Full Text of HB1452 102nd General Assembly
HB1452ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. William Davis Filed: 4/20/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1452
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1452 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 Sections 3.10, 3.50, and 3.85 as | 6 | | follows:
| 7 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.10)
| 8 | | Sec. 3.10. Scope of services.
| 9 | | (a) "Advanced Life Support (ALS) Services" means
an | 10 | | advanced level of pre-hospital and inter-hospital emergency
| 11 | | care and non-emergency medical services that includes basic | 12 | | life
support care, cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation,
| 13 | | electrocardiography, intravenous therapy, administration of
| 14 | | medications, drugs and solutions, use of adjunctive medical
| 15 | | devices, trauma care, and other authorized techniques and
| 16 | | procedures, as outlined in the provisions of the National EMS |
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| 1 | | Education Standards relating to Advanced Life Support and any | 2 | | modifications to that curriculum
specified in rules adopted by | 3 | | the Department pursuant to
this Act.
| 4 | | That care shall be initiated as authorized by the EMS
| 5 | | Medical Director in a Department approved advanced life
| 6 | | support EMS System, under the written or verbal direction of
a | 7 | | physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its
branches | 8 | | or under the verbal direction of an Emergency
Communications | 9 | | Registered Nurse.
| 10 | | (b) "Intermediate Life Support (ILS) Services"
means an | 11 | | intermediate level of pre-hospital and inter-hospital
| 12 | | emergency care and non-emergency medical services that | 13 | | includes
basic life support care plus intravenous cannulation | 14 | | and
fluid therapy, invasive airway management, trauma care, | 15 | | and
other authorized techniques and procedures, as outlined in
| 16 | | the Intermediate Life Support national curriculum of the
| 17 | | United States Department of Transportation and any
| 18 | | modifications to that curriculum specified in rules adopted
by | 19 | | the Department pursuant to this Act.
| 20 | | That care shall be initiated as authorized by the EMS
| 21 | | Medical Director in a Department approved intermediate or
| 22 | | advanced life support EMS System, under the written or
verbal | 23 | | direction of a physician licensed to practice
medicine in all | 24 | | of its branches or under the verbal
direction of an Emergency | 25 | | Communications Registered Nurse.
| 26 | | (c) "Basic Life Support (BLS) Services" means a
basic |
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| 1 | | level of pre-hospital and inter-hospital emergency care and
| 2 | | non-emergency medical services that includes medical | 3 | | monitoring, clinical observation, airway management,
| 4 | | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), control of shock and
| 5 | | bleeding and splinting of fractures, as outlined in the | 6 | | provisions of the National EMS Education Standards relating to | 7 | | Basic Life Support and any modifications to that
curriculum | 8 | | specified in rules adopted by the Department
pursuant to this | 9 | | Act.
| 10 | | That care shall be initiated, where authorized by the
EMS | 11 | | Medical Director in a Department approved EMS System,
under | 12 | | the written or verbal direction of a physician
licensed to | 13 | | practice medicine in all of its branches or
under the verbal | 14 | | direction of an Emergency Communications
Registered Nurse.
| 15 | | (d) "Emergency Medical Responder Services" means a | 16 | | preliminary
level of pre-hospital emergency care that includes
| 17 | | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), monitoring vital signs
| 18 | | and control of bleeding, as outlined in the Emergency Medical | 19 | | Responder (EMR) curriculum of the National EMS Education | 20 | | Standards
and any modifications to that curriculum specified | 21 | | in rules
adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act.
| 22 | | (e) "Pre-hospital care" means those
medical services | 23 | | rendered to patients for analytic,
resuscitative, stabilizing, | 24 | | or preventive purposes,
precedent to and during transportation | 25 | | of such patients to
health care facilities.
| 26 | | (f) "Inter-hospital care" means those
medical services |
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| 1 | | rendered to patients for
analytic, resuscitative, stabilizing, | 2 | | or preventive
purposes, during transportation of such patients | 3 | | from one
hospital to another hospital.
