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1 | AN ACT regarding professional regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Health Care Worker Background Check Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by
changing Section 30 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 46/30)
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7 | Sec. 30. Non-fingerprint based UCIA criminal records | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | check.
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9 | (a) Beginning on January 1, 1997,
an educational entity, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | other than a secondary school, conducting a nurse aide
training | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | program must initiate
a UCIA criminal history records
check | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | prior to entry of an individual into the training program. A | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | nurse aide
seeking to be included on the nurse aide registry | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | must
shall authorize
the Department of Public Health
or its
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15 | designee that tests nurse aides or the health care employer or | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | its designee
to
request a criminal history record check | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | pursuant to the Uniform Conviction
Information Act (UCIA) for | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | each nurse aide applying for inclusion on the State
nurse
aide | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | registry. Any nurse aide not
submitting the required | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | authorization and
information for the record check will not be | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | added to the State nurse
aide registry. A nurse aide will not | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | be entered on the State nurse aide
registry if the report from | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | the Department of State Police indicates that the
nurse aide | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | has a record of conviction of any of the criminal offenses
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25 | enumerated in Section 25 unless the nurse aide's identity is | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | validated and
it is
determined that the nurse aide does
not | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | have a disqualifying criminal history record
based upon a
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28 | fingerprint-based records check pursuant to Section 35 or the
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29 | nurse aide receives a waiver pursuant to Section 40.
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30 | (b) The Department of Public Health
must
shall notify each | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | health care
employer inquiring as
to the information on the | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | State nurse aide registry of the date of the nurse
aide's last |
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1 | UCIA criminal history record check. If it has been more than | ||||||
2 | one
year since the records check, the health care employer must | ||||||
3 | initiate or have
initiated on his or her behalf a UCIA
criminal | ||||||
4 | history record check for the nurse
aide pursuant to this | ||||||
5 | Section. The health care employer must send a copy of
the | ||||||
6 | results of the record check to the State nurse aide registry | ||||||
7 | for
an individual employed as a nurse aide.
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8 | (c) Beginning January 1, 1996, a health care employer who | ||||||
9 | makes a
conditional offer of employment to an applicant other | ||||||
10 | than a nurse
aide for position with duties that involve direct | ||||||
11 | care for clients, patients,
or residents must initiate or have | ||||||
12 | initiated on his or her behalf a UCIA
criminal history record | ||||||
13 | check for that
applicant.
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14 | (d) No later than January 1, 1997, a health care employer | ||||||
15 | must initiate or
have initiated on his or her behalf a
UCIA | ||||||
16 | criminal history record check for all
employees other than | ||||||
17 | those enumerated in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this
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18 | Section with duties that involve direct care for clients, | ||||||
19 | patients, or
residents.
A health care employer having actual | ||||||
20 | knowledge from a source other than a
non-fingerprint check that | ||||||
21 | an employee has been
convicted of committing or attempting to | ||||||
22 | commit one of the offenses enumerated
in Section 25 of this Act | ||||||
23 | must initiate a fingerprint-based background check
within 10
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24 | working days of acquiring that knowledge. The employer may | ||||||
25 | continue to
employ
that individual in a direct
care position, | ||||||
26 | may reassign that individual to a non-direct care position, or
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27 | may suspend the individual until the results of the | ||||||
28 | fingerprint-based
background check are received.
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29 | (e) The request for a UCIA criminal history record check | ||||||
30 | must be in the form
prescribed by the Department of State
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31 | Police.
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32 | (f) The applicant or employee must be notified of the | ||||||
33 | following whenever a
non-fingerprint check is made:
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34 | (i) that the health care employer shall request or have | ||||||
35 | requested on his
or her behalf a UCIA criminal history
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36 | record check pursuant to this Act;
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1 | (ii) that the applicant or employee has a right to | ||||||
2 | obtain a copy of the
criminal records report from the | ||||||
3 | health care employer, challenge the
accuracy and | ||||||
4 | completeness of the report,
and request a waiver under | ||||||
5 | Section 40 of this Act;
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6 | (iii) that the applicant, if hired conditionally, may | ||||||
7 | be terminated if the
criminal records report indicates that | ||||||
8 | the applicant has a record of conviction
of any of the | ||||||
9 | criminal offenses enumerated in Section 25 unless the | ||||||
10 | applicant's
identity is validated and it
is determined that | ||||||
11 | the applicant does
not have a
disqualifying criminal | ||||||
12 | history record
based on a fingerprint-based records check | ||||||
13 | pursuant to
Section 35.
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14 | (iv) that the applicant, if not hired conditionally, | ||||||
15 | shall not be hired if
the criminal records report indicates | ||||||
16 | that the applicant has a record of
conviction of any of the | ||||||
17 | criminal offenses enumerated in Section 25 unless the
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18 | applicant's record is cleared based on a fingerprint-based | ||||||
19 | records check
pursuant to Section 35.
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20 | (v) that the employee may be terminated if the criminal | ||||||
21 | records report
indicates that the employee has a record of | ||||||
22 | conviction of any of the criminal
offenses enumerated in | ||||||
23 | Section 25 unless the employee's
record is cleared
based on | ||||||
24 | a fingerprint-based records check pursuant to Section 35.
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25 | (g) A health care employer may conditionally employ an | ||||||
26 | applicant to provide
direct care
for
up to 3 months pending the | ||||||
27 | results of a UCIA criminal history record check.
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28 | (Source: P.A. 91-598, eff. 1-1-00.)
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