77 Ill. Adm. Code 50.110
Statewide Policy for Visitation with a Resident
Section 50.110Â
Statewide Policy for Visitation with a Resident
a)
If the Governor
issues a proclamation under Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management
Agency Act declaring that a disaster relating to a public health emergency
exists,
or when general visitation restrictions have been implemented due
to an isolated reason, this Part shall serve as the statewide policy for
visitation with a resident. To comply, facilities shall implement policies that
address the following regarding access to a resident:
1)
Arrangements for
regular visitation by visitors and other residents through various means,
including, but not limited to:
A)
outdoor visitation;
B)
the use of
technologies to facilitate virtual visitation when all other forms of
visitation are unavailable; and
C)
indoor visitation,
including, but not limited to, indoor visitation 24 hours per day, 7 days per
week when the resident is nearing the end of his or her life as determined by
any one or more of the resident's attending health care professionals.
(Section
15(b)(1) of the Act) Â For the purposes of this subsection, visitors may
include:
i)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â primary and secondary
essential support persons; and
ii)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â family, friends, and
other visitors of the resident who agree to comply with the safety protocols established
in Section 50.110(a)(3).
2)
The needs of the
resident for physical, emotional, psychological, and socialization support
based on the resident's person-centered care plan.
(Section 15(b)(2) of the
Act)
3)
Safety protocols for
all visitors to a facility, including, but not limited to, primary essential
support persons or secondary essential support persons, if the Governor issues
a proclamation under Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act
declaring that a disaster relating to a public health emergency exists.
(Section
15(b)(3) of the Act)
A)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â All visitors shall follow
the same safety and infection control protocols currently in place for facility
staff.
B)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Facility staff shall
provide all visitors with copies (hardcopy or electronic) of any facility
policies or protocols, Department guidance, or other necessary safety measures.
C)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â No individual may be
designated as a primary or secondary essential support person unless they can
adhere to the facility's policies and protocols in place.
i)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Facilities shall
require a primary and secondary essential support person to agree, in writing,
to comply with the facility's safety and infection control protocols.
ii)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Facilities shall place
the signed agreement in the resident's record. The form shall be made
available to the Department upon request.
4)
Allow access to a
resident by a primary essential support person or secondary essential support
person despite general visitation restrictions, provided that the primary
essential support person or secondary essential support person complies with
safety protocols
provided in Section 50.110(b)(3). (Section 15(b)(4) of the
Act)
b)
If a resident has not
designated a primary essential support person,
the facility shall
work
with the resident or the resident's representative, a family member of the
resident, or a Long Term Care Ombudsman to identify a primary essential support
person and provide
them
access to the resident.
(Section 15(b)(5) of
the Act)