Section 340.1530 Physician Services

Section 340

Section 340.1530  Physician

Services

a)

A resident shall be permitted to retain the services of his

own personal physician at his 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 2-104(a) of the Act)

c)         The services of a physician licensed to practice medicine in

Illinois shall be available to every resident of the facility.

d)         All residents shall be seen by their physician as often as

necessary to assure adequate health care.

e)

All residents shall be permitted to obtain from their own

physicians or the physician attached to the facility complete and current

information concerning their medical diagnoses, treatment and prognoses in

terms and language the residents can reasonably be expected to understand.

(Section 2-104(a) of the Act)

f)         All physician orders, plans of medical treatment,

Medicare/Medicaid Certification and recertification statements must have the

original written signature of the physician.  The use of a physician's rubber

stamp signature with or without initials is not acceptable.