Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 300 - SKILLED NURSING AND INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES CODE › Subpart E - MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE OF RESIDENTS › Section 300.1060 - Vaccinations

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
A
				facility shall annually administer or arrange for administration of a
				vaccination against influenza to each resident, in accordance with the
				recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the
				Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that are most recent to the time of
				vaccination, unless the vaccination is medically contraindicated or the
				resident has refused the vaccine. Influenza vaccinations for all residents age
				65 and over shall be completed by November 30 of each year or as soon as
				practicable if vaccine supplies are not available before November 1. Residents
				admitted after November 30, during the flu season, and until February 1 shall,
				as medically appropriate, receive an influenza vaccination prior to or upon
				admission or as soon as practicable if vaccine supplies are not available at
				the time of the admission, unless the vaccine is medically contraindicated or
				the resident has refused the vaccine.
(Section 2-213(a) of the
				Act)
b)
A facility shall
				document in the resident's medical record that an annual vaccination against
				influenza was administered, arranged, refused or medically
				contraindicated
. (Section 2-213(a) of the Act)
c)
A facility shall administer or
				arrange for administration of a pneumococcal vaccination to each resident in
				accordance with the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
				Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who has not
				received this immunization prior to or upon admission to the facility unless
				the resident refuses the offer for vaccination or the vaccination is medically
				contraindicated
. (Section 2-213(b) of the Act)
d)
A facility shall document in each
				resident's medical record that a vaccination against pneumococcal pneumonia was
				offered and administered, refused, or medically contraindicated
.
				(Section 2-213(b) of the Act)
e)
A facility shall distribute
educational information provided
				by the Department
on all vaccines recommended by the Centers for
				Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization
				Practices
(available at:
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/downloads/adult/adult-combined-schedule.pdf
)
, including, but not limited to the risks associated with shingles and
				how to protect oneself against the varicella-zoster virus
. The
				facility shall provide the information
to each resident who requests
				the information and each newly admitted resident. The facility may distribute
				the information to residents electronically.
(Section 2-213(e) of the
				Act)
f)
A facility shall
				document in the resident's medical record that he or she was verbally screened
				for risk factors associated with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV, and whether
				or not the resident was immunized against hepatitis B.
(Section
				2-213(c) of the Act)
g)
All
				persons determined to be susceptible to the hepatitis B virus shall be offered
				immunization within 10 days
after
admission to any nursing
				facility.
(Section 2-213(c) of the Act)