Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 350 - INTERMEDIATE CARE FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED FACILITIES CODE › Subpart E - RESIDENT LIVING SERVICES › Section 350.1050 - Recreational and Activities Services

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The facility shall provide an ongoing
				program of activities to meet the interests and preferences and the physical,
				mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident, in accordance with the
				resident's comprehensive assessment. The recreational and activity services
				shall be coordinated with other services and programs to make use of both
				community and facility resources and to benefit the residents.
b) Activity Director and Consultation
1) A trained staff person shall be designated
				as activity director, and shall be responsible for planning and directing the
				activities program. This person shall be regularly scheduled to be in the
				facility at least four days per week. In a facility of 16 or fewer residents,
				the Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional (QIDP) may serve as the
				activity director. Additional activity personnel shall be provided as necessary
				to meet the needs of the residents and the program.
2) If the activity director is not a
				Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS), Occupational Therapist
				(OT), or a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker
				(LCSW) who has specialized course work in social group work, the facility shall
				have a written agreement with a person from one of those disciplines to provide
				consultation to the activity director and/or activity department at least
				monthly, to ensure that the activity programming meets the needs of the
				residents of the facility.
3) Any
				person designated as activity director hired after November 1, 2000 shall have
				a high school diploma or equivalent.
4) Except for individuals qualified as a
				CTRS, OTR/L, LSW or LCSW as listed in subsection (b)(2), any person hired as an
				activity director shall have completed a 36-hour basic orientation course or
				shall register to take a 36-hour basic orientation course within 90 days after
				employment and shall complete the course within 180 days after employment. This
				course shall be recognized by an accredited college or university or a
				nationally recognized continuing education sponsor following the guidelines of
				the International Association for Continuing Education and Training and include
				at least the following: resident rights; activity care planning for quality of
				life, human wellness and self-esteem; etiology and symptomatology of persons
				who are aged, developmentally disabled or mentally ill; therapeutic approaches;
				philosophy and design of activity programs; activity program resources; program
				evaluation; practitioner behavior and ethics; resident assessments and
				supportive documentation; standards and regulations concerning activity
				programs; management and administration. Individuals who have previously taken
				a 36-hour basic orientation course, a 42-hour basic activity course or a
				90-hour basic education course shall be considered to have met this
				requirement.
5) The activity
				director shall have a minimum of ten hours of continuing education per year
				pertaining to activities programming.
6) Consultation shall be required only
				quarterly when the activity director meets or exceeds the following criteria:
A) High school diploma or equivalent, five
				years of full-time or 10,000 hours of part-time experience in activities (three
				years of that experience as an activity director), and completion of a basic
				orientation course of at least 36 hours; or
B) A two-year associate's degree, three years
				of experience as an activity director, and completion of a basic orientation
				course of at least 36 hours; or
C)
				A four-year degree, one year of full-time experience as an activity director,
				and completion of a basic orientation course of at least 36 hours.