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92_SB1329eng SB1329 Engrossed LRB9201653LBgc 1 AN ACT regarding emergency medical services. 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 5 Act is amended by changing Section 3.155 as follows: 6 (210 ILCS 50/3.155) 7 Sec. 3.155. General Provisions. 8 (a) Authority and responsibility for the EMS System 9 shall be vested in the EMS Resource Hospital, through the EMS 10 Medical Director or his designee. 11 (b) For an inter-hospital emergency or non-emergency 12 medical transport, in which the physician from the sending 13 hospital provides the EMS personnel with written medical 14 orders, such written medical orders cannot exceed the scope 15 of care which the EMS personnel are authorized to render 16 pursuant to this Act. 17 (c) For an inter-hospital emergency or non-emergency 18 medical transport of a patient who requires medical care 19 beyond the scope of care which the EMS personnel are 20 authorized to render pursuant to this Act, a qualified 21 physician, nurse, perfusionist, or respiratory therapist 22 familiar with the scope of care needed must accompany the 23 patient and the transferring hospital and physician shall 24 assume medical responsibility for that portion of the medical 25 care. 26 (d) No emergency medical services vehicles or personnel 27 from another State or nation may be utilized on a regular 28 basis to pick up and transport patients within this State 29 without first complying with this Act and all rules adopted 30 by the Department pursuant to this Act. 31 (e) This Act shall not prevent emergency medical SB1329 Engrossed -2- LRB9201653LBgc 1 services vehicles or personnel from another State or nation 2 from rendering requested assistance in this State in a 3 disaster situation, or operating from a location outside the 4 State and occasionally transporting patients into this State 5 for needed medical care. Except as provided in Section 31 of 6 this Act, this Act shall not provide immunity from liability 7 for such activities. 8 (f) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this 9 Section, no person or entity shall transport emergency or 10 non-emergency patients by ambulance, SEMSV, or medical 11 carrier without first complying with the provisions of this 12 Act and all rules adopted pursuant to this Act. 13 (g) Nothing in this Act or the rules adopted by the 14 Department under this Act shall be construed to authorize any 15 medical treatment to or transportation of any person who 16 objects on religious grounds. 17 (h) Patients, individuals who accompany a patient, and 18 emergency medical services personnel may not smoke while 19 inside an ambulance or SEMSV. The Department of Public 20 Health may impose a civil penalty on an individual who 21 violates this subsection in the amount of $100. 22 (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)