Full Text of HB3554 101st General Assembly
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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 Section 3.50 as follows:
| 6 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.50)
| 7 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 100-1082 )
| 8 | | Sec. 3.50. Emergency Medical Services personnel licensure | 9 | | levels.
| 10 | | (a) "Emergency Medical Technician" or
"EMT" means a person | 11 | | who has successfully completed a course in basic life support
| 12 | | as approved by the
Department, is currently licensed by the | 13 | | Department in
accordance with standards prescribed by this Act | 14 | | and rules
adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, and | 15 | | practices within an EMS
System. A valid Emergency Medical | 16 | | Technician-Basic (EMT-B) license issued under this Act shall | 17 | | continue to be valid and shall be recognized as an Emergency | 18 | | Medical Technician (EMT) license until the Emergency Medical | 19 | | Technician-Basic (EMT-B) license expires.
| 20 | | (b) "Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate"
or "EMT-I" | 21 | | means a person who has successfully completed a
course in | 22 | | intermediate life support
as approved
by the Department, is | 23 | | currently licensed by the
Department in accordance with |
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| 1 | | standards prescribed by this
Act and rules adopted by the | 2 | | Department pursuant to this
Act, and practices within an | 3 | | Intermediate or Advanced
Life Support EMS System.
| 4 | | (b-5) "Advanced Emergency Medical Technician" or "A-EMT" | 5 | | means a person who has successfully completed a course in basic | 6 | | and limited advanced emergency medical care as approved by the | 7 | | Department, is currently licensed by the Department in | 8 | | accordance with standards prescribed by this Act and rules | 9 | | adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, and practices | 10 | | within an Intermediate or Advanced Life Support EMS System. | 11 | | (c) "Paramedic (EMT-P)" means a person who
has successfully | 12 | | completed a
course in advanced life support care
as approved
by | 13 | | the Department, is licensed by the Department
in accordance | 14 | | with standards prescribed by this Act and
rules adopted by the | 15 | | Department pursuant to this Act, and
practices within an | 16 | | Advanced Life Support EMS System. A valid Emergency Medical | 17 | | Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P) license issued under this Act | 18 | | shall continue to be valid and shall be recognized as a | 19 | | Paramedic license until the Emergency Medical | 20 | | Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P) license expires.
| 21 | | (c-5) "Emergency Medical Responder" or "EMR (First | 22 | | Responder)" means a person who has successfully completed a | 23 | | course in emergency medical response as approved by the | 24 | | Department and provides emergency medical response services | 25 | | prior to the arrival of an ambulance or specialized emergency | 26 | | medical services vehicle, in accordance with the level of care |
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| 1 | | established by the National EMS Educational Standards | 2 | | Emergency Medical Responder course as modified by the | 3 | | Department. An Emergency Medical Responder who provides | 4 | | services as part of an EMS System response plan shall comply | 5 | | with the applicable sections of the Program Plan, as approved | 6 | | by the Department, of that EMS System. The Department shall | 7 | | have the authority to adopt rules governing the curriculum, | 8 | | practice, and necessary equipment applicable to Emergency | 9 | | Medical Responders. | 10 | | On August 15, 2014 ( the effective date of Public Act | 11 | | 98-973) this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly , a | 12 | | person who is licensed by the Department as a First Responder | 13 | | and has completed a Department-approved course in first | 14 | | responder defibrillator training based on, or equivalent to, | 15 | | the National EMS Educational Standards or other standards | 16 | | previously recognized by the Department shall be eligible for | 17 | | licensure as an Emergency Medical Responder upon meeting the | 18 | | licensure requirements and submitting an application to the | 19 | | Department. A valid First Responder license issued under this | 20 | | Act shall continue to be valid and shall be recognized as an | 21 | | Emergency Medical Responder license until the First Responder | 22 | | license expires. | 23 | | (c-10) All EMS Systems and licensees shall be fully | 24 | | compliant with the National EMS Education Standards, as | 25 | | modified by the Department in administrative rules, within 24 | 26 | | months after the adoption of the administrative rules. |
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| 1 | | (d) The Department shall have the authority and
| 2 | | responsibility to:
| 3 | | (1) Prescribe education and training requirements, | 4 | | which
includes training in the use of epinephrine,
for all | 5 | | levels of EMS personnel except for EMRs, based on the | 6 | | National EMS Educational Standards
and any modifications | 7 | | to those curricula specified by the
Department through | 8 | | rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
| 9 | | (2) Prescribe licensure testing requirements
for all | 10 | | levels of EMS personnel, which shall include a requirement | 11 | | that
all phases of instruction, training, and field | 12 | | experience be
completed before taking the appropriate | 13 | | licensure examination.
