Section 350.1223 Communicable Disease Policies

Section 350

Section 350.1223

Communicable Disease Policies

a)         The facility shall comply with the Control of Communicable

Diseases Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 690).

b)         The facility shall not knowingly admit a person with a

communicable, contagious or infectious disease, as defined in the Control of

Communicable Diseases Code, except as allowed in subsection (d) of this

Section.  A resident who is suspected of or diagnosed as having any such

disease shall be placed in isolation, if required, in accordance with the

Control of Communicable Diseases Code.  If the facility believes that it cannot

provide the necessary infection control measures, it must initiate an

involuntary transfer and discharge pursuant to Article III, Part 4 of the Act

and Section 350.630 of this Part.  In determining whether a transfer or

discharge is necessary, the burden of proof rests on the facility.

c)         All illnesses required to be reported under the Control of

Communicable Diseases Code and Control of Sexually Transmissible Diseases Code

(77 Ill. Adm. Code 693) shall be reported immediately to the local health

department and to the Department.  The facility shall furnish all pertinent

information relating to such occurrences.  In addition, the facility shall also

inform the Department of all incidents of scabies and other skin infestations.

d)         Persons with communicable, contagious, or infectious diseases

may be admitted under the following conditions:

1)        When a person's infectious condition is directly related to one

or more chronic pressure sores, from which laboratory tests have proven the

presence of a pathogenic organism.  Such a person may be admitted if the

facility is capable of implementing appropriate treatment and isolation

techniques to avoid secondary spread of infection

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may be admitted under the following conditions:

1)        When a person's infectious condition is directly related to one

or more chronic pressure sores, from which laboratory tests have proven the

presence of a pathogenic organism.  Such a person may be admitted if the

facility is capable of implementing appropriate treatment and isolation

techniques to avoid secondary spread of infection.

2)        When a person's condition is communicable, contagious, or

infectious only through blood or other body fluid contact, such as hepatitis,

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), or human immunodeficiency virus

(HIV) infection.

e)         The facility shall notify the Department no later than five

working days after the date of the admission of any person with a communicable,

contagious, or infectious disease under subsection of this Section.  The notice

to the Department shall include at least the date of the admission and the

nature of the condition.

f)          Written approval to admit or keep a person with other

communicable, contagious, or infectious diseases may be granted by the

Department on an individual case basis.  Such approval will depend upon the

nature of the infectious condition or disease and the capability of the

facility to provide proper care to the person and to safeguard the staff and

other residents of the facility from the spread of primary and secondary

infections