Full Text of HB5183 96th General Assembly
HB5183 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB5183
Introduced 2/1/2010, by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Illinois Department of Public Health shall have the authority to promulgate minimum standards for critical care transport through rules adopted by the Department. Defines "critical care transport" to mean an advanced level of Pre-hospital and Inter-hospital care utilizing specially trained paramedics, specially trained nurses, and other specialized healthcare providers to deliver advanced or highly specialized care above or beyond the level of current paramedic practice. Establishes minimum standards for critical care transport programs. Grants the Department the authority to suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew (rather than suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew) the license of any EMT that has been convicted by any lawful court of a felony criminal offense involving unlawful physical injury to a child under the age of 13 or an adult over the age of 65. Contains provisions concerning application, testing, certification, and licensing fees for First Responders, EMS Lead Instructors, Emergency Medical Dispatchers, Trauma Nurse Specialists, Pre-Hospital Register Nurses, and Emergency Communication Register Nurses. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2011.
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act | 5 |
| is amended by changing Sections 3.10, 3.20, 3.50, 3.60, 3.65, | 6 |
| 3.70, 3.75, 3.80, 3.85, 3.86, 3.130, 3.175, and 3.220 as | 7 |
| follows:
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| (210 ILCS 50/3.10)
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| Sec. 3.10. Scope of Services.
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| (a) "Advanced Life Support (ALS) Services" means
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| advanced level of pre-hospital and inter-hospital emergency
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| care and non-emergency medical services that includes basic | 13 |
| life
support care, cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation,
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| electrocardiography, intravenous therapy, administration of
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| medications, drugs and solutions, use of adjunctive medical
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| devices, trauma care, and other authorized techniques and
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| procedures, as outlined in the Advanced Life Support
national | 18 |
| curriculum of the United States Department of
Transportation | 19 |
| and any modifications to that curriculum
specified in rules | 20 |
| adopted by the Department pursuant to
this Act.
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| That care shall be initiated as authorized by the EMS
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| Medical Director in a Department approved advanced life
support | 23 |
| EMS System, under the written or verbal direction of
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| physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its
branches | 2 |
| or under the verbal direction of an Emergency
Communications | 3 |
| Registered Nurse.
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| (b) "Intermediate Life Support (ILS) Services"
means an | 5 |
| intermediate level of pre-hospital and inter-hospital
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| emergency care and non-emergency medical services that | 7 |
| includes
basic life support care plus intravenous cannulation | 8 |
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fluid therapy, invasive airway management, trauma care, and
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| other authorized techniques and procedures, as outlined in
the | 10 |
| Intermediate Life Support national curriculum of the
United | 11 |
| States Department of Transportation and any
modifications to | 12 |
| that curriculum specified in rules adopted
by the Department | 13 |
| pursuant to this Act.
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| That care shall be initiated as authorized by the EMS
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| Medical Director in a Department approved intermediate or
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| advanced life support EMS System, under the written or
verbal | 17 |
| direction of a physician licensed to practice
medicine in all | 18 |
| of its branches or under the verbal
direction of an Emergency | 19 |
| Communications Registered Nurse.
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| (c) "Basic Life Support (BLS) Services" means a
basic level | 21 |
| of pre-hospital and inter-hospital emergency care and
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| non-emergency medical services that includes airway | 23 |
| management,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), control of | 24 |
| shock and
bleeding and splinting of fractures, as outlined in | 25 |
| the Basic Life Support
national curriculum of the United States
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| Department of Transportation and any modifications to that
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| curriculum specified in rules adopted by the Department
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| pursuant to this Act.
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| That care shall be initiated, where authorized by the
EMS | 4 |
| Medical Director in a Department approved EMS System,
under the | 5 |
| written or verbal direction of a physician
licensed to practice | 6 |
| medicine in all of its branches or
under the verbal direction | 7 |
| of an Emergency Communications
Registered Nurse.
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| (d) "First Response Services" means a preliminary
level of | 9 |
| pre-hospital emergency care that includes
cardiopulmonary | 10 |
| resuscitation (CPR), monitoring vital signs
and control of | 11 |
| bleeding, as outlined in the First Responder
curriculum of the | 12 |
| United States Department of Transportation
and any | 13 |
| modifications to that curriculum specified in rules
adopted by | 14 |
| the Department pursuant to this Act.
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| (e) "Pre-hospital care" means those emergency
medical | 16 |
| services rendered to emergency patients for analytic,
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| resuscitative, stabilizing, or preventive purposes,
precedent | 18 |
| to and during transportation of such patients to
hospitals.
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| (f) "Inter-hospital care" means those emergency
medical | 20 |
| services rendered to emergency patients for
analytic, | 21 |
| resuscitative, stabilizing, or preventive
purposes, during | 22 |
| transportation of such patients from one
hospital to another | 23 |
| hospital.
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| (f-5) "Critical care transport" means an advanced level of | 25 |
| Pre-hospital and Inter-hospital care utilizing specially | 26 |
| trained paramedics, specially trained nurses, and other |
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| specialized healthcare providers to deliver advanced or highly | 2 |
| specialized care above or beyond the level of current paramedic | 3 |
| practice. | 4 |
| (g) "Non-emergency medical services" means medical care or | 5 |
| monitoring rendered to
patients whose conditions do not meet | 6 |
| this Act's definition of emergency, before or
during | 7 |
| transportation of such patients to or from health care | 8 |
| facilities visited for the
purpose of obtaining medical or | 9 |
| health care services which are not emergency in
nature, using a | 10 |
| vehicle regulated by this Act.
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| (g-5) The Department shall have the authority to promulgate | 12 |
| minimum standards for critical care transport through rules | 13 |
| adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act. All such | 14 |
| programs must function within a Department-approved EMS | 15 |
| System. Minimum standards shall include, but are not limited | 16 |
| to: | 17 |
| (1) Personnel staffing and licensure. | 18 |
| (2) Education, certification, and experience. | 19 |
| (3) Medical equipment and supplies. | 20 |
| (4) Vehicular standards. | 21 |
| (5) Treatment and transport protocols. | 22 |
| (6) Quality assurance and data collection. | 23 |
| (h)
The provisions of this Act shall not apply to
the use | 24 |
| of an ambulance or SEMSV, unless and until
emergency or | 25 |
| non-emergency medical services are needed
during the use of the | 26 |
| ambulance or SEMSV.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-568, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| (210 ILCS 50/3.20)
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| Sec. 3.20. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems.
