Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 390 - MEDICALLY COMPLEX FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED FACILITIES CODE
Subpart O - RESIDENT'S RIGHTS
Section 390.3220 - Medical Care
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) A resident shall be permitted to retain the services of his or her own personal physician at his or her own expense under an individual or group plan of health insurance, or under any public or private assistance program providing such coverage. (Section 2-104(a) of the Act)
b) The Department shall not prescribe the course of medical treatment provided to an individual resident by the resident's physician in a facility. (Section 3-201 of the Act)
c) Every resident shall be permitted to obtain from his or her own physician or the physician attached to the facility complete and current information concerning his or her medical diagnosis, treatment and prognosis in terms and language the resident can reasonably be expected to understand. (Section 2-104(a) of the Act)
d) Every resident shall be permitted to participate in the planning of his or her total care and medical treatment to the extent that his or her condition permits. (Section 2-104(a) of the Act)
e) No resident shall be subjected to experimental research or treatment without first obtaining his or her informed, written consent. The conduct of any experimental research or treatment shall be authorized and monitored by an institutional review committee appointed by the administrator of the facility where such research and treatment is conducted. (Section 2-104(a) of the Act)
f) All medical treatment and procedures shall be administered as ordered by a physician. All new physician orders shall be reviewed by the facility's director of nursing or charge nurse designee within 24 hours after such orders have been issued to assure facility compliance with such orders. (Section 2-104(b) of the Act)
g) Every woman resident of child-bearing age shall receive routine obstetrical and gynecological evaluations as well as necessary prenatal care. (Section 2-104(b) of the Act) In addition, women residents shall be referred immediately for diagnosis whenever pregnancy is suspected.
h) Cancer screening. Cancer screening for women shall include the following:
i) Every resident shall be permitted to refuse medical treatment and to know the consequences of such action, unless such refusal would be harmful to the health and safety of others and such harm is documented by a physician in the resident's clinical record. (Section 2-104(c) of the Act) (B)
j) Every resident, resident's guardian, or parent if the resident is a minor shall be permitted to inspect and copy all of the the resident's clinical and other records concerning the resident's care and maintenance kept by the facility or by the resident's physician (Section 2-104 (d) of the Act).
k) A resident shall be permitted respect and privacy in his or her medical and personal care program. Every resident's case discussion, consultation, examination and treatment shall be confidential and shall be conducted discreetly, and those persons not directly involved in the resident's care must have his or her permission to be present. (Section 2-105 of the Act)