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HB5348 Engrossed |
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LRB094 15586 LCT 55049 b |
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| AN ACT concerning burn injury reporting.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Burn |
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| Injury Reporting Act. |
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| Section 5. Report requirements. |
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| (a) All hospitals shall be required to report specified |
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| burn injuries to local law enforcement. There shall be filed an |
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| immediate oral report and later a written report of every burn |
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| injury that meets one of the following criteria: |
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| (1) a person receives a second-degree or third-degree |
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| burn to 5% or more of the person's body as a whole; |
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| (2) a person sustains a burn to the upper respiratory |
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| tract or occurring laryngeal edema due to the inhalation of |
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| superheated air; or |
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| (3) a person sustains any burn injury likely to result |
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| in death. |
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| (b) The oral report shall consist of notification by |
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| telephone within 4 hours of completion of the initial treatment |
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| of the burn injury victim to local law enforcement in the |
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| jurisdiction where the hospital is located. |
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| (c) A written report must be filed with the Office of the |
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| State Fire Marshal within 72 hours after the patient has been |
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| seen. |
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| Section 10. Report contents. The report shall consist of |
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| the following: |
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| (1) Name, address, and date of birth of the victim. |
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| (2) Address where the burn injury occurred. |
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| (3) Date and time of the burn occurrence. |
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| (4) Degree of burn injury, percentage of the body |
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| affected by the burn injury, and the specific area of the |