Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article -

• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 1
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. (Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95.)
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 5
  Purpose. The General Assembly finds that it is in the public interest to protect the most frail and disabled citizens of the State of Illinois...
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 10
  Applicability. This Act applies to all individuals employed or retained by a health care employer as home health care aides, nurse aides, personal care assistants,...
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 15
  Definitions. In this Act: "Applicant" means an individual seeking employment with a health care employer who has received a bona fide conditional offer of employment....
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 20
  Exceptions. This Act shall not apply to: (1) an individual who is licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation or the Department of...
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 25
  Persons ineligible to be hired by health care employers and long-term care facilities. (a) In the discretion of the Director of Public Health, as soon...
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 25.1
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-441, eff. 1-1-98. Repealed by P.A. 95-120, eff. 8-13-07.)
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 30
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 95-545, eff. 8-28-07. Repealed by P.A. 95-120, eff. 8-13-07.)
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 33
  Fingerprint-based criminal history records check. (a) A fingerprint-based criminal history records check is not required for health care employees who have been continuously employed by...
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 35
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-598, eff. 1-1-00. Repealed by P.A. 95-120, eff. 8-13-07.)
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 40
  Waiver. (a) Any student, applicant, or employee listed on the Health Care Worker Registry may request a waiver of the prohibition against employment by: (1)...
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 45
  Application fees. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the student, applicant, or employee, other than a nurse aide, may be required to pay all...
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 50
  Health care employer files. The health care employer shall retain on file for a period of 5 years records of criminal records requests for all...
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 55
  Immunity from liability. A health care employer shall not be liable for the failure to hire or to retain an applicant or employee who has...
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 60
  Offense. (a) Any person whose profession is job counseling who knowingly counsels any person who has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit any...
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 65
  Health Care Worker Task Force. A Health Care Worker Task Force shall be appointed to study and make recommendations on statutory changes to this Act....
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 70
  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS) grant. (a) In this Section: "Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS) grant" means the grant awarded to...
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• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 90
  (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95; text omitted.)
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• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 95
  (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95; text omitted.)
• Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - 225 ILCS 46, Section 99
  Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015