Chapter 210, HEALTH FACILITIES AND REGULATION

(210 ILCS 85/6.13) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 147.13) Sec. 6.13. Any hospital licensed under this Act may provide a program or service for the temporary custodial care of mildly ill children who, because of their illness, are unable to attend school or to participate in their normal…

(210 ILCS 85/6.14) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 147.14) Sec. 6.14. Resident and intern duty hour requirements. Hospitals licensed under this Act shall comply with the duty hour requirements for residents and interns established by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educati…

(210 ILCS 85/6.14a) Sec. 6.14a. Public disclosure of information. The following information is subject to disclosure to the public from the Department: (1) Information submitted under Section 5 of this Act; (2) Final records of license and certification inspections, surveys, and …

(210 ILCS 85/6.14b) Sec. 6.14b. Confidentiality of patient records. (a) The Department shall respect the confidentiality of a patient's record and shall not divulge or disclose the contents of a record in a manner which identifies a patient, except upon a patient's death to a rel…

(210 ILCS 85/6.14c) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-764) Sec. 6.14c. Posting of information. Every hospital shall conspicuously post, either by physical or electronic means, for display in an area of its offices accessible to patients, employees, and visitors the fo…

(210 ILCS 85/6.14d) Sec. 6.14d. Materials available for public inspection. A hospital shall retain for 5 years the following for public inspection: (1) a complete copy of every final inspection report of the hospital received from the Department; and (2) a copy of every final ord…

(210 ILCS 85/6.14e) Sec. 6.14e. Storage and transfer of patient records. If a facility closes due to insolvency or for any other reason, the facility must notify the Department where the patient records are stored or transferred. (Source: P.A. 93-322, eff. 1-1-04.)

(210 ILCS 85/6.14f) Sec. 6.14f. Reports to the trauma registry; certain accidents involving persons under the age of 18 years. A trauma center that treats any person under the age of 18 years for injuries suffered in an accident involving a motor vehicle backing over a child or t…

(210 ILCS 85/6.14g) Sec. 6.14g. Reports to the Department; opioid overdoses. (a) As used in this Section: "Overdose" has the same meaning as provided in Section 414 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. "Health care professional" includes a physician licensed to practice med…

(210 ILCS 85/6.14h) Sec. 6.14h. The Health Care Sanctity and Privacy Law. (a) This Section may be referred to as the Health Care Sanctity and Privacy Law. (b) As used in this Section: "Administrative volunteer" means an individual who serves as a volunteer at a hospital in only a…

(210 ILCS 85/6.15) Sec. 6.15. Abduction of infant patient. Every hospital, as a condition of licensure under this Act, shall demonstrate to the Department that the hospital has adopted the following procedures: (1) Procedures designed to reduce the likelihood that an infant patie…

(210 ILCS 85/6.16) Sec. 6.16. Agreement with designated organ procurement agency. Each hospital licensed under this Act shall have an agreement with its federally designated organ procurement agency providing for notification of the organ procurement agency when potential organ d…

(210 ILCS 85/6.17) Sec. 6.17. Protection of and confidential access to medical records and information. (a) Every hospital licensed under this Act shall develop a medical record for each of its patients as required by the Department by rule. (b) All information regarding a hospit…

(210 ILCS 85/6.19) Sec. 6.19. Do-not-resuscitate orders and Department of Public Health Uniform POLST form. Every facility licensed under this Act shall establish a policy for the implementation of practitioner orders concerning cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or life-sustain…

(210 ILCS 85/6.20) Sec. 6.20. Use of restraints. Each hospital licensed under this Act must have a written policy to address the use of restraints and seclusion in the hospital. The Department shall establish, by rule, the provisions that the policy must include, which, to the ex…

(210 ILCS 85/6.21) Sec. 6.21. Umbilical cord blood donation. (a) All licensed hospitals shall offer a pregnant patient the option to donate, to a publicly accessible certified cord blood bank, blood extracted from the umbilical cord following the delivery of a newborn child if th…