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| (a) "Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System" means an
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| organization of hospitals, vehicle service providers and
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| personnel approved by the Department in a specific
geographic | 7 |
| area, which coordinates and provides pre-hospital
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| inter-hospital emergency care and non-emergency medical
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| transports at a BLS, ILS and/or ALS level pursuant to a
System | 10 |
| program plan submitted to and approved by the
Department, and | 11 |
| pursuant to the EMS Region Plan adopted for
the EMS Region in | 12 |
| which the System is located.
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| (b) One hospital in each System program plan must be
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| designated as the Resource Hospital. All other hospitals
which | 15 |
| are located within the geographic boundaries of a
System and | 16 |
| which have standby, basic or comprehensive level
emergency | 17 |
| departments must function in that EMS System as
either an | 18 |
| Associate Hospital or Participating Hospital and
follow all | 19 |
| System policies specified in the System Program
Plan, including | 20 |
| but not limited to the replacement of drugs
and equipment used | 21 |
| by providers who have delivered patients
to their emergency | 22 |
| departments. All hospitals and vehicle
service providers | 23 |
| participating in an EMS System must
specify their level of | 24 |
| participation in the System Program
Plan.
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| (c) The Department shall have the authority and
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| responsibility to:
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| (1) Approve BLS, ILS and ALS level EMS Systems which
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| meet minimum standards and criteria established in rules
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| adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, including
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| the submission of a Program Plan for Department approval.
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| Beginning September 1, 1997, the Department shall approve
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| the development of a new EMS System only when a local or
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| regional need for establishing such System has been | 9 |
| verified by the Department
identified . This shall not be | 10 |
| construed as a needs assessment for health
planning or
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| other purposes outside of this Act.
Following Department | 12 |
| approval, EMS Systems must
be fully operational within one | 13 |
| year from the date of
approval.
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| (2) Monitor EMS Systems, based on minimum standards for
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| continuing operation as prescribed in rules adopted by the
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| Department pursuant to this Act, which shall include
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| requirements for submitting Program Plan amendments to the
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| Department for approval.
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| (3) Renew EMS System approvals every 4 years, after
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| inspection, based on compliance with the standards for
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| continuing operation prescribed in rules adopted by the
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| Department pursuant to this Act.
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| (4) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew approval of
any | 24 |
| EMS System, after providing an opportunity for a
hearing, | 25 |
| when findings show that it does not meet the
minimum | 26 |
| standards for continuing operation as prescribed by
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| Department, or is found to be in violation of its
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| previously approved Program Plan.
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| (5) Require each EMS System to adopt written protocols
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| for the bypassing of or diversion to any hospital, trauma
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| center or regional trauma center, which provide that a | 6 |
| person
shall not be transported to a facility other than | 7 |
| the nearest
hospital, regional trauma center or trauma | 8 |
| center unless the
medical benefits to the patient | 9 |
| reasonably expected from the
provision of appropriate | 10 |
| medical treatment at a more distant
facility outweigh the | 11 |
| increased risks to the patient from
transport to the more | 12 |
| distant facility, or the transport is in
accordance with | 13 |
| the System's protocols for patient
choice or refusal.
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| (6) Require that the EMS Medical Director of an ILS or
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| ALS level EMS System be a physician licensed to practice
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| medicine in all of its branches in Illinois, and certified | 17 |
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the American Board of Emergency Medicine or the American | 18 |
| Board
of Osteopathic Emergency Medicine, and that the EMS | 19 |
| Medical
Director of a BLS level EMS System be a physician | 20 |
| licensed to
practice medicine in all of its branches in | 21 |
| Illinois, with
regular and frequent involvement in | 22 |
| pre-hospital emergency
medical services. In addition, all | 23 |
| EMS Medical Directors shall:
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| (A) Have experience on an EMS vehicle at the
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| highest level available within the System, or make | 26 |
| provision
to gain such experience within 12 months |
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| prior to the
date responsibility for the System is | 2 |
| assumed or within 90
days after assuming the position;
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| (B) Be thoroughly knowledgeable of all skills
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| included in the scope of practices of all levels of EMS
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| personnel within the System;
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| (C) Have or make provision to gain experience
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| instructing students at a level similar to that of the | 8 |
| levels
of EMS personnel within the System; and
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| (D) For ILS and ALS EMS Medical Directors,
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| successfully complete a Department-approved EMS | 11 |
| Medical
Director's Course.
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| (7) Prescribe statewide EMS data elements to be
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| collected and documented by providers in all EMS Systems | 14 |
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all emergency and non-emergency medical services, with | 15 |
| a
one-year phase-in for commencing collection of such data
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| elements.
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| (8) Define, through rules adopted pursuant to this Act,
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| the terms "Resource Hospital", "Associate Hospital",
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| "Participating Hospital", "Basic Emergency Department",
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| "Standby Emergency Department", "Comprehensive Emergency | 21 |
| Department", "EMS
Medical Director", "EMS Administrative
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| Director", and "EMS System Coordinator".
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| (A) Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act | 24 |
| of 1995,
all existing Project Medical Directors shall | 25 |
| be considered EMS
Medical Directors, and all persons | 26 |
| serving in such capacities
on the effective date of |
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| this amendatory Act of 1995 shall be exempt from
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| requirements of paragraph (7) of this subsection;
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| (B) Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act | 4 |
| of 1995, all
existing EMS System Project Directors | 5 |
| shall be considered EMS
Administrative Directors.
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| (9) Investigate the
circumstances that caused a | 7 |
| hospital
in an EMS system
to go on
bypass status to | 8 |
| determine whether that hospital's decision to go on bypass
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| status was reasonable. The Department may impose | 10 |
| sanctions, as
set forth in Section 3.140 of the Act, upon a | 11 |
| Department determination that the
hospital unreasonably
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| went on bypass status in violation of the Act.
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| (10) Evaluate the capacity and performance of any | 14 |
| freestanding emergency center established under Section | 15 |
| 32.5 of this Act in meeting emergency medical service needs | 16 |
| of the public, including compliance with applicable | 17 |
| emergency medical standards and assurance of the | 18 |
| availability of and immediate access to the highest quality | 19 |
| of medical care possible.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-584, eff. 8-31-07.)
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| (210 ILCS 50/3.50)
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| Sec. 3.50. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Licensure.
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| (a) "Emergency Medical Technician-Basic" or
"EMT-B" means | 24 |
| a person who has successfully completed a course of
instruction | 25 |
| in basic life support
as prescribed by the
Department, is |
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| currently licensed by the Department in
accordance with | 2 |
| standards prescribed by this Act and rules
adopted by the | 3 |
| Department pursuant to this Act, and practices within an EMS
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| System.
