Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77, § 295.3000 - Personnel Requirements, Qualifications and Training
a) The establishment shall have staff
sufficient in number with qualifications, adequate skills, education and
experience to meet the 24 hour scheduled and unscheduled needs of residents and
who participate in ongoing training to serve the resident population. (Section
35(a)(3) of the Act)
b) The
establishment shall have on duty at all times at least one direct care staff
person who has obtained cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training specific
to adults, which includes a demonstration of the individual's ability to
perform CPR, and who has current certification in CPR.
c) At the starting date of employment, each
direct care staff member shall be 16 years of age or older.
d) Job descriptions shall define the minimum
education and experience requirements for staff.
e) A file shall be maintained for each
employee containing the following:
1) The
employee's name, date of birth, home address, Social Security number and
telephone number;
2) Documentation
of:
A) Freedom from pulmonary
tuberculosis;
B) Employee
orientation; and
C) Ongoing
training;
3) An
employee's starting date of employment and ending date, if
applicable.
f) In
addition to the information required in subsection (e) of this Section, the
file for each direct care employee shall contain documentation of:
1) Current certification in CPR, if
applicable;
2) Initial health
evaluation;
3) Compliance with the
Health Care Worker Background Check Act; and
4) Documentation that the employer has
checked the status of the employee with the Nurse Aide Registry.
g) All records required by this
Section shall be maintained throughout the individual's employment or service
and for at least 12 months after the individual's last date of employment or
service, unless required for a longer period of time by State or federal
law.
h) The establishment shall
have sufficient personnel to provide the following for its current resident
population:
1) All mandatory
services;
2) Services established
in each resident's service plan;
3)
Service to meet the needs of each resident, including 24 hour scheduled and
unscheduled needs, general supervision, and the ability to intervene in a
crisis;
4) Food services (if
provided by the establishment);
5)
Environmental services;
6)
Evacuation of residents during emergencies; and
7) Any optional services to be provided by
the establishment as stated in the service plan.
i) The personnel schedule shall:
1) Indicate the date, scheduled work hours,
and name and position of each employee assigned;
2) Reflect actual work hours; and
3) Be maintained and made available upon
request for at least 12 months after the last date on the schedule.
j) If an establishment accepts
individuals with impairments that prevent them from independently moving to an
area of safety, sufficient staff must be present and awake to enable these
residents to move to a safe area 24 hours per day.
k) Shared housing establishments shall have
at least one staff member on site at all times, except in situations, such as
taking a resident to the emergency room or planned or unplanned trips to the
grocery store, that would require the staff person to be away from the facility
for a brief period of time. In such situations, arrangements shall be made to
monitor the safety of the residents in accordance with the service delivery
plan.
l) Assisted living
establishments shall have at least one staff member awake, on duty and on site
24 hours per day.
m) The
establishment shall check the status of all applicants with the Nurse Aide
Registry prior to hiring. The establishment is prohibited from hiring any
individual who has a finding of abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of property
on the Nurse Aide Registry.
n)
Prior to employing any individual in a position that requires a State
professional license, the establishment shall contact the Illinois Department
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.
Notes
Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. 14593, effective October 21, 2004
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