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Rep. Daniel Swanson
Filed: 4/20/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2864
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2864 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems |
| 5 | | Act is amended by adding Section 3.89 as follows:
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| 6 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.89 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3.89. Rural populations; credential exception. |
| 8 | | (a) In a rural population of 5,000 or fewer inhabitants, |
| 9 | | each EMS System Medical Director shall create an exception to |
| 10 | | the credentialing process to allow registered nurses, |
| 11 | | physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses |
| 12 | | to apply to serve as volunteers who perform the same work as |
| 13 | | EMTs. As part of the volunteer recognition process, EMS |
| 14 | | Systems shall ensure that registered nurses, physician |
| 15 | | assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses have an |
| 16 | | active license issued by the Department of Financial and |
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| 1 | | Professional Regulation. This system-level recognition shall |
| 2 | | require documentation and proof of the completion of at least |
| 3 | | 20 hours of prehospital care-specific coursework approved by |
| 4 | | the Department of Public Health, including, but
not limited |
| 5 | | to, airway management, ambulance operation, ambulance |
| 6 | | equipment,
extrication, telecommunication, prehospital |
| 7 | | cardiac and
trauma care, and 8 hours of observant riding time. |
| 8 | | Each EMS System Medical Director who creates an exception to |
| 9 | | the credentialing process under this Section may require |
| 10 | | additional training or documentation and may reject a |
| 11 | | volunteer applicant under this Section for just cause. Each |
| 12 | | exemption period shall be no longer than one year, after which |
| 13 | | time a volunteer applicant may apply for another exemption |
| 14 | | under this Section. Each EMS System Medical Director is |
| 15 | | responsible
for ensuring that volunteer applicants meet EMS |
| 16 | | System requirements for
credentialing and authorizing the |
| 17 | | practice in accordance with
the EMS System plan for basic life |
| 18 | | support. Exceptions to the credentialing process under this |
| 19 | | Section are only allowable for volunteer EMS agencies in |
| 20 | | Illinois. |
| 21 | | (b) The Department of Public Health may adopt rules to |
| 22 | | implement this Section.".
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