HB1279eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB1279 Engrossed LRB095 09129 DRJ 29322 b

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 Sections 5.25, 15, and 50 as follows:

(210 ILCS 74/5.25)

Sec. 5.25. Physical fitness facility.

(a) "Physical fitness facility" means the following:

(1) Any of the following indoor or outdoor facilities that is (i) owned or operated by a park district, municipality, or other unit of local government, including a home rule unit, or by a public or private elementary or secondary school, college, university, or technical or trade school and (ii) supervised by one or more persons, other than maintenance or security personnel, employed by the unit of local government, school, college, or university for the purpose of directly supervising the physical fitness activities taking place at any of these indoor facilities: a swimming pool; stadium; athletic field; football stadium; soccer field; baseball diamond; track and field facility; tennis court; basketball court; or volleyball court; or similar facility as defined by Department rule; or such facilities located adjacent thereto.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (b), any other indoor or outdoor establishment, whether public or private, that provides services or facilities focusing primarily on cardiovascular exertion or gaming as defined by Department rule.

(b) "Physical fitness facility" does not include a facility serving less than a total of 100 individuals, as further defined by Department rule. In addition, the term does not include (i) a facility located in a hospital or in a hotel or motel or (ii) any facility owned or operated by a park district organized under the Park District Code, the Chicago Park District Act, or the Metro-East Park and Recreation District Act , or any outdoor facility. The term also does not include any facility that does not employ any persons to provide instruction, training, or assistance for persons using the facility.

(Source: P.A. 93-910, eff. 1-1-05.)

(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 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. 93-910, eff. 1-1-05.)

(210 ILCS 74/50)

Sec. 50. Compliance dates; private and public indoor physical fitness facilities.

(a) Privately owned indoor physical fitness facilities. Every privately owned or operated indoor physical fitness facility must be in compliance with this Act on or before July 1, 2006.

(a-5) Privately owned outdoor physical fitness facilities. Every privately owned or operated outdoor physical fitness facility must be in compliance with this Act on or before July 1, 2009.

(b) Publicly owned indoor physical fitness facilities. A public entity owning or operating 4 or fewer indoor physical fitness facilities must have at least one such facility in compliance with this Act on or before July 1, 2006; its second facility in compliance by July 1, 2007; its third facility in compliance by July 1, 2008; and its fourth facility in compliance by July 1, 2009.

A public entity owning or operating more than 4 indoor physical fitness facilities must have 25% of those facilities in compliance by July 1, 2006; 50% of those facilities in compliance by July 1, 2007; 75% of those facilities in compliance by July 1, 2008; and 100% of those facilities in compliance by July 1, 2009.

(b-5) Publicly owned outdoor physical fitness facilities. A public entity owning or operating 4 or fewer outdoor physical fitness facilities must have at least one such facility in compliance with this Act on or before July 1, 2009; its second facility in compliance by July 1, 2010; its third facility in compliance by July 1, 2011; and its fourth facility in compliance by July 1, 2012.

A public entity owning or operating more than 4 outdoor physical fitness facilities must have 25% of those facilities in compliance by July 1, 2009; 50% of those facilities in compliance by July 1, 2010; 75% of those facilities in compliance by July 1, 2011; and 100% of those facilities in compliance by July 1, 2012.

(Source: P.A. 93-910, eff. 1-1-05.)