Criteria for Adverse Licensure Actions

Section 300 Section 300.165  Criteria for Adverse Licensure Actions a)         Adverse licensure actions are determinations to deny the issuance of an initial license, to deny the issuance of a renewal of a license, or to revoke the current license of a facility. b)         A determination by the Director or his or her designee to take adverse licensure action against a facility shall be based on a finding that one or more of the following criteria are met: 1) A substantial failure to comply with the Act or this Part.  For purposes of this provision, substantial failure is a failure to meet the requirements of this Part that is other than a variance from strict and literal performance and that results only in unimportant omissions or defects given the particular circumstances involved. A substantial failure by a facility shall include, but not limited to, any of the following: A) termination of Medicare or Medicaid certification by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; or B) a failure by the facility to pay any fine assessed under the Act after the Department has sent to the facility at least 2 notices of assessment that include a schedule of payments as determined by the Department, taking into account extenuating circumstances and financial hardships of the facility. (Section 3-119(a)(1) of the Act) 2) Conviction of the licensee, or of the person designated to manage or supervise the facility, of any of the following crimes during the previous five years. Such convictions shall be verified by a certified copy of the record of the court of conviction . A) A felony; or B) Two or more misdemeanors involving moral turpitude .  (Section 3-119(a)(2) of the Act) 3)         The moral character of the licensee, administrator, manager, or supervisor of the facility is not reputable.  Evidence to be considered will include verifiable statements by residents of a facility, law enforcement officials, or other persons with knowledge of the individual's character. In addition, the definition afforded to the terms "reputable," "unreputable," and "irreputable" by the circuit courts of the State of Illinois shall apply when appropriate to the given situation.  For purposes of this Section, a manager or supervisor of the facility is an individual with responsibility for the overall management, direction, coordination, or supervision of the facility or the facility staff. 4)         The facility is operating (or, for an initial applicant, intends to operate) with personnel who are insufficient in number or unqualified by training or experience to properly care for the number and type of residents in the facility.  Standards in this Part concerning personnel, including Sections 300.810, 300.820, 300.830, 300.1220, 300.1230 and 300.1240, will be considered in making this determination.  (Section 3-119(a)(3) of the Act) 5) Financial or other resources are insufficient  to operate the facility in accordance with the Act and this Part.  Financial information and changes in financial information provided by the facility under Section 300.120(f) and under Section 3-208 of the Act will be considered in making this determination (Section 3-119(a)(4) of the Act) 6) The facility is not under the direct supervision of a full-time administrator as required by Section 300.510.  (Section 3-119(a)(5) of the Act) 7) The facility has committed two Type "AA" violations within a two-year period. (Section 3-119(a)(6) of the Act) 8)         The facility has violated the rights of residents of the facility by any of the following actions: A)        A pervasive pattern of cruelty or indifference to residents has occurred in the facility. B)        The facility has appropriated  the property of a resident or has converted a resident's property for the facility's use without the resident's written consent or the consent of his or her legal guardian. C)        The facility has secured property, or a bequest of property, from a resident by undue influence. 9)         The facility knowingly submitted false information either on the licensure or renewal application forms or during the course of an inspection or survey of the facility. 10)       The facility has refused to allow an inspection or survey of the facility by agents of the Department. c)         The Director or his or her designee shall consider all available evidence at the time of the determination, including the history of the facility and the applicant in complying with the Act and this Part, notices of violations that have been issued to the facility and the applicant, findings of surveys and inspections, and any other evidence provided by the facility, residents, law enforcement officials and other interested individuals.