Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 205 - AMBULATORY SURGICAL TREATMENT CENTER LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 205.118 - Conditions of Licensure
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) No person shall open, conduct or maintain an ambulatory surgical treatment center without first obtaining a license from the Department. (Section 4 of the Act)
b) The applicant shall file a statement of ownership as provided in Section 205.120(b)(1). The applicant shall agree to update the information required in the statement of ownership every six months from the initial date of filing. (Section 7a of the Act)
c) Every facility licensed under the Act, and any premises proposed to be conducted as a facility by an applicant for a license, shall be open during its regular business hours to an inspection authorized in writing by the Director. No notice need be given to any person prior to any inspection. (Section 9 of the Act)
d) Any corporation operating an ambulatory surgical treatment center devoted primarily to providing facilities for abortion must have a physician who is licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches and is actively engaged in the practice of medicine at the ambulatory surgical treatment center, on the Board of Directors as a condition to licensure of the ambulatory surgical treatment center. (Section 6.1 of the Act)
e) Each license shall be issued only for the premises and persons named in the application and shall not be transferable or assignable (Section 6 of the Act). Only those facilities, services, programs and procedures included in the application shall be licensed. A new application is required for any one or more of the following:
f) The transactions described in subsection (e)(1) do not constitute a change in ownership when all of the entities that are parties to the transaction are under common control or ownership before and after the transaction is completed. In these transactions, the name of the corporation, its officers, its independent subsidiaries and any other relevant information that the Department may require shall be made available to the Department upon request.
g) The transfer of corporate stock, the change of a membership interest, or the merger of another corporation into the licensee corporation does not constitute a change of ownership if the licensee corporation remains in existence.
h) The license shall be valid for one year, unless sooner suspended or revoked, and shall be renewable annually upon approval by the Department and payment of a license fee of $300 as provided in Section 205.125. (Section 6 of the Act)
i) The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. A placard or registry of all physicians on staff in the facility shall be centrally located and available for inspection to any interested persons. (Section 6 of the Act)
j) The facility shall give written notice to the Department no later than seven days after any one or more of the following:
k) An ambulatory surgical treatment center that elects to have an agreement with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as provided in 42 CFR 416, must also meet the Medicare conditions as an ambulatory surgical center, as set forth in 42 CFR 416, and have an active agreement with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to participate in Medicare as an ambulatory surgical center provider in Illinois. (Section 6.8 of the Act)