Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 350 - INTERMEDIATE CARE FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED FACILITIES CODE › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 350.271 - Presentation of Findings

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) If it
				is probable that findings will be presented that could be issued as violations
				of regulations that represent a direct threat to the health, safety or welfare
				of residents, surveyors shall notify the administrator or designee during the
				course of the survey of such possible findings.
b) The Department will conduct an exit
				conference with the administrator or other facility designee at the conclusion
				of each on-site inspection at the facility, whether or not the investigation
				has been completed. If the investigation has been completed, findings shall be
				presented during the exit conference. If the investigation has not been
				completed at the time of the facility exit conference, the Department will
				inform the facility administrator or designee that the investigation is not
				complete and that findings may be presented to the facility at a later date.
				Presentation of any additional findings may be conducted at the facility, at
				the Department's regional office, or by telephone.
c) With the assistance of the administrator,
				surveyors shall schedule a time and place for the exit conference to be held at
				the conclusion of the survey.
d) At
				the exit conference, surveyors shall present their findings and resident
				identity key and identify regulations related to the findings. The facility
				administrator or designee shall have an opportunity at the exit conference to
				discuss and provide additional documentation related to the findings. The
				Department's surveyors conducting the exit conference may, at their discretion,
				modify or eliminate any or all preliminary findings in accordance with any
				facts presented by the facility to the Department during the exit
				conference.
e) Additional comments
				or documentation may be submitted by the facility to the Department during a
				10-day comment period as allowed by the Act.
f) If the Department determines, after review
				of the comments submitted pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section, that the
				facility may have committed violations of the Act or this Part different than
				or in addition to those presented at the exit conference and the violations may
				be cited as either Type A or repeat Type B violations, the Department will so
				inform the facility in writing. The facility shall then have an opportunity to
				submit additional comments addressing the different violations of additional
				Sections of the Act or this Part presented by the Department at the exit
				conference. The surveyors will be advised of any code changes made after their
				recommendations are submitted.
g)
				The facility shall have five working days after receipt of the notice required
				by subsection (f) to submit its additional comments to the Department. The
				Department will consider the additional comments in determining the existence
				and level of violation of the Act and this Part in the same manner as the
				Department considers the facility's original comments.
h) If desired by the facility, an audio-taped
				recording may be made of the exit conference provided that a copy of the
				recording is provided, at facility expense, to the surveyors at the conclusion
				of the exit conference. Video-taped recordings are prohibited.
i) Surveyors will not conduct an exit
				conference under the following conditions:
1)
				The facility administrator or designee requests that an exit conference not be
				held;
2) During a scheduled exit
				conference, facility staff or their guests create an environment that is not
				conducive to a meaningful exchange of information.