Section 1300.10 Definitions

Section 1300.10  Definitions

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

ois 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]

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.