Health Care Licenses Committee

Adopted in House Comm. on May 06, 2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1254

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1254 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems
5 Act is amended by changing Section 3.50 as follows:
 
6     (210 ILCS 50/3.50)
7     Sec. 3.50. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Licensure.
8     (a) "Emergency Medical Technician-Basic" or "EMT-B" means
9 a person who has successfully completed a course of instruction
10 in basic life support as prescribed by the Department, is
11 currently licensed by the Department in accordance with
12 standards prescribed by this Act and rules adopted by the
13 Department pursuant to this Act, and practices within an EMS
14 System.
15     (b) "Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate" or "EMT-I"
16 means a person who has successfully completed a course of

 

 

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1 instruction in intermediate life support as prescribed by the
2 Department, is currently licensed by the Department in
3 accordance with standards prescribed by this Act and rules
4 adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, and practices
5 within an Intermediate or Advanced Life Support EMS System.
6     (c) "Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic" or "EMT-P"
7 means a person who has successfully completed a course of
8 instruction in advanced life support care as prescribed by the
9 Department, is licensed by the Department in accordance with
10 standards prescribed by this Act and rules adopted by the
11 Department pursuant to this Act, and practices within an
12 Advanced Life Support EMS System.
13     (d) The Department shall have the authority and
14 responsibility to:
15         (1) Prescribe education and training requirements,
16     which includes training in the use of epinephrine, for all
17     levels of EMT, based on the respective national curricula
18     of the United States Department of Transportation and any
19     modifications to such curricula specified by the
20     Department through rules adopted pursuant to this Act. ;
21         (2) Prescribe licensure testing requirements for all
22     levels of EMT, which shall include a requirement that all
23     phases of instruction, training, and field experience be
24     completed before taking the EMT licensure examination.
25     Candidates may elect to take the National Registry of
26     Emergency Medical Technicians examination in lieu of the

 

 

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1     Department's examination, but are responsible for making
2     their own arrangements for taking the National Registry
3     examination. ;
4         (2.5) Review applications for EMT licensure from
5     honorably discharged members of the armed forces of the
6     United States with military emergency medical training.
7     Applications shall be filed with the Department within one
8     year after military discharge and shall contain: (i) proof
9     of successful completion of military emergency medical
10     training; (ii) a detailed description of the emergency
11     medical curriculum completed; and (iii) a detailed
12     description of the applicant's clinical experience. The
13     Department may request additional and clarifying
14     information. The Department shall evaluate the
15     application, including the applicant's training and
16     experience, consistent with the standards set forth under
17     subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 3.10. If the
18     application clearly demonstrates that the training and
19     experience meets such standards, the Department shall
20     offer the applicant the opportunity to successfully
21     complete a Department-approved EMT examination for which
22     the applicant is qualified. Upon passage of an examination,
23     the Department shall issue a license, which shall be
24     subject to all provisions of this Act that are otherwise
25     applicable to the class of EMT license issued.
26         (3) License individuals as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or EMT-P

 

 

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1     who have met the Department's education, training and
2     testing requirements. ;
3         (4) Prescribe annual continuing education and
4     relicensure requirements for all levels of EMT. ;
5         (5) Relicense individuals as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or EMT-P
6     every 4 years, based on their compliance with continuing
7     education and relicensure requirements. ;
8         (6) Grant inactive status to any EMT who qualifies,
9     based on standards and procedures established by the
10     Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act. ;
11         (7) Charge each candidate for EMT a fee to be submitted
12     with an application for a licensure examination. ;
13         (8) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license of
14     an EMT, after an opportunity for a hearing, when findings
15     show one or more of the following:
16             (A) The EMT has not met continuing education or
17         relicensure requirements as prescribed by the
18         Department;
19             (B) The EMT has failed to maintain proficiency in
20         the level of skills for which he or she is licensed;
21             (C) The EMT, during the provision of medical
22         services, engaged in dishonorable, unethical or
23         unprofessional conduct of a character likely to
24         deceive, defraud or harm the public;
25             (D) The EMT has failed to maintain or has violated
26         standards of performance and conduct as prescribed by

 

 

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1         the Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act or
2         his or her EMS System's Program Plan;
3             (E) The EMT is physically impaired to the extent
4         that he or she cannot physically perform the skills and
5         functions for which he or she is licensed, as verified
6         by a physician, unless the person is on inactive status
7         pursuant to Department regulations;
8             (F) The EMT is mentally impaired to the extent that
9         he or she cannot exercise the appropriate judgment,
10         skill and safety for performing the functions for which
11         he or she is licensed, as verified by a physician,
12         unless the person is on inactive status pursuant to
13         Department regulations; or
14             (G) The EMT has violated this Act or any rule
15         adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act.
16     The education requirements prescribed by the Department
17 under this subsection must allow for the suspension of those
18 requirements in the case of a member of the armed services or
19 reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois
20 National Guard who is on active duty pursuant to an executive
21 order of the President of the United States, an act of the
22 Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor at
23 the time that the member would otherwise be required to fulfill
24 a particular education requirement. Such a person must fulfill
25 the education requirement within 6 months after his or her
26 release from active duty.

 

 

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1     (e) In the event that any rule of the Department or an EMS
2 Medical Director that requires testing for drug use as a
3 condition for EMT licensure conflicts with or duplicates a
4 provision of a collective bargaining agreement that requires
5 testing for drug use, that rule shall not apply to any person
6 covered by the collective bargaining agreement.
7 (Source: P.A. 94-504, eff. 8-8-05.)
 
8     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.".