The Department shall make or cause to be made inspections and investigations it deems necessary. Information received by the Department through filed reports, inspection, or as otherwise authorized under this Act shall not be disclosed publicly in a manner to identify individual patients, except to another State agency for purposes of investigation of professional or business practices in a licensed ambulatory surgical treatment center. The other State agency shall not disclose the individual patient information publicly.
     Every facility licensed under this Act and any premises proposed to be conducted as a facility by an applicant for a license shall be open at all reasonable times to an inspection authorized in writing by the Director. No notice need be given to any person before any inspection.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 210 ILCS 5/9

  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14