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: | ||||||
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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