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1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act
5 is amended by changing Section 3.50 as follows:
 
6     (210 ILCS 50/3.50)
7     Sec. 3.50. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Licensure.
8     (a) "Emergency Medical Technician-Basic" or "EMT-B" means
9 a person who has successfully completed a course of instruction
10 in basic life support as prescribed by the Department, is
11 currently licensed by the Department in accordance with
12 standards prescribed by this Act and rules adopted by the
13 Department pursuant to this Act, and practices within an EMS
14 System.
15     (b) "Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate" or "EMT-I"
16 means a person who has successfully completed a course of
17 instruction in intermediate life support as prescribed by the
18 Department, is currently licensed by the Department in
19 accordance with standards prescribed by this Act and rules
20 adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, and practices
21 within an Intermediate or Advanced Life Support EMS System.
22     (c) "Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic" or "EMT-P"
23 means a person who has successfully completed a course of

 

 

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1 instruction in advanced life support care as prescribed by the
2 Department, is licensed by the Department in accordance with
3 standards prescribed by this Act and rules adopted by the
4 Department pursuant to this Act, and practices within an
5 Advanced Life Support EMS System.
6     (d) The Department shall have the authority and
7 responsibility to:
8         (1) Prescribe education and training requirements,
9     which includes training in the use of epinephrine, for all
10     levels of EMT, based on the respective national curricula
11     of the United States Department of Transportation and any
12     modifications to such curricula specified by the
13     Department through rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
14         (2) Prescribe licensure testing requirements for all
15     levels of EMT, which shall include a requirement that all
16     phases of instruction, training, and field experience be
17     completed before taking the EMT licensure examination.
18     Candidates may elect to take the National Registry of
19     Emergency Medical Technicians examination in lieu of the
20     Department's examination, but are responsible for making
21     their own arrangements for taking the National Registry
22     examination.
23         (2.5) Review applications for EMT licensure from
24     honorably discharged members of the armed forces of the
25     United States with military emergency medical training.
26     Applications shall be filed with the Department within one

 

 

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1     year after military discharge and shall contain: (i) proof
2     of successful completion of military emergency medical
3     training; (ii) a detailed description of the emergency
4     medical curriculum completed; and (iii) a detailed
5     description of the applicant's clinical experience. The
6     Department may request additional and clarifying
7     information. The Department shall evaluate the
8     application, including the applicant's training and
9     experience, consistent with the standards set forth under
10     subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 3.10. If the
11     application clearly demonstrates that the training and
12     experience meets such standards, the Department shall
13     offer the applicant the opportunity to successfully
14     complete a Department-approved EMT examination for which
15     the applicant is qualified. Upon passage of an examination,
16     the Department shall issue a license, which shall be
17     subject to all provisions of this Act that are otherwise
18     applicable to the class of EMT license issued.
19         (3) License individuals as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or EMT-P
20     who have met the Department's education, training and
21     testing requirements.
22         (4) Prescribe annual continuing education and
23     relicensure requirements for all levels of EMT.
24         (5) Relicense individuals as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or EMT-P
25     every 4 years, based on their compliance with continuing
26     education and relicensure requirements. An Illinois

 

 

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1     licensed Emergency Medical Technician whose license has
2     been expired for less than 36 months may apply for
3     reinstatement by the Department. Reinstatement shall
4     require that the applicant (i) submit satisfactory proof of
5     completion of continuing medical education and clinical
6     requirements to be prescribed by the Department in an
7     administrative rule; (ii) submit a positive recommendation
8     from an Illinois EMS Medical Director attesting to the
9     applicant's qualifications for retesting; and (iii) pass a
10     Department approved test for the level of EMT license
11     sought to be reinstated.
12         (6) Grant inactive status to any EMT who qualifies,
13     based on standards and procedures established by the
14     Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
15         (7) Charge each candidate for EMT a fee to be submitted
16     with an application for a licensure examination.
17         (8) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license of
18     an EMT, after an opportunity for a hearing, when findings
19     show one or more of the following:
20             (A) The EMT has not met continuing education or
21         relicensure requirements as prescribed by the
22         Department;
23             (B) The EMT has failed to maintain proficiency in
24         the level of skills for which he or she is licensed;
25             (C) The EMT, during the provision of medical
26         services, engaged in dishonorable, unethical or

 

 

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1         unprofessional conduct of a character likely to
2         deceive, defraud or harm the public;
3             (D) The EMT has failed to maintain or has violated
4         standards of performance and conduct as prescribed by
5         the Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act or
6         his or her EMS System's Program Plan;
7             (E) The EMT is physically impaired to the extent
8         that he or she cannot physically perform the skills and
9         functions for which he or she is licensed, as verified
10         by a physician, unless the person is on inactive status
11         pursuant to Department regulations;
12             (F) The EMT is mentally impaired to the extent that
13         he or she cannot exercise the appropriate judgment,
14         skill and safety for performing the functions for which
15         he or she is licensed, as verified by a physician,
16         unless the person is on inactive status pursuant to
17         Department regulations; or
18             (G) The EMT has violated this Act or any rule
19         adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act.
20     The education requirements prescribed by the Department
21 under this subsection must allow for the suspension of those
22 requirements in the case of a member of the armed services or
23 reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois
24 National Guard who is on active duty pursuant to an executive
25 order of the President of the United States, an act of the
26 Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor at

 

 

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1 the time that the member would otherwise be required to fulfill
2 a particular education requirement. Such a person must fulfill
3 the education requirement within 6 months after his or her
4 release from active duty.
5     (e) In the event that any rule of the Department or an EMS
6 Medical Director that requires testing for drug use as a
7 condition for EMT licensure conflicts with or duplicates a
8 provision of a collective bargaining agreement that requires
9 testing for drug use, that rule shall not apply to any person
10 covered by the collective bargaining agreement.
11 (Source: P.A. 96-540, eff. 8-17-09.)
 
12     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13 becoming law.