Public Act 094-0504
 
HB3033 Enrolled LRB094 06563 DRJ 36653 b

    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act
is amended by changing Section 3.50 as follows:
 
    (210 ILCS 50/3.50)
    Sec. 3.50. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Licensure.
    (a) "Emergency Medical Technician-Basic" or "EMT-B" means
a person who has successfully completed a course of instruction
in basic life support as prescribed by the Department, is
currently licensed by the Department in accordance with
standards prescribed by this Act and rules adopted by the
Department pursuant to this Act, and practices within an EMS
System.
    (b) "Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate" or "EMT-I"
means a person who has successfully completed a course of
instruction in intermediate life support as prescribed by the
Department, is currently licensed by the Department in
accordance with standards prescribed by this Act and rules
adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, and practices
within an Intermediate or Advanced Life Support EMS System.
    (c) "Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic" or "EMT-P"
means a person who has successfully completed a course of
instruction in advanced life support care as prescribed by the
Department, is licensed by the Department in accordance with
standards prescribed by this Act and rules adopted by the
Department pursuant to this Act, and practices within an
Advanced Life Support EMS System.
    (d) The Department shall have the authority and
responsibility to:
        (1) Prescribe education and training requirements,
    which includes training in the use of epinephrine, for all
    levels of EMT, based on the respective national curricula
    of the United States Department of Transportation and any
    modifications to such curricula specified by the
    Department through rules adopted pursuant to this Act;
        (2) Prescribe licensure testing requirements for all
    levels of EMT, which shall include a requirement that all
    phases of instruction, training, and field experience be
    completed before taking the EMT licensure examination.
    Candidates may elect to take the National Registry of
    Emergency Medical Technicians examination in lieu of the
    Department's examination, but are responsible for making
    their own arrangements for taking the National Registry
    examination;
        (3) License individuals as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or EMT-P
    who have met the Department's education, training and
    testing requirements;
        (4) Prescribe annual continuing education and
    relicensure requirements for all levels of EMT;
        (5) Relicense individuals as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or EMT-P
    every 4 years, based on their compliance with continuing
    education and relicensure requirements;
        (6) Grant inactive status to any EMT who qualifies,
    based on standards and procedures established by the
    Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act;
        (7) Charge each candidate for EMT a fee to be submitted
    with an application for a licensure examination;
        (8) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license of
    an EMT, after an opportunity for a hearing, when findings
    show one or more of the following:
            (A) The EMT has not met continuing education or
        relicensure requirements as prescribed by the
        Department;
            (B) The EMT has failed to maintain proficiency in
        the level of skills for which he or she is licensed;
            (C) The EMT, during the provision of medical
        services, engaged in dishonorable, unethical or
        unprofessional conduct of a character likely to
        deceive, defraud or harm the public;
            (D) The EMT has failed to maintain or has violated
        standards of performance and conduct as prescribed by
        the Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act or
        his or her EMS System's Program Plan;
            (E) The EMT is physically impaired to the extent
        that he or she cannot physically perform the skills and
        functions for which he or she is licensed, as verified
        by a physician, unless the person is on inactive status
        pursuant to Department regulations;
            (F) The EMT is mentally impaired to the extent that
        he or she cannot exercise the appropriate judgment,
        skill and safety for performing the functions for which
        he or she is licensed, as verified by a physician,
        unless the person is on inactive status pursuant to
        Department regulations; or
            (G) The EMT has violated this Act or any rule
        adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act.
    The education requirements prescribed by the Department
under this subsection must allow for the suspension of those
requirements in the case of a member of the armed services or
reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois
National Guard who is on active duty pursuant to an executive
order of the President of the United States, an act of the
Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor at
the time that the member would otherwise be required to fulfill
a particular education requirement. Such a person must fulfill
the education requirement within 6 months after his or her
release from active duty.
    (e) In the event that any rule of the Department or an EMS
Medical Director that requires testing for drug use as a
condition for EMT licensure conflicts with or duplicates a
provision of a collective bargaining agreement that requires
testing for drug use, that rule shall not apply to any person
covered by the collective bargaining agreement.
(Source: P.A. 92-376, eff. 8-15-01.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.