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| Public Act 100-1074 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias | ||||
Services Act is amended by changing Sections 15, 30, and 35 as | ||||
follows: | ||||
(410 ILCS 406/15)
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(For Act repeal see Section 90) | ||||
Sec. 15. Applicability. Programs covered by this Act | ||||
include, but are not limited to, health care facilities | ||||
licensed or certified by the Assisted Living and Shared Housing | ||||
Act; Life Care Facilities Act; Nursing Home Care Act; | ||||
Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013; Home | ||||
Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act; | ||||
and Hospice Program Licensing Act; and End Stage Renal Disease | ||||
Facility Act. This Act does not apply to physicians licensed to | ||||
practice medicine in all its branches.
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(Source: P.A. 99-822, eff. 8-15-16.) | ||||
(410 ILCS 406/30)
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(For Act repeal see Section 90) | ||||
Sec. 30. Staff training. | ||||
(a) (Blank). Staff with direct access to clients with | ||||
Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia hired prior to the | ||
adoption of rules implementing this Act shall receive a minimum | ||
of 6 hours of initial training within 90 days after the | ||
effective date of this Act using Alzheimer's disease and | ||
related dementias services certified by the Department, except | ||
as provided in subsection (c). | ||
(b) Staff with direct access to clients with Alzheimer's | ||
disease or a related dementia hired after the adoption of rules | ||
implementing this Act shall complete a minimum of 6 hours of | ||
initial training in the first 60 days of employment using an | ||
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias services curriculum | ||
compiled certified by the Department, except as provided in | ||
subsection (c). | ||
(c) Subsection Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to | ||
the following: | ||
(1) staff who received at least 6 hours of comparable | ||
training in compliance with licensure or certified | ||
training requirements; and | ||
(2) staff temporarily hired or temporarily detailed by | ||
a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act to | ||
permit the facility to meet statutory staffing | ||
requirements. | ||
(d) An Alzheimer's disease and related dementias services | ||
curriculum compiled certified by the Department and published | ||
on the Department's website must include at a minimum the | ||
following topics: understanding dementia, effectively | ||
communicating with individuals with dementia, assisting | ||
individuals with dementia in performing activities of daily | ||
living, problem solving with individuals with dementia who | ||
exhibit challenging behavior, fundamentals of dementia care, | ||
safe environments, and managing the activities of individuals | ||
with dementia. | ||
(e) (Blank). An individual who received training | ||
consistent with the requirements of this Section while employed | ||
by another program or through an educational institution or an | ||
individual with 3 or more years of experience working with | ||
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias services may | ||
petition the Department for a waiver of the initial training | ||
requirements set forth in this Section. The Department shall | ||
evaluate each request on a case by case basis. | ||
(f) Upon the adoption of rules implementing this Act, staff | ||
with direct access to clients with dementia shall receive 3 | ||
hours of advanced training on caring for individuals with | ||
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias each year. | ||
(g) Upon the adoption of rules implementing this Act, | ||
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias services program | ||
employers shall maintain training records and make them | ||
available to the Department on request.
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(Source: P.A. 99-822, eff. 8-15-16.) | ||
(410 ILCS 406/35)
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(For Act repeal see Section 90) | ||
Sec. 35. Supervisor of services Program director. Upon the | ||
adoption of rules implementing this Act, in addition to the | ||
training required under Section 30 of this Act, a manager, | ||
supervisor, or person with the chief responsibility of | ||
oversight of the director of an Alzheimer's disease and related | ||
dementias services within an entity program shall complete an | ||
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias services curriculum | ||
from a list compiled by the Department or have 5 years of | ||
experience as a director of an Alzheimer's disease and related | ||
dementias services program.
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(Source: P.A. 99-822, eff. 8-15-16.)
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