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| Public Act 096-1469 | ||||
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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 | ||||
is amended by changing Sections 3.10, 3.20, 3.50, 3.60, 3.65, | ||||
3.70, 3.75, 3.80, 3.85, 3.86, 3.130, 3.160, 3.175, and 3.220 as | ||||
follows:
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(210 ILCS 50/3.10)
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Sec. 3.10. Scope of Services.
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(a) "Advanced Life Support (ALS) Services" means
an | ||||
advanced level of pre-hospital and inter-hospital emergency
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care and non-emergency medical services that includes basic | ||||
life
support care, cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation,
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electrocardiography, intravenous therapy, administration of
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medications, drugs and solutions, use of adjunctive medical
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devices, trauma care, and other authorized techniques and
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procedures, as outlined in the Advanced Life Support
national | ||||
curriculum of the United States Department of
Transportation | ||||
and any modifications to that curriculum
specified in rules | ||||
adopted by the Department pursuant to
this Act.
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That care shall be initiated as authorized by the EMS
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Medical Director in a Department approved advanced life
support | ||||
EMS System, under the written or verbal direction of
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physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its
branches | ||
or under the verbal direction of an Emergency
Communications | ||
Registered Nurse.
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(b) "Intermediate Life Support (ILS) Services"
means an | ||
intermediate level of pre-hospital and inter-hospital
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emergency care and non-emergency medical services that | ||
includes
basic life support care plus intravenous cannulation | ||
and
fluid therapy, invasive airway management, trauma care, and
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other authorized techniques and procedures, as outlined in
the | ||
Intermediate Life Support national curriculum of the
United | ||
States Department of Transportation and any
modifications to | ||
that curriculum specified in rules adopted
by the Department | ||
pursuant to this Act.
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That care shall be initiated as authorized by the EMS
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Medical Director in a Department approved intermediate or
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advanced life support EMS System, under the written or
verbal | ||
direction of a physician licensed to practice
medicine in all | ||
of its branches or under the verbal
direction of an Emergency | ||
Communications Registered Nurse.
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(c) "Basic Life Support (BLS) Services" means a
basic level | ||
of pre-hospital and inter-hospital emergency care and
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non-emergency medical services that includes airway | ||
management,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), control of | ||
shock and
bleeding and splinting of fractures, as outlined in | ||
the Basic Life Support
national curriculum of the United States
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Department of Transportation and any modifications to that
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curriculum specified in rules adopted by the Department
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pursuant to this Act.
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That care shall be initiated, where authorized by the
EMS | ||
Medical Director in a Department approved EMS System,
under the | ||
written or verbal direction of a physician
licensed to practice | ||
medicine in all of its branches or
under the verbal direction | ||
of an Emergency Communications
Registered Nurse.
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(d) "First Response Services" means a preliminary
level of | ||
pre-hospital emergency care that includes
cardiopulmonary | ||
resuscitation (CPR), monitoring vital signs
and control of | ||
bleeding, as outlined in the First Responder
curriculum of the | ||
United States Department of Transportation
and any | ||
modifications to that curriculum specified in rules
adopted by | ||
the Department pursuant to this Act.
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(e) "Pre-hospital care" means those emergency
medical | ||
services rendered to emergency patients for analytic,
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resuscitative, stabilizing, or preventive purposes,
precedent | ||
to and during transportation of such patients to
hospitals.
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(f) "Inter-hospital care" means those emergency
medical | ||
services rendered to emergency patients for
analytic, | ||
resuscitative, stabilizing, or preventive
purposes, during | ||
transportation of such patients from one
hospital to another | ||
hospital.
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(f-5) "Critical care transport" means the pre-hospital or | ||
inter-hospital transportation of a critically injured or ill | ||
patient by a vehicle service provider, including the provision | ||
of medically necessary supplies and services, at a level of | ||
service beyond the scope of the EMT-paramedic. When medically | ||
indicated for a patient, as determined by a physician licensed | ||
to practice medicine in all of its branches, an advanced | ||
practice nurse, or a physician's assistant, in compliance with | ||
subsections (b) and (c) of Section 3.155 of this Act, critical | ||
care transport may be provided by: | ||
(1) Department-approved critical care transport | ||
providers, not owned or operated by a hospital, utilizing | ||
EMT-paramedics with additional training, nurses, or other | ||
qualified health professionals; or | ||
(2) Hospitals, when utilizing any vehicle service | ||
provider or any hospital-owned or operated vehicle service | ||
provider. Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 96th | ||
General Assembly requires a hospital to use, or to be, a | ||
Department-approved critical care transport provider when | ||
transporting patients, including those critically injured | ||
or ill. Nothing in this Act shall restrict or prohibit a | ||
hospital from providing, or arranging for, the medically | ||
appropriate transport of any patient, as determined by a | ||
physician licensed to practice in all of its branches, an | ||
advanced practice nurse, or a physician's assistant. | ||
(g) "Non-emergency medical services" means medical care or | ||
monitoring rendered to
patients whose conditions do not meet | ||
this Act's definition of emergency, before or
during | ||
transportation of such patients to or from health care | ||
facilities visited for the
purpose of obtaining medical or | ||
health care services which are not emergency in
nature, using a | ||
vehicle regulated by this Act.
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(g-5) The Department shall have the authority to promulgate | ||
minimum standards for critical care transport providers | ||
through rules adopted pursuant to this Act. All critical care | ||
transport providers must function within a Department-approved | ||
EMS System. Nothing in Department rules shall restrict a | ||
hospital's ability to furnish personnel, equipment, and | ||
medical supplies to any vehicle service provider, including a | ||
critical care transport provider. Minimum critical care | ||
transport provider standards shall include, but are not limited | ||
to: | ||
(1) Personnel staffing and licensure. | ||
(2) Education, certification, and experience. | ||
(3) Medical equipment and supplies. | ||
(4) Vehicular standards. | ||
(5) Treatment and transport protocols. | ||
(6) Quality assurance and data collection. | ||
(h)
The provisions of this Act shall not apply to
the use | ||
of an ambulance or SEMSV, unless and until
emergency or | ||
non-emergency medical services are needed
during the use of the | ||
ambulance or SEMSV.
