Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 300 - SKILLED NURSING AND INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES CODE › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 300.271 - 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 which 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 shall 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, the Department shall 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, in 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 shall so
				inform the facility in writing. The facility shall then have an opportunity to
				submit additional comments addressing the different or additional Sections of
				the Act or this Part. The surveyors will be advised of any code changes made
				after their recommendations are submitted.
g) The facility shall have 5 (five) working
				days from receipt of the notice required by subsection (f) of this Section to
				submit its additional comments to the Department. The Department shall consider
				such additional comments in determining the existence and level of violation of
				the Act and/or 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 such recording is provided, at facility
				expense, to the surveyors at the conclusion of the exit conference. No
				video-taped recording shall be allowed.
i) Surveyors shall not conduct an exit
				conference for the following reason:
1) The
				facility administrator or designee requests that an exit conference not be
				held;
2) During a scheduled exit
				conference, facility staff and/or their guests create an environment that is
				not conducive to a meaningful exchange of information.