Section 390.685  Student Interns

a)         No person who meets the definition of student intern in Section 390.330 shall be required to complete a current course of training for DSPs.

b)         The facility may utilize student interns to perform basic DSP skills for which they have been evaluated and deemed competent by an approved evaluator using the State approved manual skills competency evaluation (see 77 Ill. Adm. Code 395.320), but shall not allow interns to provide rehabilitation nursing (see 77 Ill. Adm. Code 300.1210(b)), in-bed bathing, assistance with skin care, foot care, or to administer enemas, except under the direct, immediate supervision of a licensed nurse.

c)         No facility shall have more than fifteen percent of its DSP staff positions held by student interns.

(Source:  Amended at 46 Ill. Reg. 8192, effective May 6, 2022)