Public Act 90-0440 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0440

SB315 Enrolled                                 LRB9002215LDcw

    AN ACT in relation to emergency services.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  1.   Short  title.  This Act may be cited as the
Water Rescue Act.

    Section 5.  Findings.  In so much as  police,  fire,  and
emergency  medical  service  departments  are  recognized  as
necessary  public safety organizations, the State of Illinois
hereby recognizes the longstanding role and purpose of  those
persons   specially   trained   in   performing  surface  and
underwater rescue and recovery of persons and property within
the waterways of Illinois for the purpose  of  public  safety
and  accident  prevention.  For purposes of furthering public
safety and promoting safe use of Illinois waterways, this Act
has been created for the benefit of citizens and visitors  to
this State and its many communities.

    Section  10.   Authorization.   Municipalities, counties,
and political subdivisions of this State  have  authority  to
authorize,    fund,    and   continue   support   for   water
rescue/recovery departments within  their  jurisdictions  for
the purpose of the surface and underwater rescue and recovery
of persons and property.

    Section    15.    Intergovernmental   agreements.    Such
municipalities, counties, and political subdivisions  may  by
intergovernmental agreement combine funding and authorization
of such departments within a county if desired.

    Section 50.  The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems
Act is amended by changing Section 3.55 as follows:
    (210 ILCS 50/3.55)
    Sec. 3.55.  Licensed EMT; Scope of practice.
    (a)  Any person currently licensed as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or
EMT-P   may   perform  emergency  and  non-emergency  medical
services as defined in this Act, in accordance  with  his  or
her level of education, training and licensure, the standards
of  performance  and  conduct prescribed by the Department in
rules adopted pursuant to this Act, and the  requirements  of
the  EMS System in which he or she practices, as contained in
the approved Program Plan for that System.
    (a-5)  A person currently approved as a  First  Responder
or licensed as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or EMT-P who has successfully
completed   a   Department   approved   course  in  automated
defibrillator operation  and  who  is  functioning  within  a
Department  approved  EMS  System  may utilize such automated
defibrillator according to the standards of  performance  and
conduct   prescribed  by  the  Department  in  rules  adopted
pursuant to this Act and the requirements of the  EMS  System
in  which  he  or she practices, as contained in the approved
Program Plan for that System.
    (b)  A person currently licensed as an EMT-B,  EMT-I,  or
EMT-P  may  only practice as an EMT or utilize his or her EMT
license in  pre-hospital  or  inter-hospital  emergency  care
settings or non-emergency medical transport situations, under
the  written or verbal direction of the EMS Medical Director.
For purposes of this Section, a "pre-hospital emergency  care
setting"  may  include  a location, that is not a health care
facility,  which  utilizes  EMTs   to   render   pre-hospital
emergency  care  prior to the arrival of a transport vehicle.
The location shall include communication equipment and all of
the portable equipment and drugs appropriate  for  the  EMT's
level  of care, as required by this Act, rules adopted by the
Department pursuant to this Act, and the protocols of the EMS
Systems, and shall operate only with the approval  and  under
the direction of the EMS Medical Director.
    This Section shall not prohibit an EMT-B, EMT-I, or EMT-P
from  practicing  within  an  emergency  department  or other
health care setting for the purpose of  receiving  continuing
education  or  training approved by the EMS Medical Director.
This Section shall also not  prohibit  an  EMT-B,  EMT-I,  or
EMT-P  from  seeking  credentials  other  than his or her EMT
license and utilizing such credentials to work  in  emergency
departments   or   other   health  care  settings  under  the
jurisdiction of that employer.
    (c)  A person currently licensed as an EMT-B,  EMT-I,  or
EMT-P may 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.
    (d)  A   student   enrolled   in  a  Department  approved
emergency medical technician program,  while  fulfilling  the
clinical   training   and   in-field   supervised  experience
requirements mandated for licensure or approval by the System
and the Department, 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.
(Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Section  and  Sections
1, 5, 10, and 15 take effect upon becoming law.

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