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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 313 
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| 2 |  AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 313 by replacing  | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 |  "Section 5. The Nurse Practice Act is amended by changing  | ||||||
| 5 | Section 55-30 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 |  (225 ILCS 65/55-30) | ||||||
| 7 |  (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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| 8 |  Sec. 55-30. LPN scope of practice. | ||||||
| 9 |  (a) Practice as a licensed practical nurse means a scope of  | ||||||
| 10 | basic nursing practice, with or without compensation, as  | ||||||
| 11 | delegated by a registered professional nurse or an advanced  | ||||||
| 12 | practice nurse or as directed by a physician assistant,  | ||||||
| 13 | physician, dentist, or podiatric physician, and
and includes,  | ||||||
| 14 | but is not limited to, all of the following: | ||||||
| 15 |   (1) Collecting data and collaborating in the  | ||||||
| 16 | assessment of the health status of a patient. | ||||||
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| 1 |   (2) Collaborating in the development and modification  | ||||||
| 2 | of the registered professional nurse's or advanced  | ||||||
| 3 | practice nurse's comprehensive nursing plan of care for all  | ||||||
| 4 | types of patients. | ||||||
| 5 |   (3) Implementing aspects of the plan of care as  | ||||||
| 6 | delegated. | ||||||
| 7 |   (4) Participating in health teaching and counseling to  | ||||||
| 8 | promote, attain, and maintain the optimum health level of  | ||||||
| 9 | patients, as delegated. | ||||||
| 10 |   (5) Serving as an advocate for the patient by  | ||||||
| 11 | communicating and collaborating with other health service  | ||||||
| 12 | personnel, as delegated. | ||||||
| 13 |   (6) Participating in the evaluation of patient  | ||||||
| 14 | responses to interventions. | ||||||
| 15 |   (7) Communicating and collaborating with other health  | ||||||
| 16 | care professionals as delegated. | ||||||
| 17 |   (8) Providing input into the development of policies  | ||||||
| 18 | and procedures to support patient safety.
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| 19 | (Source: P.A. 98-214, eff. 8-9-13.)".
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