Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1285 - MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT OF 1987 › Subpart B - MEDICAL DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS › Section 1285.235 - Mandatory Reporting of Impaired Physicians by Health Care Institutions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Section 23 of
				the Act requires that the chief administrator or executive officer of any
				health care institution licensed by the Department of Public Health report to
				the Disciplinary Board concerning impaired persons. All instances in which a
				person licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 is impaired by reason of
				age, drug, or alcohol abuse or physical or mental impairment, is under
				supervision and, where appropriate, is in a program of rehabilitation, must be
				reported to the Disciplinary Board. The reports must contain sufficient current
				information to enable the Disciplinary Board to evaluate the impairment and
				determine the appropriateness of the supervision of the program of
				rehabilitation. If the Board finds the supervision or treatment plan submitted
				by the institution is not sufficient to meet the needs of the individual, the
				Board may direct the facility to work with the Medical Coordinators to revise
				the plan or treatment to meet the specific objections.
b) Contents of Reports. Reports of impaired
				persons shall be submitted in writing, on forms provided by the Division, that
				shall include but not be limited to the following information:
1) The name, address, telephone number and
				title of the person making the report;
2) The name, address, telephone number and
				type of health care institution where the maker of the report is
				employed;
3) The name, address,
				telephone number, and professional license number of the person who is the
				subject of the report;
4) The means
				of identification used by the institution of any patient or patients whose
				treatment is a subject of the report; provide, however, no medical records may
				be revealed without the written consent of the patient or patients; and further
				provided that the Disciplinary Board may require disclosure of the name,
				address and telephone number of any patient if it deems the information
				necessary to an evaluation of the impairment or a determination of the
				appropriateness of the supervision or program of rehabilitation;
5) The nature of the impairment and brief
				description of the facts that gave rise to the issuance of the report,
				including the dates of any occurrences deemed to necessitate the filing of the
				report;
6) The terms and conditions
				of the supervision under which the subject of the report is conducting
				activities or practice, including the date supervision commenced; the term of
				the supervision; the name, address and telephone number of the person in charge
				of the subject's supervision; and a written consent executed by the subject of
				the report authorizing the Disciplinary Board, the Medical Coordinators or
				other designated representative of the Disciplinary Board to contact the person
				in charge of the subject's supervision for information, including written
				documentation, in order to evaluate the progress of the subject's supervision
				(pursuant to subsection (g)(2));
7)
				If the subject of the report is in a program of rehabilitation, the name,
				address, and telephone number of the program and the name and position of any
				individual in charge of the program; and
8) Any other information deemed by the
				reporting person to be of assistance to the Disciplinary Board and the Medical
				Coordinators in evaluating the report, including but not limited to the
				following items: drug screens being used and their status; relapses and actions
				taken; attendance at work; observations of recovery status and level of
				cooperation in recovery; other psychopathology, known and related physical and
				mental illnesses; involvement of the family and others in treatment or
				supervision; and a copy of the aftercare agreement.