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Public Act 104-0362
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| SB0711 Enrolled | LRB104 07009 BAB 17046 b |
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems |
Act is amended by changing Sections 3.5, 3.50, 3.55, and 3.65 |
and by adding Section 3.260 as follows:
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(210 ILCS 50/3.5) |
Sec. 3.5. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
"Clinical observation" means the ongoing observation of a |
patient's medical or mental health condition by a licensed |
health care professional utilizing a medical skill set while |
continuing assessment and care. |
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Public |
Health. |
"Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department |
of Public Health. |
"Emergency" means a medical condition of recent onset and |
severity that would lead a prudent layperson, possessing an |
average knowledge of medicine and health, to believe that |
urgent or unscheduled medical care is required. |
"Emergency Medical Services personnel" or "EMS personnel" |
means persons licensed as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) |
(First Responder), Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD), |
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Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical |
Technician-Intermediate (EMT-I), Advanced Emergency Medical |
Technician (A-EMT), Paramedic (EMT-P), Emergency |
Communications Registered Nurse (ECRN), Pre-Hospital |
Registered Nurse (PHRN), Pre-Hospital Advanced Practice |
Registered Nurse (PHAPRN), or Pre-Hospital Physician Assistant |
(PHPA). |
"Exclusive representative" has the same meaning as defined |
in Section 3 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. |
"Health care facility" means a hospital, nursing home, |
physician's office or other fixed location at which medical |
and health care services are performed. It does not include |
"pre-hospital emergency care settings" which utilize EMS |
personnel to render pre-hospital emergency care prior to the |
arrival of a transport vehicle, as defined in this Act. |
"Hospital" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the |
Hospital Licensing Act. |
"Labor organization" has the same meaning as defined in |
Section 3 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. |
"Medical monitoring" means the performance of medical |
tests and physical exams to evaluate an individual's ongoing |
exposure to a factor that could negatively impact that |
person's health. "Medical monitoring" includes close |
surveillance or supervision of patients liable to suffer |
deterioration in physical or mental health and checks of |
various parameters such as pulse rate, temperature, |
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respiration rate, the condition of the pupils, the level of |
consciousness and awareness, the degree of appreciation of |
pain, and blood gas concentrations such as oxygen and carbon |
dioxide. |
"NREMT" means the National Registry of Emergency Medical |
Technicians. |
"Silver spanner program" means a program in which a member |
under a fire department's or fire protection district's |
collective bargaining agreement works on or at the EMS System |
under another fire department's or fire protection district's |
collective bargaining agreement and (i) the other fire |
department or fire protection district is not the member's |
full-time employer and (ii) any EMS services not included |
under the original fire department's or fire protection |
district's collective bargaining agreement are included in the |
other fire department's or fire protection district's |
collective bargaining agreement. |
"Trauma" means any significant injury which involves |
single or multiple organ systems. |
(Source: P.A. 103-521, eff. 1-1-24; 103-689, eff. 1-1-25.)
