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 1        AN ACT concerning emergency medical dispatches.

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

 4        Section    90.   The  Emergency  Medical  Services  (EMS)
 5    Systems Act is amended by changing Section 3.70 as follows:

 6        (210 ILCS 50/3.70)
 7        Sec. 3.70.  Emergency Medical Dispatcher.
 8        (a)  "Emergency Medical Dispatcher" means  a  person  who
 9    has  successfully  completed  a dispatching course meeting or
10    exceeding  the  national  curriculum  of  the  United  States
11    Department of Transportation in accordance with rules adopted
12    by the Department pursuant to this  Act,  who  accepts  calls
13    from the public for emergency medical services and dispatches
14    designated emergency medical services personnel and vehicles.
15    The  Emergency  Medical  Dispatcher  may  or  may not provide
16    prearrival  medical  instructions  to  the  caller,  at   the
17    discretion  of  the  entity  or agency that employs him. Such
18    instructions shall be provided in accordance  with  protocols
19    established  by the EMS Medical Director of the EMS System in
20    which the dispatcher operates.  If  the  dispatcher  operates
21    under  the  authority  of an Emergency Telephone System Board
22    established under the Emergency  Telephone  System  Act,  the
23    protocols  shall be established by such Board in consultation
24    with the EMS Medical  Director.   Persons  who  have  already
25    completed  a  course  of  instruction  in  emergency  medical
26    dispatch  based  on,  equivalent to or exceeding the national
27    curriculum of the United States Department of Transportation,
28    or  as  otherwise  approved  by  the  Department,  shall   be
29    considered  Emergency  Medical  Dispatchers  on the effective
30    date of this amendatory Act.
31        (b)  The  Department  shall  have   the   authority   and
 
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 1    responsibility to:
 2             (1)  Prescribe  education  and  continuing education
 3        requirements for the Emergency Medical Dispatcher,  which
 4        meet  or  exceed  the  national  curriculum of the United
 5        States  Department  of  Transportation,   through   rules
 6        adopted pursuant to this Act;
 7             (2)  Require  the  Emergency  Medical  Dispatcher to
 8        notify the Department of the EMS System(s)  in  which  he
 9        operates;
10             (3)  Require  the  Emergency  Medical Dispatcher who
11        provides prearrival instructions  to  callers  to  comply
12        with  the  protocols for such instructions established by
13        the  EMS  Medical  Director(s)  and  Emergency  Telephone
14        System Board or Boards, or in the absence of an Emergency
15        Telephone System Board or Boards the governmental  agency
16        performing  the  duties  of an Emergency Telephone System
17        Board or Boards, of the EMS System or Systems in which he
18        operates;
19             (4)  Require the  Emergency  Medical  Dispatcher  to
20        keep  the  Department currently informed as to the entity
21        or agency that employs or supervises his activities as an
22        Emergency Medical Dispatcher;
23             (5)  (Blank) Establish a mechanism  for  phasing  in
24        the  Emergency  Medical  Dispatcher  requirements  over a
25        five-year period;
26             (5.5)  Establish    an    annual     recertification
27        requirement   for   Emergency  Medical  Dispatchers  that
28        requires at least 12 hours of continuing  education  each
29        year; and
30             (6)  Establish  criteria  for  modifying  or waiving
31        Emergency Medical Dispatcher requirements  based  on  (i)
32        the  scope  and  frequency of dispatch activities and the
33        dispatcher's access  to  training  or  (ii)  whether  the
34        previously-attended  dispatcher  training  program merits
 
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 1        automatic recertification for the dispatcher.
 2    (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)

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