 65/70-60) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-55) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-60. Summary suspension; imminent danger. The Secretary of the Department may, upon receipt of a written communication from the Secretary of Human Services, the Director of He…

(225 ILCS 65/70-70) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-70) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-70. Right to legal counsel. No action of a disciplinary nature that is predicated on charges alleging unethical or unprofessional conduct of a person who is licensed under th…

(225 ILCS 65/70-75) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-75) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-75. Injunctive remedies. (a) If any person violates the provision of this Act, the Secretary may, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, through the Attorney Gen…

(225 ILCS 65/70-80) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-80) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-80. Investigation; notice; hearing. (a) The Department may investigate the actions of any applicant or of any person or persons holding or claiming to hold a license under th…

(225 ILCS 65/70-81) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-81. Confidentiality. All information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation of a licensee or applicant, including, but not limited to, any complaint against a l…

(225 ILCS 65/70-85) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-85) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-85. Stenographer; transcript. The Department, at its expense, shall provide a stenographer to take down the testimony and preserve a record of all formal hearing proceedings …

(225 ILCS 65/70-90) (was 225 ILCS 65/20-90) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 70-90. Compelled testimony and production of documents. Any circuit court may, upon application of the Department or designee or of the applicant or licensee against whom procee…