# 77 Ill. Adm. Code 350.630: Section 350.630 Admission, Retention and Discharge Policies

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## Section

- **Citation:** 77 Ill. Adm. Code 350.630
- **Heading:** Section 350.630 Admission, Retention and Discharge Policies
- **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 350 INTERMEDIATE CARE FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED FACILITIES CODE / Section 350.630 Admission, Retention and Discharge Policies

## Text

Section 350
Section 350.630  Admission,
Retention and Discharge Policies
a)         All involuntary discharges and transfers shall be in
accordance with Sections 3-401 through 3-423 of the Act.
b)         Only residents who have had a comprehensive evaluation
covering physical, emotional, social and cognitive factors, conducted by an
appropriately constituted interdisciplinary team shall be admitted.
c)         No resident determined by professional evaluation to be in
need of skilled level of nursing care shall be admitted to, or kept in, an
Intermediate Care Facility, or Intermediate Care Facility for the
Developmentally Disabled, or any distinct part of the facility designated and
classified for intermediate care for the developmentally disabled.
d)         Each facility shall have a policy concerning the admission of
persons needing prenatal or maternity care, and a policy concerning the keeping
of these persons who become pregnant while they are residents of the facility.  If
these policies permit these persons to be admitted to or kept in the facility,
then the facility shall have a policy concerning the provision of adequate and
appropriate prenatal and maternity care to these individuals from in-house or
outside resources.
e)         A facility for infants and children under 18 years of age
shall be used exclusively for children.  Persons under 18 years of age may not
be cared for in a facility for adults without prior approval from the
Department.  This approval will be granted only when it is the best possible
placement for the person under the particular set of circumstances.
f)         A facility shall not refuse to discharge or transfer a
resident when requested to do so by the resident or, if the resident is
incompetent, by the resident's guardian
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be cared for in a facility for adults without prior approval from the
Department.  This approval will be granted only when it is the best possible
placement for the person under the particular set of circumstances.
f)         A facility shall not refuse to discharge or transfer a
resident when requested to do so by the resident or, if the resident is
incompetent, by the resident's guardian.
g)         If a resident insists on being discharged and is discharged
against the advice of a physician or a Qualified Intellectual Disability
Professional, the facts involved in the situation shall be fully documented in
the resident's clinical record.
h)         No resident shall be discharged without the concurrence of the
attending physician.
i)          No resident shall be admitted with a communicable, contagious
or infectious disease except as set forth in Section 350.1223 of this Part.
j)          A facility shall not admit more residents than the number
authorized by the license issued to it.
k)         No identified offender shall be admitted to or kept in a
facility, unless the requirements of Section 350.625 for new admissions and the
requirements of Section 350.635 are met.
l)
Upon
a finding by the Department that there has been a substantial failure to comply
with
the
Act and Section 350.165, including, without limitation, the
circumstances set forth in subsection (a) of Section 3-119 of
the
Act,
or if the Department otherwise finds that it would be in the public interest or
the interest of the health, safety, and welfare of facility residents, the
Department may impose a ban on new admissions to any facility licensed under
the
Act.  The ban shall continue until the Department determines that the
circumstances giving rise to the ban no longer exist.
(Section 3-119.1(a) of
the Act)
m)
The
Department shall provide notice to the facility and licensee of any ban imposed
pursuant to
subsection (l) and Section 350.165
facility residents, the
Department may impose a ban on new admissions to any facility licensed under
the
Act.  The ban shall continue until the Department determines that the
circumstances giving rise to the ban no longer exist.
(Section 3-119.1(a) of
the Act)
m)
The
Department shall provide notice to the facility and licensee of any ban imposed
pursuant to
subsection (l) and Section 350.165.
The notice shall
provide a clear and concise statement of the circumstances on which the ban on
new admissions is based and notice of the opportunity for a hearing.
(Section
3-119.1(b) of the Act)
n)
If the Department finds that the public interest or the
health, safety, or welfare of facility residents imperatively requires
immediate action and if the Department incorporates a finding to that effect in
its notice
per subsection (m)
, then the ban on new admissions may be
ordered pending any hearing requested by the facility.
(Section 3-119.1(b)
of the Act)

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