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(Source: P.A. 94-568, eff. 1-1-06.)
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(210 ILCS 50/3.20)
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Sec. 3.20. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems.
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(a) "Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System" means an
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organization of hospitals, vehicle service providers and
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personnel approved by the Department in a specific
geographic | ||
area, which coordinates and provides pre-hospital
and | ||
inter-hospital emergency care and non-emergency medical
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transports at a BLS, ILS and/or ALS level pursuant to a
System | ||
program plan submitted to and approved by the
Department, and | ||
pursuant to the EMS Region Plan adopted for
the EMS Region in | ||
which the System is located.
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(b) One hospital in each System program plan must be
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designated as the Resource Hospital. All other hospitals
which | ||
are located within the geographic boundaries of a
System and | ||
which have standby, basic or comprehensive level
emergency | ||
departments must function in that EMS System as
either an | ||
Associate Hospital or Participating Hospital and
follow all | ||
System policies specified in the System Program
Plan, including | ||
but not limited to the replacement of drugs
and equipment used | ||
by providers who have delivered patients
to their emergency | ||
departments. All hospitals and vehicle
service providers | ||
participating in an EMS System must
specify their level of | ||
participation in the System Program
Plan.
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(c) The Department shall have the authority and
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responsibility to:
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(1) Approve BLS, ILS and ALS level EMS Systems which
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meet minimum standards and criteria established in rules
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adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, including
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the submission of a Program Plan for Department approval.
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Beginning September 1, 1997, the Department shall approve
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the development of a new EMS System only when a local or
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regional need for establishing such System has been | ||
verified by the Department
identified. This shall not be | ||
construed as a needs assessment for health
planning or
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other purposes outside of this Act.
Following Department | ||
approval, EMS Systems must
be fully operational within one | ||
year from the date of
approval.
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(2) Monitor EMS Systems, based on minimum standards for
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continuing operation as prescribed in rules adopted by the
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Department pursuant to this Act, which shall include
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requirements for submitting Program Plan amendments to the
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Department for approval.
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(3) Renew EMS System approvals every 4 years, after
an | ||
inspection, based on compliance with the standards for
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continuing operation prescribed in rules adopted by the
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Department pursuant to this Act.
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(4) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew approval of
any | ||
EMS System, after providing an opportunity for a
hearing, | ||
when findings show that it does not meet the
minimum | ||
standards for continuing operation as prescribed by
the | ||
Department, or is found to be in violation of its
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previously approved Program Plan.
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(5) Require each EMS System to adopt written protocols
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for the bypassing of or diversion to any hospital, trauma
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center or regional trauma center, which provide that a | ||
person
shall not be transported to a facility other than | ||
the nearest
hospital, regional trauma center or trauma | ||
center unless the
medical benefits to the patient | ||
reasonably expected from the
provision of appropriate | ||
medical treatment at a more distant
facility outweigh the | ||
increased risks to the patient from
transport to the more | ||
distant facility, or the transport is in
accordance with | ||
the System's protocols for patient
choice or refusal.
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(6) Require that the EMS Medical Director of an ILS or
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ALS level EMS System be a physician licensed to practice
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medicine in all of its branches in Illinois, and certified | ||
by
the American Board of Emergency Medicine or the American | ||
Board
of Osteopathic Emergency Medicine, and that the EMS | ||
Medical
Director of a BLS level EMS System be a physician | ||
licensed to
practice medicine in all of its branches in | ||
Illinois, with
regular and frequent involvement in | ||
pre-hospital emergency
medical services. In addition, all | ||
EMS Medical Directors shall:
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(A) Have experience on an EMS vehicle at the
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highest level available within the System, or make | ||
provision
to gain such experience within 12 months | ||
prior to the
date responsibility for the System is | ||
assumed or within 90
days after assuming the position;
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(B) Be thoroughly knowledgeable of all skills
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included in the scope of practices of all levels of EMS
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personnel within the System;
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(C) Have or make provision to gain experience
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instructing students at a level similar to that of the | ||
levels
of EMS personnel within the System; and
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(D) For ILS and ALS EMS Medical Directors,
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successfully complete a Department-approved EMS | ||
Medical
Director's Course.
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(7) Prescribe statewide EMS data elements to be
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collected and documented by providers in all EMS Systems | ||
for
all emergency and non-emergency medical services, with | ||
a
one-year phase-in for commencing collection of such data
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elements.
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(8) Define, through rules adopted pursuant to this Act,
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the terms "Resource Hospital", "Associate Hospital",
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"Participating Hospital", "Basic Emergency Department",
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"Standby Emergency Department", "Comprehensive Emergency | ||
Department", "EMS
Medical Director", "EMS Administrative
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Director", and "EMS System Coordinator".
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(A) Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||
of 1995,
all existing Project Medical Directors shall | ||
be considered EMS
Medical Directors, and all persons | ||
serving in such capacities
on the effective date of | ||
this amendatory Act of 1995 shall be exempt from
the | ||
requirements of paragraph (7) of this subsection;
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(B) Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||
of 1995, all
existing EMS System Project Directors | ||
shall be considered EMS
Administrative Directors.
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(9) Investigate the
circumstances that caused a | ||
hospital
in an EMS system
to go on
bypass status to | ||
determine whether that hospital's decision to go on bypass
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status was reasonable. The Department may impose | ||
sanctions, as
set forth in Section 3.140 of the Act, upon a | ||
Department determination that the
hospital unreasonably
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went on bypass status in violation of the Act.
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(10) Evaluate the capacity and performance of any | ||
freestanding emergency center established under Section | ||
32.5 of this Act in meeting emergency medical service needs | ||
of the public, including compliance with applicable | ||
emergency medical standards and assurance of the | ||
availability of and immediate access to the highest quality | ||
of medical care possible.
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(Source: P.A. 95-584, eff. 8-31-07.)