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| (b) "Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate"
or "EMT-I" | 6 |
| means a person who has successfully completed a
course of | 7 |
| instruction in intermediate life support
as
prescribed by the | 8 |
| Department, is currently licensed by the
Department in | 9 |
| accordance with standards prescribed by this
Act and rules | 10 |
| adopted by the Department pursuant to this
Act, and practices | 11 |
| within an Intermediate or Advanced
Life Support EMS System.
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| (c) "Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic" or "EMT-P" | 13 |
| means a person who
has successfully completed a
course of | 14 |
| instruction in advanced life support care
as
prescribed by the | 15 |
| Department, is licensed by the Department
in accordance with | 16 |
| standards prescribed by this Act and
rules adopted by the | 17 |
| Department pursuant to this Act, and
practices within an | 18 |
| Advanced Life Support EMS System.
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| (d) The Department shall have the authority and
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| responsibility to:
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| (1) Prescribe education and training requirements, | 22 |
| which
includes training in the use of epinephrine,
for all | 23 |
| levels of EMT, based on the respective national
curricula | 24 |
| of the United States Department of Transportation
and any | 25 |
| modifications to such curricula specified by the
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| Department through rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
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| (2) Prescribe licensure testing requirements
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| levels of EMT, which shall include a requirement that
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| phases of instruction, training, and field experience be
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| completed before taking the EMT licensure examination.
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| Candidates may elect to take the National Registry of
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| Emergency Medical Technicians examination in lieu of the
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| Department's examination, but are responsible for making
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| their own arrangements for taking the National Registry
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| examination.
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| (2.5) Review applications for EMT licensure from
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| honorably discharged members of the armed forces of the | 12 |
| United States with military emergency medical training. | 13 |
| Applications shall be filed with the Department within one | 14 |
| year after military discharge and shall contain: (i) proof | 15 |
| of successful completion of military emergency medical | 16 |
| training; (ii) a detailed description of the emergency | 17 |
| medical curriculum completed; and (iii) a detailed | 18 |
| description of the applicant's clinical experience. The | 19 |
| Department may request additional and clarifying | 20 |
| information. The Department shall evaluate the | 21 |
| application, including the applicant's training and | 22 |
| experience, consistent with the standards set forth under | 23 |
| subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 3.10. If the | 24 |
| application clearly demonstrates that the training and | 25 |
| experience meets such standards, the Department shall | 26 |
| offer the applicant the opportunity to successfully |
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| complete a Department-approved
EMT examination for which | 2 |
| the applicant is qualified. Upon passage of an examination, | 3 |
| the Department shall issue a license, which shall be | 4 |
| subject to all provisions of this Act that are otherwise | 5 |
| applicable to the class of EMT
license issued.
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| (3) License individuals as an EMT-B, EMT-I,
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| who have met the Department's education, training and
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| testing requirements.
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| (4) Prescribe annual continuing education and
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| relicensure requirements for all levels of EMT.
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| (5) Relicense individuals as an EMT-B, EMT-I,
or EMT-P | 12 |
| every 4 years, based on their compliance with
continuing | 13 |
| education and relicensure requirements.
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| (6) Grant inactive status to any EMT who
qualifies, | 15 |
| based on standards and procedures established by
the | 16 |
| Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
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| (7) Charge a fee for EMT testing, licensure, and | 18 |
| license renewal each candidate for EMT a fee to be
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| submitted with an application for a licensure examination .
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| (8) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew the
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| license of any an EMT, after an opportunity for a hearing, | 22 |
| when
findings show one or more of the following:
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| (A) The EMT has not met continuing
education or | 24 |
| relicensure requirements as prescribed by the | 25 |
| Department;
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| (B) The EMT has failed to maintain
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| the level of skills for which he or she is licensed;
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| (C) The EMT , during the provision of
medical | 3 |
| services, engaged in dishonorable, unethical , or
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| unprofessional conduct of a character likely to | 5 |
| deceive,
defraud , or harm the public;
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| (D) The EMT has failed to maintain or
has violated | 7 |
| standards of performance and conduct as prescribed
by | 8 |
| the Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act or
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| his or her EMS System's Program Plan;
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| (E) The EMT is physically impaired to
the extent | 11 |
| that he or she cannot physically perform the skills and
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| functions for which he or she is licensed, as verified | 13 |
| by a
physician, unless the person is on inactive status | 14 |
| pursuant
to Department regulations;
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| (F) The EMT is mentally impaired to the
extent that | 16 |
| he or she cannot exercise the appropriate judgment,
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| skill and safety for performing the functions for which | 18 |
| he
or she is licensed, as verified by a physician, | 19 |
| unless the person
is on inactive status pursuant to | 20 |
| Department regulations; or
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| (G) The EMT has violated this Act or any
rule | 22 |
| adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act ; or . | 23 |
| (H) The EMT has been convicted by any lawful court | 24 |
| of a felony criminal offense involving unlawful | 25 |
| physical injury to a child under the age of 13 or an | 26 |
| adult over the age of 65. |
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| The education requirements prescribed by the Department | 2 |
| under this subsection must allow for the suspension of those | 3 |
| requirements in the case of a member of the armed services or | 4 |
| reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois | 5 |
| National Guard who is on active duty pursuant to an executive | 6 |
| order of the President of the United States, an act of the | 7 |
| Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor at | 8 |
| the time that the member would otherwise be required to fulfill | 9 |
| a particular education requirement. Such a person must fulfill | 10 |
| the education requirement within 6 months after his or her | 11 |
| release from active duty.
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| (e) In the event that any rule of the
Department or an EMS | 13 |
| Medical Director that requires testing for drug
use as a | 14 |
| condition for EMT licensure conflicts with or
duplicates a | 15 |
| provision of a collective bargaining agreement
that requires | 16 |
| testing for drug use, that rule shall not
apply to any person | 17 |
| covered by the collective bargaining
agreement.
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| (Source: P.A. 96-540, eff. 8-17-09.)
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| (210 ILCS 50/3.60)
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| Sec. 3.60. First Responder.
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| (a) "First Responder" means a person who has
successfully | 22 |
| completed a course of instruction in emergency
first response | 23 |
| as prescribed by the Department, who provides
first response | 24 |
| services prior to the arrival of an
ambulance or specialized | 25 |
| emergency medical services vehicle,
in accordance with the |
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| level of care established in the
emergency first response | 2 |
| course. A First Responder who
provides such services as part of | 3 |
| an EMS System response
plan which utilizes First Responders as | 4 |
| the personnel
dispatched to the scene of an emergency to | 5 |
| provide initial
emergency medical care shall comply with the | 6 |
| applicable
sections of the Program Plan of that EMS System.
