Definitions

Section 1100 Section 1100.220  Definitions "Act" means the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act [20 ILCS 3960]. "Acute Dialysis" means dialysis given on an intensive care, inpatient basis to patients suffering from (presumably reversible) acute renal failure, or to patients with chronic renal failure with serious complications. "Acute Mental Illness" means a crisis state or an acute phase of one or more specific psychiatric disorders in which a person displays one or more specific psychiatric symptoms of such severity as to prohibit effective functioning in any community setting.  Persons who are acutely mentally ill may be admitted to an acute mental illness facility or unit under the provisions of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code [405 ILCS 5], which determines the specific requirements for admission by age and type of admission. "Acute Mental Illness Facility" or "Acute Mental Illness Unit" means a facility or a distinct unit in a facility that provides a program of acute mental illness treatment service (as defined in this Section); that is designed, equipped, organized and operated to deliver inpatient and supportive acute mental illness treatment services; and that is licensed by the Department of Public Health under the Hospital Licensing Act [210 ILCS 85] or is a facility operated or maintained by the State or a State agency. "Acute Mental Illness Treatment Service" means a category of service that provides a program of care for those persons suffering from acute mental illness.  These services are provided in a highly structured setting in a distinct psychiatric unit of a general hospital, in a private psychiatric hospital, or in a State-operated facility to individuals who are severely mentally ill and in a state of acute crisis, in an effort to stabilize the individual and either effect the individual's quick placement in a less restrictive setting or reach a determination that extended treatment is needed. Acute mental illness is typified by an average length of stay of 45 days or less for adults and 60 days or less for children and adolescents. "Administrative Perinatal Center " or "APC" means a referral facility designated under the Regionalized Perinatal Health Care Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 640) and intended to care for the high risk patient before, during or after labor and delivery and characterized by sophistication and availability of personnel, equipment, laboratory, transportation techniques, consultation and other support services. [410 ILCS 250/2(e)] An APC is a university or university-affiliated facility designated by the Department of Public Health that has a Level III hospital and is responsible for providing leadership and oversight of the Department of Public Health's regionalized perinatal health care program, including continuing education for health professions. "Admissions" means the number of patients accepted for inpatient service during a 12-month period; newborns are not included. "Adult Catheterization" means the cardiac catheterization of patients 15 years of age and older. "Adverse Action" means a disciplinary action taken by Illinois Department of Public Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or any other State or federal agency against a person or entity that owns and/or operates a licensed or Medicare or Medicaid certified healthcare facility in the State of Illinois. These actions include, but are not limited to, all Type A violations. A "Type A" violation means a violation of the Nursing Home Care Act or 77 Ill. Adm. Code 300, 330, 340, 350 or 390 that creates a condition or occurrence relating to the operation and maintenance of a facility presenting a substantial probability that death or serious mental or physical harm to a resident will result therefrom. [210 ILCS 45/1-129] "Agency", "Department" or "IDPH" means the Illinois Department of Public Health. [20 ILCS 3960/3] "Ambulatory Care" means all types of health care services that are provided on an outpatient basis, in contrast to services provided in the home or to persons who are inpatients. While many inpatients may be ambulatory, the term ambulatory care usually implies that the patient must travel to a location to receive services that do not require an overnight stay.