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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 | ||
a person who has successfully completed a course of
instruction | ||
in basic life support
as prescribed by the
Department, is | ||
currently licensed by the Department in
accordance with | ||
standards prescribed by this Act and rules
adopted by the | ||
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" | ||
means a person who has successfully completed a
course of | ||
instruction in intermediate life support
as
prescribed by the | ||
Department, is currently licensed by the
Department in | ||
accordance with standards prescribed by this
Act and rules | ||
adopted by the Department pursuant to this
Act, and practices | ||
within an Intermediate or Advanced
Life Support EMS System.
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(c) "Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic" or "EMT-P" | ||
means a person who
has successfully completed a
course of | ||
instruction in advanced life support care
as
prescribed by the | ||
Department, is licensed by the Department
in accordance with | ||
standards prescribed by this Act and
rules adopted by the | ||
Department pursuant to this Act, and
practices within an | ||
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, | ||
which
includes training in the use of epinephrine,
for all | ||
levels of EMT, based on the respective national
curricula | ||
of the United States Department of Transportation
and any | ||
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 | ||
levels of EMT, which shall include a requirement that
all | ||
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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(2.5) Review applications for EMT licensure from
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honorably discharged members of the armed forces of the | ||
United States with military emergency medical training. | ||
Applications shall be filed with the Department within one | ||
year after military discharge and shall contain: (i) proof | ||
of successful completion of military emergency medical | ||
training; (ii) a detailed description of the emergency | ||
medical curriculum completed; and (iii) a detailed | ||
description of the applicant's clinical experience. The | ||
Department may request additional and clarifying | ||
information. The Department shall evaluate the | ||
application, including the applicant's training and | ||
experience, consistent with the standards set forth under | ||
subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 3.10. If the | ||
application clearly demonstrates that the training and | ||
experience meets such standards, the Department shall | ||
offer the applicant the opportunity to successfully | ||
complete a Department-approved
EMT examination for which | ||
the applicant is qualified. Upon passage of an examination, | ||
the Department shall issue a license, which shall be | ||
subject to all provisions of this Act that are otherwise | ||
applicable to the class of EMT
license issued.
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(3) License individuals as an EMT-B, EMT-I,
or EMT-P | ||
who have met the Department's education, training and
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examination 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 | ||
every 4 years, based on their compliance with
continuing | ||
education and relicensure requirements.
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(6) Grant inactive status to any EMT who
qualifies, | ||
based on standards and procedures established by
the | ||
Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
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(7) Charge a fee for EMT examination, licensure, and | ||
license renewal each candidate for EMT a fee to be
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submitted with an application for a licensure examination.
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(8) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew the
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license of any licensee an EMT, after an opportunity for an | ||
impartial hearing before a neutral administrative law | ||
judge appointed by the Director, where the preponderance of | ||
the evidence shows one or more of the following a hearing, | ||
when
findings show one or more of the following:
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(A) The licensee EMT has not met continuing
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education or relicensure requirements as prescribed by | ||
the Department;
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(B) The licensee EMT has failed to maintain
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proficiency in the level of skills for which he or she | ||
is licensed;
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(C) The licensee EMT, during the provision of
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medical services, engaged in dishonorable, unethical, | ||
or
unprofessional conduct of a character likely to | ||
deceive,
defraud, or harm the public;
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(D) The licensee EMT has failed to maintain or
has | ||
violated standards of performance and conduct as | ||
prescribed
by the Department in rules adopted pursuant | ||
to this Act or
his or her EMS System's Program Plan;
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(E) The licensee EMT is physically impaired to
the | ||
extent that he or she cannot physically perform the | ||
skills and
functions for which he or she is licensed, | ||
as verified by a
physician, unless the person is on | ||
inactive status pursuant
to Department regulations;
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(F) The licensee EMT is mentally impaired to the
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extent that he or she cannot exercise the appropriate | ||
judgment,
skill and safety for performing the | ||
functions for which he
or she is licensed, as verified | ||
by a physician, unless the person
is on inactive status | ||
pursuant to Department regulations; or
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(G) The licensee EMT has violated this Act or any
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rule adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act; | ||
or . | ||
(H) The licensee has been convicted (or entered a | ||
plea of guilty or nolo-contendere) by a court of | ||
competent jurisdiction of a Class X, Class 1, or Class | ||
2 felony in this State or an out-of-state equivalent | ||
offense. | ||
(9) An EMT who exclusively serves as a volunteer for | ||
units of local government with a population base of less | ||
than 5,000 may submit an application to the Department for | ||
a waiver of these fees on a form prescribed by the | ||
Department. | ||
The education requirements prescribed by the Department | ||
under this subsection must allow for the suspension of those | ||
requirements in the case of a member of the armed services or | ||
reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois | ||
National Guard who is on active duty pursuant to an executive | ||
order of the President of the United States, an act of the | ||
Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor at | ||
the time that the member would otherwise be required to fulfill | ||
a particular education requirement. Such a person must fulfill | ||
the education requirement within 6 months after his or her | ||
release from active duty.
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(e) In the event that any rule of the
Department or an EMS | ||
Medical Director that requires testing for drug
use as a | ||
condition for EMT licensure conflicts with or
duplicates a | ||
provision of a collective bargaining agreement
that requires | ||
testing for drug use, that rule shall not
apply to any person | ||
covered by the collective bargaining
agreement.
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(Source: P.A. 96-540, eff. 8-17-09.)
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(210 ILCS 50/3.60)
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Sec. 3.60. First Responder.
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(a) "First Responder" means a person who has
successfully | ||
completed a course of instruction in emergency
first response | ||
as prescribed by the Department, who provides
first response | ||
services prior to the arrival of an
ambulance or specialized | ||
emergency medical services vehicle,
in accordance with the | ||
level of care established in the
emergency first response | ||
course. A First Responder who
provides such services as part of | ||
an EMS System response
plan which utilizes First Responders as | ||
the personnel
dispatched to the scene of an emergency to | ||
provide initial
emergency medical care shall comply with the | ||
applicable
sections of the Program Plan of that EMS System.