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| Persons who have already completed a course of
instruction | 8 |
| in emergency first response based on or
equivalent to the | 9 |
| national curriculum of the United States
Department of | 10 |
| Transportation, or as otherwise previously
recognized by the | 11 |
| Department, shall be considered First
Responders on the | 12 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
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| (b) The Department shall have the authority and
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| responsibility to:
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| (1) Prescribe education requirements for the
First | 16 |
| Responder, which meet or exceed the national
curriculum of | 17 |
| the United States Department of
Transportation, through | 18 |
| rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
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| (2) Prescribe a standard set of equipment for
use | 20 |
| during first response services. An individual First
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| Responder shall not be required to maintain his or her own | 22 |
| set of
such equipment, provided he or she has access to | 23 |
| such equipment
during a first response call.
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| (3) Require the First Responder to notify the
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| Department of any EMS System in which he or she | 26 |
| participates as
dispatched personnel as described in |
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| subsection (a).
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| (4) Require the First Responder to comply with
the | 3 |
| applicable sections of the Program Plans for those
Systems.
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| (5) Require the First Responder to keep the
Department | 5 |
| currently informed as to who employs him or her and who | 6 |
| supervises
his or her activities as a First Responder.
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| (6) Establish a mechanism for phasing in the
First | 8 |
| Responder requirements over a 5-year period.
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| (7) Charge each First Responder applicant a fee for | 10 |
| testing, initial licensure, and license renewal. | 11 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
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| (210 ILCS 50/3.65)
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| Sec. 3.65. EMS Lead Instructor.
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| (a) "EMS Lead Instructor" means a person who has
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| successfully completed a course of education as prescribed
by | 16 |
| the Department, and who is currently approved by the
Department | 17 |
| to coordinate or teach education, training
and continuing | 18 |
| education courses, in accordance with
standards prescribed by | 19 |
| this Act and rules adopted by the
Department pursuant to this | 20 |
| Act.
| 21 |
| (b) The Department shall have the authority and
| 22 |
| responsibility to:
| 23 |
| (1) Prescribe education requirements for EMS
Lead | 24 |
| Instructor candidates through rules adopted pursuant to | 25 |
| this
Act.
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| (2) Prescribe testing requirements for EMS
Lead | 2 |
| Instructor candidates through rules adopted pursuant to | 3 |
| this
Act.
| 4 |
| (3) Charge each candidate for EMS Lead
Instructor a fee | 5 |
| to be submitted with an application for an
examination , an | 6 |
| application for testing, an application for certification, | 7 |
| and an application for license renewal .
| 8 |
| (4) Approve individuals as EMS Lead
Instructors who | 9 |
| have met the Department's education and testing
| 10 |
| requirements.
| 11 |
| (5) Require that all education, training and
| 12 |
| continuing education courses for EMT-B, EMT-I, EMT-P,
| 13 |
| Pre-Hospital RN, ECRN, First Responder and Emergency | 14 |
| Medical
Dispatcher be coordinated by at least one approved | 15 |
| EMS Lead
Instructor. A program which includes education, | 16 |
| training or
continuing education for more than one type of | 17 |
| personnel may
use one EMS Lead Instructor to coordinate the | 18 |
| program, and a
single EMS Lead Instructor may | 19 |
| simultaneously coordinate
more than one program or course.
| 20 |
| (6) Provide standards and procedures for
awarding EMS | 21 |
| Lead Instructor approval to persons previously approved
by | 22 |
| the Department to coordinate such courses, based on
| 23 |
| qualifications prescribed by the Department through rules
| 24 |
| adopted pursuant to this Act.
| 25 |
| (7) Suspend or revoke the approval of an EMS
Lead | 26 |
| Instructor, after an opportunity for a hearing, when
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| findings show one or more of the following:
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| (A) The EMS Lead Instructor has failed
to conduct a | 3 |
| course in accordance with the curriculum
prescribed by | 4 |
| this Act and rules adopted by the Department
pursuant | 5 |
| to this Act; or
| 6 |
| (B) The EMS Lead Instructor has failed
to comply | 7 |
| with protocols prescribed by the Department through
| 8 |
| rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
| 9 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
| 10 |
| (210 ILCS 50/3.70)
| 11 |
| Sec. 3.70. Emergency Medical Dispatcher.
| 12 |
| (a) "Emergency Medical Dispatcher" means a person
who has | 13 |
| successfully completed a training course in emergency medical
| 14 |
| dispatching meeting or
exceeding the national curriculum of the | 15 |
| United States
Department of Transportation in accordance with | 16 |
| rules
adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, who | 17 |
| accepts
calls from the public for emergency medical services | 18 |
| and
dispatches designated emergency medical services personnel
| 19 |
| and vehicles. The Emergency Medical Dispatcher must use the
| 20 |
| Department-approved
emergency medical dispatch priority | 21 |
| reference system (EMDPRS) protocol
selected for use by its | 22 |
| agency and approved by its EMS medical director. This
protocol | 23 |
| must be used by an emergency medical dispatcher in an emergency
| 24 |
| medical dispatch agency to dispatch aid to medical emergencies | 25 |
| which includes
systematized caller interrogation questions; |
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| systematized prearrival support
instructions; and systematized | 2 |
| coding protocols that match the dispatcher's
evaluation of the | 3 |
| injury or illness severity with the vehicle response mode and
| 4 |
| vehicle response configuration and includes an appropriate | 5 |
| training curriculum
and testing process consistent with the | 6 |
| specific EMDPRS protocol used by the
emergency medical dispatch | 7 |
| agency. Prearrival support instructions shall
be provided in a | 8 |
| non-discriminatory manner and shall be provided in accordance
| 9 |
| with the EMDPRS established by the EMS medical director of the | 10 |
| EMS system in
which the EMD operates. If the dispatcher
| 11 |
| operates under the authority of an Emergency Telephone
System | 12 |
| Board established under the Emergency Telephone
System Act, the | 13 |
| protocols shall be established by such Board
in consultation | 14 |
| with the EMS Medical Director. Persons who
have already | 15 |
| completed a course of instruction in emergency
medical dispatch | 16 |
| based on, equivalent to or exceeding the
national curriculum of | 17 |
| the United States Department of
Transportation, or as otherwise | 18 |
| approved by the Department,
shall be considered Emergency | 19 |
| Medical Dispatchers on the
effective date of this amendatory | 20 |
| Act.
| 21 |
| (b) The Department shall have the authority and
| 22 |
| responsibility to:
| 23 |
| (1) Require certification and recertification of a | 24 |
| person who meets the
training and other requirements as an | 25 |
| emergency medical dispatcher pursuant to
this Act.
