(210 ILCS 45/2-103) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-103)
Sec. 2-103.
A resident shall be permitted to retain and use or wear his
personal property in his immediate living quarters, unless deemed medically
inappropriate by a physician and so documented in the resident's clinical
record. If clothing is provided to the resident by the facility, it shall
be of a proper fit.
The facility shall provide adequate storage space for the personal property
of the resident. The facility shall provide a means of safeguarding small
items of value for its residents in their rooms or in any other part of
the facility so long as the residents have daily access to such valuables.
The facility shall make reasonable efforts to prevent loss and theft of
residents' property. Those efforts shall be appropriate to the particular
facility and may include, but are not limited to, staff training and
monitoring, labeling property, and frequent property inventories. The
facility shall develop procedures for investigating complaints concerning
theft of residents' property and shall promptly investigate all such
complaints.
(Source: P.A. 87-549.)
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