Public Act 0748 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB0921 Enrolled LRB096 08599 DRJ 18722 b

Public Act 096-0748

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Physical Fitness Facility Medical Emergency Preparedness Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

(210 ILCS 74/15)

Sec. 15. Automated external defibrillator required.

(a) By the dates specified in Section 50, every physical fitness facility must have at least one AED on the facility premises. The Department shall adopt rules to ensure coordination with local emergency medical services systems regarding the placement and use of AEDs in physical fitness facilities. The Department may adopt rules requiring a facility to have more than one AED on the premises, based on factors that include the following:

(1) The size of the area or the number of buildings or floors occupied by the facility.

(2) The number of persons using the facility, excluding spectators.

(b) A physical fitness facility must ensure that there is a trained AED user on staff during staffed business hours and present during all physical fitness activities. For purposes of this Act, "trained AED user" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 10 of the Automated External Defibrillator Act.

(b-5) The Department shall adopt rules that encourage any non-employee coach, non-employee instructor, or other similarly situated non-employee anticipated rescuer who uses a physical fitness facility in conjunction with the supervision of physical fitness activities to complete a course of instruction that would qualify such a person as a trained AED user, as defined in Section 10 of the Automated External Defibrillator Act.

(b-10) In the case of an outdoor physical fitness facility, the AED must be housed in a building, if any, that is within 300 feet of the outdoor facility where an event or activity is being conducted. If there is such a building within the required distance, the building must provide unimpeded and open access to the housed AED, and the building's entrances shall further provide marked directions to the housed AED. If there is no such building, the person responsible for supervising the activity at the outdoor physical fitness facility shall ensure that an AED is available at the outdoor facility during the time that the event or activity at the facility is being conducted.

(c) Every physical fitness facility must ensure that every AED on the facility's premises is properly tested and maintained in accordance with rules adopted by the Department.

(Source: P.A. 95-712, eff. 1-1-09.)

Section 10. The Illinois Dental Practice Act is amended by adding Section 44.5 as follows:

(225 ILCS 25/44.5 new)

Sec. 44.5. Emergency medical plan; AED.

(a) Each dental office in this State must develop and implement a written emergency medical plan, which shall include staff responsibilities and office protocol for emergency procedures.

(b) All dental offices that administer anesthesia or sedation, as set forth in Section 8.1 of this Act, must contain at least one automated external defibrillator (AED) on the premises at all times.

(c) The owner of a dental office is responsible for complying with the requirements of this Section.

Section 15. The Physical Fitness Services Act is amended by changing Section 14 as follows:

(815 ILCS 645/14) (from Ch. 29, par. 60.4)

Sec. 14. (a) A physical fitness center shall have available and on its premises, during staffed business hours at all times during which members of such physical fitness center or other persons are engaged in physical fitness activities or receiving physical fitness services, at least one person who holds a valid certificate indicating that he has successfully completed a course of training in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation which complies with generally recognized standards for basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

(b) A person holding a valid certificate who in good faith provides emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a member of the physical fitness center or other person shall not be liable for his act or omission in providing such resuscitation, unless such act or omission was willful or wanton, as provided in Section 17 of the "Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act", as now or hereafter amended.

(c) For the purposes of this Section, the term "physical fitness center" includes not-for-profit entities which offer physical fitness services to the public. A "physical fitness center" does not include any facility operated by a group or association of private individuals solely for the benefit or use of such individuals and not open to the public.

(Source: P.A. 84-1308.)