Public Act 102-0079
 
SB0121 EnrolledLRB102 10139 CPF 15461 b


  
    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
    Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems 
Act is amended by changing Section 3.55 as follows:
 


    (210 ILCS 50/3.55)


    Sec. 3.55. Scope of practice. 

    (a) Any person currently licensed as an EMR, EMT, EMT-I,

A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or Paramedic 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. The Director may, by written order, temporarily modify 
individual scopes of practice in response to public health 
emergencies for periods not exceeding 180 days. 

    (a-5) EMS personnel who have successfully completed a 
Department approved
course in automated defibrillator 
operation and who are 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 they practice, as 
contained in the approved Program Plan for that
System.

    (a-7) An EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or 
Paramedic
who has successfully completed a Department approved 
course in the
administration of epinephrine shall be required 
to carry epinephrine
with him or her as part of the EMS 
personnel medical supplies whenever
he or she is performing 
official duties as determined by the EMS System. The 
epinephrine may be administered  from a glass vial, 
auto-injector, ampule, or pre-filled syringe. 

    (b) An EMR, EMT,
EMT-I, A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or 
Paramedic may practice as an EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or 
Paramedic or utilize his or her EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, PHRN, 
PHAPRN, PHPA, or Paramedic 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 
EMS personnel 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 EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or 
Paramedic'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 EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, 
PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or Paramedic
 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,
EMT-I, A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or 
Paramedic from seeking credentials other than his or her EMT, 
EMT-I, A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or Paramedic
license and 
utilizing such credentials to work in emergency
departments or 
other health care settings under the
jurisdiction of that 
employer.

    (c) An EMT,
EMT-I, A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or Paramedic 
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 EMS 
personnel
 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 
qualified EMS personnel, only when
authorized by the EMS 
Medical Director.

    (e) An EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or 
Paramedic may transport a police dog injured in the line of 
duty to a veterinary clinic or similar  facility if  there are no 
persons requiring medical attention or transport at that time. 
For the purposes of this subsection, "police dog" means a dog 
owned or used by a law enforcement department or agency in the 
course of the department or agency's work, including a search 
and rescue dog, service dog, accelerant detection canine, or 
other dog that is in use by a county, municipal, or State law 
enforcement agency. 
    (f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit an 
EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, Paramedic, or PHRN  from completing an 
initial Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
Respirator Medical Evaluation Questionnaire on behalf of  fire 
service personnel, as permitted by his or her EMS System 
Medical Director. 
(Source: P.A. 99-862, eff. 1-1-17; 100-108, eff. 1-1-18; 
100-1082, eff. 8-24-19.)