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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 adding Section 3.87 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 50/3.87 new)
7    Sec. 3.87. Ambulance service upgrades; rural population.
8    (a) In this Section, "rural ambulance service provider"
9means an ambulance service provider licensed under this Act
10that serves a rural population of 7,500 or fewer inhabitants.
11    (b) A rural ambulance service provider may submit a
12proposal to the EMS System Medical Director requesting approval
13of either or both of the following:
14        (1) Rural ambulance service provider in-field service
15    level upgrade.
16            (A) An ambulance operated by a rural ambulance
17        service provider may be upgraded, as defined by the EMS
18        System Medical Director in a policy or procedure, as
19        long as the EMS System Medical Director and the
20        Department have approved the proposal, to the highest
21        level of EMT license (advanced life support/paramedic,
22        intermediate life support, or basic life support) held
23        by any person staffing that ambulance. The ambulance

 

 

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1        service provider's proposal for an upgrade must
2        include all of the following:
3                (i) The manner in which the provider will
4            secure advanced life support equipment, supplies,
5            and medications.
6                (ii) The type of quality assurance the
7            provider will perform.
8                (iii) An assurance that the provider will
9            advertise only the level of care that can be
10            provided 24 hours a day.
11            (B) If a rural ambulance service provider is
12        approved to provide an in-field service level upgrade
13        based on the licensed personnel on the vehicle, all the
14        advanced life support medical supplies, durable
15        medical equipment, and medications must be secured and
16        locked with access by only the personnel who have been
17        authorized by the EMS System Medical Director to
18        utilize those supplies.
19            (C) The EMS System shall routinely perform quality
20        assurance, in compliance with the EMS System's quality
21        assurance plan approved by the Department, on in-field
22        service level upgrades authorized under this Section
23        to ensure compliance with the EMS System plan.
24        (2) Rural ambulance service provider in-field service
25    level upgrade. The EMS System Medical Director may define
26    what constitutes an in-field service level upgrade through

 

 

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1    an EMS System policy or procedure. An in-field service
2    level upgrade may include, but need not be limited to, an
3    upgrade to a licensed ambulance, alternate response
4    vehicle as defined by the Department in rules, or
5    specialized emergency medical services vehicle.
6    (c) If the EMS System Medical Director approves a proposal
7for a rural in-field service level upgrade under this Section,
8he or she shall submit the proposal to the Department along
9with a statement of approval signed by him or her. Once the
10Department has approved the proposal, the rural ambulance
11service provider will be authorized to function at the highest
12level of EMT license (advanced life support/paramedic,
13intermediate life support, or basic life support) held by any
14person staffing the vehicle.
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.