97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2231

 

Introduced 2/15/2011, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 50/3.60

    Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that a First Responder must be 16 years of age or older. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act
5is amended by changing Section 3.60 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 50/3.60)
7    Sec. 3.60. First Responder.
8    (a) "First Responder" means a person who has successfully
9completed a course of instruction in emergency first response
10as prescribed by the Department, who provides first response
11services prior to the arrival of an ambulance or specialized
12emergency medical services vehicle, in accordance with the
13level of care established in the emergency first response
14course. A First Responder who provides such services as part of
15an EMS System response plan which utilizes First Responders as
16the personnel dispatched to the scene of an emergency to
17provide initial emergency medical care shall comply with the
18applicable sections of the Program Plan of that EMS System. A
19First Responder must be 16 years of age or older.
20    Persons who have already completed a course of instruction
21in emergency first response based on or equivalent to the
22national curriculum of the United States Department of
23Transportation, or as otherwise previously recognized by the

 

 

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1Department, shall be considered First Responders on the
2effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
3    (b) The Department shall have the authority and
4responsibility to:
5        (1) Prescribe education requirements for the First
6    Responder, which meet or exceed the national curriculum of
7    the United States Department of Transportation, through
8    rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
9        (2) Prescribe a standard set of equipment for use
10    during first response services. An individual First
11    Responder shall not be required to maintain his or her own
12    set of such equipment, provided he or she has access to
13    such equipment during a first response call.
14        (3) Require the First Responder to notify the
15    Department of any EMS System in which he or she
16    participates as dispatched personnel as described in
17    subsection (a).
18        (4) Require the First Responder to comply with the
19    applicable sections of the Program Plans for those Systems.
20        (5) Require the First Responder to keep the Department
21    currently informed as to who employs him or her and who
22    supervises his or her activities as a First Responder.
23        (6) Establish a mechanism for phasing in the First
24    Responder requirements over a 5-year period.
25        (7) Charge each First Responder applicant a fee for
26    testing, initial licensure, and license renewal. A First

 

 

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1    Responder who exclusively serves as a volunteer for units
2    of local government or a not-for-profit organization that
3    serves a service area with a population base of less than
4    5,000 may submit an application to the Department for a
5    waiver of these fees on a form prescribed by the
6    Department.
7(Source: P.A. 96-1469, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.