Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 350 - INTERMEDIATE CARE FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED FACILITIES CODE › Subpart O - RESIDENT'S RIGHTS › Section 350.3250 - Communication and Visitation

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
Every resident shall be permitted unimpeded, private and uncensored
				communication of his choice by mail, public telephone or visitation.
(Section 2-108 of the Act)
b)
The administrator shall ensure that correspondence is conveniently
				received and mailed, and that telephones are reasonably accessible.
(Section 2-108(a) of the Act)
c)
The administrator shall ensure that residents may have private visits
				at any reasonable hour unless such visits are not medically advisable for the
				resident as documented in the resident's clinical record by the resident's
				physician.
(Section 2-108(b) of the Act)
d) The facility shall allow daily visiting
				between 10 A.M. and 8 P.M. These visiting hours shall be posted in plain view
				of visitors.
e)
The
				administrator shall ensure that space for visits is available and that facility
				personnel knock, except in an emergency, before entering any resident's
				room.
(Section 2-108(c) of the Act)
f)
Unimpeded, private and uncensored
				communication by mail, public telephone, and visitation may be reasonably
				restricted by a physician only in order to protect the resident or others from
				harm, harassment or intimidation provided that the reason for any such
				restriction is placed in the resident's clinical record by the physician and
				that notice of such restriction shall be given to all residents upon
				admission.
(Section 2-108(d) of the Act)
g) Notwithstanding subsection (f)
,
				all letters addressed by a resident to the Governor, members of the General
				Assembly, Attorney General, judges, state's attorneys, officers of the
				Department, or licensed attorneys at law shall be forwarded at once to the
				persons to whom they are addressed without examination by facility personnel.
				Letters in reply from the officials and attorneys mentioned above shall be
				delivered to the recipient without examination by facility personnel.
(Section 2-108(d) of the Act)
h)
Any employee or agent of a public agency, any representative of a
				community legal services program or any other member of the general public
				shall be permitted access at reasonable hours to any individual resident of any
				facility, but only if there is neither a commercial purpose nor effect to such
				access and if the purpose is to do any of the following:
1)
Visit, talk with and make
				personal, social, and legal services available to all
				residents;
2)
Inform residents of their rights and entitlements and their
				corresponding obligations, under federal and State laws, by means of
				educational materials and discussions in groups and with individual
				residents;
3)
Assist residents in asserting their legal rights regarding claims for
				public assistance, medical assistance and social security benefits, as well as
				in all other matters in which residents are aggrieved. Assistance may include
				counseling and litigation; or
4)
Engage in other methods of
				asserting, advising and representing residents so as to extend to them full
				enjoyment of their rights.
(Section 2-110(a) of the Act)