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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,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 70 as follows:
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| 6 | (210 ILCS 9/70)
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| 7 | Sec. 70. Service requirements. An
establishment must
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| 8 | provide all mandatory services and may provide optional | ||||||
| 9 | services, including
medication reminders, supervision of | ||||||
| 10 | self-administered medication and
medication administration as
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| 11 | defined by this Section
and nonmedical services defined by | ||||||
| 12 | rule, whether provided directly by the
establishment or by | ||||||
| 13 | another
entity arranged for by the establishment with the | ||||||
| 14 | consent of the resident or
the resident's
representative.
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| 15 | For the purposes of this Section, "medication reminders" | ||||||
| 16 | means reminding
residents to take pre-dispensed, | ||||||
| 17 | self-administered medication, observing the
resident, and | ||||||
| 18 | documenting whether or not the resident took the medication.
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| 19 | For the purposes of this Section, "supervision of | ||||||
| 20 | self-administered
medication" means assisting the resident | ||||||
| 21 | with self-administered medication
using any combination of the | ||||||
| 22 | following: reminding residents to take medication,
reading the | ||||||
| 23 | medication label to residents, checking the self-administered
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| 1 | medication dosage against the label of the medication, | ||||||
| 2 | confirming that
residents have obtained and are taking the | ||||||
| 3 | dosage as prescribed, and
documenting in writing that the | ||||||
| 4 | resident has taken (or refused to take) the
medication. If | ||||||
| 5 | residents are physically unable to open the container, the
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| 6 | container may be opened for them. Supervision of | ||||||
| 7 | self-administered medication
shall be under the direction of a | ||||||
| 8 | licensed health care professional.
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| 9 | For the purposes of this Section, "medication | ||||||
| 10 | administration" refers to a
licensed health care professional | ||||||
| 11 | employed by an establishment engaging in
administering insulin | ||||||
| 12 | and vitamin B-12 injections,
oral medications,
topical | ||||||
| 13 | treatments, eye and ear drops, or
nitroglycerin patches.
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| 14 | Non-licensed staff may not administer any medication.
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| 15 | The Department shall specify by rule procedures for | ||||||
| 16 | medication reminders,
supervision of self-administered | ||||||
| 17 | medication, and medication administration.
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| 18 | Nothing in this Act shall preclude a physician licensed | ||||||
| 19 | under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine
in | ||||||
| 20 | all its branches from providing services within the scope of | ||||||
| 21 | his or her license to any resident.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 94-256, eff. 7-19-05.)
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| 23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 24 | becoming law.
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