Candidates may elect to take the | 14 | | appropriate National Registry examination in lieu of the
| 15 | | Department's examination, but are responsible for making
| 16 | | their own arrangements for taking the National Registry
| 17 | | examination. In prescribing licensure testing requirements | 18 | | for honorably discharged members of the armed forces of the | 19 | | United States under this paragraph (2), the Department | 20 | | shall ensure that a candidate's military emergency medical | 21 | | training, emergency medical curriculum completed, and | 22 | | clinical experience, as described in paragraph (2.5), are | 23 | | recognized.
| 24 | | (2.5) Review applications for EMS personnel licensure | 25 | | from
honorably discharged members of the armed forces of | 26 | | the United States with military emergency medical |
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| 1 | | training. Applications shall be filed with the Department | 2 | | within one year after military discharge and shall contain: | 3 | | (i) proof of successful completion of military emergency | 4 | | medical training; (ii) a detailed description of the | 5 | | emergency medical curriculum completed; and (iii) a | 6 | | detailed description of the applicant's clinical | 7 | | experience. The Department may request additional and | 8 | | clarifying information. The Department shall evaluate the | 9 | | application, including the applicant's training and | 10 | | experience, consistent with the standards set forth under | 11 | | subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 3.10. If the | 12 | | application clearly demonstrates that the training and | 13 | | experience meets such standards, the Department shall | 14 | | offer the applicant the opportunity to successfully | 15 | | complete a Department-approved EMS personnel examination | 16 | | for the level of license for which the applicant is | 17 | | qualified. Upon passage of an examination, the Department | 18 | | shall issue a license, which shall be subject to all | 19 | | provisions of this Act that are otherwise applicable to the | 20 | | level of EMS personnel
license issued. | 21 | | (3) License individuals as an EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT,
| 22 | | or Paramedic who have met the Department's education, | 23 | | training and
examination requirements.
| 24 | | (4) Prescribe annual continuing education and
| 25 | | relicensure requirements for all EMS personnel licensure
| 26 | | levels.
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| 1 | | (5) Relicense individuals as an EMD, EMR, EMT, EMT-I, | 2 | | A-EMT,
or Paramedic every 4 years, based on their | 3 | | compliance with
continuing education and relicensure | 4 | | requirements as required by the Department pursuant to this | 5 | | Act. Every 4 years, a Paramedic shall have 100 hours of | 6 | | approved continuing education, an EMT-I and an advanced EMT | 7 | | shall have 80 hours of approved continuing education, and | 8 | | an EMT shall have 60 hours of approved continuing | 9 | | education. An Illinois licensed EMR, EMD, EMT, EMT-I, | 10 | | A-EMT, Paramedic, ECRN, or PHRN whose license has been | 11 | | expired for less than 36 months may apply for reinstatement | 12 | | by the Department. Reinstatement shall require that the | 13 | | applicant (i) submit satisfactory proof of completion of | 14 | | continuing medical education and clinical requirements to | 15 | | be prescribed by the Department in an administrative rule; | 16 | | (ii) submit a positive recommendation from an Illinois EMS | 17 | | Medical Director attesting to the applicant's | 18 | | qualifications for retesting; and (iii) pass a Department | 19 | | approved test for the level of EMS personnel license sought | 20 | | to be reinstated.
| 21 | | (6) Grant inactive status to any EMR, EMD, EMT, EMT-I, | 22 | | A-EMT, Paramedic, ECRN, or PHRN who
qualifies, based on | 23 | | standards and procedures established by
the Department in | 24 | | rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
| 25 | | (7) Charge a fee for EMS personnel examination, | 26 | | licensure, and license renewal.
