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| Public Act 094-0568 |
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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 3.10 as follows:
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(210 ILCS 50/3.10)
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Sec. 3.10. Scope of Services.
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(a) "Advanced Life Support (ALS) Services" means
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advanced level of pre-hospital and inter-hospital emergency
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care and non-emergency medical services
care that includes | ||||
basic life
support care, cardiac monitoring, cardiac | ||||
defibrillation,
electrocardiography, intravenous therapy, | ||||
administration of
medications, drugs and solutions, use of | ||||
adjunctive medical
devices, trauma care, and other authorized | ||||
techniques and
procedures, as outlined in the Advanced Life | ||||
Support
national curriculum of the United States Department of
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Transportation and any modifications to that curriculum
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specified in rules adopted by the Department pursuant to
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Act.
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That care shall be initiated as authorized by the EMS
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Medical Director in a Department approved advanced life
support | ||||
EMS System, under the written or verbal direction of
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physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its
branches | ||||
or under the verbal direction of an Emergency
Communications | ||||
Registered Nurse.
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(b) "Intermediate Life Support (ILS) Services"
means an | ||||
intermediate level of pre-hospital and inter-hospital
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emergency care and non-emergency medical services
care that | ||||
includes
basic life support care plus intravenous cannulation | ||||
and
fluid therapy, invasive airway management, trauma care, and
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other authorized techniques and procedures, as outlined in
the | ||||
Intermediate Life Support national curriculum of the
United | ||||
States Department of Transportation and any
modifications to | ||
that curriculum specified in rules adopted
by the Department | ||
pursuant to this Act.
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That care shall be initiated as authorized by the EMS
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Medical Director in a Department approved intermediate or
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advanced life support EMS System, under the written or
verbal | ||
direction of a physician licensed to practice
medicine in all | ||
of its branches or under the verbal
direction of an Emergency | ||
Communications Registered Nurse.
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(c) "Basic Life Support (BLS) Services" means a
basic level | ||
of pre-hospital and inter-hospital emergency care and
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non-emergency medical services
care that includes airway | ||
management,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), control of | ||
shock and
bleeding and splinting of fractures, as outlined in | ||
the Basic Life Support
national curriculum of the United States
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Department of Transportation and any modifications to that
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curriculum specified in rules adopted by the Department
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pursuant to this Act.
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That care shall be initiated, where authorized by the
EMS | ||
Medical Director in a Department approved EMS System,
under the | ||
written or verbal direction of a physician
licensed to practice | ||
medicine in all of its branches or
under the verbal direction | ||
of an Emergency Communications
Registered Nurse.
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(d) "First Response Services" means a preliminary
level of | ||
pre-hospital emergency care that includes
cardiopulmonary | ||
resuscitation (CPR), monitoring vital signs
and control of | ||
bleeding, as outlined in the First Responder
curriculum of the | ||
United States Department of Transportation
and any | ||
modifications to that curriculum specified in rules
adopted by | ||
the Department pursuant to this Act.
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(e) "Pre-hospital care" means those emergency
medical | ||
services rendered to emergency patients for analytic,
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resuscitative, stabilizing, or preventive purposes,
precedent | ||
to and during transportation of such patients to
hospitals.
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(f) "Inter-hospital care" means those emergency
medical | ||
services rendered to emergency patients for
analytic, | ||
resuscitative, stabilizing, or preventive
purposes, during | ||
transportation of such patients from one
hospital to another | ||
hospital.
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(g) "Non-emergency medical services
care" means medical | ||
care or monitoring
services rendered to
patients whose | ||
conditions do not meet this Act's definition of emergency, | ||
before or
during transportation of such patients to or from | ||
health care facilities visited for the
purpose of obtaining | ||
medical or health care services which are not emergency in
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nature, using a vehicle regulated by this Act.
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(h)
The provisions of this Act shall not apply to
the use | ||
of an ambulance or SEMSV for a non-medical transport
(e.g. to | ||
an individual's residence), unless and until
emergency or | ||
non-emergency medical services are needed
during the use of the | ||
ambulance or SEMSV
such transport.
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(Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
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