Section 955.280  Employment Pending Waiver

An individual shall not be employed in direct care or employed in a long-term care facility in a position that involves or may involve contact with the residents or access to the resident's living quarters or the financial, medical or personal records of the residents from the time that the employer receives a notification from the Department of Public Health based upon the results of a fingerprint-based criminal history records check containing disqualifying conditions until the time that the individual receives a waiver from the Department.  (Section 40(d) of the Act)

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 5378, effective March 26, 2009)