(210 ILCS 62/40)
Sec. 40. Inspections.
(a) The Department, whenever it deems necessary, may conduct an inspection, survey, or evaluation of an end stage renal disease facility to determine compliance with licensure requirements and standards or a plan of correction submitted as a result of deficiencies cited by the Department.
(b) An inspection conducted under this Section shall be unannounced.
(c) Upon completion of each inspection, survey, or evaluation, the appropriate Department personnel who conducted the inspection, survey, or evaluation shall submit a copy of their report to the licensee upon exiting the facility, and shall submit the actual report to the appropriate regional office. The report shall identify areas in a facility identified as deficient in compliance with the requirements of this Act or the standards adopted under this Act. The report and any recommendation for action by the Department under this Act shall be sent to the Department's central office together with a plan of correction from the facility. The plan of correction may contain related comments or documentation provided by the licensee that may refute findings in the report, that explain extenuating circumstances that the facility could not reasonably have prevented, or that indicate methods and timetables for correction of deficiencies described in the report. A licensee has 10 days after the date of the inspection, survey, or evaluation to submit a plan of correction.
(d) The Department shall determine whether a facility is in violation of this Section no later than 60 days after completion of each inspection, survey, evaluation, or plan of correction.
(e) The Department shall maintain all inspection, survey, or evaluation reports for at least 5 years in a manner accessible to the public.
(Source: P.A. 92-794, eff. 7-1-03.)
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