NURSE OVERTIME PROHIBITION

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that no nurse may be required to work overtime except in the case of an unforeseen emergent circumstance when overtime is required only as a last resort. Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Adds providing direct nursing care to assigned patients in excess of 120 hours in a consecutive 14-day period from all settings and for all employers and agencies during each 2-week period except in the case of an unforeseen emergent circumstance in a hospital when overtime is required only as a last resort to the grounds for discipline under the Act. Effective immediately.