Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77, § 260.2200 - Personnel
a) Each facility
shall develop and maintain written personnel policies that are followed in the
operation of the facility.
b) The
facility shall establish policies to screen all current and prospective
employees and volunteers, which shall include at least the following:
1) Conduct a check of the DCFS Central
Registry (1-800-25A-BUSE), in a form and a manner prescribed by DCFS.
2) Conduct a check of the Sex Offender
Registry in a form and a manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police
(ISP).
3) Maintain records of these
checks in the employee's personnel file or the volunteer's file.
c) The facility shall define in
written policy that individuals with findings on the DCFS Central Registry
shall be ineligible for hire or to volunteer.
d) The facility shall provide orientation to
new staff regarding their responsibilities under the Abused and Neglected Child
Reporting Act prior to the first day of employment.
e) The facility shall provide orientation to
new volunteers prior to the first day of volunteering.
f) Orientation of staff and volunteers shall
include, at least, definitions of what constitutes abuse and neglect, the
individual's responsibility under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act,
and the facility's policy on reporting abuse and neglect. This information
shall be reviewed annually with current staff and volunteers.
g) Each employee shall have an initial health
evaluation, which shall be used to ensure that employees are not placed in
positions that would pose undue risk of infection to themselves, other
employees, children or visitors.
1) The
initial health evaluation shall be completed no more than 30 days prior to or
30 days after the employee's first day of employment.
2) The initial health evaluation shall
include a health inventory from the employee, including an evaluation of the
employee's immunization status.
3)
The initial health evaluation shall include tuberculin testing in accordance
with the Control of Tuberculosis Code. Annual tuberculin testing in accordance
with the Control of Tuberculosis Code shall be tracked.
4) Employee's annual influenza shots shall be
tracked in accordance with the Health Care Employee Vaccination Code.
h) The facility shall provide
enough trained and supervised staff to meet each child's medical plan of
care.
i) The facility shall have a
designated facility manager.
j) The
facility shall have a designated director of nursing (DON) or equivalent. The
DON or equivalent shall be a registered professional nurse who holds at least a
bachelor's degree in nursing and relevant continuing education. The DON also
shall have experience in nursing administration and shall be employed full-time
within the facility.
k) At least
two registered nurses shall be at the facility at all times that a child is
present. The minimum staffing ratio for respite and transitional care is one RN
to four children; however, a second nurse shall be in a facility even when the
number of children in a facility is below four. All certified nursing
assistants shall meet training requirements by completing a training program
approved under the Long-Term Care Assistants and Aides Training Programs
Code.
l) The facility's site
physician shall be a physician with expertise in chronic diseases of children.
The facility's site physician shall review medical protocols, resolve issues
with children's primary health care provider and provide medical advice when a
child's primary health care provider is not available.
m) The facility shall define, through job
descriptions, minimum nursing education and clinical experience requirements
for all staff, consultants and contract staff, approved DCFS providers, and all
others providing nursing services to the facility. All RNs and licensed
practical nurses shall be CPR certified prior to employment. All RNs shall be
certified in Pediatric Advanced Life Support within three months after
employment.
n) The facility shall
provide an initial orientation and routine, pertinent training to all staff,
including, for registered nurses, training on ventilator equipment within three
months after employment. This training may include return demonstration,
one-on-one training, small group exercises or lecture. All training shall be
documented by a clinical skills checklist that includes:
1) Date;
2) Instructors;
3) Short description of content;
and
4) Participants' written and
printed signatures.
o)
Prior to employing any individual in a position that requires a State license,
the facility shall contact the Illinois Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation-Division of Professional Regulation to verify that the
individual's license is active. A copy of the verification shall be placed in
the individual's personnel file.
p)
The facility shall check the status of all applicants with the Health Care
Worker Registry prior to hiring.
q)
All new clinical employees shall review the clinical policies and procedures
manual within 15 days after employment. A letter documenting the review, signed
by the facility manager, shall be kept in the employee's file.
r) All new administrative employees shall
review the facility's operation manual within 15 days after employment. A
letter documenting the review, signed by the facility manager, shall be kept in
the employee's file.
s) All new
employees shall receive fire safety and evacuation training upon hiring. The
training shall be reviewed annually for all employees.
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