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Public Act 094-0568
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LRB094 05705 DRJ 41695 b |
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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
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 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
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Intermediate Life Support national curriculum of the
United |
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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, |
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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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