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Public Act 099-0862
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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 3.55 as follows:
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(210 ILCS 50/3.55)
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Sec. 3.55. Scope of practice.
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(a) Any person currently licensed as an EMR, EMT, EMT-I,
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A-EMT, or Paramedic may perform emergency and non-emergency |
medical
services as defined in this Act, in accordance with his |
or her level of
education, training and licensure, the |
standards of
performance and conduct prescribed by the |
Department in
rules adopted pursuant to this Act, and the |
requirements of
the EMS System in which he or she practices, as |
contained in the
approved Program Plan for that System. The |
Director may, by written order, temporarily modify individual |
scopes of practice in response to public health emergencies for |
periods not exceeding 180 days.
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(a-5) EMS personnel who have successfully completed a |
Department approved
course in automated defibrillator |
operation and who are functioning within a
Department approved |
EMS System may utilize such automated defibrillator
according |
to the standards of performance and conduct prescribed by the
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Department
in rules adopted pursuant to this Act and the |
requirements of the EMS System in
which they practice, as |
contained in the approved Program Plan for that
System.
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(a-7) An EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or Paramedic
who has |
successfully completed a Department approved course in the
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administration of epinephrine shall be required to carry |
epinephrine
with him or her as part of the EMS personnel |
medical supplies whenever
he or she is performing official |
duties as determined by the EMS System. The epinephrine may be |
administered from a glass vial, auto-injector, ampule, or |
pre-filled syringe.
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(b) An EMR, EMT,
EMT-I, A-EMT, or Paramedic may practice as |
an EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or Paramedic or utilize his or her |
EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or Paramedic license
in pre-hospital or |
inter-hospital emergency care settings or
non-emergency |
medical transport situations, under the
written or verbal |
direction of the EMS Medical Director.
For purposes of this |
Section, a "pre-hospital emergency care
setting" may include a |
location, that is not a health care
facility, which utilizes |
EMS personnel to render pre-hospital
emergency care prior to |
the arrival of a transport vehicle.
The location shall include |
communication equipment and all
of the portable equipment and |
drugs appropriate for the EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or |
Paramedic's
level of care, as required by this Act, rules |
adopted
by the Department pursuant to this Act, and the |
protocols of
the EMS Systems, and shall operate only with the |
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approval
and under the direction of the EMS Medical Director.
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This Section shall not prohibit an EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, |
or Paramedic
from practicing within an emergency department or
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other health care setting for the purpose of receiving
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continuing education or training approved by the EMS Medical
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Director. This Section shall also not prohibit an EMT,
EMT-I, |
A-EMT, or Paramedic from seeking credentials other than his or |
her EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or Paramedic
license and utilizing such |
credentials to work in emergency
departments or other health |
care settings under the
jurisdiction of that employer.
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(c) An EMT,
EMT-I, A-EMT, or Paramedic may honor Do Not |
Resuscitate (DNR) orders and powers
of attorney for health care |
only in accordance with rules
adopted by the Department |
pursuant to this Act and protocols
of the EMS System in which |
he or she practices.
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(d) A student enrolled in a Department approved EMS |
personnel
program, while fulfilling the
clinical training and |
in-field supervised experience
requirements mandated for |
licensure or approval by the
System and the Department, may |
perform prescribed procedures
under the direct supervision of a |
physician licensed to
practice medicine in all of its branches, |
a qualified
registered professional nurse, or qualified EMS |
personnel, only when
authorized by the EMS Medical Director.
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(Source: P.A. 98-973, eff. 8-15-14.)
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