(210 ILCS 9/32)
Sec. 32.
Floating license.
An establishment (i) in which 80% of the
residents are at least 55 years of age or older, (ii) that is operated as
housing for the elderly, and (iii) that meets the construction and operating
standards contained in Section 20 of this Act may request a floating license
for any number of individual living units within the establishment up to, but
not including, total capacity. An establishment requesting a floating license
must specify the number of individual living units within the establishment to
be licensed. Living units designated by the establishment as a licensed living
unit shall, for the purposes of this Section, be referred to as a licensed
living unit. An establishment utilizing a floating license must have staff
adequate to meet the scheduled and unscheduled needs of the residents residing
in licensed living units within the establishment. All staff providing
services to licensed living units must meet the requirements of this Act and
its rules. A living unit may only be designated as a licensed unit if the
living unit and the living unit's resident meet the requirements of this Act
and its rules. All mandatory services must be made available to residents of
licensed living units, and residents of licensed living units may receive any
optional services permitted under the establishment's license. Establishments
may only provide services under this
Act in the individual living units designated as licensed units.
Designation as a licensed unit may be temporary to accommodate a resident's
changing needs without requiring the resident to move.
An establishment with a floating license must keep a current written list of
those units designated under the floating license. If a resident elects to
receive services in a unit that is not licensed and the unit qualifies for
licensure, the establishment must notify the resident that the unit must be
licensed and the requirements of this Act must be met before services can be
provided to residents in that unit. Upon the initiation of an initial
licensing inspection, annual inspection, or complaint investigation, the
establishment shall provide to the Department a list of the units designated
under the floating license in which residents are receiving services subject to
this Act.
(Source: P.A. 93-141, eff. 7-10-03.)
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