Full Text of HB2778 98th General Assembly
HB2778 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB2778 Introduced 2/21/2013, by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that a currently licensed EMT may perform emergency and non-emergency medical services in accordance with his or her level of education, training, and licensure, regardless of the level (BLS, ILS, or ALS) of the ambulance to which he or she is assigned when performing those services.
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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 3.55 as follows:
| 6 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.55)
| 7 | | Sec. 3.55. Scope of practice.
| 8 | | (a) Any person currently licensed as an EMT-B, EMT-I,
or | 9 | | EMT-P may perform emergency and non-emergency medical
services | 10 | | as defined in this Act, in accordance with his or her level of
| 11 | | education, training and licensure, the standards of
| 12 | | performance and conduct prescribed by the Department in
rules | 13 | | adopted pursuant to this Act, and the requirements of
the EMS | 14 | | System in which he or she practices, as contained in the
| 15 | | approved Program Plan for that System. A currently licensed EMT | 16 | | may perform emergency and non-emergency medical services in | 17 | | accordance with his or her level of education, training, and | 18 | | licensure, regardless of the level (BLS, ILS, or ALS) of the | 19 | | ambulance to which he or she is assigned when performing those | 20 | | services.
| 21 | | (a-5) A person currently approved as a First Responder or | 22 | | licensed as an
EMT-B, EMT-I, or EMT-P who has successfully | 23 | | completed a Department approved
course in automated |
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| 1 | | defibrillator operation and who is functioning within a
| 2 | | Department approved EMS System may utilize such automated | 3 | | defibrillator
according to the standards of performance and | 4 | | conduct prescribed by the
Department
in rules adopted pursuant | 5 | | to this Act and the requirements of the EMS System in
which he | 6 | | or she practices, as contained in the approved Program Plan for | 7 | | that
System.
| 8 | | (a-7) A person currently licensed as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or | 9 | | EMT-P
who has successfully completed a Department approved | 10 | | course in the
administration of epinephrine, shall be required | 11 | | to carry epinephrine
with him or her as part of the EMT medical | 12 | | supplies whenever
he or she is performing the duties of an | 13 | | emergency medical
technician.
| 14 | | (b) A person currently licensed as an EMT-B,
EMT-I, or | 15 | | EMT-P may only practice as an EMT or utilize his or her EMT | 16 | | license
in pre-hospital or inter-hospital emergency care | 17 | | settings or
non-emergency medical transport situations, under | 18 | | the
written or verbal direction of the EMS Medical Director.
| 19 | | For purposes of this Section, a "pre-hospital emergency care
| 20 | | setting" may include a location, that is not a health care
| 21 | | facility, which utilizes EMTs to render pre-hospital
emergency | 22 | | care prior to the arrival of a transport vehicle.
The location | 23 | | shall include communication equipment and all
of the portable | 24 | | equipment and drugs appropriate for the
EMT's level of care, as | 25 | | required by this Act, rules adopted
by the Department pursuant | 26 | | to this Act, and the protocols of
the EMS Systems, and shall |
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| 1 | | operate only with the approval
and under the direction of the | 2 | | EMS Medical Director.
| 3 | | This Section shall not prohibit an EMT-B, EMT-I, or
EMT-P | 4 | | from practicing within an emergency department or
other health | 5 | | care setting for the purpose of receiving
continuing education | 6 | | or training approved by the EMS Medical
Director. This Section | 7 | | shall also not prohibit an EMT-B,
EMT-I, or EMT-P from seeking | 8 | | credentials other than his or her EMT
license and utilizing | 9 | | such credentials to work in emergency
departments or other | 10 | | health care settings under the
jurisdiction of that employer.
| 11 | | (c) A person currently licensed as an EMT-B,
EMT-I, or | 12 | | EMT-P may honor Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders and powers
of | 13 | | attorney for health care only in accordance with rules
adopted | 14 | | by the Department pursuant to this Act and protocols
of the EMS | 15 | | System in which he or she practices.
| 16 | | (d) A student enrolled in a Department approved
emergency | 17 | | medical technician program, while fulfilling the
clinical | 18 | | training and in-field supervised experience
requirements | 19 | | mandated for licensure or approval by the
System and the | 20 | | Department, may perform prescribed procedures
under the direct | 21 | | supervision of a physician licensed to
practice medicine in all | 22 | | of its branches, a qualified
registered professional nurse or a | 23 | | qualified EMT, only when
authorized by the EMS Medical | 24 | | Director.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 92-376, eff. 8-15-01.)
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