Section 518.2060  Emergency Services for Sexual Assault Survivors

a)         All freestanding emergency centers are required to render care to sexual assault survivors.  Care shall be in accordance with Section 545.60 of the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Code. The FEC shall submit a sexual assault treatment plan in accordance with the Sexual Assault Survivors Treatment Code even if the plan is to participate in the plan submitted by the Associate or Resource Hospital.

b)         An FEC may fulfill its obligation to provide emergency service to sexual assault survivors by participating in an areawide plan for emergency service in accordance with 77 Ill. Adm. Code 545.50.

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 8317, effective June 4, 2009)