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(210 ILCS 50/3.50) |
Sec. 3.50. Emergency Medical Services personnel licensure |
levels. |
(a) "Emergency Medical Technician" or "EMT" means a person |
who has successfully completed a course in basic life support |
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as approved 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. A valid Emergency Medical |
Technician-Basic (EMT-B) license issued under this Act shall |
continue to be valid and shall be recognized as an Emergency |
Medical Technician (EMT) license until the Emergency Medical |
Technician-Basic (EMT-B) license expires. |
(b) "Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate" or "EMT-I" |
means a person who has successfully completed a course in |
intermediate life support as approved 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. |
(b-5) "Advanced Emergency Medical Technician" or "A-EMT" |
means a person who has successfully completed a course in |
basic and limited advanced emergency medical care as approved |
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) "Paramedic (EMT-P)" means a person who has |
successfully completed a course in advanced life support care |
as approved by the Department, is licensed by the Department |
in accordance with standards prescribed by this Act and rules |
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adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, and practices |
within an Advanced Life Support EMS System. A valid Emergency |
Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P) license issued under this |
Act shall continue to be valid and shall be recognized as a |
Paramedic license until the Emergency Medical |
Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P) license expires. |
(c-5) "Emergency Medical Responder" or "EMR (First |
Responder)" means a person who has successfully completed a |
course in emergency medical response as approved by the |
Department and provides emergency medical response services in |
accordance with the level of care established by the National |
EMS Educational Standards Emergency Medical Responder course |
as modified by the Department, or who provides services as |
part of an EMS System response plan, as approved by the |
Department, of that EMS System. The Department shall have the |
authority to adopt rules governing the curriculum, practice, |
and necessary equipment applicable to Emergency Medical |
Responders. |
On August 15, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act |
98-973), a person who is licensed by the Department as a First |
Responder and has completed a Department-approved course in |
first responder defibrillator training based on, or equivalent |
to, the National EMS Educational Standards or other standards |
previously recognized by the Department shall be eligible for |
licensure as an Emergency Medical Responder upon meeting the |
licensure requirements and submitting an application to the |
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Department. A valid First Responder license issued under this |
Act shall continue to be valid and shall be recognized as an |
Emergency Medical Responder license until the First Responder |
license expires. |
(c-10) All EMS Systems and licensees shall be fully |
compliant with the National EMS Education Standards, as |
modified by the Department in administrative rules, within 24 |
months after the adoption of the administrative rules. |
(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 EMS personnel except for EMRs, based on the |
National EMS Educational Standards and any modifications |
to those curricula specified by the Department through |
rules adopted pursuant to this Act. |
(A) A failure rate per course of 30% or greater at |
the first attempt on the licensure examination shall |
require the EMS System to submit a quality improvement |
plan to the Department. The EMS System shall share |
failure rates with the EMS Lead Instructor quarterly. |
Neither the EMS System nor the Department may take |
licensure action against an EMS Lead Instructor based |
solely on first-attempt pass rates. |
(B) Candidates shall complete the licensure |
examination within the timeline required by the NREMT. |
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(C) An accredited Paramedic program shall be |
conducted only by an EMS System or an academic |
institution whose curriculum has been approved by the |
EMS System. An EMS System associate hospital may allow |
students from an EMS System-approved and |
Department-approved Paramedic course to complete |
clinical rotations as approved by the EMS System |
Medical Director. The approval by the EMS System |
Medical Director may not be unreasonably denied. |
(2) Prescribe licensure testing requirements for all |
levels of EMS personnel, which shall include a requirement |
that all phases of instruction, training, and field |
experience be completed before taking the appropriate |
licensure examination. Candidates shall may elect to take |
the appropriate National Registry examination in lieu of |
the Department's examination, but are responsible for |
making their own arrangements for taking the National |
Registry examination. In prescribing licensure testing |
requirements for honorably discharged members of the armed |
forces of the United States under this paragraph (2), the |
Department shall ensure that a candidate's military |
emergency medical training, emergency medical curriculum |
completed, and clinical experience, as described in |
paragraph (2.5), are recognized. |
(2.5) Review applications for EMS personnel licensure |
from honorably discharged members of the armed forces of |
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the United States with military emergency medical |
training. Applications shall be filed with the Department |
within one year after military discharge and shall |
contain: (i) proof of successful completion of military |
emergency medical training; (ii) a detailed description of |
the emergency medical curriculum completed; and (iii) a |
detailed description of the applicant's clinical |
experience. The Department may request additional and |
clarifying information. The Department shall evaluate the |
application, including the applicant's training and |
experience, consistent with the standards set forth under |
subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 3.10. If the |
