Public Act 099-0862
 
SB3335 EnrolledLRB099 18421 MJP 42797 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 
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, or Paramedic from seeking credentials other than his or 
her EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, 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, 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.

(Source: P.A. 98-973, eff. 8-15-14.)