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Persons who have already completed a course of
instruction | ||
in emergency first response based on or
equivalent to the | ||
national curriculum of the United States
Department of | ||
Transportation, or as otherwise previously
recognized by the | ||
Department, shall be considered First
Responders on the | ||
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
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(b) The Department shall have the authority and
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responsibility to:
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(1) Prescribe education requirements for the
First | ||
Responder, which meet or exceed the national
curriculum of | ||
the United States Department of
Transportation, through | ||
rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
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(2) Prescribe a standard set of equipment for
use | ||
during first response services. An individual First
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Responder shall not be required to maintain his or her own | ||
set of
such equipment, provided he or she has access to | ||
such equipment
during a first response call.
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(3) Require the First Responder to notify the
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Department of any EMS System in which he or she | ||
participates as
dispatched personnel as described in | ||
subsection (a).
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(4) Require the First Responder to comply with
the | ||
applicable sections of the Program Plans for those
Systems.
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(5) Require the First Responder to keep the
Department | ||
currently informed as to who employs him or her and who | ||
supervises
his or her activities as a First Responder.
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(6) Establish a mechanism for phasing in the
First | ||
Responder requirements over a 5-year period.
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(7) Charge each First Responder applicant a fee for | ||
testing, initial licensure, and license renewal. A First | ||
Responder who exclusively serves as a volunteer for units | ||
of local government or a not-for-profit organization that | ||
serves a service area with a population base of less than | ||
5,000 may submit an application to the Department for a | ||
waiver of these fees on a form prescribed by the | ||
Department. | ||
(Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
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(210 ILCS 50/3.65)
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Sec. 3.65. EMS Lead Instructor.
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(a) "EMS Lead Instructor" means a person who has
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successfully completed a course of education as prescribed
by | ||
the Department, and who is currently approved by the
Department | ||
to coordinate or teach education, training
and continuing | ||
education courses, in accordance with
standards prescribed by | ||
this Act and rules adopted by the
Department pursuant to this | ||
Act.
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(b) The Department shall have the authority and
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responsibility to:
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(1) Prescribe education requirements for EMS
Lead | ||
Instructor candidates through rules adopted pursuant to | ||
this
Act.
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(2) Prescribe testing requirements for EMS
Lead | ||
Instructor candidates through rules adopted pursuant to | ||
this
Act.
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(3) Charge each candidate for EMS Lead
Instructor a fee | ||
to be submitted with an application for an
examination, an | ||
application for certification, and an application for | ||
recertification.
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(4) Approve individuals as EMS Lead
Instructors who | ||
have met the Department's education and testing
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requirements.
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(5) Require that all education, training and
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continuing education courses for EMT-B, EMT-I, EMT-P,
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Pre-Hospital RN, ECRN, First Responder and Emergency | ||
Medical
Dispatcher be coordinated by at least one approved | ||
EMS Lead
Instructor. A program which includes education, | ||
training or
continuing education for more than one type of | ||
personnel may
use one EMS Lead Instructor to coordinate the | ||
program, and a
single EMS Lead Instructor may | ||
simultaneously coordinate
more than one program or course.
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(6) Provide standards and procedures for
awarding EMS | ||
Lead Instructor approval to persons previously approved
by | ||
the Department to coordinate such courses, based on
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qualifications prescribed by the Department through rules
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adopted pursuant to this Act.
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(7) Suspend or revoke the approval of an EMS
Lead | ||
Instructor, after an opportunity for a hearing, when
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findings show one or more of the following:
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(A) The EMS Lead Instructor has failed
to conduct a | ||
course in accordance with the curriculum
prescribed by | ||
this Act and rules adopted by the Department
pursuant | ||
to this Act; or
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(B) The EMS Lead Instructor has failed
to comply | ||
with protocols prescribed by the Department through
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rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
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(Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
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(210 ILCS 50/3.70)
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Sec. 3.70. Emergency Medical Dispatcher.
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(a) "Emergency Medical Dispatcher" means a person
who has | ||
successfully completed a training course in emergency medical
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dispatching meeting or
exceeding the national curriculum of the | ||
United States
Department of Transportation in accordance with | ||
rules
adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, who | ||
accepts
calls from the public for emergency medical services | ||
and
dispatches designated emergency medical services personnel
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and vehicles. The Emergency Medical Dispatcher must use the
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Department-approved
emergency medical dispatch priority | ||
reference system (EMDPRS) protocol
selected for use by its | ||
agency and approved by its EMS medical director. This
protocol | ||
must be used by an emergency medical dispatcher in an emergency
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medical dispatch agency to dispatch aid to medical emergencies | ||
which includes
systematized caller interrogation questions; | ||
systematized prearrival support
instructions; and systematized | ||
coding protocols that match the dispatcher's
evaluation of the | ||
injury or illness severity with the vehicle response mode and
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vehicle response configuration and includes an appropriate | ||
training curriculum
and testing process consistent with the | ||
specific EMDPRS protocol used by the
emergency medical dispatch | ||
agency. Prearrival support instructions shall
be provided in a | ||
non-discriminatory manner and shall be provided in accordance
| ||
with the EMDPRS established by the EMS medical director of the | ||
EMS system in
which the EMD operates. If the dispatcher
| ||
operates under the authority of an Emergency Telephone
System | ||
Board established under the Emergency Telephone
System Act, the | ||
protocols shall be established by such Board
in consultation | ||
with the EMS Medical Director. Persons who
have already | ||
completed a course of instruction in emergency
medical dispatch | ||
based on, equivalent to or exceeding the
national curriculum of | ||
the United States Department of
Transportation, or as otherwise | ||
approved by the Department,
shall be considered Emergency | ||
Medical Dispatchers on the
effective date of this amendatory | ||
Act.
| ||
(b) The Department shall have the authority and
| ||
responsibility to:
| ||
(1) Require certification and recertification of a | ||
person who meets the
training and other requirements as an | ||
emergency medical dispatcher pursuant to
this Act.
| ||
(2) Require certification and recertification of a | ||
person, organization,
or government agency that operates | ||
an emergency medical dispatch agency that
meets
the minimum | ||
standards prescribed by the Department for an emergency | ||
medical
dispatch agency pursuant to this Act.