application clearly demonstrates that the training and |
experience meet such standards, the Department shall offer |
the applicant the opportunity to successfully complete a |
Department-approved EMS personnel examination for the |
level of license for which the applicant is qualified. |
Upon passage of an examination, the Department shall issue |
a license, which shall be subject to all provisions of |
this Act that are otherwise applicable to the level of EMS |
personnel license issued. |
(3) License individuals as an EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, |
or Paramedic who have met the Department's education, |
training and examination requirements. |
(4) Prescribe annual continuing education and |
relicensure requirements for all EMS personnel licensure |
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levels. |
(5) Relicense individuals as an EMD, EMR, EMT, EMT-I, |
A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or Paramedic every 4 years, |
based on their compliance with continuing education and |
relicensure requirements as required by the Department |
pursuant to this Act. Every 4 years, a Paramedic shall |
have 100 hours of approved continuing education, an EMT-I |
and an advanced EMT shall have 80 hours of approved |
continuing education, and an EMT shall have 60 hours of |
approved continuing education. An Illinois licensed EMR, |
EMD, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, Paramedic, ECRN, PHPA, PHAPRN, or |
PHRN whose license has been expired for less than 36 |
months may apply for reinstatement by the Department. |
Reinstatement shall require that the applicant (i) submit |
satisfactory proof of completion of continuing medical |
education and clinical requirements to be prescribed by |
the Department in an administrative rule; (ii) submit a |
positive recommendation from an Illinois EMS Medical |
Director attesting to the applicant's qualifications for |
retesting; and (iii) pass a Department approved test for |
the level of EMS personnel license sought to be |
reinstated. |
(6) Grant inactive status to any EMR, EMD, EMT, EMT-I, |
A-EMT, Paramedic, ECRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or PHRN who |
qualifies, based on standards and procedures established |
by the Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act. |
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(7) Charge a fee for EMS personnel examination, |
licensure, and license renewal. |
(8) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew the |
license of any licensee, after an opportunity for an |
impartial hearing before a neutral administrative law |
judge appointed by the Director, where the preponderance |
of the evidence shows one or more of the following: |
(A) The licensee has not met continuing education |
or relicensure requirements as prescribed by the |
Department; |
(B) The licensee has failed to maintain |
proficiency in the level of skills for which he or she |
is licensed; |
(C) The licensee, 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 licensee 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 licensee 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; |
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(F) The licensee 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; |
(G) The licensee has violated this Act or any rule |
adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act; or |
(H) The licensee has been convicted (or entered a |
plea of guilty or nolo contendere) by a court of |
competent jurisdiction of a Class X, Class 1, or Class |
2 felony in this State or an out-of-state equivalent |
offense. |
(9) Prescribe education and training requirements in |
the administration and use of opioid antagonists for all |
levels of EMS personnel based on the National EMS |
Educational Standards and any modifications to those |
curricula specified by the Department through rules |
adopted pursuant to this Act. |
(d-5) An EMR, EMD, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, Paramedic, ECRN, |
PHAPRN, PHPA, or PHRN who is a member of the Illinois National |
Guard or an Illinois State Trooper or who exclusively serves |
as a volunteer for units of local government with a population |
base of less than 5,000 or as a volunteer for a not-for-profit |
organization that serves a service area with a population base |
of less than 5,000 may submit an application to the Department |
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for a waiver of the fees described under paragraph (7) of |
subsection (d) of this Section on a form prescribed by the |
Department. |
(d-10) A person who is not an EMS personnel may operate an |
EMS vehicle pursuant to this Act if the following requirements |
are met: (i) the person meets the requirements of Section |
11-1421 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; (ii) 2 |
Department-licensed EMS personnel are present and have met |
educational requirements prescribed by the Department; and |
(iii) the clinical condition of the patient necessitates the |
involvement of additional licensed personnel to ensure |
appropriate assessment, treatment, and patient safety. If a |
waiver is issued by the Department, the person who is not an |
EMS personnel may operate the EMS vehicle if only one EMS |
personnel is present. Upon request, the Department may issue a |
retroactive waiver when appropriate. |
The education requirements prescribed by the Department |
under this Section 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 |
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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 of the applicable EMS personnel license 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. |
(f) At the time of applying for or renewing his or her |
license, an applicant for a license or license renewal may |
submit an email address to the Department. The Department |
shall keep the email address on file as a form of contact for |
the individual. The Department shall send license renewal |
notices electronically and by mail to a licensee who provides |
the Department with his or her email address. The notices |
shall be sent at least 60 days prior to the expiration date of |
the license. |
(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-153, eff. 1-1-20; |
102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-623, eff. 8-27-21.)
