77 Ill. Adm. Code 955.300
Health Care Worker Registry
Section 955.300Â Health Care Worker Registry
a)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The
Department will establish and maintain a Health Care Worker Registry of
unlicensed individuals and employees who:
1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Are
employed or retained by a health care employer as home health care aides, nurse
aides,
certified nursing assistants
, personal care assistants, private
duty nurse aides, day training personnel, or an individual working in any
similar health-related occupation where
the individual
provides direct
care
(e.g., resident attendants, child care/habilitation
aides/developmental disabilities aides, and psychiatric rehabilitation services
aides),
or
in positions where they have
access to long-term care
residents or the living quarters or financial, medical, or personal records of
long-term care residents
;
(Section 10 of the Act)
2)
Have
satisfactorily completed the training required by Section 3-206 of the Nursing
Home Care Act, Section 3-206 of the MC/DD Act, or Section 3-206 of the ID/DD
Community Care Act
; or
3)
Have
begun a current course of training as set forth in Section 3-206 of the Nursing
Home Care Act, Section 3-206 of the MC/DD Act, or Section 3-206 of the ID/DD
Community Care Act
.
b)
Any
individual
or employee
placed on the Health Care Worker Registry is
required to inform the Department of any change of address within 30 days after
the effective date of the change of address.
c)
The
Health Care Worker Registry will include the information contained in the
registries established under Section 3-206.01 of the Nursing Home Care Act,
Section 3-206.01 of the MC/DD Act, and Section 3-206.01 of the ID/DD Community
Care Act
. (Section 26 of the Act)
d)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The
Health Care Worker Registry
will
document criminal history records
check results pursuant to the requirements of
the
Act
and
this Part. (Section 28(c) of the Act)
e)
The
Health Care Worker Registry maintained by the Department exclusive to health
care employers
, staffing agencies, workforce intermediaries, organizations
that provide pro bono legal services, and educational entities
will
clearly
indicate whether an individual is eligible for employment and
will
include
the following
:
1)
The
individual's
name
;
2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The
individual's
current address;
3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The
individual's
Social Security number
(Section 3-206.01(a-5)(1) of the
Nursing Home Care Act)
or federal taxpayer identification number
; (
Section 26 of the Act)
4)
The
date and location of the training course completed by the individual
; (Section
3-206.01(a-5)(1) of the Nursing Home Care Act and Section 26 of the Act)
5)
Information
identifying where an individual received
their
clinical training
;
(Section 3-206(a)(5) of the Nursing Home Care Act)
6)
Whether
the individual has any of the disqualifying convictions listed in Section 25 of
the Act from the date of the
individual's last criminal record check
;
 (Section 3-206.01(a-5)(1) of the Nursing Home Care Act)
7)
The
date of the individual's last criminal records check
; (Section 26 of the
Act)
8)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Whether
the individual has any
findings as reported by the Inspector General of the
Department of Human Services
,
under subsection (s) of Section 1-17 of
the Department of Human Services Act
; (Section 27(g) of the Act)
9)
Whether
the individual
has a waiver pending under Section 40 of the Act;
10)
Whether
the individual has received a waiver under Section 40 of the Act
(Section
3-206.01(a-5)(1) of the Nursing Home Care Act) and
the following language:
"A waiver granted by the
Department of Public Health is a determination that the individual is eligible
to work in a health care facility. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
provides guidance about federal law regarding hiring of individuals with
criminal records."
(Section 3-206.01(a-5)(2) of the Nursing Home Care
Act);
and
11)
A
link to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance regarding hiring of
individuals with criminal records
. (Section 3-206.01(a-5)(3) of the Nursing
Home Care Act)
f)
The
publicly accessible
version of the Health Care Worker
Registry
will:
1)
Report
that an individual is ineligible to work, if
they have
a disqualifying
offense under Section 25 of the Health Care Worker Background Check Act and
have
not received a waiver under Section 40 of
the
Act
;
2)
Report
that an individual is eligible to work,
if the individual
has received a
waiver for one or more disqualifying offenses under Section 40 of
the
Act and
they are
otherwise eligible to work.
The publicly
accessible Health Care Worker Registry
shall not report information
regarding
the granting or denial
of
a waiver
; (Section
3-206.01(a-10) of the Nursing Home Care Act)
3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Include
findings as reported by the Department
that an employee, or former employee,
has been guilty of abuse or neglect of a resident or misappropriation of
resident property or
whether the Department
has made any other
applicable finding as set forth
in this Part, including the
employee's,
or former employee's, statement relating to the finding or a clear and accurate
summary of the statement
;
(Section 27(f) of the Act) and
4)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Include
findings as reported by the Inspector General of the Department of Human
Services, under subsection (s) of Section 1-17 of the Department of Human
Services Act
. (Section 27(g) of the Act)