Full Text of SB0525 95th General Assembly
SB0525 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB0525
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. John O. Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that as a condition of licensure as an EMT, the Department of Public Health shall require an applicant for such a license to undergo a criminal background check. Requires the Department to adopt rules to implement this provision.
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A BILL FOR
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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 | 5 |
| 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 | 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
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| System.
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| (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.
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| (c) "Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic" or "EMT-P" | 23 |
| means a person who
has successfully completed a
course of |
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| 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.
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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, | 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
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| Department through rules adopted pursuant to this Act;
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| (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
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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 | 24 |
| 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 | 3 |
| every 4 years, based on their compliance with
continuing | 4 |
| education and relicensure requirements;
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| (6) Grant inactive status to any EMT who
qualifies, | 6 |
| based on standards and procedures established by
the | 7 |
| Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act;
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| (7) Charge each candidate for EMT a fee to be
submitted | 9 |
| with an application for a licensure examination;
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| (8) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the
license of | 11 |
| an EMT, after an opportunity for a hearing, when
findings | 12 |
| show one or more of the following:
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| (A) The EMT has not met continuing
education or | 14 |
| relicensure requirements as prescribed by the | 15 |
| Department;
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| (B) The EMT has failed to maintain
proficiency in | 17 |
| the level of skills for which he or she is licensed;
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| (C) The EMT, during the provision of
medical | 19 |
| services, engaged in dishonorable, unethical or
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| unprofessional conduct of a character likely to | 21 |
| deceive,
defraud or harm the public;
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| (D) The EMT has failed to maintain or
has violated | 23 |
| standards of performance and conduct as prescribed
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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 | 3 |
| by a
physician, unless the person is on inactive status | 4 |
| pursuant
to Department regulations;
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| (F) The EMT is mentally impaired to the
extent that | 6 |
| he or she cannot exercise the appropriate judgment,
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| skill and safety for performing the functions for which | 8 |
| he
or she is licensed, as verified by a physician, | 9 |
| unless the person
is on inactive status pursuant to | 10 |
| Department regulations; or
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| (G) The EMT has violated this Act or any
rule | 12 |
| adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act. | 13 |
| The education requirements prescribed by the Department | 14 |
| under this subsection must allow for the suspension of those | 15 |
| requirements in the case of a member of the armed services or | 16 |
| reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois | 17 |
| National Guard who is on active duty pursuant to an executive | 18 |
| order of the President of the United States, an act of the | 19 |
| Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor at | 20 |
| the time that the member would otherwise be required to fulfill | 21 |
| a particular education requirement. Such a person must fulfill | 22 |
| the education requirement within 6 months after his or her | 23 |
| release from active duty.
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| (e) In the event that any rule of the
Department or an EMS | 25 |
| Medical Director that requires testing for drug
use as a | 26 |
| condition for EMT licensure conflicts with or
duplicates a |
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| provision of a collective bargaining agreement
that requires | 2 |
| testing for drug use, that rule shall not
apply to any person | 3 |
| covered by the collective bargaining
agreement.
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| (f) As a condition of licensure under this Section, the | 5 |
| Department shall require an applicant for such a license to | 6 |
| undergo a criminal background check. The Department shall adopt | 7 |
| rules to implement this subsection.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-504, eff. 8-8-05.)
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