| 26 |
| (2) Require certification and recertification of a |
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| person, organization,
or government agency that operates | 2 |
| an emergency medical dispatch agency that
meets
the minimum | 3 |
| standards prescribed by the Department for an emergency | 4 |
| medical
dispatch agency pursuant to this Act.
| 5 |
| (3) Prescribe minimum education and continuing
| 6 |
| education
requirements for the
Emergency Medical | 7 |
| Dispatcher, which meet the
national curriculum of the | 8 |
| United States Department of
Transportation, through rules | 9 |
| adopted pursuant to this Act.
| 10 |
| (4) Require each EMS Medical Director to report to the | 11 |
| Department
whenever
an
action has taken place that may | 12 |
| require the revocation or suspension of a
certificate | 13 |
| issued by the Department.
| 14 |
| (5) Require each EMD to provide
prearrival
| 15 |
| instructions in compliance with protocols selected and | 16 |
| approved by the system's
EMS
medical director and approved | 17 |
| by the Department.
| 18 |
|
| 19 |
| (6) Require the Emergency Medical Dispatcher
to keep | 20 |
| the Department currently informed as to the entity or
| 21 |
| agency that employs or supervises his activities as an
| 22 |
| Emergency Medical Dispatcher.
| 23 |
| (7) Establish an annual recertification requirement
| 24 |
| that requires at least 12 hours of medical
| 25 |
| dispatch-specific continuing education
each year.
| 26 |
| (8) Approve all EMDPRS protocols used by emergency |
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agencies to assure compliance with | 2 |
| national standards.
| 3 |
| (9) Require that Department-approved emergency medical | 4 |
| dispatch training
programs are conducted in accordance | 5 |
| with national standards.
| 6 |
| (10) Require that the emergency medical dispatch | 7 |
| agency be operated in
accordance with national standards, | 8 |
| including, but not limited to, (i) the use
on every
request | 9 |
| for medical assistance of an emergency medical dispatch | 10 |
| priority
reference
system (EMDPRS) in accordance with | 11 |
| Department-approved policies and procedures
and
(ii) under | 12 |
| the approval and supervision of the EMS medical director, | 13 |
| the
establishment of
a continuous quality improvement | 14 |
| program.
| 15 |
| (11) Require that a person may not represent himself or | 16 |
| herself, nor may
an
agency or business represent an agent | 17 |
| or employee of that agency or business,
as
an emergency | 18 |
| medical dispatcher unless certified by the Department as an
| 19 |
| emergency medical dispatcher.
| 20 |
| (12) Require that a person, organization, or | 21 |
| government agency not
represent itself as an emergency | 22 |
| medical dispatch agency unless the person,
organization, | 23 |
| or government agency is certified by the Department as an
| 24 |
| emergency medical dispatch agency.
| 25 |
| (13) Require that a person, organization, or | 26 |
| government agency may not
offer
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| course that is represented as a course for an emergency
| 2 |
| medical dispatcher unless the person, organization, or | 3 |
| agency is approved by
the Department to offer or conduct | 4 |
| that course.
| 5 |
| (14) Require that Department-approved emergency | 6 |
| medical dispatcher
training programs are conducted by | 7 |
| instructors licensed by the Department who:
| 8 |
| (i) are, at a minimum, certified as emergency | 9 |
| medical dispatchers;
| 10 |
| (ii) have completed a Department-approved course | 11 |
| on methods of
instruction;
| 12 |
| (iii) have previous experience in a medical | 13 |
| dispatch agency; and
| 14 |
| (iv) have demonstrated experience as an EMS | 15 |
| instructor.
| 16 |
| (15) Establish criteria for modifying or
waiving | 17 |
| Emergency Medical Dispatcher requirements based on (i) the | 18 |
| scope
and frequency of dispatch activities and the | 19 |
| dispatcher's
access to training or (ii) whether the | 20 |
| previously-attended dispatcher
training program merits | 21 |
| automatic recertification for the dispatcher.
| 22 |
| (16) Charge each Emergency Medical Dispatcher | 23 |
| applicant a fee for testing, licensure, and license | 24 |
| renewal. | 25 |
| (Source: P.A. 92-506, eff. 1-1-02.)
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| (210 ILCS 50/3.75)
| 2 |
| Sec. 3.75. Trauma Nurse Specialist (TNS) Certification.
| 3 |
| (a) "Trauma Nurse Specialist" or "TNS"
means a registered | 4 |
| professional nurse who has successfully completed
education | 5 |
| and testing requirements as prescribed by the
Department, and | 6 |
| is certified by the Department in accordance
with rules adopted | 7 |
| by the Department pursuant to this Act.
| 8 |
| (b) The Department shall have the authority and
| 9 |
| responsibility to:
| 10 |
| (1) Establish criteria for TNS training
sites, through | 11 |
| rules adopted pursuant to this Act;
| 12 |
| (2) Prescribe education and testing
requirements for | 13 |
| TNS candidates, which shall include an opportunity for
| 14 |
| certification based on examination only, through rules
| 15 |
| adopted pursuant to this Act;
| 16 |
| (3) Charge each candidate for TNS
certification a fee | 17 |
| to be submitted with an application for a certification
| 18 |
| examination , an application for certification, and an | 19 |
| application for recertification ;
| 20 |
| (4) Certify an individual as a TNS who has
met the | 21 |
| Department's education and testing requirements;
| 22 |
| (5) Prescribe recertification requirements
through | 23 |
| rules adopted to this Act;
| 24 |
| (6) Recertify an individual as a TNS every
4 years, | 25 |
| based on compliance with recertification
requirements;
| 26 |
| (7) Grant inactive status to any TNS who
qualifies, |
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| based on standards and procedures established by
the | 2 |
| Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act; and
| 3 |
| (8) Suspend, revoke or deny renewal of the
| 4 |
| certification of a TNS, after an opportunity for hearing by
| 5 |
| the Department, if findings show that the TNS has failed to
| 6 |
| maintain proficiency in the level of skills for which the
| 7 |
| TNS is certified or has failed to comply with
| 8 |
| recertification requirements.
| 9 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
| 10 |
| (210 ILCS 50/3.80)
| 11 |
| Sec. 3.80. Pre-Hospital RN and Emergency Communications | 12 |
| Registered Nurse.
| 13 |
| (a) Emergency Communications Registered Nurse or
"ECRN" | 14 |
| means a registered professional nurse licensed under
the Nurse | 15 |
| Practice Act who
has
successfully completed supplemental | 16 |
| education in accordance
with rules adopted by the Department, | 17 |
| and who is approved by
an EMS Medical Director to monitor | 18 |
| telecommunications from
and give voice orders to EMS System | 19 |
| personnel, under the
authority of the EMS Medical Director and | 20 |
| in accordance with
System protocols.
