Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 300 - SKILLED NURSING AND INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES CODE › Subpart P - RESIDENT'S RIGHTS › Section 300.3250 - 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
facility
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
facility
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 l0:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. These visiting hours shall be posted in plain
				view of visitors.
e)
The
facility
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) of this
				Section,
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)