210 ILCS 45/2-104
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 210 - HEALTH FACILITIES AND REGULATION|210 ILCS 45/ - Nursing Home Care Act.|Article II - Rights And Responsibilities

 (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-104)Sec. 2-104.   (a) A resident shall be permitted to retain the services  of his own personal physician at his own expense or under an individual or  group plan of health insurance, or under any public or private  assistance program providing such coverage.  However, the facility is  not liable for the negligence of any such personal physician.  Every  resident shall be permitted to obtain from his own physician or the  physician attached to the facility complete and current information  concerning his medical diagnosis, treatment and prognosis in terms and  language the resident can reasonably be expected to understand.  Every  resident shall be permitted to participate in the planning of his total  care and medical treatment to the extent that his condition permits.  No  resident shall be subjected to experimental research or treatment  without first obtaining his informed, written consent.  The conduct of  any experimental research or treatment shall be authorized and monitored  by an institutional review board appointed by the Director.  The  membership, operating procedures and review criteria for the institutional  review board shall be prescribed under rules and regulations of the  Department and shall comply with the requirements for institutional review boards established by the federal Food and Drug Administration. No person who has received compensation in the prior 3 years from an entity that manufactures, distributes, or sells pharmaceuticals, biologics, or medical devices may serve on the institutional review board.The institutional review board may approve only research or treatment that  meets the standards of the federal  Food and Drug Administration with respect to (i)  the protection of human subjects and (ii) financial disclosure by clinical investigators. The Office of State Long Term Care Ombudsman and the State Protection and Advocacy organization shall be given an opportunity to comment on any request for approval before the board makes a decision. Those entities shall not be provided information that would allow a potential human subject to be individually identified, unless the board asks the Ombudsman for help in securing information from or about the resident. The board shall require frequent reporting of the progress of the approved research or treatment and its impact on residents, including immediate reporting of any adverse impact to the resident, the resident's representative, the Office of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman, and the State Protection and Advocacy organization. The board may not approve any retrospective study of the records of any resident about the safety or efficacy of any care or treatment if the resident was under the care of the proposed researcher or a business associate when the care or treatment was given, unless the study is under the control of a researcher without any business relationship to any person or entity who could benefit from the findings of the study.No facility shall permit experimental research or treatment to be conducted on a resident, or give access to any person or person's records  for a retrospective study about the safety or efficacy of any care or treatment, without the prior written approval of the institutional review board. No nursing home administrator, or person licensed by the State to provide medical care or treatment to any person, may assist or participate in any experimental research on or treatment of a resident, including a retrospective study, that does not have the prior written approval of the board. Such conduct shall be grounds for professional discipline by the Department of Financial and  Professional Regulation.The institutional review board may exempt from ongoing review research or treatment initiated on a resident before the individual's admission to a facility and for which the board determines there is adequate ongoing oversight by another institutional review board. Nothing in this Section shall prevent a facility, any facility employee, or any other person from assisting or participating in any experimental research on or treatment of a resident, if the research or treatment began before the person's admission to  a facility, until the board has reviewed the research or treatment and decided to grant or deny approval or to exempt the research or treatment from ongoing review.The institutional review board requirements of this subsection (a) do not apply to investigational drugs, biological products, or devices used by a resident with a terminal illness as set forth in the Right to Try Act.(b) All medical treatment and procedures shall be administered as  ordered by a physician. All new physician orders shall be reviewed by the  facility's director of nursing or charge nurse designee within 24 hours  after such orders have been issued to assure facility compliance with such orders.All physician's orders and plans of treatment shall have the authentication of the physician. For the purposes of this subsection (b), "authentication" means an original written signature or an electronic signature system that allows for the verification of a signer's credentials. A stamp signature, with or without initials, is not sufficient.According to rules adopted by the Department, every woman resident of  child-bearing age shall receive routine obstetrical and gynecological  evaluations as well as necessary prenatal care.(c) Every resident shall be permitted to refuse medical treatment  and to know the consequences of such action, unless such refusal would  be harmful to the health and safety of others and such harm is  documented by a physician in the resident's clinical record.  The  resident's refusal shall free the facility from the obligation to  provide the treatment.(d) Every resident, resident's guardian, or parent if the resident  is a minor shall be permitted to inspect and copy all his clinical and  other records concerning his care and maintenance kept by the facility  or by his physician. The facility may charge a reasonable fee for  duplication of a record.  (Source: P.A. 99-270, eff. 1-1-16.)