77 Ill. Adm. Code 2060.460
Patient Education
Section 2060.460
Patient Education
a) Each
organization shall ensure that patient education is part of each patient's
treatment plan or offered prior to development of the treatment plan. Patient
education may be provided individually or in a group and shall be provided to
each patient at least once during an episode of care and documented in the
patient record.
b) Mandatory
elements of patient education shall include, at a minimum, information about:
1) The
benefits and risks of MAR;
2) As applicable,
all medications authorized by the medical director for treatment of SUD, OUD,
or any co-occurring disorder;
3) Toxicology
testing protocol, as applicable;
4) The
organization's treatment and recovery philosophy and description of recovery
support services;
5) Treatment
protocol and all rules and consequences relative to patient conduct;
6) Infectious
disease risk reduction, including information about the prevention of
tuberculosis, Hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, and other sexually-transmitted infections.
Education shall also include infectious disease etiology and transmission,
associated risk behaviors (including information about needle sharing, sexual
transmission, transmission to infants, etc.), symptomology, and clinical
progression and the relationship to SUD behavior;
7) The
availability of counseling and testing services for infectious disease and the
specific regulations regarding confidentiality relative to HIV/AIDS;
8) As
applicable, overdose prevention training relative to recognition of and
response to an opioid overdose and the use and administration of naloxone; and
9) Information
about the effect of alcohol, cannabis, illicit drugs, and prescription
medications on overall health and safety and their impact on safely operating a
motor vehicle.
c) Upon
completion of all mandatory education specified in this Section, documentation
indicating the type of education and the date received shall be noted in the
patient record.