Full Text of SB3531 98th General Assembly
SB3531 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB3531 Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. John M. Sullivan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 210 ILCS 50/3.30 | | 210 ILCS 50/3.90 | | 210 ILCS 50/3.95 | | 210 ILCS 50/3.100 | | 210 ILCS 50/3.101 new | | 210 ILCS 50/3.102 new | | 210 ILCS 50/3.105 | | 210 ILCS 50/3.110 | | 210 ILCS 50/3.140 | |
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Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Trauma Center Medical Directors or the Trauma Center Medical Directors Committee may consider Level III Trauma Centers in identifying the types of facilities in which patients can be cared for. Provides that Level II and Level III Trauma Centers shall have some essential services available in-house, 24 hours per day, and other essential services readily available. Provides that an Acute Injury Stabilization Center shall have a comprehensive emergency department capable of initial management and transfer of the acutely injured. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall have the authority to establish and enforce minimum standards for designation and re-designation of 3 levels of trauma centers that meet trauma center national standards (instead of minimum standards for designation as a Level I or Level II Trauma Center). Creates provisions concerning minimum standards for Level III Trauma Centers and Acute Injury Stabilization centers. Makes other changes.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act | 5 | | is amended by changing Sections 3.30, 3.90, 3.95, 3.100, 3.105, | 6 | | 3.110, and 3.140 and by adding Section 3.101 and 3.102 as | 7 | | follows:
| 8 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.30)
| 9 | | Sec. 3.30. EMS Region Plan; Content.
| 10 | | (a) The EMS Medical Directors Committee shall address
at | 11 | | least the following:
| 12 | | (1) Protocols for inter-System/inter-Region
patient | 13 | | transports, including identifying the conditions of
| 14 | | emergency patients which may not be transported to the
| 15 | | different levels of emergency department, based on their
| 16 | | Department classifications and relevant Regional
| 17 | | considerations (e.g. transport times and distances);
| 18 | | (2) Regional standing medical orders;
| 19 | | (3) Patient transfer patterns, including criteria
for | 20 | | determining whether a patient needs the specialized
| 21 | | services of a trauma center, along with protocols for the
| 22 | | bypassing of or diversion to any hospital, trauma center or
| 23 | | regional trauma center which are consistent with |
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| 1 | | individual
System bypass or diversion protocols and | 2 | | protocols for
patient choice or refusal;
| 3 | | (4) Protocols for resolving Regional or
Inter-System | 4 | | conflict;
| 5 | | (5) An EMS disaster preparedness plan which
includes | 6 | | the actions and responsibilities of all EMS
participants | 7 | | within the Region. Within 90 days of the effective date of | 8 | | this
amendatory Act of 1996, an EMS System shall submit to | 9 | | the Department for review
an internal disaster plan. At a | 10 | | minimum, the plan shall include contingency
plans for the | 11 | | transfer of patients to other facilities if an evacuation | 12 | | of the
hospital becomes necessary due to a catastrophe, | 13 | | including but not limited to, a
power failure;
| 14 | | (6) Regional standardization of continuing
education | 15 | | requirements;
| 16 | | (7) Regional standardization of Do Not
Resuscitate | 17 | | (DNR) policies, and protocols for power of
attorney for | 18 | | health care;
| 19 | | (8) Protocols for disbursement of Department
grants; | 20 | | and
| 21 | | (9) Protocols for the triage, treatment, and transport | 22 | | of possible acute stroke patients. | 23 | | (b) The Trauma Center Medical Directors or Trauma
Center | 24 | | Medical Directors Committee shall address at least
the | 25 | | following:
| 26 | | (1) The identification of Regional Trauma
Centers;
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| 1 | | (2) Protocols for inter-System and inter-Region
trauma | 2 | | patient transports, including identifying the
conditions | 3 | | of emergency patients which may not be
transported to the | 4 | | different levels of emergency department,
based on their | 5 | | Department classifications and relevant
Regional | 6 | | considerations (e.g. transport times and
distances);
| 7 | | (3) Regional trauma standing medical orders;
| 8 | | (4) Trauma patient transfer patterns, including
| 9 | | criteria for determining whether a patient needs the
| 10 | | specialized services of a trauma center, along with
| 11 | | protocols for the bypassing of or diversion to any | 12 | | hospital,
trauma center or regional trauma center which are | 13 | | consistent
with individual System bypass or diversion | 14 | | protocols and
