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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 

 
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    Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act 
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is amended  by changing Section 3.50 as follows:
 



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    (210 ILCS 50/3.50)



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    Sec. 3.50. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Licensure. 

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    (a) "Emergency Medical Technician-Basic" or
"EMT-B" means 
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a person who has successfully completed a course of
instruction 
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in basic life support
as prescribed by the
Department, is 
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currently licensed by the Department in
accordance with 
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standards prescribed by this Act and rules
adopted by the 
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Department pursuant to this Act, and practices within an EMS

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System.

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    (b) "Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate"
or "EMT-I" 
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means a person who has successfully completed a
course of 
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instruction in intermediate life support
as
prescribed by the 
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Department, is currently licensed by the
Department in 
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accordance with standards prescribed by this
Act and rules 
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adopted by the Department pursuant to this
Act, and practices 
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within an Intermediate or Advanced
Life Support EMS System.

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    (c) "Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic" or "EMT-P" 
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means a person who
has successfully completed a
course of 
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instruction in advanced life support care
as
prescribed by the 
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Department, is licensed by the Department
in accordance with 
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standards prescribed by this Act and
rules adopted by the 
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Department pursuant to this Act, and
practices within an 
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Advanced Life Support EMS System.

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    (d) The Department shall have the authority and

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responsibility to:


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        (1) Prescribe education and training requirements, 
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    which
includes training in the use of epinephrine,
for all 
 


 






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    levels of EMT, based on the respective national
curricula 
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    of the United States Department of Transportation
and any 
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    modifications to such curricula specified by the

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    Department through rules adopted pursuant to this Act;


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        (2) Prescribe licensure testing requirements
for all 
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    levels of EMT, which shall include a requirement that
all 
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    phases of instruction, training, and field experience be

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    completed before taking the EMT licensure examination.

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    Candidates may elect to take the National Registry of

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    Emergency Medical Technicians examination in lieu of the

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    Department's examination, but are responsible for making

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    their own arrangements for taking the National Registry

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    examination;


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        (3) License individuals as an EMT-B, EMT-I,
or EMT-P 
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    who have met the Department's education, training and

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    testing requirements;


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        (4) Prescribe annual continuing education and

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    relicensure requirements for all levels of EMT;


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        (5) Relicense individuals as an EMT-B, EMT-I,
or EMT-P 
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    every 4 years, based on their compliance with
continuing 
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    education and relicensure requirements;


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        (6) Grant inactive status to any EMT who
qualifies, 
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    based on standards and procedures established by
the 
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    Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act;


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        (7) Charge each candidate for EMT a fee to be
submitted 
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    with an application for a licensure examination;


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        (8) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the
license of 
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    an EMT, after an opportunity for a hearing, when
findings 
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    show one or more of the following:


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            (A) The EMT has not met continuing
education or 
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        relicensure requirements as prescribed by the 
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        Department;


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            (B) The EMT has failed to maintain
proficiency in 
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        the level of skills for which he or she is licensed;


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            (C) The EMT, during the provision of
medical 
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        services, engaged in dishonorable, unethical or

 


 






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        unprofessional conduct of a character likely to 
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        deceive,
defraud or harm the public;


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            (D) The EMT has failed to maintain or
has violated 
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        standards of performance and conduct as prescribed
by 
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        the Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act or

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        his or her EMS System's Program Plan;


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            (E) The EMT is physically impaired to
the extent 
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        that he or she cannot physically perform the skills and

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        functions for which he or she is licensed, as verified 
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        by a
physician, unless the person is on inactive status 
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        pursuant
to Department regulations;


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            (F) The EMT is mentally impaired to the
extent that 
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        he or she cannot exercise the appropriate judgment,

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        skill and safety for performing the functions for which 
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        he
or she is licensed, as verified by a physician, 
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        unless the person
is on inactive status pursuant to 
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        Department regulations; or


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            (G) The EMT has violated this Act or any
rule 
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        adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act.
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    The education requirements prescribed by the Department 
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under this subsection must allow for the suspension of those 
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requirements in the case of a member of the armed services or 
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reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois 
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National Guard  who is on active duty pursuant to an executive 
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order of the President of the United States, an act of the 
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Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor at 
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the time that the member would otherwise be required to fulfill 
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a particular education requirement. Such a person must fulfill 
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the education requirement within 6 months after his or her 
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release from active duty.


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    (e) In the event that any rule of the
Department or an EMS 
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Medical Director that requires testing for drug
use as a 
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condition for EMT licensure conflicts with or
duplicates a 
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provision of a collective bargaining agreement
that requires 
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testing for drug use, that rule shall not
apply to any person 
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covered by the collective bargaining
agreement.

 


 






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(Source: P.A. 92-376, eff. 8-15-01.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.