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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1609
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1609 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems
5 Act is amended by changing Section 3.155 as follows:
6 (210 ILCS 50/3.155)
7 Sec. 3.155. General Provisions.
8 (a) Authority and responsibility for the EMS System
9 shall be vested in the EMS Resource Hospital, through the EMS
10 Medical Director or his designee.
11 (b) For an inter-hospital emergency or non-emergency
12 medical transport, in which the physician from the sending
13 hospital provides the EMS personnel with written medical
14 orders, such written medical orders cannot exceed the scope
15 of care which the EMS personnel are authorized to render
16 pursuant to this Act.
17 (c) For an inter-hospital emergency or non-emergency
18 medical transport of a patient who requires medical care
19 beyond the scope of care which the EMS personnel are
20 authorized to render pursuant to this Act, a qualified
21 physician, nurse, perfusionist or respiratory therapist
22 familiar with the scope of care needed must accompany the
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1 patient and the transferring hospital and physician shall
2 assume medical responsibility for that portion of the medical
3 care.
4 (d) No emergency medical services vehicles or personnel
5 from another State or nation may be utilized on a regular
6 basis to pick up and transport patients within this State
7 without first complying with this Act and all rules adopted
8 by the Department pursuant to this Act.
9 (e) This Act shall not prevent emergency medical
10 services vehicles or personnel from another State or nation
11 from rendering requested assistance in this State in a
12 disaster situation, or operating from a location outside the
13 State and occasionally transporting patients into this State
14 for needed medical care. Except as provided in Section 31 of
15 this Act, this Act shall not provide immunity from liability
16 for such activities.
17 (f) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this
18 Section, no person or entity shall transport emergency or
19 non-emergency patients by ambulance, SEMSV or medical carrier
20 without first complying with the provisions of this Act and
21 all rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
22 (g) Nothing in this Act or the rules adopted by the
23 Department under this Act shall be construed to authorize any
24 medical treatment to or transportation of any person who
25 objects on religious grounds.
26 (h) Patients, individuals who accompany a patient, and
27 emergency medical services personnel may not smoke while
28 inside an ambulance or SEMSV. The Department of Public
29 Health may impose a fine on an individual who violates this
30 subsection in the amount of $100.
31 (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)".