protocols for patient choice or refusal;
| 15 | | (5) The identification of which types of patients
can | 16 | | be cared for by Level I Trauma Centers, and Level II Trauma | 17 | | Centers , and Level III Trauma Centers ;
| 18 | | (6) Criteria for inter-hospital transfer of
trauma | 19 | | patients;
| 20 | | (7) The treatment of trauma patients in each
trauma | 21 | | center within the Region;
| 22 | | (8) A program for conducting a quarterly
conference | 23 | | which shall include at a minimum a discussion of
morbidity | 24 | | and mortality between all professional staff
involved in | 25 | | the care of trauma patients;
| 26 | | (9) The establishment of a Regional trauma
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| 1 | | assurance and improvement subcommittee, consisting of
| 2 | | trauma surgeons, which shall perform periodic medical | 3 | | audits
of each trauma center's trauma services, and forward
| 4 | | tabulated data from such reviews to the Department; and
| 5 | | (10) The establishment , within 90 days of the effective | 6 | | date of this
amendatory Act of 1996, of an internal | 7 | | disaster plan, which shall include, at a
minimum, | 8 | | contingency plans for the transfer of patients to other | 9 | | facilities if
an evacuation of the hospital becomes | 10 | | necessary due to a catastrophe, including
but not limited | 11 | | to, a power failure.
| 12 | | (c) The Region's EMS Medical Directors and Trauma
Center | 13 | | Medical Directors Committees shall appoint any
subcommittees | 14 | | which they deem necessary to address specific
issues concerning | 15 | | Region activities.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 96-514, eff. 1-1-10.)
| 17 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.90)
| 18 | | Sec. 3.90. Trauma Center Designations.
| 19 | | (a) "Trauma Center" means a hospital which: (1)
within | 20 | | designated capabilities provides optimal care to
trauma | 21 | | patients; (2) participates in an approved EMS System;
and (3) | 22 | | is duly designated pursuant to the provisions of
this Act. | 23 | | Level I Trauma Centers shall provide all
essential services | 24 | | in-house, 24 hours per day, in accordance
with rules adopted by | 25 | | the Department pursuant to this Act.
Level II and Level III |
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| 1 | | Trauma Centers shall have some essential services
available | 2 | | in-house, 24 hours per day, and other essential
services | 3 | | readily available, 24 hours per day, in accordance
with rules | 4 | | adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act. | 5 | | (a-5) An Acute Injury Stabilization Center shall have a | 6 | | basic or
comprehensive emergency department capable of initial
| 7 | | management and transfer of the acutely injured in accordance
| 8 | | with rules adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act.
| 9 | | (b) The Department shall have the authority and
| 10 | | responsibility to:
| 11 | | (1) Establish and enforce minimum standards for
| 12 | | designation and re-designation of 3 levels of trauma | 13 | | centers
that meet trauma center national standards, as | 14 | | modified by the
Department in administrative rules as a | 15 | | Level I or Level II Trauma Center, consistent with Sections
| 16 | | 22 and 23 of this Act, through rules adopted pursuant to
| 17 | | this Act ;
| 18 | | (2) Require hospitals applying for trauma
center | 19 | | designation to submit a plan for designation in a manner | 20 | | and
form prescribed by the Department through rules adopted
| 21 | | pursuant to this Act;
| 22 | | (3) Upon receipt of a completed plan for
designation, | 23 | | conduct a site visit to inspect the hospital
for compliance | 24 | | with the Department's minimum standards.
Such visit shall | 25 | | be conducted by specially qualified
personnel with | 26 | | experience in the delivery of emergency
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| 1 | | trauma care. A report of the inspection
shall be provided | 2 | | to the Director within 30 days of the
completion of the | 3 | | site visit. The report shall note
compliance or lack of | 4 | | compliance with the individual
standards for designation, | 5 | | but shall not offer a
recommendation on granting or denying | 6 | | designation;
| 7 | | (4) Designate applicant hospitals as Level I ,
or Level | 8 | | II , or Level III Trauma Centers which meet the minimum | 9 | | standards
established by this Act and the Department. The | 10 | | Beginning
September 1, 1997 the Department shall designate | 11 | | a new
trauma center only when a local or regional need for | 12 | | such
trauma center has been identified. The Department | 13 | | shall
request an assessment of local or regional need from | 14 | | the
applicable EMS Region's Trauma Center Medical | 15 | | Directors
Committee, with advice from the Regional Trauma | 16 | | Advisory
Committee.
