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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Fire Protection Training Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by adding Section 12.5 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (50 ILCS 740/12.5 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 12.5. Autism recognition and response; training. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall develop, | ||||||
| 9 | adopt, or otherwise approve a training course regarding the | ||||||
| 10 | risks associated with autism and appropriate autism | ||||||
| 11 | recognition and response techniques. | ||||||
| 12 | (b) The training may take the form of Internet, DVD, CD | ||||||
| 13 | ROM, or classroom-based instruction. Nothing in this Act shall | ||||||
| 14 | impose a train-the-trainer level requirement. | ||||||
| 15 | (c) Every person who, after the effective date of this | ||||||
| 16 | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, is seeking | ||||||
| 17 | certification in a position of firefighter 1 or 2, whose duties | ||||||
| 18 | involve fire suppression, firefighting, or fire rescue, | ||||||
| 19 | whether as a volunteer or as a paid employee, must | ||||||
| 20 | satisfactorily complete an education course in autism | ||||||
| 21 | recognition and response techniques after the effective date of | ||||||
| 22 | this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. | ||||||
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| 1 | Section 10. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems | ||||||
| 2 | Act is amended by adding Section 3.52 as follows: | ||||||
| 3 | (210 ILCS 50/3.52 new) | ||||||
| 4 | Sec. 3.52. Autism recognition and response; training. | ||||||
| 5 | (a) The Department shall develop, adopt, or otherwise | ||||||
| 6 | approve a training course and curriculum with the purpose of | ||||||
| 7 | informing emergency medical technicians of the risks | ||||||
| 8 | associated with autism, as well as providing instruction in | ||||||
| 9 | appropriate autism recognition and response techniques. | ||||||
| 10 | (b) The training may take the form of Internet, DVD, CD | ||||||
| 11 | ROM, or classroom-based instruction. Nothing in this Act shall | ||||||
| 12 | impose a train-the-trainer level requirement. | ||||||
| 13 | (c) Before being certified by the Department, each | ||||||
| 14 | emergency medical technician trained in basic life support | ||||||
| 15 | services must satisfactorily complete the training course | ||||||
| 16 | developed under subsection (a). Every person who, on the | ||||||
| 17 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | ||||||
| 18 | Assembly, is serving in a capacity as a certified emergency | ||||||
| 19 | medical technician must satisfactorily complete a continuing | ||||||
| 20 | education course in autism recognition and response techniques | ||||||
| 21 | within 18 months after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
| 22 | Act of the 96th General Assembly.
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| 23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 24 | becoming law.
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