(210 ILCS 85/6.22) Sec. 6.22. Arrangement for transportation of patient by an ambulance service provider. (a) In this Section: "Ambulance service provider" means a Vehicle Service Provider as defined in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act who provides non-emergency t…

(210 ILCS 85/6.23) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-508) Sec. 6.23. Prevention and control of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms. Each hospital shall develop and implement comprehensive interventions to prevent and control multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), including …

(210 ILCS 85/6.23a) Sec. 6.23a. Sepsis screening protocols. (a) Each hospital shall adopt, implement, and periodically update evidence-based protocols for the early recognition and treatment of patients with sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock (sepsis protocols) that are based…

(210 ILCS 85/6.24) Sec. 6.24. Time of death; patient's religious beliefs. Every hospital must adopt policies and procedures to allow health care professionals, in documenting a patient's time of death at the hospital, to take into account the patient's religious beliefs concernin…

(210 ILCS 85/6.25) Sec. 6.25. Safe patient handling policy. (a) In this Section: "Health care worker" means an individual providing direct patient care services who may be required to lift, transfer, reposition, or move a patient. "Nurse" means an advanced practice registered nur…

(210 ILCS 85/6.26) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-729) Sec. 6.26. Immunization against influenza virus and pneumococcal disease. (a) Every hospital shall adopt an influenza and pneumococcal immunization policy that includes, but need not be limited to, the followin…

(210 ILCS 85/6.27) Sec. 6.27. Intended parent; delivery room. (a) As used in this Section, "gestational surrogate", "gestational surrogacy contract", and "intended parent" have the meanings given to those terms in Section 10 of the Gestational Surrogacy Act. (b) If a hospital has…

(210 ILCS 85/6.29) Sec. 6.29. Testing for Legionella bacteria. A hospital shall develop a policy for testing its water supply for Legionella bacteria. The policy shall include the frequency with which testing is conducted. The policy and the results of any tests shall be made ava…

(210 ILCS 55/6.3) Sec. 6.3. Home services agencies; standards; fees. (a) Before January 1, 2008, the Department shall adopt standards for the licensure and operation of home services agencies operated in this State. The structure of the standards shall be based on the concept of …

(210 ILCS 85/6.30) Sec. 6.30. Facility-provided medication upon discharge. (a) The General Assembly finds that this Section is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. (b) In this Section, "facility-provided medication" has the same meanin…

(210 ILCS 85/6.31) Sec. 6.31. Patient contact policy during pandemics or other public health emergencies. During a pandemic or other public health emergency, a hospital licensed under this Act shall develop and implement a contact policy to encourage patients' ability to engage w…

(210 ILCS 85/6.32) Sec. 6.32. Surgical smoke plume evacuation. (a) In this Section: "Surgical smoke plume" means the by-product of the use of energy-based devices on tissue during surgery and containing hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, bioaerosols, smoke, gases…

(210 ILCS 85/6.33) Sec. 6.33. Hospital employee assistance programs. A hospital licensed under this Act shall ensure that employees of the hospital are made aware of employee assistance programs or other like programs available for the physical and mental well-being of the employ…

(210 ILCS 85/6.34) Sec. 6.34. Emergency room treatment; delay of treatment prohibition. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a hospital licensed under this Act, in accordance with Section 1395dd(a) and 1395dd(b) of the Social Security Act, shall not delay provisi…

(210 ILCS 55/6.4) Sec. 6.4. Oversight and direction of skilled home care services. A physician licensed in another state may oversee or direct the delivery of skilled home care services provided by home health and home nursing agencies licensed in Illinois following care or treat…

(210 ILCS 55/6.5) Sec. 6.5. Vaccinations. (a) A home health agency shall annually administer or arrange for administration of a vaccination against influenza to each client, in accordance with the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers …

