Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 518 - FREESTANDING EMERGENCY CENTER CODE › Section 518.1550 - Personnel Services

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) An
			 organized personnel department or service shall be established and designed to
			 meet the needs of the personnel.
b)
			 Personnel policies and practices that adequately support freestanding emergency
			 center services and quality of patient care shall be established and
			 maintained.
c) Sufficient,
			 qualified personnel shall be employed to properly operate the various
			 departments and the adjunct services requiring technical skill, such as
			 laboratory, x-ray, pharmacy, nursing, etc.
d) Sufficient service personnel shall be
			 employed to properly operate service departments.
e) Qualified personnel shall mean those
			 persons who hold necessary licenses for the activities they perform. If no
			 license is required, qualified personnel shall mean those persons who are
			 registered or certified by the Department, the Illinois Department of Financial
			 and Professional Regulation, the Council on Medical Education of the American
			 Medical Association or Agencies or Committees established in collaboration with
			 the Council, other accrediting agencies approved by the Department, or an
			 acceptable equivalent experience.
f) Personnel policies shall be written and
			 available to all personnel.
g)
			 Personnel policies shall be reviewed and/or revised periodically, but no less
			 frequently than once every two years. The date of review or revision shall be
			 indicated on the personnel policies.
h) The personnel service shall have available
			 organizational charts that identify all departments and/or services.
i) All positions shall be authorized by the
			 Board, either directly or through delegation to the administrator.
j) A job description shall be written for
			 each position in the freestanding emergency center, including minimum
			 qualifications.
k) Personnel
			 records
1) Accurate, current and complete
			 personnel records shall be maintained for each employee during his/her term of
			 employment and for the years thereafter as may be necessary to satisfy other
			 State or federal requirements.
2) A
			 standard of content shall be established for personnel records, which shall
			 contain at least the following:
A) Application
			 form and/or resume with current and background information sufficient to
			 justify the initial and continuing employment of the individual;
B) Verification of license, if the position
			 requires a license. A licensed person shall be employed only after verification
			 of the license is obtained;
C) A
			 record regarding the employee's specialized education, training, and
			 experience;
D) Verification of
			 identity;
E) Employment health
			 examination and subsequent health services rendered to the employees as are
			 necessary to ensure that all employees are physically able to perform their
			 duties;
F) Record of orientation to
			 the job;
G) Continuance of
			 education; and
H) Current
			 information relative to periodic work performance evaluations.