Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 545 - SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS EMERGENCY TREATMENT CODE › Section 545.62 - Pediatric Health Care Facilities

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
A pediatric health care facility that submits a plan to the Department
			 for approval under Section 2 of the Act
and Section 85 of this Part
consents to the jurisdiction and oversight of the Department,
			 including, but not limited to, inspections, investigations, and evaluations
			 arising out of complaints relevant to the Act made to the Department.
(Section 2.06 of the Act)
b)
A pediatric health care facility
			 that submits a plan to the Department for approval under Section 2 of the
			 Act
and Section 85 of this Part
shall be deemed to have given
			 consent to annual inspections, surveys, or evaluations relevant to the Act by
			 properly identified personnel of the Department or by such other properly
			 identified persons, including local health department staff, as the Department
			 may designate.
(Section
			 2.06 of the Act)
c)
Representatives of the Department
			 shall have access to and may reproduce or photocopy any books, records, and
			 other documents maintained by the pediatric health care facility or the
			 facility's representatives, to the extent necessary to carry out the
			 Act
and this Part. (Section
			 2.06 of the Act)
d)
No representative, agent, or
			 person acting on behalf of the pediatric health care facility in any manner
			 shall intentionally prevent, interfere with, or attempt to impede in any way
			 any duly authorized investigation and enforcement of the Act
and this
			 Part. (Section 2.06 of the Act)
e)
An approved pediatric health care
			 facility may provide medical forensic services, in accordance with
this Part
, to all sexual assault survivors under the age of 18 who
			 present for medical forensic services in relation to injuries or trauma
			 resulting from a sexual assault. These services shall be provided by a
			 qualified medical provider.
(Section 2(b) of the Act)
f)
A pediatric health care facility
			 shall participate in or submit an areawide treatment plan under Section 3 of
			 the Act
and Section
			 545.50 of this Part
that
			 includes a treatment hospital. If a pediatric health care facility does not
			 provide certain medical or surgical services that are provided by hospitals,
			 the areawide sexual assault treatment plan shall include a procedure for
			 ensuring a sexual assault survivor in need of these medical or surgical
			 services receives the services at the treatment hospital. The areawide
			 treatment plan may also include a treatment hospital with approved pediatric
			 transfer.
(Section 2(b) of the Act)
g)
The Department will review a
			 proposed sexual assault treatment plan submitted by a pediatric health care
			 facility within 60 days after receipt of the plan. If the Department finds that
			 the proposed plan meets the minimum requirements set forth in Section 5 of the
			 Act and
Section
			 545.60 of this Part
, and
			 that implementation of the proposed plan would provide medical forensic
			 services for sexual assault survivors under the age of 18, then the Department
			 will approve the plan.
1)
If
			 the Department does not approve a plan, then the Department will
, via
			 certified mail,
notify the pediatric health care facility that the
			 proposed plan has not been approved. The pediatric health care facility shall
			 have 30 days
after receipt of the Department's notice of disapproval
to submit a revised plan.
2)
The Department will review the
			 revised plan within 30 days after receipt of the plan and notify the pediatric
			 health care facility whether the revised plan is approved or rejected.
(Section 2(b) of the Act)