77 Ill. Adm. Code 330.720
Admission and Discharge Policies
Section 330.720Â Admission and Discharge Policies
a)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â All
involuntary discharges and transfers shall be in accordance with Sections 3-401
through 3-423 of the Act.
b)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â No
resident determined by professional evaluation to be in need of nursing care
shall be admitted to or kept in a sheltered care facility. Neither shall any
such resident be kept in a distinct part designated and classified for
sheltered care.
c)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Homes
in Chicago licensed as Residential Care (Half-Way) Homes shall only accept and
keep persons requiring residential care. Residential care is defined as
maintenance and oversight. Oversight is defined as general watchfulness and
appropriate action to meet the total needs of residents, exclusive of nursing
or personal care, as defined in Chapter 136.1 of the "Municipal Code of
the City of Chicago". Oversight shall include, at a minimum, social,
recreational, and employment opportunities for residents who, by reason of
previous physical or mental disability, or in the opinion of a licensed
physician, are in need of residential care.
d)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Each
facility shall have a policy concerning the admission of persons needing
prenatal or maternity care, and a policy concerning the keeping of such persons
who become pregnant while they are residents of the facility. If these
policies permit such persons to be admitted to or kept in the facility, then
the facility shall have a policy concerning the provision of adequate and
appropriate prenatal and maternity care to such individuals from in-house or
outside resources.
e)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â No person shall be
admitted to or kept in the facility:
1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Who
is at risk because the person is reasonably expected to self-inflict serious
physical harm or to inflict serious physical harm on another person in the near
future, as determined by professional evaluation;
2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Who
is destructive of property and that destruction jeopardizes the safety of her/himself
or others;
3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Who
has serious mental or emotional problems based on medical diagnosis; or
4)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Who
is an identified offender, unless the assessment requirements of Section
330.715 for new admissions and the requirements of Section 330.725 are met.
f)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Children under 18 years
of age shall not be cared for in a facility for adults.
g)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â A
facility shall not refuse to discharge or transfer a resident when requested to
do so by the resident himself or, if the resident is incompetent, by the
resident's guardian.
h)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â No
resident shall be admitted with a communicable, contagious or infectious
disease as set forth in Section 330.1130 of this Part.
i)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â A
facility shall not admit more residents than the number authorized by the
license issued to it.