Section 270.140  Access to Residents and Participants

a)         Access, by representatives of the Office, means the right to immediately:

1)         Enter any long-term care facility;

2)         Communicate privately and without restriction with any resident or participant, regardless of age, who consents to the communication;

3)         Seek consent to communicate privately and without restriction with any participant or resident, regardless of age;

4)         Observe all areas of the long-term care facility or supportive living facility, assisted living or shared housing establishment, except the living area of any resident who protests the observation; and

5)         Subject to permission of the participant or resident requesting services or his or her representative, enter a home or community-based setting.  (Section 4.04(b)(1) of the Act)

b)         Failure to allow access to residents or participants, in accordance with this Subpart, may result in a finding of willful interference.

(Source:  Added at 43 Ill. Reg. 980, effective January 1, 2019)