| 4 | | (f-5) "Critical care transport" means the pre-hospital or | 5 | | inter-hospital transportation of a critically injured or ill | 6 | | patient by a vehicle service provider, including the provision | 7 | | of medically necessary supplies and services, at a level of | 8 | | service beyond the scope of the Paramedic. When medically | 9 | | indicated for a patient, as determined by a physician licensed | 10 | | to practice medicine in all of its branches, an advanced | 11 | | practice registered nurse, or a physician's assistant, in | 12 | | compliance with subsections (b) and (c) of Section 3.155 of | 13 | | this Act, critical care transport may be provided by: | 14 | | (1) Department-approved critical care transport | 15 | | providers, not owned or operated by a hospital, utilizing | 16 | | Paramedics with additional training, nurses, or other | 17 | | qualified health professionals; or | 18 | | (2) Hospitals, when utilizing any vehicle service | 19 | | provider or any hospital-owned or operated vehicle service | 20 | | provider. Nothing in Public Act 96-1469 requires a | 21 | | hospital to use, or to be, a Department-approved critical | 22 | | care transport provider when transporting patients, | 23 | | including those critically injured or ill. Nothing in this | 24 | | Act shall restrict or prohibit a hospital from providing, | 25 | | or arranging for, the medically appropriate transport of | 26 | | any patient, as determined by a physician licensed to |
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| 1 | | practice in all of its branches, an advanced practice | 2 | | registered nurse, or a physician's assistant. | 3 | | (g) "Non-emergency medical services" means the provision | 4 | | of, and all actions necessary before and after the provision | 5 | | of, Basic Life Support (BLS) Services, Advanced Life Support | 6 | | (ALS) Services, and critical care transport medical care, | 7 | | clinical observation, or medical monitoring rendered to
| 8 | | patients whose conditions do not meet this Act's definition of | 9 | | emergency, before , after, or
during transportation of such | 10 | | patients to or from health care facilities visited for the
| 11 | | purpose of obtaining medical or health care services which are | 12 | | not emergency in
nature, using a vehicle regulated by this Act | 13 | | and personnel licensed under this Act .
| 14 | | (g-5) The Department shall have the authority to | 15 | | promulgate minimum standards for critical care transport | 16 | | providers through rules adopted pursuant to this Act. All | 17 | | critical care transport providers must function within a | 18 | | Department-approved EMS System. Nothing in Department rules | 19 | | shall restrict a hospital's ability to furnish personnel, | 20 | | equipment, and medical supplies to any vehicle service | 21 | | provider, including a critical care transport provider. | 22 | | Minimum critical care transport provider standards shall | 23 | | include, but are not limited to: | 24 | | (1) Personnel staffing and licensure. | 25 | | (2) Education, certification, and experience. | 26 | | (3) Medical equipment and supplies. |
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| 1 | | (4) Vehicular standards. | 2 | | (5) Treatment and transport protocols. | 3 | | (6) Quality assurance and data collection. | 4 | | (h)
The provisions of this Act shall not apply to
the use | 5 | | of an ambulance or SEMSV, unless and until
emergency or | 6 | | non-emergency medical services are needed
during the use of | 7 | | the ambulance or SEMSV.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 99-661, eff. 1-1-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18 .)
| 9 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.50)
| 10 | | Sec. 3.50. Emergency Medical Services personnel licensure | 11 | | levels.
| 12 | | (a) "Emergency Medical Technician" or
"EMT" means a person | 13 | | who has successfully completed a course in basic life support
| 14 | | as approved by the
Department, is currently licensed by the | 15 | | Department in
accordance with standards prescribed by this Act | 16 | | and rules
adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, and | 17 | | practices within an EMS
System. A valid Emergency Medical | 18 | | Technician-Basic (EMT-B) license issued under this Act shall | 19 | | continue to be valid and shall be recognized as an Emergency | 20 | | Medical Technician (EMT) license until the Emergency Medical | 21 | | Technician-Basic (EMT-B) license expires.
