Section 100.2  Definitions

            "Administrative Law Judge" shall mean any attorney licensed to practice law in Illinois, appointed by the Director to preside at an administrative hearing.  For the purpose of hearings conducted pursuant to Sections 2-100(d) and 3-410 of the NHCA, the Department's Regional Health Officer in the region in which the facility is located shall act as Administrative Law Judge.

            "Contested case" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-30 of the IAPA.

            "Department" shall mean the Department of Public Health, State of Illinois.

            "Director" shall mean the Director or the designee of the Director of the Department of Public Health, State of Illinois.

            "IAPA" shall mean the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act [5 ILCS 100].

            "License" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-35 of the IAPA.

            "Licensing" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-40 of the IAPA.

            "NHCA" shall mean the Nursing Home Care Act [210 ILCS 45].

            "Person" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-60 of the IAPA.

(Source:  Amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 3208, effective March 3, 1997)