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1 AN ACT concerning the nurse aide registry.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by
5 changing Section 3-206.01 as follows:
6 (210 ILCS 45/3-206.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par.
7 4153-206.01)
8 Sec. 3-206.01. Nurse aide registry. The Department
9 shall establish and maintain a registry of all individuals
10 who have satisfactorily completed the training required by
11 Section 3-206. The registry shall include the name of the
12 nursing assistant, habilitation aide, or child care aide, his
13 or her current address, Social Security number, and the date
14 and location of the training course completed by the
15 individual, and the date of the individual's last criminal
16 records check. Any individual placed on the registry is
17 required to inform the Department of any change of address
18 within 30 days. A facility shall not employ an individual as
19 a nursing assistant, habilitation aide, or child care aide
20 unless the facility has inquired of the Department as to
21 information in the registry concerning the individual and
22 shall not employ anyone not on the registry unless the
23 individual is enrolled in a training program under paragraph
24 (5) of subsection (a) of Section 3-206 of this Act.
25 If the Department finds that a nursing assistant,
26 habilitation aide, or child care aide has abused a resident,
27 neglected a resident, or misappropriated resident property in
28 a facility, the Department shall notify the individual of
29 this finding by certified mail sent to the address contained
30 in the registry. The notice shall give the individual an
31 opportunity to contest the finding in a hearing before the
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1 Department or to submit a written response to the findings in
2 lieu of requesting a hearing. If, after a hearing or if the
3 individual does not request a hearing, the Department finds
4 that the individual abused a resident, neglected a resident,
5 or misappropriated resident property in a facility, the
6 finding shall be included as part of the registry as well as
7 a brief statement from the individual, if he or she chooses
8 to make such a statement. The Department shall make
9 information in the registry available to the public. In the
10 case of inquiries to the registry concerning an individual
11 listed in the registry, any information disclosed concerning
12 such a finding shall also include disclosure of any statement
13 in the registry relating to the finding or a clear and
14 accurate summary of the statement.
15 (Source: P.A. 91-598, eff. 1-1-00.)
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