Section 350.1210 Health Services

Section 350

Section 350.1210  Health

Services

a)

Comprehensive

resident care plan. A facility, with the participation of the resident and the

resident's guardian or resident's representative, as applicable, must develop

and implement a comprehensive care plan for each resident that includes

measurable objectives and timetables to meet the resident's medical, nursing,

mental health, psychosocial, and habilitation needs that are identified in the

resident's comprehensive assessment that allows the resident to attain or

maintain the highest practicable level of independent functioning and provide

for discharge planning to the least restrictive setting based on the resident's

care needs. The assessment shall be developed with the active participation of

the resident and the resident's guardian or resident's representative, as

applicable

. (Section 3-202.2a of the Act)

b)         The facility shall provide all services necessary to maintain

each resident in good physical health.  These services include, but are not

limited to, the following:

1)         Physician services, including a complete physical examination

at least annually and formal arrangements to provide for medical emergencies on

a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week basis.

2)         Nursing services to provide immediate supervision of the

health needs of each resident by a registered professional nurse or a licensed

practical nurse.

3)         Dental services to provide evaluation, diagnosis, treatment,

and annual review, including care for dental emergencies, administered by or

under the supervision of a dentist.

4)         Physical and occupational therapy services for purposes of

initiating, monitoring and follow-up of individualized treatment programs

rendered by or under the supervision of a physician with special training or

experience in the specialty or a physical therapist or an occupational

therapist

including care for dental emergencies, administered by or

under the supervision of a dentist.

4)         Physical and occupational therapy services for purposes of

initiating, monitoring and follow-up of individualized treatment programs

rendered by or under the supervision of a physician with special training or

experience in the specialty or a physical therapist or an occupational

therapist.

5)         Other

professional consulting services as identified in the comprehensive functional

assessment including, but not limited to, psychiatry, gynecology, and other

services as specified in the individual program plan.

c)

The

facility

may not refer a

resident

or the family of a

resident

to a

home health agency, home services agency, or home nursing

agency

unless the agency is licensed under the

Home Health, Home Services and Home

Nursing Agency Licensing

Act.

A facility shall request a copy of an

agency's license prior to making a referral to that agency.  (Section 3.8 of

the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act)