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90_SB0315enr

      210 ILCS 50/3.55
          Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems  Act.
      Provides  that  a  person  approved  as  a First Responder or
      licensed as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or EMT-P  who  has  successfully
      completed  an  approved  course   in  automated defibrillator
      operation and who  is  functioning  within  an  approved  EMS
      System may use an automated defibrillator.
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 1        AN ACT in relation to emergency services.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 1.  Short title.  This Act may be  cited  as  the
 5    Water Rescue Act.
 6        Section  5.   Findings.   In so much as police, fire, and
 7    emergency  medical  service  departments  are  recognized  as
 8    necessary public safety organizations, the State of  Illinois
 9    hereby  recognizes the longstanding role and purpose of those
10    persons  specially  trained   in   performing   surface   and
11    underwater rescue and recovery of persons and property within
12    the  waterways  of  Illinois for the purpose of public safety
13    and accident prevention.  For purposes of  furthering  public
14    safety and promoting safe use of Illinois waterways, this Act
15    has  been created for the benefit of citizens and visitors to
16    this State and its many communities.
17        Section 10.   Authorization.   Municipalities,  counties,
18    and  political  subdivisions  of this State have authority to
19    authorize,   fund,   and   continue   support    for    water
20    rescue/recovery  departments  within  their jurisdictions for
21    the purpose of the surface and underwater rescue and recovery
22    of persons and property.
23        Section   15.    Intergovernmental   agreements.     Such
24    municipalities,  counties,  and political subdivisions may by
25    intergovernmental agreement combine funding and authorization
26    of such departments within a county if desired.
27        Section 50.  The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems
28    Act is amended by changing Section 3.55 as follows:
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 1        (210 ILCS 50/3.55)
 2        Sec. 3.55.  Licensed EMT; Scope of practice.
 3        (a)  Any person currently licensed as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or
 4    EMT-P  may  perform  emergency  and   non-emergency   medical
 5    services  as  defined  in this Act, in accordance with his or
 6    her level of education, training and licensure, the standards
 7    of performance and conduct prescribed by  the  Department  in
 8    rules  adopted  pursuant to this Act, and the requirements of
 9    the EMS System in which he or she practices, as contained  in
10    the approved Program Plan for that System.
11        (a-5)  A  person  currently approved as a First Responder
12    or licensed as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or EMT-P who has successfully
13    completed  a  Department   approved   course   in   automated
14    defibrillator  operation  and  who  is  functioning  within a
15    Department approved EMS System  may  utilize  such  automated
16    defibrillator  according  to the standards of performance and
17    conduct  prescribed  by  the  Department  in  rules   adopted
18    pursuant  to  this Act and the requirements of the EMS System
19    in which he or she practices, as contained  in  the  approved
20    Program Plan for that System.
21        (b)  A  person  currently licensed as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or
22    EMT-P may only practice as an EMT or utilize his or  her  EMT
23    license  in  pre-hospital  or  inter-hospital  emergency care
24    settings or non-emergency medical transport situations, under
25    the written or verbal direction of the EMS Medical  Director.
26    For  purposes of this Section, a "pre-hospital emergency care
27    setting" may include a location, that is not  a  health  care
28    facility,   which   utilizes   EMTs  to  render  pre-hospital
29    emergency care prior to the arrival of a  transport  vehicle.
30    The location shall include communication equipment and all of
31    the  portable  equipment  and drugs appropriate for the EMT's
32    level of care, as required by this Act, rules adopted by  the
33    Department pursuant to this Act, and the protocols of the EMS
34    Systems,  and  shall operate only with the approval and under
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 1    the direction of the EMS Medical Director.
 2        This Section shall not prohibit an EMT-B, EMT-I, or EMT-P
 3    from practicing  within  an  emergency  department  or  other
 4    health  care  setting for the purpose of receiving continuing
 5    education or training approved by the EMS  Medical  Director.
 6    This  Section  shall  also  not  prohibit an EMT-B, EMT-I, or
 7    EMT-P from seeking credentials other  than  his  or  her  EMT
 8    license  and  utilizing such credentials to work in emergency
 9    departments  or  other  health  care   settings   under   the
10    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
14    adopted  by the Department pursuant to this Act and protocols
15    of the EMS System in which he or she practices.
16        (d)  A  student  enrolled  in   a   Department   approved
17    emergency  medical  technician  program, while fulfilling the
18    clinical  training   and   in-field   supervised   experience
19    requirements mandated for licensure or approval by the System
20    and  the  Department, may perform prescribed procedures under
21    the direct supervision of a physician  licensed  to  practice
22    medicine  in  all  of  its  branches,  a qualified registered
23    professional nurse or a qualified EMT, only  when  authorized
24    by the EMS Medical Director.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
26        Section  99.   Effective date.  This Section and Sections
27    1, 5, 10, and 15 take effect upon becoming law.

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