| 22 | | (b) "Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate"
or "EMT-I" | 23 | | means a person who has successfully completed a
course in | 24 | | intermediate life support
as approved
by the Department, is | 25 | | currently licensed by the
Department in accordance with |
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| 1 | | standards prescribed by this
Act and rules adopted by the | 2 | | Department pursuant to this
Act, and practices within an | 3 | | Intermediate or Advanced
Life Support EMS System.
| 4 | | (b-5) "Advanced Emergency Medical Technician" or "A-EMT" | 5 | | means a person who has successfully completed a course in | 6 | | basic and limited advanced emergency medical care as approved | 7 | | by the Department, is currently licensed by the Department in | 8 | | accordance with standards prescribed by this Act and rules | 9 | | adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, and practices | 10 | | within an Intermediate or Advanced Life Support EMS System. | 11 | | (c) "Paramedic (EMT-P)" means a person who
has | 12 | | successfully completed a
course in advanced life support care
| 13 | | as approved
by the Department, is licensed by the Department
| 14 | | in accordance with standards prescribed by this Act and
rules | 15 | | adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, and
practices | 16 | | within an Advanced Life Support EMS System. A valid Emergency | 17 | | Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P) license issued under this | 18 | | Act shall continue to be valid and shall be recognized as a | 19 | | Paramedic license until the Emergency Medical | 20 | | Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P) license expires.
| 21 | | (c-5) "Emergency Medical Responder" or "EMR (First | 22 | | Responder)" means a person who has successfully completed a | 23 | | course in emergency medical response as approved by the | 24 | | Department and provides emergency medical response services | 25 | | prior to the arrival of an ambulance or specialized emergency | 26 | | medical services vehicle, in accordance with the level of care |
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| 1 | | established by the National EMS Educational Standards | 2 | | Emergency Medical Responder course as modified by the | 3 | | Department , or who . An Emergency Medical Responder who | 4 | | provides services as part of an EMS System response plan shall | 5 | | comply with the applicable sections of the Program Plan , as | 6 | | approved by the Department, of that EMS System. The Department | 7 | | shall have the authority to adopt rules governing the | 8 | | curriculum, practice, and necessary equipment applicable to | 9 | | Emergency Medical Responders. | 10 | | On August 15, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act | 11 | | 98-973), a person who is licensed by the Department as a First | 12 | | Responder and has completed a Department-approved course in | 13 | | first responder defibrillator training based on, or equivalent | 14 | | to, the National EMS Educational Standards or other standards | 15 | | previously recognized by the Department shall be eligible for | 16 | | licensure as an Emergency Medical Responder upon meeting the | 17 | | licensure requirements and submitting an application to the | 18 | | Department. A valid First Responder license issued under this | 19 | | Act shall continue to be valid and shall be recognized as an | 20 | | Emergency Medical Responder license until the First Responder | 21 | | license expires. | 22 | | (c-10) All EMS Systems and licensees shall be fully | 23 | | compliant with the National EMS Education Standards, as | 24 | | modified by the Department in administrative rules, within 24 | 25 | | months after the adoption of the administrative rules. | 26 | | (d) The Department shall have the authority and
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| 1 | | responsibility to:
| 2 | | (1) Prescribe education and training requirements, | 3 | | which
includes training in the use of epinephrine,
for all | 4 | | levels of EMS personnel except for EMRs, based on the | 5 | | National EMS Educational Standards
and any modifications | 6 | | to those curricula specified by the
Department through | 7 | | rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
| 8 | | (2) Prescribe licensure testing requirements
for all | 9 | | levels of EMS personnel, which shall include a requirement | 10 | | that
all phases of instruction, training, and field | 11 | | experience be
completed before taking the appropriate | 12 | | licensure examination.
