210 ILCS 45/3-206.01
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 210 - HEALTH FACILITIES AND REGULATION|210 ILCS 45/ - Nursing Home Care Act.|Article III - Licensing, Enforcement, Violations, Penalties And Remedies

 (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-206.01)Sec. 3-206.01. Health Care Worker Registry.(a)   A facility shall not employ an individual as a nursing  assistant, habilitation aide, home health aide, psychiatric services  rehabilitation aide, or child care aide, or newly hired  as an individual who may have access to a resident, a resident's living quarters, or a resident's personal, financial, or medical records,  unless the facility has inquired of the Department's Health Care Worker Registry and the individual is listed on the Health Care Worker Registry as eligible to work for a health care employer. The facility shall not employ an individual as a nursing assistant, habilitation aide, or child care aide if that individual  is not on the Health Care Worker Registry   unless the individual is enrolled in a training program under  paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Section 3-206 of this Act. The Department may also maintain a publicly  accessible registry.(a-5) The Health Care Worker Registry maintained by the Department exclusive  to health care employers, as defined in the Health Care Worker Background Check Act, shall clearly indicate whether an  applicant or employee is eligible for employment and shall  include the following:(1) information about the individual, including the         individual's name, his or her current address, Social Security number, the date and location of the training course completed by the individual, whether the individual has any of the disqualifying convictions listed in Section 25 of the Health Care Worker Background Check Act from the date of the individual's last criminal record check, whether the individual has a waiver pending under Section 40 of the Health Care Worker Background Check Act, and whether the individual has received a waiver under Section 40 of that  Act;(2) the following language:"A waiver granted by the Department of Public         Health is a determination that the applicant or employee is eligible to work in a health care facility.         The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provides guidance about federal law regarding hiring of individuals with criminal records."; and(3) a link to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission     guidance regarding hiring of individuals with criminal records.(a-10) After January 1, 2017, the publicly accessible  registry maintained by the Department shall report that an individual is ineligible to work if he or she has a disqualifying offense under Section 25 of the Health Care  Worker Background Check Act and has not received a waiver under  Section 40 of that Act. If an applicant or employee has  received a waiver for one or more disqualifying offenses under  Section 40 of the Health Care Worker Background Check Act and he or she is otherwise eligible to work, the Department of  Public Health shall report on the public registry that the  applicant or employee is eligible to work. The Department,  however, shall not report information regarding the waiver on  the public registry.(a-15) (Blank).(b) (Blank).  (Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-872, eff. 1-1-17; 100-432, eff. 8-25-17.)