Section 390.1870 Scheduling Meals

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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 PUBLIC HEALTH › CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 390 MEDICALLY COMPLEX FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED FACILITIES CODE › Section 390.1870 Scheduling Meals

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Section 390

Section 390.1870 Scheduling

Meals

a)         A minimum of three meals or their equivalent shall be served

daily at regular times with no more than a 14 hour span between a substantial

evening meal and breakfast. (B)

b)         Snacks of nourishing quality shall be offered between meals

when there is a time span of four or more hours between the ending of one meal

and the serving of the next. (B) Snacks of nourishing quality shall be offered

at bedtime when there is a time span of two or more hours between the ending of

the last meal and bedtime. (B)

c)         If a resident refuses food served, reasonable and

nutritionally appropriate substitutions shall be served. (B)

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