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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Fire Protection Training Act is
5amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 740/8)  (from Ch. 85, par. 538)
7    Sec. 8. Rules and minimum standards for schools. The Office
8shall adopt rules and minimum standards for such schools which
9shall include but not be limited to the following:
10        a. Minimum courses of study, resources, facilities,
11    apparatus, equipment, reference material, established
12    records and procedures as determined by the Office.
13        b. Minimum requirements for instructors.
14        c. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
15    trainee must satisfactorily complete before being eligible
16    for permanent employment as a fire fighter in the fire
17    department of a participating local governmental agency.
18    Those requirements shall include training in first aid
19    (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation), and training in
20    the administration of opioid antagonists as defined in
21    paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of Section 5-23 of the
22    Substance Use Disorder Act, and for firefighters hired
23    under Division 2.1 of Article 10 of the Illinois Municipal

 

 

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1    Code, under Section 10-1-7.1 of the Illinois Municipal
2    Code, or under Section 16.06b of the Fire Protection
3    District Act, training in the history of the fire service
4    labor movement using curriculum provided by a statewide
5    organization representing professional union firefighters
6    in the State. The organization may also provide
7    instructors.
8(Source: P.A. 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.