| ||
(3) Prescribe minimum education and continuing
| ||
education
requirements for the
Emergency Medical | ||
Dispatcher, which meet the
national curriculum of the | ||
United States Department of
Transportation, through rules | ||
adopted pursuant to this Act.
| ||
(4) Require each EMS Medical Director to report to the | ||
Department
whenever
an
action has taken place that may | ||
require the revocation or suspension of a
certificate | ||
issued by the Department.
| ||
(5) Require each EMD to provide
prearrival
| ||
instructions in compliance with protocols selected and | ||
approved by the system's
EMS
medical director and approved | ||
by the Department.
| ||
(6) Require the Emergency Medical Dispatcher
to keep | ||
the Department currently informed as to the entity or
| ||
agency that employs or supervises his activities as an
| ||
Emergency Medical Dispatcher.
| ||
(7) Establish an annual recertification requirement
| ||
that requires at least 12 hours of medical
| ||
dispatch-specific continuing education
each year.
| ||
(8) Approve all EMDPRS protocols used by emergency | ||
medical dispatch
agencies to assure compliance with | ||
national standards.
| ||
(9) Require that Department-approved emergency medical | ||
dispatch training
programs are conducted in accordance | ||
with national standards.
| ||
(10) Require that the emergency medical dispatch | ||
agency be operated in
accordance with national standards, | ||
including, but not limited to, (i) the use
on every
request | ||
for medical assistance of an emergency medical dispatch | ||
priority
reference
system (EMDPRS) in accordance with | ||
Department-approved policies and procedures
and
(ii) under | ||
the approval and supervision of the EMS medical director, | ||
the
establishment of
a continuous quality improvement | ||
program.
| ||
(11) Require that a person may not represent himself or | ||
herself, nor may
an
agency or business represent an agent | ||
or employee of that agency or business,
as
an emergency | ||
medical dispatcher unless certified by the Department as an
| ||
emergency medical dispatcher.
| ||
(12) Require that a person, organization, or | ||
government agency not
represent itself as an emergency | ||
medical dispatch agency unless the person,
organization, | ||
or government agency is certified by the Department as an
| ||
emergency medical dispatch agency.
| ||
(13) Require that a person, organization, or | ||
government agency may not
offer
or conduct a training | ||
course that is represented as a course for an emergency
| ||
medical dispatcher unless the person, organization, or | ||
agency is approved by
the Department to offer or conduct | ||
that course.
| ||
(14) Require that Department-approved emergency | ||
medical dispatcher
training programs are conducted by | ||
instructors licensed by the Department who:
| ||
(i) are, at a minimum, certified as emergency | ||
medical dispatchers;
| ||
(ii) have completed a Department-approved course | ||
on methods of
instruction;
| ||
(iii) have previous experience in a medical | ||
dispatch agency; and
| ||
(iv) have demonstrated experience as an EMS | ||
instructor.
| ||
(15) Establish criteria for modifying or
waiving | ||
Emergency Medical Dispatcher requirements based on (i) the | ||
scope
and frequency of dispatch activities and the | ||
dispatcher's
access to training or (ii) whether the | ||
previously-attended dispatcher
training program merits | ||
automatic recertification for the dispatcher.
| ||
(16) Charge each Emergency Medical Dispatcher | ||
applicant a fee for licensure and license renewal. | ||
(Source: P.A. 92-506, eff. 1-1-02.)
| ||
(210 ILCS 50/3.75)
| ||
Sec. 3.75. Trauma Nurse Specialist (TNS) Certification.
| ||
(a) "Trauma Nurse Specialist" or "TNS"
means a registered | ||
professional nurse who has successfully completed
education | ||
and testing requirements as prescribed by the
Department, and | ||
is certified by the Department in accordance
with rules adopted | ||
by the Department pursuant to this Act.
| ||
(b) The Department shall have the authority and
| ||
responsibility to:
| ||
(1) Establish criteria for TNS training
sites, through | ||
rules adopted pursuant to this Act;
| ||
(2) Prescribe education and testing
requirements for | ||
TNS candidates, which shall include an opportunity for
| ||
certification based on examination only, through rules
| ||
adopted pursuant to this Act;
| ||
(3) Charge each candidate for TNS
certification a fee | ||
to be submitted with an application for a certification
| ||
examination, an application for certification, and an | ||
application for recertification;
| ||
(4) Certify an individual as a TNS who has
met the | ||
Department's education and testing requirements;
| ||
(5) Prescribe recertification requirements
through | ||
rules adopted to this Act;
| ||
(6) Recertify an individual as a TNS every
4 years, | ||
based on compliance with recertification
requirements;
| ||
(7) Grant inactive status to any TNS who
qualifies, | ||
based on standards and procedures established by
the | ||
Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act; and
| ||
(8) Suspend, revoke or deny renewal of the
| ||
certification of a TNS, after an opportunity for hearing by
| ||
the Department, if findings show that the TNS has failed to
| ||
maintain proficiency in the level of skills for which the
| ||
TNS is certified or has failed to comply with
| ||
recertification requirements.
| ||
(Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
| ||
(210 ILCS 50/3.80)
| ||
Sec. 3.80. Pre-Hospital RN and Emergency Communications | ||
Registered Nurse.
| ||
(a) Emergency Communications Registered Nurse or
"ECRN" | ||
means a registered professional nurse licensed under
the Nurse | ||
Practice Act who
has
successfully completed supplemental | ||
education in accordance
with rules adopted by the Department, | ||
and who is approved by
an EMS Medical Director to monitor | ||
telecommunications from
and give voice orders to EMS System | ||
personnel, under the
authority of the EMS Medical Director and | ||
in accordance with
System protocols.
| ||
Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995, all
| ||
existing Registered Professional Nurse/MICNs shall be
| ||
considered ECRNs.
| ||
(b) "Pre-Hospital Registered Nurse" or
"Pre-Hospital RN" | ||
means a registered professional nurse licensed under
the Nurse | ||
Practice Act who has
successfully completed supplemental | ||
education in accordance
with rules adopted by the Department | ||
pursuant to this Act,
and who is approved by an EMS Medical | ||
Director to practice
within an EMS System as emergency medical | ||
services personnel
for pre-hospital and inter-hospital | ||
emergency care and
non-emergency medical transports.
