# 77 Ill. Adm. Code 225.6030: Section 225.6030 Diet Orders

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## Section

- **Citation:** 77 Ill. Adm. Code 225.6030
- **Heading:** Section 225.6030 Diet Orders
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 77 PUBLIC HEALTH / CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH / Part 225 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE MANAGEMENT CENTER DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM CODE / Section 225.6030 Diet Orders

## Text

Section 225
Section 225.6030  Diet Orders
a)         Two or more copies of a current diet manual shall be available
and in use. One copy shall be located in the kitchen for use by dietary
personnel.  Other copies shall be located at each nurses' station for use by
physicians when prescribing diets.
b)         Physicians shall write a diet order, in the medical record,
for each resident indicating whether the resident is to have a general or a
therapeutic diet. The diet shall be served as ordered.
c)         A written diet order shall be sent to the food service
department when each resident is admitted and each time that the resident's
diet is changed. Each change shall be ordered by the physician.  The diet order
shall include, at a minimum, the following information:  name of resident, room
and bed number, type of diet, consistency if other than regular consistency,
date diet order is sent to the dietary department, name of physician ordering
the diet, and the signature of the person transmitting the order to the food
service department.
d)         The resident shall be observed to determine acceptance of the
diet, and these observations shall be recorded in the medical record.
e)         A therapeutic diet means a diet ordered by the physician as
part of a treatment for a disease or clinical condition, to eliminate or
decrease certain substances in the diet (e.g., sodium) or to increase certain
substances in the diet (e.g., potassium), or to provide food in a form that the
resident is able to eat (e.g., mechanically altered diet).
f)         All therapeutic diets shall be medically prescribed and shall
be planned or approved by a dietician.
g)         The kinds and variations of prescribed therapeutic diets shall
be available in the kitchen.  If separate menus are not planned for each
specific diet, diet information for each specific type, in a form easily
understood by staff, shall be available in a convenient location in the
kitchen
herapeutic diets shall be medically prescribed and shall
be planned or approved by a dietician.
g)         The kinds and variations of prescribed therapeutic diets shall
be available in the kitchen.  If separate menus are not planned for each
specific diet, diet information for each specific type, in a form easily
understood by staff, shall be available in a convenient location in the
kitchen.
h)         All oral liquid diets shall be reviewed every 48 hours.
Medical soft diets, sometimes known as transitional diets, shall be reviewed
every three weeks. All other therapeutic and mechanically altered diets,
including commercially prepared formulas that are in liquid form and
blenderized liquid diets, shall be reviewed as needed, or at least every three
months.
i)          The resident's physician, the food service director, the
charge nurse, and the nursing assistants shall be made aware of any resident's
feeding difficulties.
j)          Each resident shall be weighed every two weeks, and the
resident's weight shall be recorded in the medical chart.

## Nearby sections

- [77 Ill. Adm. Code 225.6000 Section 225.6000  Director of Food Services](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T77_P225_S225_6000.md)
- [77 Ill. Adm. Code 225.6010 Section 225.6010  Meal Planning](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T77_P225_S225_6010.md)
- [77 Ill. Adm. Code 225.6020 Section 225.6020  Menus and Food Records](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T77_P225_S225_6020.md)
- [77 Ill. Adm. Code 225.6030 Section 225.6030  Diet Orders](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T77_P225_S225_6030.md)

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