Public Act 094-0504
 		





HB3033 Enrolled
LRB094 06563 DRJ 36653 b






    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 

 
    Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act 
is amended  by changing Section 3.50 as follows:
 



    (210 ILCS 50/3.50)



    Sec. 3.50. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Licensure. 

    (a) "Emergency Medical Technician-Basic" or
"EMT-B" means 
a person who has successfully completed a course of
instruction 
in basic life support
as prescribed by the
Department, is 
currently licensed by the Department in
accordance with 
standards prescribed by this Act and rules
adopted by the 
Department pursuant to this Act, and practices within an EMS

System.

    (b) "Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate"
or "EMT-I" 
means a person who has successfully completed a
course of 
instruction in intermediate life support
as
prescribed by the 
Department, is currently licensed by the
Department in 
accordance with standards prescribed by this
Act and rules 
adopted by the Department pursuant to this
Act, and practices 
within an Intermediate or Advanced
Life Support EMS System.

    (c) "Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic" or "EMT-P" 
means a person who
has successfully completed a
course of 
instruction in advanced life support care
as
prescribed by the 
Department, is licensed by the Department
in accordance with 
standards prescribed by this Act and
rules adopted by the 
Department pursuant to this Act, and
practices within an 
Advanced Life Support EMS System.

    (d) The Department shall have the authority and

responsibility to:


        (1) Prescribe education and training requirements, 
    which
includes training in the use of epinephrine,
for all 
    levels of EMT, based on the respective national
curricula 
    of the United States Department of Transportation
and any 
    modifications to such curricula specified by the

    Department through rules adopted pursuant to this Act;


        (2) Prescribe licensure testing requirements
for all 
    levels of EMT, which shall include a requirement that
all 
    phases of instruction, training, and field experience be

    completed before taking the EMT licensure examination.

    Candidates may elect to take the National Registry of

    Emergency Medical Technicians examination in lieu of the

    Department's examination, but are responsible for making

    their own arrangements for taking the National Registry

    examination;


        (3) License individuals as an EMT-B, EMT-I,
or EMT-P 
    who have met the Department's education, training and

    testing requirements;


        (4) Prescribe annual continuing education and

    relicensure requirements for all levels of EMT;


        (5) Relicense individuals as an EMT-B, EMT-I,
or EMT-P 
    every 4 years, based on their compliance with
continuing 
    education and relicensure requirements;


        (6) Grant inactive status to any EMT who
qualifies, 
    based on standards and procedures established by
the 
    Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act;


        (7) Charge each candidate for EMT a fee to be
submitted 
    with an application for a licensure examination;


        (8) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the
license of 
    an EMT, after an opportunity for a hearing, when
findings 
    show one or more of the following:


            (A) The EMT has not met continuing
education or 
        relicensure requirements as prescribed by the 
        Department;


            (B) The EMT has failed to maintain
proficiency in 
        the level of skills for which he or she is licensed;


            (C) The EMT, during the provision of
medical 
        services, engaged in dishonorable, unethical or

        unprofessional conduct of a character likely to 
        deceive,
defraud or harm the public;


            (D) The EMT has failed to maintain or
has violated 
        standards of performance and conduct as prescribed
by 
        the Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act or

        his or her EMS System's Program Plan;


            (E) The EMT is physically impaired to
the extent 
        that he or she cannot physically perform the skills and

        functions for which he or she is licensed, as verified 
        by a
physician, unless the person is on inactive status 
        pursuant
to Department regulations;


            (F) The EMT is mentally impaired to the
extent that 
        he or she cannot exercise the appropriate judgment,

        skill and safety for performing the functions for which 
        he
or she is licensed, as verified by a physician, 
        unless the person
is on inactive status pursuant to 
        Department regulations; or


            (G) The EMT has violated this Act or any
rule 
        adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act.
    The education requirements prescribed by the Department 
under this subsection must allow for the suspension of those 
requirements in the case of a member of the armed services or 
reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois 
National Guard  who is on active duty pursuant to an executive 
order of the President of the United States, an act of the 
Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor at 
the time that the member would otherwise be required to fulfill 
a particular education requirement. Such a person must fulfill 
the education requirement within 6 months after his or her 
release from active duty.


    (e) In the event that any rule of the
Department or an EMS 
Medical Director that requires testing for drug
use as a 
condition for EMT licensure conflicts with or
duplicates a 
provision of a collective bargaining agreement
that requires 
testing for drug use, that rule shall not
apply to any person 
covered by the collective bargaining
agreement.

(Source: P.A. 92-376, eff. 8-15-01.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.