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210 ILCS 47/3-206.04

    (210 ILCS 47/3-206.04)
    Sec. 3-206.04. Registry checks for employees.

(a)     Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Department shall require all facilities to conduct required registry checks on employees at the time of hire and annually thereafter during employment.  The required registries to be checked are the Health Care Worker Registry, the Department of Children and Family Services' State Central Register, and the Illinois Sex Offender Registry.  A person may not be employed if he or she is found to have disqualifying convictions or substantiated cases of abuse or neglect.  At the time of the annual registry checks, if a current employee's name has been placed on a registry with disqualifying convictions or disqualifying substantiated cases of abuse or neglect, then the employee must be terminated.  Disqualifying convictions or disqualifying substantiated cases of abuse or neglect are defined for the Department of Children and Family Services Central Register by the Department of Children and Family Services' standards for background checks in Part 385 of Title 89 of the Illinois Administrative Code.  Disqualifying convictions or disqualifying substantiated cases of abuse or neglect are defined for the Health Care Worker Registry by the Health Care Worker Background Check Act and within this Act. A facility's failure to conduct the required registry checks will constitute a Type "B" violation.

(b)    In collaboration with the Department of Children and Family Services and the Department of Human Services, the Department shall establish a waiver process from the prohibition of employment or termination of employment requirements in subsection (a) of this Section for any applicant or employee listed under the Department of Children and Family Services' State Central Register seeking to be hired or maintain his or her employment with a facility under this Act.  The waiver process for applicants and employees outlined under Section 40 of the Health Care Worker Background Check Act shall remain in effect for individuals listed on the Health Care Worker Registry.

(Source: P.A. 97-38, eff. 6-28-11.)