This shall not be construed as a needs | 17 | | assessment for health planning or
other purposes outside of | 18 | | this Act;
| 19 | | (5) Designate Attempt to designate trauma centers in
| 20 | | all areas of the State. There shall be at least one Level I
| 21 | | Trauma Center serving each EMS Region, unless waived by the
| 22 | | Department. This subsection shall not be construed to
| 23 | | require a Level I Trauma Center to be located in each EMS
| 24 | | Region. Level I Trauma Centers shall serve as resources for
| 25 | | the Level II and Level III Trauma Centers and Acute
Injury | 26 | | Stabilization Centers in the EMS Regions. The extent
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| 1 | | such relationships shall be defined in the EMS Region
Plan;
| 2 | | (6) Inspect designated trauma centers to
assure | 3 | | compliance with the provisions of this Act and the rules
| 4 | | adopted pursuant to this Act. Information received by the
| 5 | | Department through filed reports, inspection, or as
| 6 | | otherwise authorized under this Act shall not be disclosed
| 7 | | publicly in such a manner as to identify individuals or
| 8 | | hospitals, except in proceedings involving the denial,
| 9 | | suspension or revocation of a trauma center designation or
| 10 | | imposition of a fine on a trauma center;
| 11 | | (7) Renew trauma center designations every 2
years, | 12 | | with onsite inspections conducted every 4 years after an | 13 | | on-site inspection , based on compliance with
renewal | 14 | | requirements and standards for continuing operation,
as | 15 | | prescribed by the Department through rules adopted
| 16 | | pursuant to this Act;
| 17 | | (8) Refuse to issue or renew a trauma center
| 18 | | designation, after providing an opportunity for a hearing,
| 19 | | when findings show that it does not meet the standards and
| 20 | | criteria prescribed by the Department;
| 21 | | (9) Review and determine whether a trauma
center's | 22 | | annual morbidity and mortality rates for trauma
patients | 23 | | significantly exceed the State average for such
rates, | 24 | | using a uniform recording methodology based on
nationally | 25 | | recognized standards. Such determination shall
be | 26 | | considered as a factor in any decision by the Department
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| 1 | | renew or refuse to renew a trauma center designation
under | 2 | | this Act, but shall not constitute the sole basis for
| 3 | | refusing to renew a trauma center designation;
| 4 | | (10) Take the following action, as
appropriate, after | 5 | | determining that a trauma center is in violation of
this | 6 | | Act or any rule adopted pursuant to this Act:
| 7 | | (A) If the Director determines that the
violation | 8 | | presents a substantial probability that death or
| 9 | | serious physical harm will result and if the trauma | 10 | | center
fails to eliminate the violation immediately or | 11 | | within a
fixed period of time, not exceeding 10 days, | 12 | | as determined
by the Director, the Director may | 13 | | immediately revoke the
trauma center designation. The | 14 | | trauma center may appeal the
revocation within 15 days | 15 | | after receiving the Director's
revocation order, by | 16 | | requesting a hearing as provided by
Section 29 of this | 17 | | Act. The Director shall notify the chair
of the | 18 | | Region's Trauma Center Medical Directors
Committee and | 19 | | EMS Medical Directors for appropriate EMS
Systems of | 20 | | such trauma center designation revocation;
| 21 | | (B) If the Director determines that the
violation | 22 | | does not present a substantial probability that
death | 23 | | or serious physical harm will result, the Director
| 24 | | shall issue a notice of violation and request a plan of
| 25 | | correction which shall be subject to the Department's
| 26 | | approval. The trauma center shall have 10 days after
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| 1 | | receipt of the notice of violation in which to submit a | 2 | | plan
of correction. The Department may extend this | 3 | | period for up
to 30 days. The plan shall include a | 4 | | fixed time period not
in excess of 90 days within which | 5 | | violations are to be
corrected. The plan of correction | 6 | | and the status of its
implementation by the trauma | 7 | | center shall be provided, as
appropriate, to the EMS | 8 | | Medical Directors for appropriate
EMS Systems. If the | 9 | | Department rejects a plan of
correction, it shall send | 10 | | notice of the rejection and the
reason for the | 11 | | rejection to the trauma center. The trauma
center shall | 12 | | have 10 days after receipt of the notice of
rejection | 13 | | in which to submit a modified plan. If the
modified | 14 | | plan is not timely submitted, or if the modified
plan | 15 | | is rejected, the trauma center shall follow an approved
| 16 | | plan of correction imposed by the Department. If, after
| 17 | | notice and opportunity for hearing, the Director | 18 | | determines
that a trauma center has failed to comply | 19 | | with an approved
plan of correction, the Director may | 20 | | revoke the trauma