| ||
Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995, all
| ||
existing Registered Professional Nurse/Field RNs shall be
| ||
considered Pre-Hospital RNs.
| ||
(c) The Department shall have the authority and
| ||
responsibility to:
| ||
(1) Prescribe education and continuing education
| ||
requirements for Pre-Hospital RN and ECRN candidates | ||
through
rules adopted pursuant to this Act:
| ||
(A) Education for Pre-Hospital RN shall
include | ||
extrication, telecommunications, and pre-hospital
| ||
cardiac and trauma care;
| ||
(B) Education for ECRN shall include
| ||
telecommunications, System standing medical orders and | ||
the
procedures and protocols established by the EMS | ||
Medical
Director;
| ||
(C) A Pre-Hospital RN candidate who is
fulfilling | ||
clinical training and in-field supervised
experience | ||
requirements may perform prescribed procedures
under | ||
the direct supervision of a physician licensed to
| ||
practice medicine in all of its branches, a qualified
| ||
registered professional nurse or a qualified EMT, only | ||
when
authorized by the EMS Medical Director;
| ||
(D) An EMS Medical Director may impose in-field | ||
supervised field
experience requirements on System
| ||
ECRNs as part of their training or continuing | ||
education, in
which they perform prescribed procedures | ||
under the direct
supervision of a physician licensed to | ||
practice medicine in
all of its branches, a qualified | ||
registered professional
nurse or qualified EMT, only | ||
when authorized by the EMS
Medical Director;
| ||
(2) Require EMS Medical Directors to
reapprove | ||
Pre-Hospital RNs and ECRNs every 4 years, based on
| ||
compliance with continuing education requirements | ||
prescribed
by the Department through rules adopted | ||
pursuant to this
Act;
| ||
(3) Allow EMS Medical Directors to grant
inactive | ||
status to any Pre-Hospital RN or ECRN who qualifies, based
| ||
on standards and procedures established by the Department | ||
in
rules adopted pursuant to this Act;
| ||
(4) Require a Pre-Hospital RN to honor Do Not
| ||
Resuscitate (DNR) orders and powers of attorney for health
| ||
care only in accordance with rules adopted by the | ||
Department
pursuant to this Act and protocols of the EMS | ||
System in
which he or she practices; .
| ||
(5) Charge each Pre-Hospital RN applicant and ECRN | ||
applicant a fee for certification and recertification. | ||
(Source: P.A. 95-639, eff. 10-5-07.)
| ||
(210 ILCS 50/3.85)
| ||
Sec. 3.85. Vehicle Service Providers.
| ||
(a) "Vehicle Service Provider" means an entity
licensed by | ||
the Department to provide emergency or
non-emergency medical | ||
services in compliance with this Act,
the rules promulgated by | ||
the Department pursuant to this
Act, and an operational plan | ||
approved by its EMS System(s),
utilizing at least ambulances or | ||
specialized emergency
medical service vehicles (SEMSV).
| ||
(1) "Ambulance" means any publicly or
privately owned | ||
on-road vehicle that is specifically designed,
constructed | ||
or modified and equipped, and is intended to be
used for, | ||
and is maintained or operated for the emergency
| ||
transportation of persons who are sick, injured, wounded or
| ||
otherwise incapacitated or helpless, or the non-emergency
| ||
medical transportation of persons who require the presence
| ||
of medical personnel to monitor the individual's condition
| ||
or medical apparatus being used on such individuals.
| ||
(2) "Specialized Emergency Medical Services
Vehicle" | ||
or "SEMSV" means a vehicle or conveyance, other
than those | ||
owned or operated by the federal government, that
is | ||
primarily intended for use in transporting the sick or
| ||
injured by means of air, water, or ground transportation,
| ||
that is not an ambulance as defined in this Act. The term
| ||
includes watercraft, aircraft and special purpose ground
| ||
transport vehicles or conveyances not intended for use on
| ||
public roads.
| ||
(3) An ambulance or SEMSV may also be
designated as a | ||
Limited Operation Vehicle or Special-Use Vehicle:
| ||
(A) "Limited Operation Vehicle" means a
vehicle | ||
which is licensed by the Department to provide
basic, | ||
intermediate or advanced life support emergency or
| ||
non-emergency medical services that are exclusively | ||
limited
to specific events or locales.
| ||
(B) "Special-Use Vehicle" means any
publicly or | ||
privately owned vehicle that is specifically designed,
| ||
constructed or modified and equipped, and is intended | ||
to be
used for, and is maintained or operated solely | ||
for the
emergency or non-emergency transportation of a | ||
specific
medical class or category of persons who are | ||
sick, injured,
wounded or otherwise incapacitated or | ||
helpless (e.g.
high-risk obstetrical patients, | ||
neonatal patients).
| ||
(C) "Reserve Ambulance" means a vehicle that meets | ||
all criteria set forth in this Section and all | ||
Department rules, except for the required inventory of | ||
medical supplies and durable medical equipment, which | ||
may be rapidly transferred from a fully functional | ||
ambulance to a reserve ambulance without the use of | ||
tools or special mechanical expertise. | ||
(b) The Department shall have the authority and
| ||
responsibility to:
| ||
(1) Require all Vehicle Service Providers, both
| ||
publicly and privately owned, to function within an EMS
| ||
System;
| ||
(2) Require a Vehicle Service Provider
utilizing | ||
ambulances to have a primary affiliation with an EMS System
| ||
within the EMS Region in which its Primary Service Area is
| ||
located, which is the geographic areas in which the | ||
provider
renders the majority of its emergency responses. | ||
This
requirement shall not apply to Vehicle Service | ||
Providers
which exclusively utilize Limited Operation | ||
Vehicles;
| ||
(3) Establish licensing standards and
requirements for | ||
Vehicle Service Providers, through rules
adopted pursuant | ||
to this Act, including but not limited to:
| ||
(A) Vehicle design, specification,
operation and | ||
maintenance standards, including standards for the use | ||
of reserve ambulances;
| ||
(B) Equipment requirements;
| ||
(C) Staffing requirements; and
| ||
(D) Annual license renewal.
