# 77 Ill. Adm. Code 350.650: Section 350.650 Residents' Advisory Council

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## Section

- **Citation:** 77 Ill. Adm. Code 350.650
- **Heading:** Section 350.650 Residents' Advisory Council
- **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 350.650 Residents' Advisory Council

## Text

Section 350
Section 350.650  Residents'
Advisory Council
a)
Each facility shall establish a residents' advisory council
consisting of at least five resident members.  If there are not five residents
capable of functioning on the residents' advisory council, as determined by the
Interdisciplinary Team and based upon evaluations of the comprehensive
functional assessments, residents' representatives shall take the place of the
required number of residents.
The administrator shall designate a member of
the facility staff
(other than the administrator)
to coordinate the
establishment of, and render assistance to, the council.
(Section 2-203 of
the Act)
b)         Each facility shall develop and implement a plan for assuring
a liaison with concerned individuals and groups in the local community.  Ways
in which this requirement can be met include, but are not limited to, the
following:
1)         Including community members such as volunteers, family
members, residents' friends, residents' advocates, or community representatives
on the council;
2)         Establishing a separate community advisory group with persons
of the residents' choosing; or
3)         Finding a church or civic group to "adopt" the
facility.
c)         The resident members shall be elected to the council by vote
of their fellow residents, and the non-resident members shall be elected to the
council by vote of the resident members of the council.
d)         In facilities of 50 or fewer beds, the council may consist of
all of the residents of the facility, if the residents choose to operate in this
way.
e)         All residents' advisory councils shall elect at least a chairperson
or president and a vice chairperson or vice president from among the members of
the council.  These persons shall preside at the meetings of the council,
assisted by the facility staff person designated by the administrator to
provide assistance
dents of the facility, if the residents choose to operate in this
way.
e)         All residents' advisory councils shall elect at least a chairperson
or president and a vice chairperson or vice president from among the members of
the council.  These persons shall preside at the meetings of the council,
assisted by the facility staff person designated by the administrator to
provide assistance.
f)         Some facilities may wish to establish mini-residents' advisory
councils for various smaller units within the facility.  If this is done, each
unit shall be represented on an overall facility residents' advisory council
with the composition described in subsection (a).
g)         All residents' advisory council meetings shall be open to
participation by all residents and by their representatives.
h)
No employee or affiliate of any facility shall be a member
of any council.
Employees or affiliates persons may attend to discuss interests
or functions of the non-members when invited by a majority of the officers of
the council.  (Section 2-203(a) of the Act)
i)
The council shall meet at least once each month with the
staff coordinator who shall provide assistance to the council in preparing and
disseminating a report of each meeting to all residents, the administrator, and
the staff.
(Section 2-203(b) of the Act)
j)
Records of the council meetings shall be maintained in the
office of the administrator.
(Section 2-203(c) of the Act)
k)
The residents' advisory council may communicate to the
administrator the opinions and concerns of the residents.  The council shall
review procedures for implementing resident rights
and
facility
responsibilities and make recommendations for changes or additions
that
will strengthen the facility's policies and procedures as they affect
residents' rights and facility responsibilities
he Act)
k)
The residents' advisory council may communicate to the
administrator the opinions and concerns of the residents.  The council shall
review procedures for implementing resident rights
and
facility
responsibilities and make recommendations for changes or additions
that
will strengthen the facility's policies and procedures as they affect
residents' rights and facility responsibilities.
(Section 2-203(d) of the
Act)
l)
The council shall be a forum for:
1)
Obtaining and disseminating information;
2)
Soliciting and adopting recommendations for facility
programming and improvements;
and
3)
Early identification and for recommending orderly
resolution of problems.
(Section 2-203(e) of the Act)
m)
The council may present complaints on behalf of a resident
to the Department, the DD Facility Advisory Board or to any other person it
considers appropriate.
(Section 2-203(f) of the Act)
n)         Families and friends of residents who live in the community
retain the right to form family councils.
1)         If there is a family council in the facility, or if one is
formed at the request of family members or the ombudsman, a facility shall make
information about the family council available to all current and prospective
residents, their families and their representatives.  The information shall be
provided by the family council, prospective members or the ombudsman.
2)         If a family council is formed, facilities shall provide a
place for the family council to meet.

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