Section 1310.90  Granting Variances

a)         The Director may grant variances from these rules in individual cases where he/she finds that:

1)         the provision from which the variance is granted is not statutorily mandated;

2)         no party will be injured by the granting of the variance; and

3)         the rule from which the variance is granted would, in the particular case, be unreasonable or unnecessarily burdensome.

b)         The Director shall notify the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board of the granting of such variance, and the reasons therefore, at the next meeting of the Board.

(Source:  Amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 12565, effective July 27, 1992)