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77 Ill. Adm. Code Part 245 - Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Code (Home Services Agency Licensure), esp. §§ 245.80, 245.71

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What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1The agency must ensure and maintain documentation in each home services worker's employee file that the worker has no disqualifying background-check result (absent a waiver) and has provided proof of authorization to work. (77 Ill. Adm. Code 245.71)(77 Ill. Adm. Code 245.71)
  • 2The agency, if based out of state, must be registered to do business in Illinois, maintain an Illinois office, and ensure staff meet Illinois licensure requirements. (77 Ill. Adm. Code 245.80)(77 Ill. Adm. Code 245.80)
  • 3The agency must obtain a new license upon any change of ownership, since licenses are agency-specific and non-transferable, and each franchised entity must hold its own license. (77 Ill. Adm. Code 245.80)(77 Ill. Adm. Code 245.80)
  • 4The agency must provide at least 30 days' written notice before closing, identifying the location of patient records and any receiving agency. (77 Ill. Adm. Code 245.80)(77 Ill. Adm. Code 245.80)
  • 5The agency must ensure each home services worker completes at least 10 hours of training (5 hours before the first assignment and 5 hours within the first 30 days) and passes a competency evaluation before the first assignment. (77 Ill. Adm. Code 245.71)(77 Ill. Adm. Code 245.71)
  • 6The agency must provide each home services worker a minimum of 10 hours of ongoing training during each year of employment covering client dignity, disaster procedures, hygiene/infection control, and abuse prevention. (77 Ill. Adm. Code 245.71)(77 Ill. Adm. Code 245.71)
  • 7The agency must not open, manage, conduct or maintain a home services agency without a license issued by IDPH (home services agency licensure required as of September 1, 2008). (77 Ill. Adm. Code 245.80(a)-(b))(77 Ill. Adm. Code Part 245 - Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Code (Home Services Agency Licensure), esp. §§ 245.80, 245.71)

Applies to: personal care / home services (home services agencies and placement agencies) and home health

Illinois requires any entity operating a home services (personal care) agency to hold an IDPH license and sets conditions on licensure, out-of-state operation, closure notice, and branch offices (§245.80), plus worker qualification, background-check, training, and competency-documentation duties for the agency (§245.71).

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