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| 1 | | (8) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew the
| 2 | | license of any licensee, after an opportunity for an | 3 | | impartial hearing before a neutral administrative law | 4 | | judge appointed by the Director, where the preponderance of | 5 | | the evidence shows one or more of the following:
| 6 | | (A) The licensee has not met continuing
education | 7 | | or relicensure requirements as prescribed by the | 8 | | Department;
| 9 | | (B) The licensee has failed to maintain
| 10 | | proficiency in the level of skills for which he or she | 11 | | is licensed;
| 12 | | (C) The licensee, during the provision of
medical | 13 | | services, engaged in dishonorable, unethical, or
| 14 | | unprofessional conduct of a character likely to | 15 | | deceive,
defraud, or harm the public;
| 16 | | (D) The licensee has failed to maintain or
has | 17 | | violated standards of performance and conduct as | 18 | | prescribed
by the Department in rules adopted pursuant | 19 | | to this Act or
his or her EMS System's Program Plan;
| 20 | | (E) The licensee is physically impaired to
the | 21 | | extent that he or she cannot physically perform the | 22 | | skills and
functions for which he or she is licensed, | 23 | | as verified by a
physician, unless the person is on | 24 | | inactive status pursuant
to Department regulations;
| 25 | | (F) The licensee is mentally impaired to the
extent | 26 | | that he or she cannot exercise the appropriate |
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| 1 | | judgment,
skill and safety for performing the | 2 | | functions for which he
or she is licensed, as verified | 3 | | by a physician, unless the person
is on inactive status | 4 | | pursuant to Department regulations;
| 5 | | (G) The licensee has violated this Act or any
rule | 6 | | adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act; or | 7 | | (H) The licensee has been convicted (or entered a | 8 | | plea of guilty or nolo-contendere) by a court of | 9 | | competent jurisdiction of a Class X, Class 1, or Class | 10 | | 2 felony in this State or an out-of-state equivalent | 11 | | offense. | 12 | | (9) Prescribe education and training requirements in | 13 | | the administration and use of opioid antagonists for all | 14 | | levels of EMS personnel based on the National EMS | 15 | | Educational Standards and any modifications to those | 16 | | curricula specified by the Department through rules | 17 | | adopted pursuant to this Act. | 18 | | (d-5) An EMR, EMD, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, Paramedic, ECRN, or | 19 | | PHRN who is a member of the Illinois National Guard or an | 20 | | Illinois State Trooper or who exclusively serves as a volunteer | 21 | | for units of local government with a population base of less | 22 | | than 5,000 or as a volunteer
for a not-for-profit organization | 23 | | that serves a service area
with a population base of less than | 24 | | 5,000 may submit an application to the Department for a waiver | 25 | | of the fees described under paragraph (7) of subsection (d) of | 26 | | this Section on a form prescribed by the Department. |
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| 1 | | The education requirements prescribed by the Department | 2 | | under this Section 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.
| 12 | | (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 of the applicable EMS personnel license conflicts | 15 | | with or
duplicates a provision of a collective bargaining | 16 | | agreement
that requires testing for drug use, that rule shall | 17 | | not
apply to any person covered by the collective bargaining
| 18 | | agreement.
| 19 | | (f) At the time of applying for or renewing his or her | 20 | | license, an applicant for a license or license renewal may | 21 | | submit an email address to the Department. The Department shall | 22 | | keep the email address on file as a form of contact for the | 23 | | individual. The Department shall send license renewal notices | 24 | | electronically and by mail to all licensees who provide the | 25 | | Department with his or her email address. The notices shall be | 26 | | sent at least 60 days prior to the expiration date of the |
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| 1 | | license. | 2 | | (Source: P.A. 98-53, eff. 1-1-14; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-973, | 3 | | eff. 8-15-14; 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; revised 10-4-18.)
| 4 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 100-1082 )
| 5 | | Sec. 3.50. Emergency Medical Services personnel licensure | 6 | | levels.
