Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77, § 395.171 - Health Care Worker Background Check
a) A training program shall comply with the
Health Care Worker Background Check Act and the Health Care Worker Background
Check Code.
b) A training program
shall provide counseling to all individuals seeking admission to the training
program concerning the Health Care Worker Background Check Act and the Health
Care Worker Background Check Code. The counseling shall include, at a minimum:
1) Notification that a fingerprint-based
criminal history records check will be initiated;
2) A clear statement that a fingerprint-based
criminal history records check is required for the individual to work as a
direct access worker, a CNA or a Direct Support Person in Illinois;
and
3) A listing of those offenses
in Section 25 of the Health Care Worker Background Check Act for which a
conviction would disqualify the individual from finding employment as a direct
access worker, a CNA or a Direct Support Person unless the individual obtained
a waiver pursuant to Section 40 of the Health Care Worker Background Check
Act.
c) An individual
shall not be allowed to enroll in a training program unless the individual has
had:
1) A criminal background check that
reveals no disqualifying convictions, unless a waiver has been granted;
and
2) No administrative findings
of abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of property.
Notes
Added at 37 Ill. Reg. 10546, effective June 27, 2013
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