center designation. The trauma | 21 | | center shall have 15 days
after receiving the | 22 | | Director's notice in which to request a
hearing. Such | 23 | | hearing shall conform to the provisions of
Section | 24 | | 3.135 30 of this Act;
| 25 | | (11) The Department may delegate authority to
local | 26 | | health departments in jurisdictions which include a
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| 1 | | substantial number of trauma centers. The delegated
| 2 | | authority to those local health departments shall include,
| 3 | | but is not limited to, the authority to designate trauma
| 4 | | centers with final approval by the Department, maintain a
| 5 | | regional data base with concomitant reporting of trauma
| 6 | | registry data, and monitor, inspect and investigate trauma
| 7 | | centers within their jurisdiction, in accordance with the
| 8 | | requirements of this Act and the rules promulgated by the
| 9 | | Department;
| 10 | | (A) The Department shall monitor the
performance | 11 | | of local health departments with authority
delegated | 12 | | pursuant to this Section, based upon performance
| 13 | | criteria established in rules promulgated by the | 14 | | Department;
| 15 | | (B) Delegated authority may be revoked
for | 16 | | substantial non-compliance with the Department's | 17 | | rules.
Notice of an intent to revoke shall be served | 18 | | upon the local
health department by certified mail, | 19 | | stating the reasons for
revocation and offering an | 20 | | opportunity for an administrative
hearing to contest | 21 | | the proposed revocation. The request for
a hearing must | 22 | | be in writing and received by the Department within 10
| 23 | | working days of the local health department's receipt | 24 | | of
notification;
| 25 | | (C) The director of a local health
department may | 26 | | relinquish its delegated authority upon 60
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| 1 | | written notification to the Director of Public Health.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
| 3 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.95)
| 4 | | Sec. 3.95. Level I Trauma Center Minimum Standards. The | 5 | | Department shall establish, through rules adopted
pursuant to | 6 | | this Act, standards for Level I Trauma Centers
which shall | 7 | | include, but need not be limited to:
| 8 | | (a) The designation by the trauma center of a
Trauma Center | 9 | | Medical Director and specification of his
qualifications;
| 10 | | (b) The types of surgical services the trauma
center must | 11 | | have available for trauma patients, including but not
limited | 12 | | to a twenty-four hour in-house surgeon with
operating | 13 | | privileges and ancillary staff necessary for
immediate | 14 | | surgical intervention;
| 15 | | (c) The types of nonsurgical services the trauma
center | 16 | | must have available for trauma patients;
| 17 | | (d) The numbers and qualifications of emergency
medical | 18 | | personnel;
| 19 | | (e) The types of equipment that must be available
to trauma | 20 | | patients;
| 21 | | (f) Requiring the trauma center to be affiliated
with an | 22 | | EMS System;
| 23 | | (g) Requiring the trauma center to have a
communications | 24 | | system that is fully integrated with all
Level II Trauma | 25 | | Centers , Level III Trauma Centers, Acute Injury Stabilization
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| 1 | | Centers, and EMS Systems with which it is
affiliated;
| 2 | | (h) The types of data the trauma center must
collect and | 3 | | submit to the Department relating to the trauma services
it | 4 | | provides. Such data may include information on
post-trauma care | 5 | | directly related to the initial traumatic
injury provided to | 6 | | trauma patients until their discharge
from the facility and | 7 | | information on discharge plans;
| 8 | | (i) Requiring the trauma center to have helicopter
landing | 9 | | capabilities approved by appropriate State and
federal | 10 | | authorities, if the trauma center is located within
a | 11 | | municipality having a population of less than two million
| 12 | | people; and
| 13 | | (j) Requiring written agreements with Level II
Trauma | 14 | | Centers , Level III Trauma Centers, and Acute Injury
| 15 | | Stabilization Centers in the EMS Regions it serves, executed | 16 | | within a
reasonable time designated by the Department.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
| 18 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.100)
| 19 | | Sec. 3.100. Level II Trauma Center Minimum Standards. The | 20 | | Department shall establish, through rules adopted
pursuant to | 21 | | this Act, standards for Level II Trauma Centers
which shall | 22 | | include, but need not be limited to:
| 23 | | (a) The designation by the trauma center of a
Trauma Center | 24 | | Medical Director and specification of his
qualifications;
| 25 | | (b) The types of surgical services the trauma
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| 1 | | have available for trauma patients. The Department
shall not | 2 | | require the availability of all surgical services
