Section 640.30 Perinatal Advisory Committee

Section 640

Section 640.30  Perinatal

Advisory Committee

a)         The Perinatal Advisory Committee (PAC) is an advisory body to

the Department in matters pertaining to the regionalization of perinatal health

care.  The purpose is to advise the Department on the establishment and

implementation of policy.

b)         The duties of the PAC shall be to advise the Department on and

make recommendations concerning:

1)         Health policies and quality of care issues affecting perinatal

health care services and implementation of the State's perinatal health care

plan;

2)         The needs of perinatal health care consumers and providers;

3)         Methods to seek a better understanding and wider support of

regionalized perinatal health care within the local community;

4)         Coordinating and organizing regional networks or systems of

perinatal health care;

5)         Policies relating to planning, operating and maintaining

regional networks or systems of perinatal health care;

6)         All proposals for rulemaking affecting the provision of

perinatal health care services under the Act; and

7)         Hospitals seeking designation or redesignation as described in

Sections 640.40 through 640.70.

c)         The PAC shall consist of 22 members appointed by the Director

of the Department and six ex-officio members as follows:

1)         Members

A)        10 physicians;

B)        Three hospital administrators;

C)        Two registered nurses;

D)        One social worker;

E)        One dietitian;

F)         One respiratory care practitioner;

G)        One health planner;

H)        Two consumers or representatives of the general public

interested in perinatal health care; and

I)         One representative of a certified local health department;

2)         Ex-Officio Members

A)        One representative of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and

Family Services;

B)        One representative of the Illinois Department of Human Services;

C)        One representative of the Consortium of Perinatal Networ

es of the general public

interested in perinatal health care; and

I)         One representative of a certified local health department;

2)         Ex-Officio Members

A)        One representative of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and

Family Services;

B)        One representative of the Illinois Department of Human Services;

C)        One representative of the Consortium of Perinatal Network

Administrators;

D)        One representative of the Chicago Department of Public Health;

E)        One representative of the Chicago Maternal and Child Health

Advisory Committee of the Chicago Department of Public Health; and

F)         One representative of the Genetic and Metabolic Diseases

Advisory Committee of the Department.

d)         Physician membership on the PAC shall consist of four

obstetrician-gynecologists, to include a subspecialist in maternal/fetal

medicine, four pediatricians, to include a subspecialist in neonatal/perinatal

medicine and two family practice physicians.

e)         Recommendations for physicians shall be solicited from the

Illinois State Medical Society, the Illinois Section of the American College of

Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy

of Pediatrics, and the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Family

Practice.  Recommendations for hospital administrators and a health planner

shall be solicited from the Illinois Hospital Association.  Recommendations for

nurses shall be solicited from the Illinois Nurses Association; the Illinois Section,

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN); the

National Association of Neonatal Nurses; and the American College of

Nurse-Midwives.  Recommendations for a social worker, a dietitian and a respiratory

care practitioner shall be solicited from the Illinois Perinatal Social Work

Association, the Illinois Dietetics Association and the Illinois Society of

Respiratory Care

ociation of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN); the

National Association of Neonatal Nurses; and the American College of

Nurse-Midwives.  Recommendations for a social worker, a dietitian and a respiratory

care practitioner shall be solicited from the Illinois Perinatal Social Work

Association, the Illinois Dietetics Association and the Illinois Society of

Respiratory Care.  Recommendations for a representative of a certified local

health department shall be solicited from the Illinois Association of Public

Health Administrators.

f)         Membership of the PAC shall be selected to be representative

of the levels of perinatal care described in Section 640.40, as well as of the

different settings in which perinatal care is provided, both geographic and

institutional.

g)         Members of the PAC shall serve four-year terms. Ex-officio members

shall have no set term of service.  Both members and ex-officio members shall

have full voting privileges.