# 77 Ill. Adm. Code 340.1910: Section 340.1910 Diet Orders

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## Section

- **Citation:** 77 Ill. Adm. Code 340.1910
- **Heading:** Section 340.1910 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 340 ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOMES CODE / Section 340.1910 Diet Orders

## Text

Section 340
Section 340.1910  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 dietary, 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 dietitian.
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
ed or approved by a dietitian.
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.

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