| 7 | | (a) "Emergency Medical Technician" or
"EMT" means a person | 8 | | who has successfully completed a course in basic life support
| 9 | | as approved by the
Department, is currently licensed by the | 10 | | Department in
accordance with standards prescribed by this Act | 11 | | and rules
adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, and | 12 | | practices within an EMS
System. A valid Emergency Medical | 13 | | Technician-Basic (EMT-B) license issued under this Act shall | 14 | | continue to be valid and shall be recognized as an Emergency | 15 | | Medical Technician (EMT) license until the Emergency Medical | 16 | | Technician-Basic (EMT-B) license expires.
| 17 | | (b) "Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate"
or "EMT-I" | 18 | | means a person who has successfully completed a
course in | 19 | | intermediate life support
as approved
by the Department, is | 20 | | currently licensed by the
Department in accordance with | 21 | | standards prescribed by this
Act and rules adopted by the | 22 | | Department pursuant to this
Act, and practices within an | 23 | | Intermediate or Advanced
Life Support EMS System.
| 24 | | (b-5) "Advanced Emergency Medical Technician" or "A-EMT" | 25 | | means a person who has successfully completed a course in basic |
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| 1 | | and limited advanced emergency medical care as approved by the | 2 | | Department, is currently licensed by the Department in | 3 | | accordance with standards prescribed by this Act and rules | 4 | | adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, and practices | 5 | | within an Intermediate or Advanced Life Support EMS System. | 6 | | (c) "Paramedic (EMT-P)" means a person who
has successfully | 7 | | completed a
course in advanced life support care
as approved
by | 8 | | the Department, is licensed by the Department
in accordance | 9 | | with standards prescribed by this Act and
rules adopted by the | 10 | | Department pursuant to this Act, and
practices within an | 11 | | Advanced Life Support EMS System. A valid Emergency Medical | 12 | | Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P) license issued under this Act | 13 | | shall continue to be valid and shall be recognized as a | 14 | | Paramedic license until the Emergency Medical | 15 | | Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P) license expires.
| 16 | | (c-5) "Emergency Medical Responder" or "EMR (First | 17 | | Responder)" means a person who has successfully completed a | 18 | | course in emergency medical response as approved by the | 19 | | Department and provides emergency medical response services | 20 | | prior to the arrival of an ambulance or specialized emergency | 21 | | medical services vehicle, in accordance with the level of care | 22 | | established by the National EMS Educational Standards | 23 | | Emergency Medical Responder course as modified by the | 24 | | Department. An Emergency Medical Responder who provides | 25 | | services as part of an EMS System response plan shall comply | 26 | | with the applicable sections of the Program Plan, as approved |
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| 1 | | by the Department, of that EMS System. The Department shall | 2 | | have the authority to adopt rules governing the curriculum, | 3 | | practice, and necessary equipment applicable to Emergency | 4 | | Medical Responders. | 5 | | On August 15, 2014 ( the effective date of Public Act | 6 | | 98-973) this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly , a | 7 | | person who is licensed by the Department as a First Responder | 8 | | and has completed a Department-approved course in first | 9 | | responder defibrillator training based on, or equivalent to, | 10 | | the National EMS Educational Standards or other standards | 11 | | previously recognized by the Department shall be eligible for | 12 | | licensure as an Emergency Medical Responder upon meeting the | 13 | | licensure requirements and submitting an application to the | 14 | | Department. A valid First Responder license issued under this | 15 | | Act shall continue to be valid and shall be recognized as an | 16 | | Emergency Medical Responder license until the First Responder | 17 | | license expires. | 18 | | (c-10) All EMS Systems and licensees shall be fully | 19 | | compliant with the National EMS Education Standards, as | 20 | | modified by the Department in administrative rules, within 24 | 21 | | months after the adoption of the administrative rules. | 22 | | (d) The Department shall have the authority and
| 23 | | responsibility to:
| 24 | | (1) Prescribe education and training requirements, | 25 | | which
includes training in the use of epinephrine,
for all | 26 | | levels of EMS personnel except for EMRs, based on the |
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| 1 | | National EMS Educational Standards
and any modifications | 2 | | to those curricula specified by the
Department through | 3 | | rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
| 4 | | (2) Prescribe licensure testing requirements
for all | 5 | | levels of EMS personnel, which shall include a requirement | 6 | | that
all phases of instruction, training, and field | 7 | | experience be
completed before taking the appropriate | 8 | | licensure examination.
