Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 640 - REGIONALIZED PERINATAL HEALTH CARE CODE
Section 640.44 - Administrative Perinatal Center
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
To be designated as an APC, a hospital shall submit an application to the Department for a grant to provide financial support to assist the Department in the implementation and oversight of the Regionalized Perinatal Health Care Program;and shall comply with all of the conditions described for intensive (Level III) perinatal care in Section 640.43; and shall comply with all of the conditions described in Subpart O of the Hospital Licensing Requirements. The APC shall comply with the following:
a) Administrative Perinatal Center - General Provisions
b) The Department will designate an APC within each regional perinatal network to be responsible for the administration and implementation of the Department's Regionalized Perinatal Health Care Program.
c) The APC will be responsible for providing leadership in the design and implementation of the Department's CQI Program, including the establishment and regularly scheduled meetings of a regional quality improvement structure (Regional Quality Council).
d) The APC shall establish a Joint Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee with the affiliated regional network hospitals. The Committee shall review all perinatal deaths and selected morbidity, including, but not limited to, transports of neonates born with handicapping conditions, or developmental disabilities, or unique medical conditions. This review shall also include a periodic comparison of total perinatal mortality and the numbers attributable to categories of complications. Membership on the Committee shall include, but not be limited to, pediatricians, obstetricians, family practice physicians, nurses, quality assurance, pathology, and hospital administration staff and representatives from the hospital's APC. The network administrator shall prepare a yearly synopsis of the Regional Perinatal Network's perinatal deaths. This synopsis shall include statistical information, as well as an identification of the factors contributing to deaths that are identified as potentially avoidable. The synopsis shall be shared with the Regional Quality Council. The Council shall develop, for the Network, an action plan to address issues of preventability. The Council's action plan shall be forwarded to the Department. The membership of the Council shall include representatives from all levels and disciplines of perinatal health care providers.
e) Perinatal Program Oversight