# 77 Ill. Adm. Code 390.1810: Section 390.1810 Director of Food Services

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## Section

- **Citation:** 77 Ill. Adm. Code 390.1810
- **Heading:** Section 390.1810 Director of Food Services
- **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 390 MEDICALLY COMPLEX FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED FACILITIES CODE / Section 390.1810 Director of Food Services

## Text

Section 390
Section 390.1810  Director of
Food Services
a)         A full-time person, qualified by training and experience,
shall be responsible for the total food and nutrition services of the facility.
This person shall be on duty a minimum of 40 hours each week.
1)         This person shall be either a dietitian or a dietetic service
supervisor.
2)         The person responsible for the food service may assume some
cooking duties but only if these duties do not interfere with the
responsibilities of management and supervision.
b)         If the person responsible for food services  is not a
dietitian, the person shall have frequent and regularly scheduled consultation
from a dietitian. Consultation,  given in the facility, shall include training,
as needed, in areas such as menu planning and review, food preparation, food
storage, food service, safety, food sanitation, and use of food equipment.
Clinical management of therapeutic diets shall also be included in consulting,
covering areas such as tube feeding; nutritional status and requirements of
residents, including weight, height, hematologic and biochemical assessments;
physical limitations; adaptive eating equipment; and clinical observations of
nutrition, nutritional intake, resident's eating habits and preferences, and
dietary restrictions.
c)         A minimum of eight hours of consulting time per month shall be
provided for facilities with 50 or fewer residents.  An additional five minutes
of consulting time per month shall be provided per resident over 50 residents,
based on the average daily census for the previous year.

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