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1 | AN ACT concerning 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
the training program. | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | A nurse aide
seeking to be included on the nurse aide registry | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | shall authorize
the Department of Public Health
or its
designee | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | that tests nurse aides or the health care employer or its | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | designee
to
request a criminal history record check pursuant to | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | the Uniform Conviction
Information Act (UCIA) for each nurse | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | aide applying for inclusion on the State
nurse
aide registry. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Any nurse aide not
submitting the required authorization and
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20 | information for the record check will not be added to the State | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | nurse
aide registry. A nurse aide will not be entered on the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | State nurse aide
registry if the report from the Department of | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | State Police indicates that the
nurse aide has a record of |
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1 | conviction of any of the criminal offenses
enumerated in | ||||||
2 | Section 25 unless the nurse aide's identity is validated and
it | ||||||
3 | is
determined that the nurse aide does
not have a disqualifying | ||||||
4 | criminal history record
based upon a
fingerprint-based records | ||||||
5 | check pursuant to Section 35 or the
nurse aide receives a | ||||||
6 | waiver pursuant to Section 40. | ||||||
7 | (b) The Department of Public Health shall notify each | ||||||
8 | health care
employer inquiring as
to the information on the | ||||||
9 | State nurse aide registry of the date of the nurse
aide's last | ||||||
10 | UCIA criminal history record check. If it has been more than | ||||||
11 | one
year since the records check, the health care employer must | ||||||
12 | initiate or have
initiated on his or her behalf a UCIA
criminal | ||||||
13 | history record check for the nurse
aide pursuant to this | ||||||
14 | Section. The health care employer must send a copy of
the | ||||||
15 | results of the record check to the State nurse aide registry | ||||||
16 | for
an individual employed as a nurse aide.
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17 | (c) Beginning January 1, 1996, a health care employer who | ||||||
18 | makes a
conditional offer of employment to an applicant other | ||||||
19 | than a nurse
aide for position with duties that involve direct | ||||||
20 | care for clients, patients,
or residents must initiate or have | ||||||
21 | initiated on his or her behalf a UCIA
criminal history record | ||||||
22 | check for that
applicant.
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23 | (d) No later than January 1, 1997, a health care employer | ||||||
24 | must initiate or
have initiated on his or her behalf a
UCIA | ||||||
25 | criminal history record check for all
employees other than | ||||||
26 | those enumerated in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this
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1 | Section with duties that involve direct care for clients, | ||||||
2 | patients, or
residents.
A health care employer having actual | ||||||
3 | knowledge from a source other than a
non-fingerprint check that | ||||||
4 | an employee has been
convicted of committing or attempting to | ||||||
5 | commit one of the offenses enumerated
in Section 25 of this Act | ||||||
6 | must initiate a fingerprint-based background check
within 10
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7 | working days of acquiring that knowledge. The employer may | ||||||
8 | continue to
employ
that individual in a direct
care position, | ||||||
9 | may reassign that individual to a non-direct care position, or
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10 | may suspend the individual until the results of the | ||||||
11 | fingerprint-based
background check are received.
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12 | (d-5) Beginning January 1, 2006, each long-term care | ||||||
13 | facility operating in the State must initiate, or
have | ||||||
14 | initiated on its behalf, a
criminal history record check for | ||||||
15 | all
employees hired on or after January 1, 2006 with duties | ||||||
16 | that involve or may involve contact with residents or access to | ||||||
17 | the living quarters or the financial, medical, or personal | ||||||
18 | records of residents.
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19 | (e) The request for a UCIA criminal history record check | ||||||
20 | must be in the form
prescribed by the Department of State
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21 | Police.
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22 | (f) The applicant or employee must be notified of the | ||||||
23 | following whenever a
non-fingerprint check is made:
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24 | (i) that the health care employer shall request or have | ||||||
25 | requested on his
or her behalf a UCIA criminal history
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26 | 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
for
up to 3 months pending the results of a UCIA |
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1 | criminal history record check.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 94-665, eff. 1-1-06.)
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