Candidates may elect to take the | 13 | | appropriate National Registry examination in lieu of the
| 14 | | Department's examination, but are responsible for making
| 15 | | their own arrangements for taking the National Registry
| 16 | | examination. In prescribing licensure testing requirements | 17 | | for honorably discharged members of the armed forces of | 18 | | the United States under this paragraph (2), the Department | 19 | | shall ensure that a candidate's military emergency medical | 20 | | training, emergency medical curriculum completed, and | 21 | | clinical experience, as described in paragraph (2.5), are | 22 | | recognized.
| 23 | | (2.5) Review applications for EMS personnel licensure | 24 | | from
honorably discharged members of the armed forces of | 25 | | the United States with military emergency medical | 26 | | training. Applications shall be filed with the Department |
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| 1 | | within one year after military discharge and shall | 2 | | contain: (i) proof of successful completion of military | 3 | | emergency medical training; (ii) a detailed description of | 4 | | the emergency medical curriculum completed; and (iii) a | 5 | | detailed description of the applicant's clinical | 6 | | experience. The Department may request additional and | 7 | | clarifying information. The Department shall evaluate the | 8 | | application, including the applicant's training and | 9 | | experience, consistent with the standards set forth under | 10 | | subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 3.10. If the | 11 | | application clearly demonstrates that the training and | 12 | | experience meet such standards, the Department shall offer | 13 | | the applicant the opportunity to successfully complete a | 14 | | Department-approved EMS personnel examination for the | 15 | | level of license for which the applicant is qualified. | 16 | | Upon passage of an examination, the Department shall issue | 17 | | a license, which shall be subject to all provisions of | 18 | | this Act that are otherwise applicable to the level of EMS | 19 | | personnel
license issued. | 20 | | (3) License individuals as an EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT,
| 21 | | or Paramedic who have met the Department's education, | 22 | | training and
examination requirements.
| 23 | | (4) Prescribe annual continuing education and
| 24 | | relicensure requirements for all EMS personnel licensure
| 25 | | levels.
| 26 | | (5) Relicense individuals as an EMD, EMR, EMT, EMT-I, |
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| 1 | | A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA,
or Paramedic every 4 years, | 2 | | based on their compliance with
continuing education and | 3 | | relicensure requirements as required by the Department | 4 | | pursuant to this Act. Every 4 years, a Paramedic shall | 5 | | have 100 hours of approved continuing education, an EMT-I | 6 | | and an advanced EMT shall have 80 hours of approved | 7 | | continuing education, and an EMT shall have 60 hours of | 8 | | approved continuing education. An Illinois licensed EMR, | 9 | | EMD, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, Paramedic, ECRN, PHPA, PHAPRN, or | 10 | | PHRN whose license has been expired for less than 36 | 11 | | months may apply for reinstatement by the Department. | 12 | | Reinstatement shall require that the applicant (i) submit | 13 | | satisfactory proof of completion of continuing medical | 14 | | education and clinical requirements to be prescribed by | 15 | | the Department in an administrative rule; (ii) submit a | 16 | | positive recommendation from an Illinois EMS Medical | 17 | | Director attesting to the applicant's qualifications for | 18 | | retesting; and (iii) pass a Department approved test for | 19 | | the level of EMS personnel license sought to be | 20 | | reinstated.
| 21 | | (6) Grant inactive status to any EMR, EMD, EMT, EMT-I, | 22 | | A-EMT, Paramedic, ECRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or PHRN who
| 23 | | qualifies, based on standards and procedures established | 24 | | by
the Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
| 25 | | (7) Charge a fee for EMS personnel examination, | 26 | | licensure, and license renewal.
