(730 ILCS 175/45-60)
Sec. 45-60.
Minimum standards.
(a) The Department must prescribe and
publish minimum standards
for licensing that apply to secure residential youth care facilities. The
Department may consult with the Department of Children and Family Services and
any other resources as deemed necessary by the Department and seek
the advice and assistance of persons representative of the various types of
secure residential youth care facilities in establishing standards. Standards
prescribed and published under this Act take effect as provided in the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, and are restricted to
regulations pertaining to the following:
(1) The operation and conduct of the facility and responsibility it assumes for secure |
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(2) The character, suitability, and qualifications of the applicant and other persons
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(3) The general financial ability and competence of the applicant to provide necessary
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(4) The number of individuals or staff required to ensure adequate supervision and care
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(5) The appropriateness, safety, cleanliness, and general adequacy of the premises,
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| including maintenance of adequate fire prevention and health standards conforming to State laws and municipal codes to provide for the physical comfort, care and well-being of youth received in a secure environment.
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(6) Provisions for food, clothing, educational opportunities, and other programs and
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(7) Provisions to safeguard the legal rights of youth served.
(8) Maintenance of records pertaining to the admission, progress, health, and discharge
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(9) Filing of reports with the Department.
(10) Discipline of youth.
(11) Protection of the particular
religious faith of the youth served.
(12) Provisions prohibiting firearms on the premises except in the possession of peace
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(13) Use of force in the maintenance of security and control.
(14) Issuance of warrants for apprehension and detention.
(b) The Department, in applying standards prescribed and published under
this Section, shall upon request offer consultation through employed staff or
other
qualified persons to assist applicants and licensees meet and
maintain minimum license requirements and to help them
achieve programs of excellence related to the care of youth served.
(c) The Department shall distribute copies of licensing
standards to all licensees and applicants for a license. Each licensee or
holder of a permit shall distribute to secure residential youth care facilities
under its
supervision copies of the appropriate licensing
standards and any other information required by the Department. Each licensee
or holder of a permit
shall maintain appropriate documentation of the distribution of the
standards. The documentation shall be part of the records of the facility
and subject to inspection by authorized representatives of the Department.
(d) The Department shall distribute to each licensee and
holder of a permit copies of the licensing or permit standards applicable
to that person's facility. Each licensee or holder of a permit shall make
available, at all times in a common or otherwise accessible area,
a complete and current set of licensing standards so that all
employees of the facility may have unrestricted access to the standards.
All employees of the facility shall review the standards and any
subsequent changes. Each licensee or holder of a permit shall maintain
appropriate documentation of the current review of licensing standards by
all employees. The records shall be part of the records of the facility
and subject to inspection by authorized representatives of the Department.
(Source: P.A. 88-680, eff. 1-1-95.)
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