Section 1125.190  Boards and Commissions

a)         The Department may use advisory boards for assistance in the preparation of rules and amendments to the rules.  Any review of proposed rules and amendments by an advisory board must be conducted within the time parameters established by the Division of Legal Services.

b)         The only Departmental boards that have the statutory authority to approve rules are the Hospital Licensing Board [210 ILCS 85/10], the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Licensing Board [210 ILCS 5/14], the Illinois Experimental Organ Transplantation Procedures Board [20 ILCS 3935/3], the Long-Term Care Facility Advisory Board[210 ILCS 45/2-204], the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council [210 ILCS 50/3.200], the State Trauma Advisory Council [210 ILCS 50/3.205], and the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board [20 ILCS 3960/12].

c)         In the cases of the boards named in subsection (b), final approval of proposed rules and amendments must be received from these boards prior to the submission of the proposals to the Division of Legal Services.

(Source:  Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 2709, effective February 15, 2000)