Ill. Admin. Code tit. 89, § 404.40 - Visitation
a) Children shall
be allowed to visit families other than their own and friends in the community
when the living conditions of the family to be visited are known and the visits
are approved by the institution. The child and persons to be visited shall have
opportunity to become acquainted prior to overnight visits.
b) The institution shall have a written
agreement with the parent or guardian for the child to permit visiting
overnight with families and friends in the community.
c) The institution shall assure that visits
with the child, on or off the facility's premises, are in the child's best
interests. The institution shall have continuing responsibility for the
children who are visiting outside the institution.
d) The persons with whom the child visits
overnight shall be:
1) made aware of the
responsibilities they assume for the child;
2) informed how to handle possible
emergencies; and
3) given specific
instructions on how to reach a representative of the institution should the
need arise.
e) Visits
shall not be arranged for the primary purpose of accommodating persons wishing
to take a child nor for the purpose of temporarily closing the institution nor
for reducing workload of staff nor to have simultaneous vacations or relief
periods.
Notes
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