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Public Act 096-0023 |
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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 | ||||
is amended by changing Section 32.5 as follows:
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(210 ILCS 50/32.5)
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Sec. 32.5. Freestanding Emergency Center.
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(a) The Until June 30, 2009, the Department shall issue an | ||||
annual Freestanding Emergency Center (FEC)
license to any | ||||
facility that has received a permit from the Illinois Health | ||||
Facilities Planning Board to establish a Freestanding | ||||
Emergency Center if the application for the permit has been | ||||
deemed complete by the Department of Public Health by March 1, | ||||
2009, and :
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(1) is located: (A) in a municipality with
a population
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of 75,000 or fewer inhabitants; (B) within 20 miles of the
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hospital that owns or controls the FEC; and (C) within 20 | ||||
miles of the Resource
Hospital affiliated with the FEC as | ||||
part of the EMS System;
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(2) is wholly owned or controlled by an Associate or | ||||
Resource Hospital,
but is not a part of the hospital's | ||||
physical plant;
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(3) meets the standards for licensed FECs, adopted by |
rule of the
Department, including, but not limited to:
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(A) facility design, specification, operation, and | ||
maintenance
standards;
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(B) equipment standards; and
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(C) the number and qualifications of emergency | ||
medical personnel and
other staff, which must include | ||
at least one board certified emergency
physician | ||
present at the FEC 24 hours per day.
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(4) limits its participation in the EMS System strictly | ||
to receiving a
limited number of BLS runs by emergency | ||
medical vehicles according to protocols
developed by the | ||
Resource Hospital within the FEC's
designated EMS System | ||
and approved by the Project Medical Director and the
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Department;
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(5) provides comprehensive emergency treatment | ||
services, as defined in the
rules adopted by the Department | ||
pursuant to the Hospital Licensing Act, 24
hours per day, | ||
on an outpatient basis;
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(6) provides an ambulance and
maintains on site | ||
ambulance services staffed with paramedics 24 hours per | ||
day;
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(7) (blank) maintains helicopter landing capabilities | ||
approved by appropriate
State and federal authorities ;
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(8) complies with all State and federal patient rights | ||
provisions,
including, but not limited to, the Emergency | ||
Medical Treatment Act and the
federal Emergency
Medical |
Treatment and Active Labor Act;
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(9) maintains a communications system that is fully | ||
integrated with
its Resource Hospital within the FEC's | ||
designated EMS System;
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(10) reports to the Department any patient transfers | ||
from the FEC to a
hospital within 48 hours of the transfer | ||
plus any other
data
determined to be relevant by the | ||
Department;
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(11) submits to the Department, on a quarterly basis, | ||
the FEC's morbidity
and mortality rates for patients | ||
treated at the FEC and other data determined
to be relevant | ||
by the Department;
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(12) does not describe itself or hold itself out to the | ||
general public as
a full service hospital or hospital | ||
emergency department in its advertising or
marketing
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activities;
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(13) complies with any other rules adopted by the
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Department
under this Act that relate to FECs;
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(14) passes the Department's site inspection for | ||
compliance with the FEC
requirements of this Act;
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(15) submits a copy of the permit issued by
the | ||
Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board indicating that | ||
the facility has complied with the Illinois Health | ||
Facilities Planning Act with respect to the health services | ||
to be provided at the facility;
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(16) submits an application for designation as an FEC |
in a manner and form
prescribed by the Department by rule; | ||
and
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(17) pays the annual license fee as determined by the | ||
Department by
rule.
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(b) The Department shall:
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(1) annually inspect facilities of initial FEC | ||
applicants and licensed
FECs, and issue
annual licenses to | ||
or annually relicense FECs that
satisfy the Department's | ||
licensure requirements as set forth in subsection (a);
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(2) suspend, revoke, refuse to issue, or refuse to | ||
renew the license of
any
FEC, after notice and an | ||
opportunity for a hearing, when the Department finds
that | ||
the FEC has failed to comply with the standards and | ||
requirements of the
Act or rules adopted by the Department | ||
under the
Act;
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(3) issue an Emergency Suspension Order for any FEC | ||
when the
Director or his or her designee has determined | ||
that the continued operation of
the FEC poses an immediate | ||
and serious danger to
the public health, safety, and | ||
welfare.
An opportunity for a
hearing shall be promptly | ||
initiated after an Emergency Suspension Order has
been | ||
issued; and
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(4) adopt rules as needed to implement this Section.
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(Source: P.A. 95-584, eff. 8-31-07.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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