| 21 |
| Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995, all
| 22 |
| existing Registered Professional Nurse/MICNs shall be
| 23 |
| considered ECRNs.
| 24 |
| (b) "Pre-Hospital Registered Nurse" or
"Pre-Hospital RN" | 25 |
| means a registered professional nurse licensed under
the Nurse |
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| Practice Act who has
successfully completed supplemental | 2 |
| education in accordance
with rules adopted by the Department | 3 |
| pursuant to this Act,
and who is approved by an EMS Medical | 4 |
| Director to practice
within an EMS System as emergency medical | 5 |
| services personnel
for pre-hospital and inter-hospital | 6 |
| emergency care and
non-emergency medical transports.
| 7 |
| Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995, all
| 8 |
| existing Registered Professional Nurse/Field RNs shall be
| 9 |
| considered Pre-Hospital RNs.
| 10 |
| (c) The Department shall have the authority and
| 11 |
| responsibility to:
| 12 |
| (1) Prescribe education and continuing education
| 13 |
| requirements for Pre-Hospital RN and ECRN candidates | 14 |
| through
rules adopted pursuant to this Act:
| 15 |
| (A) Education for Pre-Hospital RN shall
include | 16 |
| extrication, telecommunications, and pre-hospital
| 17 |
| cardiac and trauma care;
| 18 |
| (B) Education for ECRN shall include
| 19 |
| telecommunications, System standing medical orders and | 20 |
| the
procedures and protocols established by the EMS | 21 |
| Medical
Director;
| 22 |
| (C) A Pre-Hospital RN candidate who is
fulfilling | 23 |
| clinical training and in-field supervised
experience | 24 |
| requirements may perform prescribed procedures
under | 25 |
| the direct supervision of a physician licensed to
| 26 |
| practice medicine in all of its branches, a qualified
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| registered professional nurse or a qualified EMT, only | 2 |
| when
authorized by the EMS Medical Director;
| 3 |
| (D) An EMS Medical Director may impose in-field | 4 |
| supervised field
experience requirements on System
| 5 |
| ECRNs as part of their training or continuing | 6 |
| education, in
which they perform prescribed procedures | 7 |
| under the direct
supervision of a physician licensed to | 8 |
| practice medicine in
all of its branches, a qualified | 9 |
| registered professional
nurse or qualified EMT, only | 10 |
| when authorized by the EMS
Medical Director;
| 11 |
| (2) Require EMS Medical Directors to
reapprove | 12 |
| Pre-Hospital RNs and ECRNs every 4 years, based on
| 13 |
| compliance with continuing education requirements | 14 |
| prescribed
by the Department through rules adopted | 15 |
| pursuant to this
Act;
| 16 |
| (3) Allow EMS Medical Directors to grant
inactive | 17 |
| status to any Pre-Hospital RN or ECRN who qualifies, based
| 18 |
| on standards and procedures established by the Department | 19 |
| in
rules adopted pursuant to this Act;
| 20 |
| (4) Require a Pre-Hospital RN to honor Do Not
| 21 |
| Resuscitate (DNR) orders and powers of attorney for health
| 22 |
| care only in accordance with rules adopted by the | 23 |
| Department
pursuant to this Act and protocols of the EMS | 24 |
| System in
which he or she practices.
| 25 |
| (5) Charge each Pre-Hospital RN applicant and ECRN | 26 |
| applicant a fee for testing, certification, licensure, and |
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| (Source: P.A. 95-639, eff. 10-5-07.)
| 3 |
| (210 ILCS 50/3.85)
| 4 |
| Sec. 3.85. Vehicle Service Providers.
| 5 |
| (a) "Vehicle Service Provider" means an entity
licensed by | 6 |
| the Department to provide emergency or
non-emergency medical | 7 |
| services in compliance with this Act,
the rules promulgated by | 8 |
| the Department pursuant to this
Act, and an operational plan | 9 |
| approved by its EMS System(s),
utilizing at least ambulances or | 10 |
| specialized emergency
medical service vehicles (SEMSV).
| 11 |
| (1) "Ambulance" means any publicly or
privately owned | 12 |
| on-road vehicle that is specifically designed,
constructed | 13 |
| or modified and equipped, and is intended to be
used for, | 14 |
| and is maintained or operated for the emergency
| 15 |
| transportation of persons who are sick, injured, wounded or
| 16 |
| otherwise incapacitated or helpless, or the non-emergency
| 17 |
| medical transportation of persons who require the presence
| 18 |
| of medical personnel to monitor the individual's condition
| 19 |
| or medical apparatus being used on such individuals.
| 20 |
| (2) "Specialized Emergency Medical Services
Vehicle" | 21 |
| or "SEMSV" means a vehicle or conveyance, other
than those | 22 |
| owned or operated by the federal government, that
is | 23 |
| primarily intended for use in transporting the sick or
| 24 |
| injured by means of air, water, or ground transportation,
| 25 |
| that is not an ambulance as defined in this Act. The term
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| includes watercraft, aircraft and special purpose ground
| 2 |
| transport vehicles or conveyances not intended for use on
| 3 |
| public roads.
| 4 |
| (3) An ambulance or SEMSV may also be
designated as a | 5 |
| Limited Operation Vehicle or Special-Use Vehicle:
| 6 |
| (A) "Limited Operation Vehicle" means a
vehicle | 7 |
| which is licensed by the Department to provide
basic, | 8 |
| intermediate or advanced life support emergency or
| 9 |
| non-emergency medical services that are exclusively | 10 |
| limited
to specific events or locales.
| 11 |
| (B) "Special-Use Vehicle" means any
publicly or | 12 |
| privately owned vehicle that is specifically designed,
| 13 |
| constructed or modified and equipped, and is intended | 14 |
| to be
used for, and is maintained or operated solely | 15 |
| for the
emergency or non-emergency transportation of a | 16 |
| specific
medical class or category of persons who are | 17 |
| sick, injured,
wounded or otherwise incapacitated or | 18 |
| helpless (e.g.
high-risk obstetrical patients, | 19 |
| neonatal patients).
