Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1300 - NURSE PRACTICE ACT › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1300.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions shall apply to this Part:
"Act" means the Nurse Practice Act [225 ILCS 65].
"Address of Record" means the address recorded by the
				  Division in the applicant's or licensee's application file or license file, as
				  maintained by the Division's licensure maintenance unit.
"Advanced Practice Registered Nurse" or "APRN" means a person
				  who has met the qualifications for a:
certified nurse midwife (CNM);
certified nurse practitioner (CNP);
certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA); or
clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and has been licensed by the
				  Division.
All advanced practice registered nurses licensed and
				  practicing in the State of Illinois shall use the title APRN and may use
				  specialty credentials after their name.
"APRN Practice Pending Licensure" means practice by an APRN,
				  under a temporary permit, who is scheduled to take the National Certification
				  Examination. This period of practice cannot exceed 6 months from date of
				  application for the license. APRN Practice Pending Licensure does not include
				  prescriptive authority.
"Board" means the Board of Nursing.
"Collaboration" means a process involving 2 or more
				  health care professionals working together, each contributing one's respective
				  area of expertise to provide more comprehensive patient care.
(Section
				  50-10 of the Act)
"Consultation" means the process
by which
an advanced practice registered nurse seeks the advice or opinion of
				  another health care professional.
(Section 50-10 of the Act)
"Dentist" means a person licensed to practice
				  dentistry under the Illinois Dental Practice Act
[225 ILCS 25].
				  (Section 50-10 of the Act)
"Department" means the Department of Financial and
				  Professional Regulation.
"Direction" means to give authoritative instruction to
				  another regarding nursing interventions and/or professional
				  responsibilities.
"Director" means the Director of the Division of Professional
				  Regulation, with the authority delegated by the Secretary.
"Division" means the Department of Financial and Professional
				  Regulation-Division of Professional Regulation.
"Impaired Nurse" means a nurse licensed under the Act
				  who is unable to practice with reasonable judgment, skill and safety because of
				  a physical or mental disability, as evidenced by a written determination or
				  written consent based on clinical evidence, including loss of motor skills,
				  abuse of drugs or alcohol, or a psychiatric disorder, of sufficient degree to
				  diminish his or her ability to deliver competent patient care.
(Section 50-10 of the Act)
"Licensed Practical Nurse" or "LPN" means a person
				  who is licensed as a practical nurse under the Act and practices pratical
				  nursing as defined by the Act.
(Section 50-10 of the Act)
"Nursing Intervention" means any treatment, based on
				  clinical nursing judgment or knowledge, that a nurse performs. An individual or
				  entity shall not mandate that a registered professional nurse delegate a
				  nursing intervention if the registered professional nurse determines it is
				  inappropriate to do so. A nurse shall not be subject to disciplinary or any
				  other adverse action for refusing to delegate a nursing intervention based on
				  patient safety.
(Section 5-10 of the Act)
"Physician" means a person licensed to practice
				  medicine in all its branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987
[225 ILCS 60]. (Section 50-10 of the Act)
"Physician Assistant" means a person licensed under
				  the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987
[225 ILCS 95]. (Section
				  50-10 of the Act)
"Podiatrist" or "Podiatric Physician" means a person
				  licensed to practice podiatry under the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of
				  1987
[225 ILCS 100]. (Section 50-10 of the Act)
"Professional Responsibility" includes making decisions and
				  judgments requiring use of knowledge acquired by completion of an approved
				  program for licensure as a practical, professional or advanced practice
				  registered nurse.
"Registered Nurse", "Registered Professional
				  Nurse"
, or "RN"
means a person who is licensed as a
				  professional nurse under the Act and practices nursing as defined by the
				  Act.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of
				  Financial and Professional Regulation.