required of | 3 | | Level I Trauma Centers;
| 4 | | (c) The types of nonsurgical services the trauma
center | 5 | | must have available for trauma patients;
| 6 | | (d) The numbers and qualifications of emergency
medical | 7 | | personnel, taking into consideration the more
limited trauma | 8 | | services available in a Level II Trauma
Center;
| 9 | | (e) The types of equipment that must be available
for | 10 | | trauma patients;
| 11 | | (f) Requiring the trauma center to have a written
agreement | 12 | | with a Level I Trauma Centers, Level III Trauma Centers, and | 13 | | Acute Injury Stabilization
Centers Center serving the EMS
| 14 | | Region outlining their respective responsibilities in
| 15 | | providing trauma services, executed within a reasonable time
| 16 | | designated by the Department, unless the requirement for a
| 17 | | Level I Trauma Center to serve that EMS Region has been
waived | 18 | | by the Department;
| 19 | | (g) Requiring the trauma center to be affiliated
with an | 20 | | EMS System;
| 21 | | (h) Requiring the trauma center to have a
communications | 22 | | system that is fully integrated with the
Level I Trauma | 23 | | Centers , Level III Trauma Centers, Acute Injury Stabilization
| 24 | | Centers, and the EMS Systems with which it is
affiliated;
| 25 | | (i) The types of data the trauma center must
collect and | 26 | | submit to the Department relating to the trauma services
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| 1 | | provides. Such data may include information on
post-trauma care | 2 | | directly related to the initial traumatic
injury provided to | 3 | | trauma patients until their discharge
from the facility and | 4 | | information on discharge plans;
| 5 | | (j) Requiring the trauma center to have helicopter
landing | 6 | | capabilities approved by appropriate State and
federal | 7 | | authorities, if the trauma center is located within
a | 8 | | municipality having a population of less than two million
| 9 | | people.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
| 11 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.101 new) | 12 | | Sec. 3.101. Level III Trauma Center minimum standards. The | 13 | | Department shall establish, through rules adopted pursuant to | 14 | | this Act,
standards for Level III Trauma Centers which shall | 15 | | include, but need not be
limited to: | 16 | | (1) the designation by the trauma center of a Trauma | 17 | | Center Medical
Director and specification of his or her | 18 | | qualifications; | 19 | | (2) the types of surgical services the trauma center | 20 | | must have available
for trauma patients; the Department | 21 | | shall not require the availability of all
surgical services | 22 | | required of Level I or Level II Trauma Centers; | 23 | | (3) the types of nonsurgical services the trauma center | 24 | | must have
available for trauma patients; | 25 | | (4) the numbers and
qualifications of emergency |
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| 1 | | medical personnel, taking into consideration the more | 2 | | limited trauma services available in a Level III
Trauma | 3 | | Center; | 4 | | (5) the types of equipment that must be available for | 5 | | trauma patients; | 6 | | (6) requiring the trauma center to have a written | 7 | | agreement with Level I
Trauma Centers, Level II Trauma | 8 | | Centers, and Acute Injury Stabilization
Centers serving | 9 | | the EMS Region outlining their respective responsibilities | 10 | | in
providing trauma services, executed within a reasonable | 11 | | time designated by
the Department, unless the requirement | 12 | | for a Level I Trauma Center to serve
that EMS Region has | 13 | | been waived by the Department; | 14 | | (7) requiring the trauma center to be affiliated with | 15 | | an EMS System; | 16 | | (8) requiring the trauma center to have a | 17 | | communications system that is
fully integrated with the | 18 | | Level I Trauma Centers, Level II Trauma Centers,
Acute | 19 | | Injury Stabilization Centers, and the EMS Systems with | 20 | | which it is
affiliated; | 21 | | (9) the types of data the trauma center must collect | 22 | | and submit to the
Department relating to the trauma | 23 | | services it provides; such data may include
information on | 24 | | post-trauma care directly related to the initial traumatic
| 25 | | injury provided to trauma patients until their discharge | 26 | | from the facility
and information on discharge plans; and |
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| 1 | | (10) requiring the trauma center to have helicopter | 2 | | landing capabilities that have been approved by | 3 | | appropriate State and federal authorities. | 4 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.102 new) | 5 | | Sec. 3.102. Acute Injury Stabilization Center minimum | 6 | | standards. The Department shall
establish, through rules | 7 | | adopted pursuant to this Act, standards for Acute
Injury | 8 | | Stabilization Centers which shall include, but need not be | 9 | | limited to, Comprehensive or Basic Emergency Department | 10 | | services pursuant to the
Hospital Licensing Act.