| 20 |
| (C) "Reserve Ambulance" means a vehicle that meets | 21 |
| all criteria set forth in this Section and all | 22 |
| Department rules, except for the required inventory of | 23 |
| medical supplies and durable medical equipment, which | 24 |
| may be rapidly transferred from a fully functional | 25 |
| ambulance to a reserve ambulance without the use of | 26 |
| tools or special mechanical expertise. |
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| (b) The Department shall have the authority and
| 2 |
| responsibility to:
| 3 |
| (1) Require all Vehicle Service Providers, both
| 4 |
| publicly and privately owned, to function within an EMS
| 5 |
| System;
| 6 |
| (2) Require a Vehicle Service Provider
utilizing | 7 |
| ambulances to have a primary affiliation with an EMS System
| 8 |
| within the EMS Region in which its Primary Service Area is
| 9 |
| located, which is the geographic areas in which the | 10 |
| provider
renders the majority of its emergency responses. | 11 |
| This
requirement shall not apply to Vehicle Service | 12 |
| Providers
which exclusively utilize Limited Operation | 13 |
| Vehicles;
| 14 |
| (3) Establish licensing standards and
requirements for | 15 |
| Vehicle Service Providers, through rules
adopted pursuant | 16 |
| to this Act, including but not limited to:
| 17 |
| (A) Vehicle design, specification,
operation and | 18 |
| maintenance standards;
| 19 |
| (B) Equipment requirements;
| 20 |
| (C) Staffing requirements; and
| 21 |
| (D) Annual license renewal.
| 22 |
| (4) License all Vehicle Service Providers
that have met | 23 |
| the Department's requirements for licensure, unless
such | 24 |
| Provider is owned or licensed by the federal
government. | 25 |
| All Provider licenses issued by the Department
shall | 26 |
| specify the level and type of each vehicle covered by
the |
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| license (BLS, ILS, ALS, ambulance, SEMSV, limited
| 2 |
| operation vehicle, special use vehicle);
| 3 |
| (5) Annually inspect all licensed Vehicle
Service | 4 |
| Providers, and relicense such Providers that have met the
| 5 |
| Department's requirements for license renewal;
| 6 |
| (6) Suspend, revoke, refuse to issue or refuse to
renew | 7 |
| the license of any Vehicle Service Provider, or that
| 8 |
| portion of a license pertaining to a specific vehicle
| 9 |
| operated by the Provider, after an opportunity for a
| 10 |
| hearing, when findings show that the Provider or one or | 11 |
| more
of its vehicles has failed to comply with the | 12 |
| standards and
requirements of this Act or rules adopted by | 13 |
| the Department
pursuant to this Act;
| 14 |
| (7) Issue an Emergency Suspension Order for
any | 15 |
| Provider or vehicle licensed under this Act, when the
| 16 |
| Director or his designee has determined that an immediate
| 17 |
| and serious danger to the public health, safety and welfare
| 18 |
| exists. Suspension or revocation proceedings which offer | 19 |
| an
opportunity for hearing shall be promptly initiated | 20 |
| after
the Emergency Suspension Order has been issued;
| 21 |
| (8) Exempt any licensed vehicle from
subsequent | 22 |
| vehicle design standards or specifications required by the
| 23 |
| Department, as long as said vehicle is continuously in
| 24 |
| compliance with the vehicle design standards and
| 25 |
| specifications originally applicable to that vehicle, or
| 26 |
| until said vehicle's title of ownership is transferred;
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| (9) Exempt any vehicle (except an SEMSV)
which was | 2 |
| being used as an ambulance on or before December 15,
1980, | 3 |
| from vehicle design standards and specifications
required | 4 |
| by the Department, until said vehicle's title of
ownership | 5 |
| is transferred. Such vehicles shall not be exempt
from all | 6 |
| other licensing standards and requirements
prescribed by | 7 |
| the Department;
| 8 |
| (10) Prohibit any Vehicle Service Provider
from | 9 |
| advertising, identifying its vehicles, or disseminating
| 10 |
| information in a false or misleading manner concerning the
| 11 |
| Provider's type and level of vehicles, location, primary
| 12 |
| service area, response times, level of personnel, | 13 |
| licensure
status or System participation; and
| 14 |
| (11) Charge each Vehicle Service Provider a
fee, to be | 15 |
| submitted with each application for licensure and
license | 16 |
| renewal ; and , which shall not exceed $25.00 per vehicle,
up | 17 |
| to $500.00 per Provider.
| 18 |
| (12) License, inspect, and promulgate rules governing | 19 |
| the use and service placement of reserve ambulances. | 20 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
| 21 |
| (210 ILCS 50/3.86) | 22 |
| Sec. 3.86. Stretcher van providers. | 23 |
| (a) In this Section, "stretcher van provider" means an | 24 |
| entity licensed by the Department to provide non-emergency | 25 |
| transportation of passengers on a stretcher in compliance with |
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| this Act or the rules adopted by the Department pursuant to | 2 |
| this Act, utilizing stretcher vans. | 3 |
| (b) The Department has the authority and responsibility to | 4 |
| do the following: | 5 |
| (1) Require all stretcher van providers, both publicly | 6 |
| and privately owned, to be licensed by the Department. | 7 |
| (2) Establish licensing and safety standards and | 8 |
| requirements for stretcher van providers, through rules | 9 |
| adopted pursuant to this Act, including but not limited to: | 10 |
| (A) Vehicle design, specification, operation, and | 11 |
| maintenance standards. | 12 |
| (B) Safety equipment requirements and standards. | 13 |
| (C) Staffing requirements. | 14 |
| (D) Annual license renewal. | 15 |
| (3) License all stretcher van providers that have met | 16 |
| the Department's requirements for licensure. | 17 |
| (4) Annually inspect all licensed stretcher van | 18 |
| providers, and relicense providers that have met the | 19 |
| Department's requirements for license renewal. | 20 |
| (5) Suspend, revoke, refuse to issue, or refuse to | 21 |
| renew the license of any stretcher van provider, or that | 22 |
| portion of a license pertaining to a specific vehicle | 23 |
| operated by a provider, after an opportunity for a hearing, | 24 |
| when findings show that the provider or one or more of its | 25 |
| vehicles has failed to comply with the standards and | 26 |
| requirements of this Act or the rules adopted by the |
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| Department pursuant to this Act. | 2 |
| (6) Issue an emergency suspension order for any | 3 |
| provider or vehicle licensed under this Act when the | 4 |
| Director or his or her designee has determined that an | 5 |
| immediate or serious danger to the public health, safety, | 6 |
| and welfare exists. Suspension or revocation proceedings | 7 |
| that offer an opportunity for a hearing shall be promptly | 8 |
| initiated after the emergency suspension order has been | 9 |
| issued. | 10 |
| (7) Prohibit any stretcher van provider from | 11 |
| advertising, identifying its vehicles, or disseminating | 12 |
| information in a false or misleading manner concerning the | 13 |
| provider's type and level of vehicles, location, response | 14 |
| times, level of personnel, licensure status, or EMS System | 15 |
| participation. | 16 |
| (8) Charge each stretcher van provider a fee, to be | 17 |
| submitted with each application for licensure and license | 18 |
| renewal , which shall not exceed $25 per vehicle, up to $500 | 19 |
| per provider . | 20 |