Candidates may elect to take the | 9 | | appropriate National Registry examination in lieu of the
| 10 | | Department's examination, but are responsible for making
| 11 | | their own arrangements for taking the National Registry
| 12 | | examination. In prescribing licensure testing requirements | 13 | | for honorably discharged members of the armed forces of the | 14 | | United States under this paragraph (2), the Department | 15 | | shall ensure that a candidate's military emergency medical | 16 | | training, emergency medical curriculum completed, and | 17 | | clinical experience, as described in paragraph (2.5), are | 18 | | recognized.
| 19 | | (2.5) Review applications for EMS personnel licensure | 20 | | from
honorably discharged members of the armed forces of | 21 | | the United States with military emergency medical | 22 | | training. Applications shall be filed with the Department | 23 | | within one year after military discharge and shall contain: | 24 | | (i) proof of successful completion of military emergency | 25 | | medical training; (ii) a detailed description of the | 26 | | emergency medical curriculum completed; and (iii) a |
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| 1 | | detailed description of the applicant's clinical | 2 | | experience. The Department may request additional and | 3 | | clarifying information. The Department shall evaluate the | 4 | | application, including the applicant's training and | 5 | | experience, consistent with the standards set forth under | 6 | | subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 3.10. If the | 7 | | application clearly demonstrates that the training and | 8 | | experience meet meets such standards, the Department shall | 9 | | offer the applicant the opportunity to successfully | 10 | | complete a Department-approved EMS personnel examination | 11 | | for the level of license for which the applicant is | 12 | | qualified. Upon passage of an examination, the Department | 13 | | shall issue a license, which shall be subject to all | 14 | | provisions of this Act that are otherwise applicable to the | 15 | | level of EMS personnel
license issued. | 16 | | (3) License individuals as an EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT,
| 17 | | or Paramedic who have met the Department's education, | 18 | | training and
examination requirements.
| 19 | | (4) Prescribe annual continuing education and
| 20 | | relicensure requirements for all EMS personnel licensure
| 21 | | levels.
| 22 | | (5) Relicense individuals as an EMD, EMR, EMT, EMT-I, | 23 | | A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA,
or Paramedic every 4 years, | 24 | | based on their compliance with
continuing education and | 25 | | relicensure requirements as required by the Department | 26 | | pursuant to this Act. Every 4 years, a Paramedic shall have |
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| 1 | | 100 hours of approved continuing education, an EMT-I and an | 2 | | advanced EMT shall have 80 hours of approved continuing | 3 | | education, and an EMT shall have 60 hours of approved | 4 | | continuing education. An Illinois licensed EMR, EMD, EMT, | 5 | | EMT-I, A-EMT, Paramedic, ECRN, PHPA, PHAPRN, or PHRN whose | 6 | | license has been expired for less than 36 months may apply | 7 | | for reinstatement by the Department. Reinstatement shall | 8 | | require that the applicant (i) submit satisfactory proof of | 9 | | completion of continuing medical education and clinical | 10 | | requirements to be prescribed by the Department in an | 11 | | administrative rule; (ii) submit a positive recommendation | 12 | | from an Illinois EMS Medical Director attesting to the | 13 | | applicant's qualifications for retesting; and (iii) pass a | 14 | | Department approved test for the level of EMS personnel | 15 | | license sought to be reinstated.
| 16 | | (6) Grant inactive status to any EMR, EMD, EMT, EMT-I, | 17 | | A-EMT, Paramedic, ECRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or PHRN who
| 18 | | qualifies, based on standards and procedures established | 19 | | by
the Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
| 20 | | (7) Charge a fee for EMS personnel examination, | 21 | | licensure, and license renewal.
