Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 664 - SOCIO-EMOTIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING › Subpart A - APPLICABILITY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 664.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Act" means the School Code [105 ILCS 5].
"Advanced practice registered nurse" or "APRN" means
				  a person who has met the qualifications for a certified nurse midwife (CNM),
				  certified nurse practitioner (CNP), certified registered nurse anesthetist
				  (CRNA), or clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and has been licensed by the
				  Department. All advanced practice registered nurses may only practice in
				  accordance with national certification and the Nurse Practice Act
[225
				  ILCS 65].
"Child Health Examination Form" means the form prescribed by
				  the Department and the Illinois State Board of Education for reporting health
				  examinations pursuant to the Child Health Examination Code.
"Department" or "IDPH" means the Illinois Department of
				  Public Health.
"Developmental screening" means a screening based on research
				  that asks questions about key dimensions of a child's development, including
				  but not limited to motor and physical skills, cognitive skills, communication,
				  and language skills, and self-help skills.
"Emancipated minor" has the meaning ascribed to it by the
				  Emancipation of Minors Act [750 ILCS 30].
"Health care provider" or "health provider" means a
				  physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant who is
				  authorized to conduct health examinations under Section 27-8.1(2) of the School
				  Code [105 ILCS 5].
"Informed consent" means consent voluntarily given, by a
				  parent, guardian or an emancipated minor after being informed of the nature,
				  purpose, benefits, and potential uses of screening.
"Licensed clinical psychologist" means a person who is
				  licensed as a clinical psychologist under the Clinical Psychologist Licensing
				  Act [225 ILCS 15].
"Licensed clinical social worker" means a person who is
				  licensed as a social worker under the Clinical Social Work and Social Work
				  Practice Act [225 ILCS 20].
"Local school authority" means that person designated
				  pursuant to the Act by the governing body of the school.
"Parent" means the person who has legal responsibility for
				  the student and includes the term "guardian".
"Physician" means a person who is licensed to practice
				  medicine in all of its branches as provided in the Medical Practice Act of 1987
				  [225 ILCS 60].
"Physician assistant" or "PA" means a person who is licensed
				  as a physician assistant under the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987
				  [225 ILCS 95].
"Qualified school support personnel" means persons designated
				  and qualified, as provided for in Section
				  664.110, to
				  administer, review or interpret the results of a validated screening
				  tool.
"School", for purposes of this Part, means an institution for
				  educating children of compulsory school age, as set forth in Section 26-1 of
				  the School Code [105
				  ILCS 5/26-1]. A school may be public, private, or
				  parochial in nature.
"Screening" means administration of a validated screening
				  tool to a student, designed to identify social, emotional or developmental
				  needs.
"Screening results" means written and/or narrative
				  interpretation of the findings by the health care provider or qualified school
				  support personnel administering and interpreting the validated screening tools,
				  including the completed validated screening tools.
"Social and emotional screening" or "socio-emotional
				  screening" means a validated screening tool that asks questions about a child
				  or youth's social and emotional skills, including but not limited to:
				  self-awareness, self-management, social-awareness, interpersonal skills,
				  decision-making, mood management, and responsible behaviors in personal,
				  school, and community contexts.
"Validated screening tool" means a scientifically sound tool
				  that has been psychometrically validated by the Department and is used in
				  screening.