102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2864

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Daniel Swanson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 50/3.89 new

    Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that, in a rural population of 7,500 or fewer inhabitants, each EMS System medical director shall create an exception to the credentialing process to allow registered nurses, physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses to serve as EMTs. Requires each EMS System medical director to accept documentation from an applicant detailing education from either continuing education or documented work experience and practical skill credentialing including, but not limited to, airway management, ambulance operations, extrication, telecommunications, and pre-hospital cardiac and trauma care. Requires each EMS System medical director to ensure that applicants meet EMS System requirements for credentialing and authorizing the practice in accordance with the EMS System Plan as an EMT.


LRB102 13923 CPF 19274 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB2864LRB102 13923 CPF 19274 b

1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems
5Act is amended by adding Section 3.89 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 50/3.89 new)
7    Sec. 3.89. Rural populations; credential exception. In a
8rural population of 7,500 or fewer inhabitants, each EMS
9System medical director shall create an exception to the
10credentialing process to allow registered nurses, physician
11assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses to serve
12as EMTs. Each EMS System medical director shall accept
13documentation from an applicant under this Section detailing
14education from either continuing education or documented work
15experience and practical skill credentialing, including, but
16not limited to, airway management, ambulance operations,
17extrication, telecommunications, and pre-hospital cardiac and
18trauma care. Each EMS System medical director is responsible
19for ensuring that applicants meet EMS System requirements for
20credentialing and authorizing the practice in accordance with
21the EMS System plan as an EMT.