| 22 | | (8) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew the
| 23 | | license of any licensee, after an opportunity for an | 24 | | impartial hearing before a neutral administrative law | 25 | | judge appointed by the Director, where the preponderance of | 26 | | the evidence shows one or more of the following:
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| 1 | | (A) The licensee has not met continuing
education | 2 | | or relicensure requirements as prescribed by the | 3 | | Department;
| 4 | | (B) The licensee has failed to maintain
| 5 | | proficiency in the level of skills for which he or she | 6 | | is licensed;
| 7 | | (C) The licensee, during the provision of
medical | 8 | | services, engaged in dishonorable, unethical, or
| 9 | | unprofessional conduct of a character likely to | 10 | | deceive,
defraud, or harm the public;
| 11 | | (D) The licensee has failed to maintain or
has | 12 | | violated standards of performance and conduct as | 13 | | prescribed
by the Department in rules adopted pursuant | 14 | | to this Act or
his or her EMS System's Program Plan;
| 15 | | (E) The licensee is physically impaired to
the | 16 | | extent that he or she cannot physically perform the | 17 | | skills and
functions for which he or she is licensed, | 18 | | as verified by a
physician, unless the person is on | 19 | | inactive status pursuant
to Department regulations;
| 20 | | (F) The licensee is mentally impaired to the
extent | 21 | | that he or she cannot exercise the appropriate | 22 | | judgment,
skill and safety for performing the | 23 | | functions for which he
or she is licensed, as verified | 24 | | by a physician, unless the person
is on inactive status | 25 | | pursuant to Department regulations;
| 26 | | (G) The licensee has violated this Act or any
rule |
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| 1 | | adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act; or | 2 | | (H) The licensee has been convicted (or entered a | 3 | | plea of guilty or nolo-contendere) by a court of | 4 | | competent jurisdiction of a Class X, Class 1, or Class | 5 | | 2 felony in this State or an out-of-state equivalent | 6 | | offense. | 7 | | (9) Prescribe education and training requirements in | 8 | | the administration and use of opioid antagonists for all | 9 | | levels of EMS personnel based on the National EMS | 10 | | Educational Standards and any modifications to those | 11 | | curricula specified by the Department through rules | 12 | | adopted pursuant to this Act. | 13 | | (d-5) An EMR, EMD, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, Paramedic, ECRN, | 14 | | PHAPRN, PHPA, or PHRN who is a member of the Illinois National | 15 | | Guard or an Illinois State Trooper or who exclusively serves as | 16 | | a volunteer for units of local government with a population | 17 | | base of less than 5,000 or as a volunteer
for a not-for-profit | 18 | | organization that serves a service area
with a population base | 19 | | of less than 5,000 may submit an application to the Department | 20 | | for a waiver of the fees described under paragraph (7) of | 21 | | subsection (d) of this Section on a form prescribed by the | 22 | | Department. | 23 | | The education requirements prescribed by the Department | 24 | | under this Section must allow for the suspension of those | 25 | | requirements in the case of a member of the armed services or | 26 | | reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois |
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| 1 | | National Guard who is on active duty pursuant to an executive | 2 | | order of the President of the United States, an act of the | 3 | | Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor at | 4 | | the time that the member would otherwise be required to fulfill | 5 | | a particular education requirement. Such a person must fulfill | 6 | | the education requirement within 6 months after his or her | 7 | | release from active duty.
| 8 | | (e) In the event that any rule of the
Department or an EMS | 9 | | Medical Director that requires testing for drug
use as a | 10 | | condition of the applicable EMS personnel license conflicts | 11 | | with or
duplicates a provision of a collective bargaining | 12 | | agreement
that requires testing for drug use, that rule shall | 13 | | not
apply to any person covered by the collective bargaining
| 14 | | agreement.
| 15 | | (f) At the time of applying for or renewing his or her | 16 | | license, an applicant for a license or license renewal may | 17 | | submit an email address to the Department. The Department shall | 18 | | keep the email address on file as a form of contact for the | 19 | | individual. The Department shall send license renewal notices | 20 | | electronically and by mail to all licensees who provide the | 21 | | Department with his or her email address. The notices shall be | 22 | | sent at least 60 days prior to the expiration date of the | 23 | | license. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 100-1082, eff. 8-24-19; | 25 | | revised 10-4-18.)
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| 1 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 2 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 3 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 4 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 5 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 6 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 7 | | Public Act.
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