Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 640 - REGIONALIZED PERINATAL HEALTH CARE CODE
Section 640.30 - Perinatal Advisory Committee
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) The Perinatal Advisory Committee (PAC) is an advisory body to the Department in matters pertaining to the regionalization of perinatal health care. The purpose is to advise the Department on the establishment and implementation of policy.
b) The duties of the PAC shall be to advise the Department on and make recommendations concerning:
c) The PAC shall consist of 22 members appointed by the Director of the Department and six ex-officio members as follows:
d) Physician membership on the PAC shall consist of four obstetrician-gynecologists, to include a subspecialist in maternal/fetal medicine, four pediatricians, to include a subspecialist in neonatal/perinatal medicine and two family practice physicians.
e) Recommendations for physicians shall be solicited from the Illinois State Medical Society, the Illinois Section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Family Practice. Recommendations for hospital administrators and a health planner shall be solicited from the Illinois Hospital Association. Recommendations for nurses shall be solicited from the Illinois Nurses Association; the Illinois Section, Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN); the National Association of Neonatal Nurses; and the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Recommendations for a social worker, a dietitian and a respiratory care practitioner shall be solicited from the Illinois Perinatal Social Work Association, the Illinois Dietetics Association and the Illinois Society of Respiratory Care. Recommendations for a representative of a certified local health department shall be solicited from the Illinois Association of Public Health Administrators.
f) Membership of the PAC shall be selected to be representative of the levels of perinatal care described in Section 640.40, as well as of the different settings in which perinatal care is provided, both geographic and institutional.
g) Members of the PAC shall serve four-year terms. Ex-officio members shall have no set term of service. Both members and ex-officio members shall have full voting privileges.