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| Public Act 096-1268 | ||||
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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 Physical Fitness
Facility
Medical Emergency | ||||
Preparedness Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows: | ||||
(210 ILCS 74/15) | ||||
Sec. 15. Automated external defibrillator required. | ||||
(a) By the dates specified in Section 50, every physical | ||||
fitness facility
must have at least one AED on the facility | ||||
premises. The Department
shall adopt
rules to ensure | ||||
coordination with local emergency medical services systems
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regarding the
placement and use of AEDs in physical fitness | ||||
facilities. The Department may
adopt
rules requiring a facility | ||||
to have more than one AED on the premises, based on
factors
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that include the following: | ||||
(1) The size of the area or the number of buildings or | ||||
floors occupied by
the facility. | ||||
(2) The number of persons using the facility, excluding | ||||
spectators. | ||||
(b) A physical fitness facility
must ensure that
there is a | ||||
trained
AED user on staff during staffed business hours. For | ||||
purposes
of this Act, "trained AED user" has the meaning | ||||
ascribed to that term in Section 10 of the Automated External | ||||
Defibrillator Act. | ||
(b-5) The Department shall adopt rules that
encourage any | ||
non-employee coach, non-employee instructor, or
other | ||
similarly situated non-employee anticipated rescuer
who uses a | ||
physical fitness facility in conjunction with the
supervision | ||
of physical fitness activities to complete a course of
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instruction that would qualify such a person as a trained
AED | ||
user, as defined in Section 10 of the Automated External | ||
Defibrillator Act. | ||
(b-10) In the case of an outdoor physical fitness facility, | ||
the AED must be housed in a building, if any, that is within | ||
300 feet of the outdoor facility where an event or
activity is | ||
being conducted. If there is such a building within the | ||
required
distance, the building must provide unimpeded and open
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access to the housed AED, and the building's entrances shall
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further provide marked directions to the housed AED. If there | ||
is no
such building, the person responsible for supervising the | ||
activity at the outdoor physical fitness facility shall ensure | ||
that an AED is available at the outdoor facility during the | ||
time that the event or activity at the facility is being | ||
conducted.
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(b-15) Facilities described in paragraph (1.5) of Section | ||
5.25 must have an AED on site as well as a trained AED user | ||
available only during activities or events sponsored and | ||
conducted or supervised by a person or persons employed by the | ||
unit of local government, school, college, or university. | ||
(c) Every physical fitness facility must ensure that every | ||
AED on the
facility's
premises is properly tested and | ||
maintained in accordance with rules adopted by
the
Department. | ||
(Source: P.A. 95-712, eff. 1-1-09; 96-748, eff. 1-1-10; 96-873, | ||
eff. 1-21-10.)
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