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| 1 | | (8) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew the
| 2 | | license of any licensee, after an opportunity for an | 3 | | impartial hearing before a neutral administrative law | 4 | | judge appointed by the Director, where the preponderance | 5 | | of the evidence shows one or more of the following:
| 6 | | (A) The licensee has not met continuing
education | 7 | | or relicensure requirements as prescribed by the | 8 | | Department;
| 9 | | (B) The licensee has failed to maintain
| 10 | | proficiency in the level of skills for which he or she | 11 | | is licensed;
| 12 | | (C) The licensee, during the provision of
medical | 13 | | services, engaged in dishonorable, unethical, or
| 14 | | unprofessional conduct of a character likely to | 15 | | deceive,
defraud, or harm the public;
| 16 | | (D) The licensee has failed to maintain or
has | 17 | | violated standards of performance and conduct as | 18 | | prescribed
by the Department in rules adopted pursuant | 19 | | to this Act or
his or her EMS System's Program Plan;
| 20 | | (E) The licensee is physically impaired to
the | 21 | | extent that he or she cannot physically perform the | 22 | | skills and
functions for which he or she is licensed, | 23 | | as verified by a
physician, unless the person is on | 24 | | inactive status pursuant
to Department regulations;
| 25 | | (F) The licensee is mentally impaired to the
| 26 | | extent that he or she cannot exercise the appropriate |
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| 1 | | judgment,
skill and safety for performing the | 2 | | functions for which he
or she is licensed, as verified | 3 | | by a physician, unless the person
is on inactive | 4 | | status pursuant to Department regulations;
| 5 | | (G) The licensee has violated this Act or any
rule | 6 | | adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act; or | 7 | | (H) The licensee has been convicted (or entered a | 8 | | plea of guilty or nolo contendere nolo-contendere ) by | 9 | | a court of competent jurisdiction of a Class X, Class | 10 | | 1, or Class 2 felony in this State or an out-of-state | 11 | | equivalent offense. | 12 | | (9) Prescribe education and training requirements in | 13 | | the administration and use of opioid antagonists for all | 14 | | levels of EMS personnel based on the National EMS | 15 | | Educational Standards and any modifications to those | 16 | | curricula specified by the Department through rules | 17 | | adopted pursuant to this Act. | 18 | | (d-5) An EMR, EMD, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, Paramedic, ECRN, | 19 | | PHAPRN, PHPA, or PHRN who is a member of the Illinois National | 20 | | Guard or an Illinois State Trooper or who exclusively serves | 21 | | as a volunteer for units of local government with a population | 22 | | base of less than 5,000 or as a volunteer
for a not-for-profit | 23 | | organization that serves a service area
with a population base | 24 | | of less than 5,000 may submit an application to the Department | 25 | | for a waiver of the fees described under paragraph (7) of | 26 | | subsection (d) of this Section on a form prescribed by the |
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| 1 | | Department. | 2 | | The education requirements prescribed by the Department | 3 | | under this Section must allow for the suspension of those | 4 | | requirements in the case of a member of the armed services or | 5 | | reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois | 6 | | National Guard who is on active duty pursuant to an executive | 7 | | order of the President of the United States, an act of the | 8 | | Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor at | 9 | | the time that the member would otherwise be required to | 10 | | fulfill a particular education requirement. Such a person must | 11 | | fulfill the education requirement within 6 months after his or | 12 | | her release from active duty.
| 13 | | (e) In the event that any rule of the
Department or an EMS | 14 | | Medical Director that requires testing for drug
use as a | 15 | | condition of the applicable EMS personnel license conflicts | 16 | | with or
duplicates a provision of a collective bargaining | 17 | | agreement
that requires testing for drug use, that rule shall | 18 | | not
apply to any person covered by the collective bargaining
| 19 | | agreement.
| 20 | | (f) At the time of applying for or renewing his or her | 21 | | license, an applicant for a license or license renewal may | 22 | | submit an email address to the Department. The Department | 23 | | shall keep the email address on file as a form of contact for | 24 | | the individual. The Department shall send license renewal | 25 | | notices electronically and by mail to a licensee all licensees | 26 | | who provides provide the Department with his or her email |
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| 1 | | address. The notices shall be sent at least 60 days prior to | 2 | | the expiration date of the license. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1082, eff. 8-24-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; | 4 | | 101-153, eff. 1-1-20; revised 12-3-19.)
| 5 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.85)
| 6 | | Sec. 3.85. Vehicle Service Providers.
