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70 ILCS 705/16.08b

    (70 ILCS 705/16.08b)
    Sec. 16.08b. Emergency medical technician licensure; training.

(a) The board of trustees of a  fire protection district may require that all firefighters hired on or after January 1, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act 93-952) by any fire department within the district to be licensed as an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.

(b) The board of trustees of a fire protection district must, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, reimburse the mandatory training expenses of an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic employed by or under contract with the fire protection district, including the training expenses of a firefighter required to be licensed as an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic under subsection (a).

(Source: P.A. 103-226, eff. 1-1-24.)