TITLE 77: PUBLIC HEALTH
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
SUBCHAPTER c: LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
PART 330 SHELTERED CARE FACILITIES CODE
SECTION 330.110 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS


 

Section 330.110  General Requirements

 

a)         Applicability

 

1)         This Part applies to the operator/licensee of facilities, or distinct part therein, that are to be licensed and classified to provide sheltered care.

 

2)         Any license issued and in effect prior to March 1, 1980 pursuant to the Nursing homes, sheltered care homes, and homes for the aged Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 111 ½, pars. 35.16 et seq.) shall remain valid and subject to the terms and conditions of the Nursing Home Care Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 111 ½, par. 4151-101 et seq.) and all regulations promulgated thereunder until the expiration date shown on the face of such license.

 

b)         The license issued to each operator/licensee shall designate the licensee's name, facility name, address, the classification by level of service authorized for that facility, the number of beds authorized for each level, the date the license was issued and the expiration date.  Such licenses shall be issued for a period of not less than six months nor more than 18 months.  The Department will set the period of the license based on the license expiration dates of the facilities in the geographical area surrounding the facility in order to distribute the expiration dates as evenly as possible throughout the calendar year.  (Section 3-110 of the Act)

 

c)         An applicant may request that the license issued by the Department of Public Health (the Department) have distinct parts classified according to levels of services.  The distinct part must satisfactorily meet the applicable physical plant standards based on a level of service classification sought for that distinct part.  If necessary to protect the health, welfare and safety of residents in a distinct part requiring higher standards, the Department shall require compliance with whatever additional physical plant standards are necessary in any distinct part, to achieve this protection as required by the highest level of care being licensed.  Administrative, supervisory, and other personnel may be shared by the entire facility, if so doing does not adversely affect meeting the total needs of the residents of the facility.

 

d)         The operator may not admit residents in excess of the licensed capacity of the facility.  (Section 2-209 of the Act) (B)

 

e)         A sheltered care facility licensed and classified under the Act shall not use in its title or description "Hospital", "Sanitarium", "Sanatorium", "Rehabilitation Center", "Skilled Nursing Facility", or any other word or description in its title or advertisements which indicates that a type of service is provided by the facility which the facility is not licensed to provide or in fact, does not provide.

 

f)         Any person constructing or modifying a long-term care facility or portion thereof without obtaining the required permit from the Health Facilities Planning Board shall not be eligible to apply for licensure for that facility or portion thereof (Section 13.1 of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 111 ½, par. 1163.1)).

 

g)         The licensee shall give 90 days notice prior to voluntarily closing a facility or closing any part of a facility, or prior to closing any part of a facility if closing such part will require the transfer or discharge of more than ten percent of the residents.  Such notice shall be given to the Department, to any residents who must be transferred or discharged, to the resident's representative, and to a member of the resident's family, where practicable.  Notice shall state the proposed date of closing and the reason for closing.  The licensee shall offer to assist the resident in securing an alternative placement and shall advise the resident on available alternatives.  Where the resident is unable to choose an alternate placement and is not under guardianship, the Department shall be notified of the need for relocation assistance.  The facility shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations until the date of closing, including those related to transfer or discharge of residents.  The Department may place a relocation team in the facility as provided under the Act.  (Section 3-423 of the Act) (A, B)

 

h)         Licensure for more than one level of care

 

1)         A facility may be licensed for more than one level of care. The licensee must designate the level of care that will be provided in each bedroom. Bedrooms of like licensed level of care must be contiguous to each other within each "nursing unit" as defined in Section 330.330. Each nursing unit may have up to two levels of care and must meet the construction standards for the highest licensed level of care in the nursing unit.

 

2)         If a licensee wishes to designate a portion of its licensed beds as either Intermediate Care for the Developmentally Disabled or Long-Term Care for Under Age 22, the licensed beds must be located in a distinct part (as defined in Section 330.330) of the facility.

 

(Source:  Amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 14370, effective September 3, 1992)