| 7 | | (a) "Vehicle Service Provider" means an entity
licensed by | 8 | | the Department to provide emergency or
non-emergency medical | 9 | | services in compliance with this Act,
the rules promulgated by | 10 | | the Department pursuant to this
Act, and an operational plan | 11 | | approved by its EMS System(s),
utilizing at least ambulances | 12 | | or specialized emergency
medical service vehicles (SEMSV).
| 13 | | (1) "Ambulance" means any publicly or
privately owned | 14 | | on-road vehicle that is specifically designed,
constructed | 15 | | or modified and equipped, and is intended to be
used for, | 16 | | and is maintained or operated for the emergency
| 17 | | transportation of persons who are sick, injured, wounded | 18 | | or
otherwise incapacitated or helpless, or the | 19 | | non-emergency
medical transportation of persons who | 20 | | require the presence
of medical personnel to monitor the | 21 | | individual's condition
or medical apparatus being used on | 22 | | such individuals.
| 23 | | (2) "Specialized Emergency Medical Services
Vehicle" | 24 | | or "SEMSV" means a vehicle or conveyance, other
than those | 25 | | owned or operated by the federal government, that
is |
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| 1 | | primarily intended for use in transporting the sick or
| 2 | | injured by means of air, water, or ground transportation,
| 3 | | that is not an ambulance as defined in this Act. The term
| 4 | | includes watercraft, aircraft and special purpose ground
| 5 | | transport vehicles or conveyances not intended for use on
| 6 | | public roads.
| 7 | | (3) An ambulance or SEMSV may also be
designated as a | 8 | | Limited Operation Vehicle or Special-Use Vehicle:
| 9 | | (A) "Limited Operation Vehicle" means a
vehicle | 10 | | which is licensed by the Department to provide
basic, | 11 | | intermediate or advanced life support emergency or
| 12 | | non-emergency medical services that are exclusively | 13 | | limited
to specific events or locales.
| 14 | | (B) "Special-Use Vehicle" means any
publicly or | 15 | | privately owned vehicle that is specifically designed,
| 16 | | constructed or modified and equipped, and is intended | 17 | | to be
used for, and is maintained or operated solely | 18 | | for the
emergency or non-emergency transportation of a | 19 | | specific
medical class or category of persons who are | 20 | | sick, injured,
wounded or otherwise incapacitated or | 21 | | helpless (e.g.
high-risk obstetrical patients, | 22 | | neonatal patients).
| 23 | | (C) "Reserve Ambulance" means a vehicle that meets | 24 | | all criteria set forth in this Section and all | 25 | | Department rules, except for the required inventory of | 26 | | medical supplies and durable medical equipment, which |
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| 1 | | may be rapidly transferred from a fully functional | 2 | | ambulance to a reserve ambulance without the use of | 3 | | tools or special mechanical expertise. | 4 | | (b) The Department shall have the authority and
| 5 | | responsibility to:
| 6 | | (1) Require all Vehicle Service Providers, both
| 7 | | publicly and privately owned, to function within an EMS
| 8 | | System.
| 9 | | (2) Require a Vehicle Service Provider
utilizing | 10 | | ambulances to have a primary affiliation with an EMS | 11 | | System
within the EMS Region in which its Primary Service | 12 | | Area is
located, which is the geographic areas in which | 13 | | the provider
renders the majority of its emergency | 14 | | responses. This
requirement shall not apply to Vehicle | 15 | | Service Providers
which exclusively utilize Limited | 16 | | Operation Vehicles.
