Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 2060 - ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND INTERVENTION LICENSES
Subpart C - REQUIREMENTS - ALL LICENSES
Section 2060.309 - Professional Staff Qualifications
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) All professional staff providing clinical services (except as set forth in subsection (b)(2)), as defined in this Part, shall:
b) All professional staff providing only clinical assessments, DUI evaluations or designated program intervention services, as defined in this Part, shall:
c) In any medically managed or monitored detoxification service at least one staff, 24 hours a day, shall:
d) Any other staff who provide direct patient care that is not defined as a clinical service shall be supervised by an individual who meets the requirements for professional staff as defined in subsection (a), (b) or (c)(1) and (2) as applicable to detoxification.
e) Any new professional staff, including interns, who will provide clinical services in a treatment or designated program service and who do not meet the requirements of subsection (a) or (b) when hired shall:
f) The above referenced supervision shall last until the employee meets at least one of the requirements for professional staff designation specified in subsection (a) or (b) or until the two year period has elapsed. Such supervision is verifiable, at a minimum, by:
g) Any employee providing clinical services under supervision at one or more organizations who does not meet at least one of the requirements specified in subsection (a) or (b) within the relevant two year period shall not provide any direct clinical services at the end of the two years until such requirement is met.
h) All staff providing DUI risk education services shall:
i) It is the responsibility of each organization to ensure that all professional staff meet the requirements outlined in this Section.
j) The Department will consider granting an exception to the requirements specified in subsection (e) of this Section based upon timing of certification or licensure examinations and part-time employment. In such cases, the exception will be time limited and based upon the minimum extension of time necessary to achieve full compliance. All exceptions shall be granted in accordance with Section 2060.303 of this Part.