Should a Dietician, Dietary or Restaurant Manager report an unlicensed place of work?

I had the pleasure of almost working for a Nursing home in the past without its nursing home license. They said during an interview for a CDM they wanted one for patients who were tube feeders or ambulatory residents for their facility. During my interview I asked many questions and to my shock the administrator at the time said to me that they were in a rush to open and that they were still waiting on a license 2 months away. I was personally shocked at finding out my state over looked this- as I relented it to my CDM friend Laura. After an investigation online and by word of mouth, what I found was appalling: several nursing home health facilities in my state of Illinois had no licenses and even more worst, no RD or CDM.



All managers today need to be Certified Dietary Managers. Last year Government in Illinois was working on a statute in which Hospital and Nursing Homes can no longer contract out the companies like Morrison or many others. In the end, because of my integrity I called this company back and decline there offer for employment due to my own personal policy of not working for an unlicensed faculty.







Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has formed a state Nursing Home Safety Task Force that he says will improve safety at nursing homes and for nursing home residents.



Quinn announced the task force and named his senior health policy advisor, Michael Gelder, to head the panel. Six state agencies and departments will participate in the task force. According to the governor's office, the task force will examine nursing policies and procedures in addition to other duties.



Quinn says the task force will make sure nursing homes are "a safe haven for residents, many of whom are among our most vulnerable and needy." He says this will be done "with all deliberate speed."







I was so proud and happy to hear this and hope other managers think and learn about what they would do in the same situation.