| ||
(4) License all Vehicle Service Providers
that have met | ||
the Department's requirements for licensure, unless
such | ||
Provider is owned or licensed by the federal
government. | ||
All Provider licenses issued by the Department
shall | ||
specify the level and type of each vehicle covered by
the | ||
license (BLS, ILS, ALS, ambulance, SEMSV, limited
| ||
operation vehicle, special use vehicle, reserve | ||
ambulance);
| ||
(5) Annually inspect all licensed Vehicle
Service | ||
Providers, and relicense such Providers that have met the
| ||
Department's requirements for license renewal;
| ||
(6) Suspend, revoke, refuse to issue or refuse to
renew | ||
the license of any Vehicle Service Provider, or that
| ||
portion of a license pertaining to a specific vehicle
| ||
operated by the Provider, after an opportunity for a
| ||
hearing, when findings show that the Provider or one or | ||
more
of its vehicles has failed to comply with the | ||
standards and
requirements of this Act or rules adopted by | ||
the Department
pursuant to this Act;
| ||
(7) Issue an Emergency Suspension Order for
any | ||
Provider or vehicle licensed under this Act, when the
| ||
Director or his designee has determined that an immediate
| ||
and serious danger to the public health, safety and welfare
| ||
exists. Suspension or revocation proceedings which offer | ||
an
opportunity for hearing shall be promptly initiated | ||
after
the Emergency Suspension Order has been issued;
| ||
(8) Exempt any licensed vehicle from
subsequent | ||
vehicle design standards or specifications required by the
| ||
Department, as long as said vehicle is continuously in
| ||
compliance with the vehicle design standards and
| ||
specifications originally applicable to that vehicle, or
| ||
until said vehicle's title of ownership is transferred;
| ||
(9) Exempt any vehicle (except an SEMSV)
which was | ||
being used as an ambulance on or before December 15,
1980, | ||
from vehicle design standards and specifications
required | ||
by the Department, until said vehicle's title of
ownership | ||
is transferred. Such vehicles shall not be exempt
from all | ||
other licensing standards and requirements
prescribed by | ||
the Department;
| ||
(10) Prohibit any Vehicle Service Provider
from | ||
advertising, identifying its vehicles, or disseminating
| ||
information in a false or misleading manner concerning the
| ||
Provider's type and level of vehicles, location, primary
| ||
service area, response times, level of personnel, | ||
licensure
status or System participation; and
| ||
(10.5) Prohibit any Vehicle Service Provider, whether | ||
municipal, private, or hospital-owned, from advertising | ||
itself as a critical care transport provider unless it | ||
participates in a Department-approved EMS System critical | ||
care transport plan; and
| ||
(11) Charge each Vehicle Service Provider a
fee per | ||
transport vehicle, to be submitted with each application | ||
for licensure and
license renewal. The fee per transport | ||
vehicle shall be set by administrative rule by the | ||
Department and shall not exceed 100 vehicles per provider , | ||
which shall not exceed $25.00 per vehicle,
up to $500.00 | ||
per Provider.
| ||
(Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
| ||
(210 ILCS 50/3.86) | ||
Sec. 3.86. Stretcher van providers. | ||
(a) In this Section, "stretcher van provider" means an | ||
entity licensed by the Department to provide non-emergency | ||
transportation of passengers on a stretcher in compliance with | ||
this Act or the rules adopted by the Department pursuant to | ||
this Act, utilizing stretcher vans. | ||
(b) The Department has the authority and responsibility to | ||
do the following: | ||
(1) Require all stretcher van providers, both publicly | ||
and privately owned, to be licensed by the Department. | ||
(2) Establish licensing and safety standards and | ||
requirements for stretcher van providers, through rules | ||
adopted pursuant to this Act, including but not limited to: | ||
(A) Vehicle design, specification, operation, and | ||
maintenance standards. | ||
(B) Safety equipment requirements and standards. | ||
(C) Staffing requirements. | ||
(D) Annual license renewal. | ||
(3) License all stretcher van providers that have met | ||
the Department's requirements for licensure. | ||
(4) Annually inspect all licensed stretcher van | ||
providers, and relicense providers that have met the | ||
Department's requirements for license renewal. | ||
(5) Suspend, revoke, refuse to issue, or refuse to | ||
renew the license of any stretcher van provider, or that | ||
portion of a license pertaining to a specific vehicle | ||
operated by a provider, after an opportunity for a hearing, | ||
when findings show that the provider or one or more of its | ||
vehicles has failed to comply with the standards and | ||
requirements of this Act or the rules adopted by the | ||
Department pursuant to this Act. | ||
(6) Issue an emergency suspension order for any | ||
provider or vehicle licensed under this Act when the | ||
Director or his or her designee has determined that an | ||
immediate or serious danger to the public health, safety, | ||
and welfare exists. Suspension or revocation proceedings | ||
that offer an opportunity for a hearing shall be promptly | ||
initiated after the emergency suspension order has been | ||
issued. | ||
(7) Prohibit any stretcher van provider from | ||
advertising, identifying its vehicles, or disseminating | ||
information in a false or misleading manner concerning the | ||
provider's type and level of vehicles, location, response | ||
times, level of personnel, licensure status, or EMS System | ||
participation. | ||
(8) Charge each stretcher van provider a fee, to be | ||
submitted with each application for licensure and license | ||
renewal, which shall not exceed $25 per vehicle, up to $500 | ||
per provider. | ||
(c) A stretcher van provider may provide transport of a | ||
passenger on a stretcher, provided the passenger meets all of | ||
the following requirements: | ||
(1) He or she needs no medical equipment, except | ||
self-administered medications. | ||
(2) He or she needs no medical monitoring or medical | ||
observation. | ||
(3) He or she needs routine transportation to or from a | ||
medical appointment or service if the passenger is | ||
convalescent or otherwise bed-confined and does not | ||
require medical monitoring, aid, care, or treatment during | ||
transport. | ||
(d) A stretcher van provider may not transport a passenger | ||
who meets any of the following conditions: | ||
(1) He or she is currently admitted to a hospital or is | ||
being transported to a hospital for admission or emergency | ||
treatment. | ||
(2) He or she is acutely ill, wounded, or medically | ||
unstable as determined by a licensed physician. | ||
(3) He or she is experiencing an emergency medical | ||
condition, an acute medical condition, an exacerbation of a | ||
chronic medical condition, or a sudden illness or injury. | ||
(4) He or she was administered a medication that might | ||
prevent the passenger from caring for himself or herself. | ||
(5) He or she was moved from one environment where | ||
24-hour medical monitoring or medical observation will | ||
take place by certified or licensed nursing personnel to | ||
another such environment. Such environments shall include, | ||
but not be limited to, hospitals licensed under the | ||
Hospital Licensing Act or operated under the University of | ||
Illinois Hospital Act, and nursing facilities licensed | ||
under the Nursing Home Care Act. | ||
(e) The Stretcher Van Licensure Fund is created as a | ||
special fund within the State treasury. All fees received by | ||
the Department in connection with the licensure of stretcher | ||
van providers under this Section shall be deposited into the | ||
fund. Moneys in the fund shall be subject to appropriation to | ||
the Department for use in implementing this Section.
