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| | HB5009 Engrossed | | LRB097 16999 DRJ 62190 b |
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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 Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 2-106a as follows:
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| 6 | | (210 ILCS 45/2-106a)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2-106a. Resident identification wristlet. No |
| 8 | | identification
wristlets shall be employed except as ordered by |
| 9 | | a physician who documents the
need for such mandatory |
| 10 | | identification in the resident's clinical record. When
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| 11 | | identification bracelets are required, they must identify the |
| 12 | | resident's name,
and the name, telephone number, and address of |
| 13 | | the facility issuing the identification wristlet.
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| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 88-263.)
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| 15 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 16 | | becoming law.
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