Section 545.20  Definitions

Act – the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act [410 ILCS 70].

Alleged sexual assault survivor  – a person who applies for hospital emergency services in relation to injuries or trauma resulting from an alleged sexual assault.

Ambulance provider − an individual or entity that owns and operates a business or service using ambulances or emergency medical services vehicles to transport emergency patients.

Caregiver – any person who is legally responsible for providing care to the patient or who renders support to the patient.

Community or areawide sexual assault treatment plan − a plan, developed by the hospitals or other health care facilities in the community or area to be served, that provides for the hospital emergency services to alleged sexual assault survivors that shall be made available by each of the participating hospitals and health care facilities. (Section 4 of the Act)

Date rape drug – as used in this Part, a controlled substance, given without consent of the victim, that produces relaxant effects, including blackouts, coma, impaired judgement and/or loss of coordination.

            Department – the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Emergency contraception – medication as approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that can significantly reduce the risk of pregnancy if taken within 72 hours after sexual assault. (Section 2.2(a)(3) of the Act)

Health care facility – a location that provides emergency treatment services 24 hours per day but is not required to be licensed as a hospital, and that participates in a community or areawide plan.

Hospital – a facility licensed as a hospital by the Department pursuant to the Hospital Licensing Act [210 ILCS 85].  

Hospital emergency services − health care delivered to outpatients within or under the care and supervision of personnel working in a designated emergency department of a hospital.

Illinois State Police Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit − a prepackaged set of materials and forms to be used for the collection of evidence relating to sexual assault. The standardized evidence collection kit for the State of Illinois shall be the State Police Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit (Section 6.4 of the Act).

Nurse – a registered nurse, an advanced practice nurse, or a licensed practical nurse as defined in the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act [225 ILCS 65].

            Patient – an alleged sexual assault survivor.

Physician – a person licensed to practice medicine in all its branches as provided in the Medical Practice Act of 1987 [225 ILCS 60].

Sexual assault – an act of nonconsensual forced sexual penetration or sexual conduct, as defined in Section 12-12 of the Criminal Code of 1961  [720 ILCS 5], including, without limitation, acts prohibited under Sections 12-13 through 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961.  (Section 1a of the Act)

Sexual Assault Transfer Plan – a written plan, developed by a hospital and approved by the Department, which describes the hospital's procedures, as part of a community or areawide plan, for transferring alleged sexual assault survivors to another hospital in order to receive emergency treatment.

Sexual Assault Treatment Plan − a written plan developed by a hospital that describes the hospital's procedures and protocols for providing hospital emergency treatment services and forensic evidence collection to alleged sexual assault survivors who present themselves for such services, either directly or through transfer from another hospital.

Transfer facility − a hospital or health care facility that provides only transfer services to alleged sexual assault survivors, pursuant to a Community or Areawide Sexual Assault Treatment Plan.

Treatment facility − a hospital that provides hospital emergency  treatment services and forensic evidence collection to alleged sexual assault survivors, pursuant to a Sexual Assault Treatment Plan or Community or Areawide Sexual Assault Treatment Plan.

Unauthorized personnel − all individuals whose presence in the examination room is not desired or required either by the hospital and/or by the patient (e.g., the media).

(Source:  Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 1567, effective January 15, 2003)