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Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act

  • 210 ILCS 55/1— This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act
  • 210 ILCS 55/1.01— It is declared to be the public policy that the State has a legitimate interest in assuring that all home health services, home nursing services, and in-home support services provided to a person at his residence are performed under circumstances that insure consumer protection and quality care
  • 210 ILCS 55/2— As used in this Act, unless the context requires otherwise, the terms defined in the following Sections preceding Section 3 have the meanings ascribed to them in those Sections
  • 210 ILCS 55/2.01— "Department" means the Department of Public Health of the State of Illinois
  • 210 ILCS 55/2.02— "Director" means the Director of Public Health of the State of Illinois, or his designee
  • 210 ILCS 55/2.03— "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or any other legal entity
  • 210 ILCS 55/2.03a— "Agency" means a home health agency, home nursing agency, or home services agency unless specifically stated otherwise
  • 210 ILCS 55/2.04— "Home Health Agency" means a public agency or private organization that provides skilled nursing services and at least one other home health service as defined by this Act
  • 210 ILCS 55/2.05— "Home health services" means services provided to a person at his residence according to a plan of treatment for illness or infirmity prescribed by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, a licensed physician assistant, or a licensed advanced practice registered nurse
  • 210 ILCS 55/2.08— "Home services agency" means an agency that provides services directly, or acts as a placement agency, for the purpose of placing individuals as workers providing home services for consumers in their personal residences
  • 210 ILCS 55/2.09
  • 210 ILCS 55/2.10— "Home services worker" or "in-home services worker" means an individual who provides home services to a consumer in the consumer's personal residence
  • 210 ILCS 55/2.11
  • 210 ILCS 55/2.12— "Placement agency" means any person engaged for gain or profit in the business of securing or attempting to secure (i) work for hire for persons seeking work or (ii) workers for employers
  • 210 ILCS 55/2.13— Certified family health aide
  • 210 ILCS 55/3— No person shall open, manage, conduct or maintain a home health agency, or advertise as such, without a license issued by the Department
  • 210 ILCS 55/3.3— Home services agency; license required
  • 210 ILCS 55/3.7— Home nursing agency; license required
  • 210 ILCS 55/3.8— Referrals; license required
  • 210 ILCS 55/4— Types of licenses
  • 210 ILCS 55/5
  • 210 ILCS 55/6— The Department shall, before March 1, 1978, promulgate standards for home health agencies operated in this State
  • 210 ILCS 55/6.3— Home services agencies; standards; fees
  • 210 ILCS 55/6.4— Oversight and direction of skilled home care services
  • 210 ILCS 55/6.5— Vaccinations
  • 210 ILCS 55/6.7— Home nursing agencies; standards; fees
  • 210 ILCS 55/7— (a) The Director shall appoint a Home Health and Home Services Advisory Committee composed of 15 voting members and one nonvoting member to advise and consult with the Director in the administration of this Act
  • 210 ILCS 55/8— An application for a license may be denied for any of the following reasons: (a) failure to meet the minimum standards prescribed by the Department pursuant to Section 6; (b) satisfactory evidence that the moral character of the applicant or supervisor of the agency is not reputable
  • 210 ILCS 55/9
  • 210 ILCS 55/9.01— The Department may conduct any such investigations and inspections as it deems necessary to assess compliance with this Act and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto
  • 210 ILCS 55/9.02— When the Department determines that an agency is in violation of this Act or any rule promulgated hereunder, a notice of violation shall be served upon the licensee
  • 210 ILCS 55/9.03— (a) Each agency served with a notice of violation under Section 9.02 of this Act shall file with the Department a written plan of correction within 10 days of receipt of the notice
  • 210 ILCS 55/9.04— (a) The licensee of an agency operating in violation of this Act or any rule adopted hereunder may be subject to the penalties or fines levied by the Department as specified in this Section
  • 210 ILCS 55/10— (a) Before denying an application, refusing to renew a license, suspending a license, revoking a license, or levying a fine, the Department shall notify the applicant or licensee
  • 210 ILCS 55/10.01— All fines shall be paid to the Department within 10 days of the notice of assessment or, if the fine is contested under Section 10 of this Act, within 10 days of the receipt of the final decision, unless the decision is appealed and the order is stayed by court order under Section 12 of this Act
  • 210 ILCS 55/10.05— Home Care Services Agency Licensure Fund
  • 210 ILCS 55/11— (a) Each licensee shall file annually, or more often as the Director shall by rule prescribe, an attested financial statement
  • 210 ILCS 55/12— Whenever the Department refuses to grant, or revokes or suspends a license to open, conduct, operate, or maintain an agency, the applicant or licensee may have such decision judicially reviewed
  • 210 ILCS 55/13
  • 210 ILCS 55/14— The operation or maintenance of an agency in violation of this Act or of the Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Department is declared a public nuisance inimical to the public welfare