Full Text of SB0625 98th 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 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 | | 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
medical and/or |
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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
of |
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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
to |
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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
center must |
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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
approved by appropriate State and | 3 | | federal authorities, if the trauma center is located within | 4 | | a municipality having a population of less than 2,000,000
| 5 | | people. | 6 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.102 new) | 7 | | Sec. 3.102. Acute Injury Stabilization Center minimum | 8 | | standards. The Department shall
establish, through rules | 9 | | adopted pursuant to this Act, standards for Acute
Injury | 10 | | Stabilization Centers which shall include, but need not be | 11 | | limited to, Comprehensive or Basic Emergency Department | 12 | | services pursuant to the
Hospital Licensing Act.
| 13 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.105)
| 14 | | Sec. 3.105. Trauma Center Misrepresentation. No After the | 15 | | effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1995, no facility | 16 | | shall use the phrase "trauma center"
or words of similar | 17 | | meaning in relation to itself or hold itself out as a
trauma | 18 | | center without first obtaining designation pursuant to this | 19 | | Act.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
| 21 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.110)
| 22 | | Sec. 3.110. EMS system and trauma center confidentiality | 23 | | and immunity.
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| 1 | | (a) All information contained in or relating to
any medical | 2 | | audit performed of a trauma center's trauma
services or an | 3 | | Acute Injury Stabilization Center pursuant to this Act or by an | 4 | | EMS Medical Director
or his designee of medical care rendered | 5 | | by System
personnel, shall be afforded the same status as is | 6 | | provided
information concerning medical studies in Article | 7 | | VIII,
Part 21 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Disclosure of | 8 | | such information to the Department pursuant to
this Act shall | 9 | | not be considered a violation of Article
VIII, Part 21 of the | 10 | | Code of Civil Procedure.
| 11 | | (b) Hospitals, trauma centers and individuals that
perform | 12 | | or participate in medical audits pursuant to this
Act shall be | 13 | | immune from civil liability to the same extent
as provided in | 14 | | Section 10.2 of the Hospital Licensing Act.
| 15 | | (c) All information relating to the State Emergency Medical | 16 | | Services
Disciplinary Review Board or a local review board, | 17 | | except final decisions,
shall be afforded the same status as is | 18 | | provided information concerning medical
studies in Article | 19 | | VIII, Part 21 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Disclosure of
| 20 | | such information to the Department pursuant to this Act shall | 21 | | not be
considered a violation of Article VIII, Part 21 of the | 22 | | Code of Civil Procedure.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
| 24 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.140)
| 25 | | Sec. 3.140. Violations; Fines.
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| 1 | | (a) The Department shall have the authority to
impose fines | 2 | | on any licensed vehicle service provider, designated
trauma | 3 | | center, Acute Injury Stabilization Center, resource hospital, | 4 | | associate hospital, or
participating hospital.
| 5 | | (b) The Department shall adopt rules pursuant to
this Act | 6 | | which establish a system of fines related to the type
and level | 7 | | of violation or repeat violation, including but
not limited to:
| 8 | | (1) A fine not exceeding $10,000 for a
violation which | 9 | | created a condition or occurrence presenting a
substantial | 10 | | probability that death or serious harm to an
individual | 11 | | will or did result therefrom; and
| 12 | | (2) A fine not exceeding $5,000 for a
violation which | 13 | | creates or created a condition or occurrence which
| 14 | | threatens the health, safety or welfare of an individual.
| 15 | | (c) A Notice of Intent to Impose Fine may be
issued in | 16 | | conjunction with or in lieu of a Notice of Intent to
Suspend, | 17 | | Revoke, Nonrenew or Deny, and shall conform to the
requirements | 18 | | specified in Section 3.130(d) of this Act. All
Hearings | 19 | | conducted pursuant to a Notice of Intent to Impose
Fine shall | 20 | | conform to the requirements specified in
Section 3.135 of this | 21 | | Act.
| 22 | | (d) All fines collected pursuant to this Section
shall be | 23 | | deposited into the EMS Assistance Fund.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
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