(210 ILCS 5/6.5) Sec. 6.5. Clinical privileges; advanced practice registered nurses. All ambulatory surgical treatment centers (ASTC) licensed under this Act shall comply with the following requirements: (1) No ASTC policy, rule, regulation, or practice shall be inconsistent with…

(210 ILCS 5/6.6) Sec. 6.6. Clinical privileges; physician assistants. No ambulatory surgical treatment center (ASTC) licensed under this Act shall adopt any policy, rule, regulation, or practice inconsistent with the provision of adequate supervision in accordance with Section 54…

(210 ILCS 55/6.7) Sec. 6.7. Home nursing agencies; standards; fees. (a) Before January 1, 2008, the Department shall adopt standards for the licensure and operation of home nursing agencies operated in this State. After consideration and recommendations by the Home Health and Hom…

(210 ILCS 5/6.7) Sec. 6.7. Registered nurse administration of limited levels of sedation or analgesia. (a) Nothing in this Act precludes a registered nurse from administering medications for the delivery of local or minimal sedation ordered by a physician licensed to practice med…

(210 ILCS 5/6.8) Sec. 6.8. Agreements with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. An ambulatory surgical treatment center that elects to have an agreement with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as provided in 42 CFR 416, must also meet the M…

(210 ILCS 5/6.9) Sec. 6.9. Surgical smoke plume evacuation. (a) In this Section: "Surgical smoke plume" means the by-product of the use of energy-based devices on tissue during surgery and containing hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, bioaerosols, smoke, gases, t…

(210 ILCS 65/60) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 9060) Sec. 60. Grounds for immediate closure. Any situation that exists at a Supportive Residence that may result in serious mental, psychological or physical harm to residents shall be abated or eliminated immediately. If the Department d…

(210 ILCS 4/60) Sec. 60. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 90-341, eff. 1-1-98; text omitted.)

(210 ILCS 9/60) Sec. 60. Notice of denial; request for hearing; hearing. (a) Immediately upon the denial of any application or reapplication for a license under this Act, the Department shall notify the applicant in writing. Notice of denial shall include a clear and concise stat…

(210 ILCS 88/60) Sec. 60. Limitations. Nothing in this Act shall be used by any private or public payer as a basis for reducing the third-party payer's rates, policies, or usual and customary charges for any health care service. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as imposing …

(210 ILCS 46/60) Sec. 60. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 99-180, eff. 7-29-15; text omitted.)

(210 ILCS 3/60) Sec. 60. Final orders. The Director or hearing officer shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law in the matters that are the subject of the hearing, and the Director shall render a decision, or the hearing officer a proposal for decision, within 45 days a…

(210 ILCS 32/60) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-494) Sec. 60. Liability. (a) A facility is not civilly or criminally liable for the inadvertent or intentional disclosure of a recording by a resident or a person who consents on behalf of the resident for any purpose…

(210 ILCS 145/60) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8351-60) Sec. 60. Surrender of permit. Upon the revocation of a permit, a permit holder shall be required to surrender the permit to the Department, and upon his failure or refusal to do so, the Department shall have the right to seize th…

(210 ILCS 170/60) Sec. 60. Rules. (a) The Department shall adopt rules for the administration and enforcement of this Act. (b) Rules adopted by the Department under this Act shall stipulate: (1) the eligibility criteria for birth center admission that are consistent with accredit…

(210 ILCS 165/60) Sec. 60. Liability. (a) A community-integrated living arrangement or developmental disability facility is not civilly or criminally liable for the inadvertent or intentional disclosure of a recording by a resident or a person who consents on behalf of the reside…

(210 ILCS 65/65) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 9065) Sec. 65. Injunction. The operation or maintenance of a Supportive Residence in violation of this Act or its rules and regulations is declared a public nuisance inimical to the public welfare. The Director, in the name of the people o…

(210 ILCS 9/65) Sec. 65. Revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew license. (a) The Department, after notice to the applicant or licensee, may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license in any case in which the Department finds any of the following: (1) that there has been a…