| ||
(Source: P.A. 96-702, eff. 8-25-09.)
| ||
(210 ILCS 50/3.130)
| ||
Sec. 3.130. Facility, system, and equipment violations | ||
Violations; Plans of Correction. Except for emergency | ||
suspension orders, or actions
initiated pursuant to Sections | ||
3.117(a), 3.117(b), and 3.90(b)(10) of this Act, prior
to | ||
initiating an action for suspension, revocation, denial,
| ||
nonrenewal, or imposition of a fine pursuant to this Act,
the | ||
Department shall:
| ||
(a) Issue a Notice of Violation which specifies
the | ||
Department's allegations of noncompliance and requests a
plan | ||
of correction to be submitted within 10 days after
receipt of | ||
the Notice of Violation;
| ||
(b) Review and approve or reject the plan of
correction. If | ||
the Department rejects the plan of
correction, it shall send | ||
notice of the rejection and the
reason for the rejection. The | ||
party shall have 10 days
after receipt of the notice of | ||
rejection in which to submit
a modified plan;
| ||
(c) Impose a plan of correction if a modified plan
is not | ||
submitted in a timely manner or if the modified plan is
| ||
rejected by the Department;
| ||
(d) Issue a Notice of Intent to fine, suspend,
revoke, | ||
nonrenew or deny if the party has failed to comply with the
| ||
imposed plan of correction, and provide the party with an
| ||
opportunity to request an administrative hearing. The
Notice of | ||
Intent shall be effected by certified mail or by
personal | ||
service, shall set forth the particular reasons for
the | ||
proposed action, and shall provide the party with 15
days in | ||
which to request a hearing.
| ||
(Source: P.A. 96-514, eff. 1-1-10.)
| ||
(210 ILCS 50/3.160)
| ||
Sec. 3.160. Employer Responsibility.
| ||
(a) (Blank) No employer shall employ or permit any employee | ||
to
perform any services for which a license, certificate or
| ||
other authorization is required by this Act, or by rules
| ||
adopted pursuant to this Act, unless and until the person so
| ||
employed possesses all licenses, certificates or
| ||
authorizations that are so required.
| ||
(a-5) No employer shall permit any employee to perform any | ||
services for which a license, certificate, or other | ||
authorization is required under this Act, unless the employer | ||
first makes a good faith attempt to verify that the employee | ||
possesses all necessary and valid licenses, certificates, and | ||
authorizations required under this Act. | ||
(b) Any person or entity that employs or
supervises a | ||
person's activities as a First Responder or Emergency
Medical | ||
Dispatcher shall cooperate with the Department's
efforts to | ||
monitor and enforce compliance by those
individuals with the | ||
requirements of this Act.
| ||
(Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
| ||
(210 ILCS 50/3.175)
| ||
Sec. 3.175. Criminal Penalties. Any person who violates | ||
Sections 3.155(d)
or (f), 3.160, 3.165 or 3.170 of this Act or | ||
any rule promulgated thereto, is
guilty of a Class B C | ||
misdemeanor.
| ||
(Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
| ||
(210 ILCS 50/3.220)
| ||
Sec. 3.220. EMS Assistance Fund.
| ||
(a) There is hereby created an "EMS Assistance
Fund" within | ||
the State treasury, for the purpose of receiving
fines and fees | ||
collected by the Illinois Department of
Health pursuant to this | ||
Act.
| ||
(b) (Blank) EMT licensure examination fees collected shall
| ||
be distributed by the Department to the Resource Hospital of
| ||
the EMS System in which the EMT candidate was educated, to
be | ||
used for educational and related expenses incurred by the
| ||
System's hospitals, as identified in the EMS System Program
| ||
Plan.
| ||
(b-5) All licensing, testing, and certification fees | ||
authorized by this Act, excluding ambulance licensure fees, | ||
within this fund shall be used by the Department for | ||
administration, oversight, and enforcement of activities | ||
authorized under this Act. | ||
(c) All other moneys within this fund shall be
distributed | ||
by the Department to the EMS Regions for
disbursement in | ||
accordance with protocols established in the
EMS Region Plans, | ||
for the purposes of organization,
development and improvement | ||
of Emergency Medical Services
Systems, including but not | ||
limited to training of personnel
and acquisition, modification | ||
and maintenance of necessary
supplies, equipment and vehicles.
| ||
(d) All fees and fines collected pursuant to this
Act shall | ||
be deposited into the EMS Assistance Fund, except that all fees | ||
collected under Section 3.86 in connection with the licensure | ||
of stretcher van providers shall be deposited into the | ||
Stretcher Van Licensure Fund.
| ||
(Source: P.A. 96-702, eff. 8-25-09.)
| ||
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||
1, 2011. | ||