Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 340 - ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOMES CODE › Subpart C - RESIDENT RIGHTS › Section 340.1450 - Communication and Visitation

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
				Every resident shall be permitted unimpeded, private and uncensored
				communication of his choice by mail, public telephone or visitation. (Section
				2-108 of the Act)
b) The facility
				administrator shall ensure that correspondence is conveniently received and
				mailed, and that telephones are reasonably accessible. (Section 2-108(a) of the
				Act)
c) The facility administrator
				shall ensure that residents may have private visits at any reasonable hour
				unless such visits are not medically advisable for the resident as documented
				in the resident's clinical record by the resident's physician. (Section
				2-108(b) of the Act)
d) The
				facility shall allow daily visiting at least between 10 A.M. and 8 P.M.
				Visiting hours shall be posted in plain view of visitors.
e) The facility administrator shall ensure
				that space for visits is available and that facility personnel knock, except in
				an emergency, before entering any resident's room. (Section 2-108(c) of the
				Act)
f) Unimpeded, private and
				uncensored communication by mail, public telephone, and visitation may be
				reasonably restricted by a physician only in order to protect the resident or
				others from harm, harassment or intimidation provided that the reason for any
				such restriction is placed in the resident's clinical record by the physician
				and that notice of probable causes of such restriction shall be given to all
				residents upon admission. (Section 2-108(d) of the Act)
g) Notwithstanding subsection (f) of this
				Section, all letters addressed by a resident to the Governor, members of the
				General Assembly, Attorney General, judges, state's attorneys, officers of the
				Department, or licensed attorneys at law shall be forwarded at once to the
				persons to whom they are addressed without examination by facility personnel.
				Letters in reply from the officials and attorneys mentioned above shall be
				delivered to the resident without examination by facility personnel. (Section
				2-108(d) of the Act)
h) Any
				employee or agent of a public agency, any representative of a community legal
				services program or any member of the general public shall be permitted access
				at reasonable hours to any individual resident or any facility, but only if
				there is neither a commercial purpose nor effect to such access and if the
				purpose is to do any of the following:
1)
				Visit, talk with and make personal, social, and legal services available to all
				residents;
2) Inform residents of
				their rights and entitlements and their corresponding obligations, under
				federal and State laws, by means of educational materials and discussions in
				groups and with individual residents;
3) Assist residents in asserting their legal
				rights regarding claims for public assistance, medical assistance and Social
				Security benefits, as well as in all other matters in which residents are
				aggrieved. Assistance any include counseling and litigation; or
4) Engage in other methods of asserting,
				advising and representing residents so as to extend to them full enjoyment of
				their rights. (Section 2-110(a) of the Act)