Section 250.860  Medical Direction

a)         Basic rehabilitation (restorative) services – The attending medical staff member shall provide written orders for care, including treatment objectives.

b)         Physical Rehabilitation

1)         Facilities identifying themselves under this category shall regularly provide medical participation through:

A)        A qualified physiatrist

B)        A physician qualified by training and/or experience in physical rehabilitation; or

C)        A formally designated group of physicians from various specialties usually associated with physical rehabilitation (e.g. orthopedics, neurology, neurosurgery, etc.).

2)         The physician(s) shall meet on a regular basis with representatives of the professions involved in patient-care to discuss patient evaluations, set objectives, report patient response to treatment and to plan discharges and follow-up care where appropriate.

c)         Comprehensive Physical Rehabilitation Unit or Hospital –

            Facilities identifying themselves under this category shall provide patient-care under the direction of a physiatrist.  A physician fully qualified by education and experience in physical rehabilitation may provide patient care direction until a physiatrist is available.

(Source:  Amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 507, effective December 29, 1980)