| 11 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.105)
| 12 | | Sec. 3.105. Trauma Center Misrepresentation. No After the | 13 | | effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1995, no facility | 14 | | shall use the phrase "trauma center"
or words of similar | 15 | | meaning in relation to itself or hold itself out as a
trauma | 16 | | center without first obtaining designation pursuant to this | 17 | | Act.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
| 19 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.110)
| 20 | | Sec. 3.110. EMS system and trauma center confidentiality | 21 | | and immunity.
| 22 | | (a) All information contained in or relating to
any medical | 23 | | audit performed of a trauma center's trauma
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| 1 | | Acute Injury Stabilization Center pursuant to this Act or by an | 2 | | EMS Medical Director
or his designee of medical care rendered | 3 | | by System
personnel, shall be afforded the same status as is | 4 | | provided
information concerning medical studies in Article | 5 | | VIII,
Part 21 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Disclosure of | 6 | | such information to the Department pursuant to
this Act shall | 7 | | not be considered a violation of Article
VIII, Part 21 of the | 8 | | Code of Civil Procedure.
| 9 | | (b) Hospitals, trauma centers and individuals that
perform | 10 | | or participate in medical audits pursuant to this
Act shall be | 11 | | immune from civil liability to the same extent
as provided in | 12 | | Section 10.2 of the Hospital Licensing Act.
| 13 | | (c) All information relating to the State Emergency Medical | 14 | | Services
Disciplinary Review Board or a local review board, | 15 | | except final decisions,
shall be afforded the same status as is | 16 | | provided information concerning medical
studies in Article | 17 | | VIII, Part 21 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Disclosure of
| 18 | | such information to the Department pursuant to this Act shall | 19 | | not be
considered a violation of Article VIII, Part 21 of the | 20 | | Code of Civil Procedure.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
| 22 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.140)
| 23 | | Sec. 3.140. Violations; Fines.
| 24 | | (a) The Department shall have the authority to
impose fines | 25 | | on any licensed vehicle service provider, designated
trauma |
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| 1 | | center, Acute Injury Stabilization Center, resource hospital, | 2 | | associate hospital, or
participating hospital.
| 3 | | (b) The Department shall adopt rules pursuant to
this Act | 4 | | which establish a system of fines related to the type
and level | 5 | | of violation or repeat violation, including but
not limited to:
| 6 | | (1) A fine not exceeding $10,000 for a
violation which | 7 | | created a condition or occurrence presenting a
substantial | 8 | | probability that death or serious harm to an
individual | 9 | | will or did result therefrom; and
| 10 | | (2) A fine not exceeding $5,000 for a
violation which | 11 | | creates or created a condition or occurrence which
| 12 | | threatens the health, safety or welfare of an individual.
| 13 | | (c) A Notice of Intent to Impose Fine may be
issued in | 14 | | conjunction with or in lieu of a Notice of Intent to
Suspend, | 15 | | Revoke, Nonrenew or Deny, and shall conform to the
requirements | 16 | | specified in Section 3.130(d) of this Act. All
Hearings | 17 | | conducted pursuant to a Notice of Intent to Impose
Fine shall | 18 | | conform to the requirements specified in
Section 3.135 of this | 19 | | Act.
| 20 | | (d) All fines collected pursuant to this Section
shall be | 21 | | deposited into the EMS Assistance Fund.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
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