| (c) A stretcher van provider may provide transport of a | 21 |
| passenger on a stretcher, provided the passenger meets all of | 22 |
| the following requirements: | 23 |
| (1) He or she needs no medical equipment, except | 24 |
| self-administered medications. | 25 |
| (2) He or she needs no medical monitoring or medical | 26 |
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| (3) He or she needs routine transportation to or from a | 2 |
| medical appointment or service if the passenger is | 3 |
| convalescent or otherwise bed-confined and does not | 4 |
| require medical monitoring, aid, care, or treatment during | 5 |
| transport. | 6 |
| (d) A stretcher van provider may not transport a passenger | 7 |
| who meets any of the following conditions: | 8 |
| (1) He or she is currently admitted to a hospital or is | 9 |
| being transported to a hospital for admission or emergency | 10 |
| treatment. | 11 |
| (2) He or she is acutely ill, wounded, or medically | 12 |
| unstable as determined by a licensed physician. | 13 |
| (3) He or she is experiencing an emergency medical | 14 |
| condition, an acute medical condition, an exacerbation of a | 15 |
| chronic medical condition, or a sudden illness or injury. | 16 |
| (4) He or she was administered a medication that might | 17 |
| prevent the passenger from caring for himself or herself. | 18 |
| (5) He or she was moved from one environment where | 19 |
| 24-hour medical monitoring or medical observation will | 20 |
| take place by certified or licensed nursing personnel to | 21 |
| another such environment. Such environments shall include, | 22 |
| but not be limited to, hospitals licensed under the | 23 |
| Hospital Licensing Act or operated under the University of | 24 |
| Illinois Hospital Act, and nursing facilities licensed | 25 |
| under the Nursing Home Care Act. | 26 |
| (e) The Stretcher Van Licensure Fund is created as a |
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| special fund within the State treasury. All fees received by | 2 |
| the Department in connection with the licensure of stretcher | 3 |
| van providers under this Section shall be deposited into the | 4 |
| fund. Moneys in the fund shall be subject to appropriation to | 5 |
| the Department for use in implementing this Section.
| 6 |
| (Source: P.A. 96-702, eff. 8-25-09.)
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| (210 ILCS 50/3.130)
| 8 |
| Sec. 3.130. Facility, system, and equipment violations | 9 |
| Violations ; Plans of Correction. Except for emergency | 10 |
| suspension orders, or actions
initiated pursuant to Sections | 11 |
| 3.117(a), 3.117(b), and 3.90(b)(10) of this Act, prior
to | 12 |
| initiating an action for suspension, revocation, denial,
| 13 |
| nonrenewal, or imposition of a fine pursuant to this Act,
the | 14 |
| Department shall:
| 15 |
| (a) Issue a Notice of Violation which specifies
the | 16 |
| Department's allegations of noncompliance and requests a
plan | 17 |
| of correction to be submitted within 10 days after
receipt of | 18 |
| the Notice of Violation;
| 19 |
| (b) Review and approve or reject the plan of
correction. If | 20 |
| the Department rejects the plan of
correction, it shall send | 21 |
| notice of the rejection and the
reason for the rejection. The | 22 |
| party shall have 10 days
after receipt of the notice of | 23 |
| rejection in which to submit
a modified plan;
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| (c) Impose a plan of correction if a modified plan
is not | 25 |
| submitted in a timely manner or if the modified plan is
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| rejected by the Department;
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| (d) Issue a Notice of Intent to fine, suspend,
revoke, | 3 |
| nonrenew or deny if the party has failed to comply with the
| 4 |
| imposed plan of correction, and provide the party with an
| 5 |
| opportunity to request an administrative hearing. The
Notice of | 6 |
| Intent shall be effected by certified mail or by
personal | 7 |
| service, shall set forth the particular reasons for
the | 8 |
| proposed action, and shall provide the party with 15
days in | 9 |
| which to request a hearing.
| 10 |
| (Source: P.A. 96-514, eff. 1-1-10.)
| 11 |
| (210 ILCS 50/3.175)
| 12 |
| Sec. 3.175. Criminal Penalties. Any person who violates | 13 |
| Sections 3.155(d)
or (f), 3.160, 3.165 or 3.170 of this Act or | 14 |
| any rule promulgated thereto, is
guilty of a Class B C | 15 |
| misdemeanor.
| 16 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
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| (210 ILCS 50/3.220)
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| Sec. 3.220. EMS Assistance Fund.
| 19 |
| (a) There is hereby created an "EMS Assistance
Fund" within | 20 |
| the State treasury, for the purpose of receiving
fines and fees | 21 |
| collected by the Illinois Department of
Health pursuant to this | 22 |
| Act.
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| (b) EMT licensure examination testing fees collected shall
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| be distributed by the Department to the Resource Hospital of
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| the EMS System in which the EMT candidate was educated, to
be | 2 |
| used for educational and related expenses incurred by the
| 3 |
| System's hospitals, as identified in the EMS System Program
| 4 |
| Plan.
| 5 |
| (b-5) EMT and EMS licensing and certification fees and | 6 |
| ambulance inspection fees within this fund shall be used by the | 7 |
| Department for EMT and EMS System oversight and enforcement. | 8 |
| (c) All other moneys within this fund shall be
distributed | 9 |
| by the Department to the EMS Regions for
disbursement in | 10 |
| accordance with protocols established in the
EMS Region Plans, | 11 |
| for the purposes of organization,
development and improvement | 12 |
| of Emergency Medical Services
Systems, including but not | 13 |
| limited to training of personnel
and acquisition, modification | 14 |
| and maintenance of necessary
supplies, equipment and vehicles.
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| (d) All fees and fines collected pursuant to this
Act shall | 16 |
| be deposited into the EMS Assistance Fund, except that all fees | 17 |
| collected under Section 3.86 in connection with the licensure | 18 |
| of stretcher van providers shall be deposited into the | 19 |
| Stretcher Van Licensure Fund.
| 20 |
| (Source: P.A. 96-702, eff. 8-25-09.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 22 |
| 1, 2011.
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
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| 210 ILCS 50/3.10 |
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| 210 ILCS 50/3.20 |
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| 210 ILCS 50/3.50 |
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| 210 ILCS 50/3.60 |
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| 210 ILCS 50/3.65 |
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| 210 ILCS 50/3.70 |
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| 210 ILCS 50/3.75 |
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| 210 ILCS 50/3.80 |
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| 210 ILCS 50/3.85 |
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| 210 ILCS 50/3.86 |
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| 210 ILCS 50/3.130 |
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| 210 ILCS 50/3.175 |
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| 210 ILCS 50/3.220 |
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