| 17 | | (3) Establish licensing standards and
requirements for | 18 | | Vehicle Service Providers, through rules
adopted pursuant | 19 | | to this Act, including but not limited to:
| 20 | | (A) Vehicle design, specification,
operation and | 21 | | maintenance standards, including standards for the use | 22 | | of reserve ambulances;
| 23 | | (B) Equipment requirements;
| 24 | | (C) Staffing requirements; and
| 25 | | (D) License renewal at intervals determined by the | 26 | | Department, which shall be not less than every 4 |
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| 1 | | years. | 2 | | The Department's standards and requirements with | 3 | | respect to vehicle staffing must allow for an alternative | 4 | | rural staffing models that include an EMR who
drives an | 5 | | ambulance with a licensed EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT,
Paramedic, or | 6 | | PHRN, as appropriate, in the patient
compartment providing | 7 | | care to the patient pursuant to protocols
developed by the | 8 | | EMS Director for an EMS System model for those vehicle | 9 | | service providers that serve a rural or semi-rural | 10 | | population of 10,000 or fewer inhabitants and exclusively | 11 | | uses volunteers, paid-on-call, or a combination thereof .
| 12 | | (4) License all Vehicle Service Providers
that have | 13 | | met the Department's requirements for licensure, unless
| 14 | | such Provider is owned or licensed by the federal
| 15 | | government. All Provider licenses issued by the Department
| 16 | | shall specify the level and type of each vehicle covered | 17 | | by
the license (BLS, ILS, ALS, ambulance, SEMSV, limited
| 18 | | operation vehicle, special use vehicle, reserve | 19 | | ambulance).
| 20 | | (5) Annually inspect all licensed vehicles operated by | 21 | | Vehicle
Service Providers.
| 22 | | (6) Suspend, revoke, refuse to issue or refuse to
| 23 | | renew the license of any Vehicle Service Provider, or that
| 24 | | portion of a license pertaining to a specific vehicle
| 25 | | operated by the Provider, after an opportunity for a
| 26 | | hearing, when findings show that the Provider or one or |
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| 1 | | more
of its vehicles has failed to comply with the | 2 | | standards and
requirements of this Act or rules adopted by | 3 | | the Department
pursuant to this Act.
| 4 | | (7) Issue an Emergency Suspension Order for
any | 5 | | Provider or vehicle licensed under this Act, when the
| 6 | | Director or his designee has determined that an immediate
| 7 | | and serious danger to the public health, safety and | 8 | | welfare
exists. Suspension or revocation proceedings which | 9 | | offer an
opportunity for hearing shall be promptly | 10 | | initiated after
the Emergency Suspension Order has been | 11 | | issued.
| 12 | | (8) Exempt any licensed vehicle from
subsequent | 13 | | vehicle design standards or specifications required by the
| 14 | | Department, as long as said vehicle is continuously in
| 15 | | compliance with the vehicle design standards and
| 16 | | specifications originally applicable to that vehicle, or
| 17 | | until said vehicle's title of ownership is transferred.
| 18 | | (9) Exempt any vehicle (except an SEMSV)
which was | 19 | | being used as an ambulance on or before December 15,
1980, | 20 | | from vehicle design standards and specifications
required | 21 | | by the Department, until said vehicle's title of
ownership | 22 | | is transferred. Such vehicles shall not be exempt
from all | 23 | | other licensing standards and requirements
prescribed by | 24 | | the Department.
| 25 | | (10) Prohibit any Vehicle Service Provider
from | 26 | | advertising, identifying its vehicles, or disseminating
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| 1 | | information in a false or misleading manner concerning the
| 2 | | Provider's type and level of vehicles, location, primary
| 3 | | service area, response times, level of personnel, | 4 | | licensure
status or System participation.
| 5 | | (10.5) Prohibit any Vehicle Service Provider, whether | 6 | | municipal, private, or hospital-owned, from advertising | 7 | | itself as a critical care transport provider unless it | 8 | | participates in a Department-approved EMS System critical | 9 | | care transport plan.
| 10 | | (11) Charge each Vehicle Service Provider a
fee per | 11 | | transport vehicle, due annually at time of inspection. The | 12 | | fee per transport vehicle shall be set by administrative | 13 | | rule by the Department and shall not exceed 100 vehicles | 14 | | per provider.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-1014, eff. 1-1-13; | 16 | | 98-452, eff. 1-1-14.)".
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