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(210 ILCS 50/3.55) |
Sec. 3.55. Scope of practice. |
(a) Any person currently licensed as an EMR, EMT, EMT-I, |
A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or Paramedic may perform emergency |
and non-emergency medical services as defined in this Act, in |
accordance with his or her level of education, training and |
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licensure, the standards of performance and conduct prescribed |
by the Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act, and |
the requirements of the EMS System in which he or she |
practices, as contained in the approved Program Plan for that |
System. The Director may, by written order, temporarily modify |
individual scopes of practice in response to public health |
emergencies for periods not exceeding 180 days. |
(a-5) EMS personnel who have successfully completed a |
Department approved course in automated defibrillator |
operation and who are functioning within a Department approved |
EMS System may utilize such automated defibrillator according |
to the standards of performance and conduct prescribed by the |
Department in rules adopted pursuant to this Act and the |
requirements of the EMS System in which they practice, as |
contained in the approved Program Plan for that System. |
(a-7) An EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or |
Paramedic who has successfully completed a Department approved |
course in the administration of epinephrine shall be required |
to carry epinephrine with him or her as part of the EMS |
personnel medical supplies whenever he or she is performing |
official duties as determined by the EMS System. The |
epinephrine may be administered from a glass vial, |
auto-injector, ampule, or pre-filled syringe. |
(b) An EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or |
Paramedic may practice as an EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or |
Paramedic or utilize his or her EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, PHRN, |
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PHAPRN, PHPA, or Paramedic license in pre-hospital or |
inter-hospital emergency care settings or non-emergency |
medical transport situations, under the written or verbal |
direction of the EMS Medical Director. For purposes of this |
Section, a "pre-hospital emergency care setting" may include a |
location, that is not a health care facility, which utilizes |
EMS personnel to render pre-hospital emergency care prior to |
the arrival of a transport vehicle. The location shall include |
communication equipment and all of the portable equipment and |
drugs appropriate for the EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or |
Paramedic's level of care, as required by this Act, rules |
adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, and the |
protocols of the EMS Systems, and shall operate only with the |
approval and under the direction of the EMS Medical Director. |
This Section shall not prohibit an EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, |
PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or Paramedic from practicing within an |
emergency department or other health care setting for the |
purpose of receiving continuing education or training approved |
by the EMS Medical Director. This Section shall also not |
prohibit an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or |
Paramedic from seeking credentials other than his or her EMT, |
EMT-I, A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or Paramedic license and |
utilizing such credentials to work in emergency departments or |
other health care settings under the jurisdiction of that |
employer. |
(c) An EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or Paramedic |
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may honor Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders and powers of |
attorney for health care only in accordance with rules adopted |
by the Department pursuant to this Act and protocols of the EMS |
System in which he or she practices. |
(d) A student enrolled in a Department approved EMS |
personnel program, while fulfilling the clinical training and |
in-field supervised experience requirements mandated for |
licensure or approval by the System and the Department, may |
perform prescribed procedures under the direct supervision of |
a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its |
branches, a qualified registered professional nurse, or |
qualified EMS personnel, only when authorized by the EMS |
Medical Director. A student enrolled in an EMT class may take |
the Department-approved EMR licensure exam after the student |
has completed the first 40 hours of the EMS System-approved |
and Department-approved EMT course. |
(e) An EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, or |
Paramedic may transport a police dog injured in the line of |
duty to a veterinary clinic or similar facility if there are no |
persons requiring medical attention or transport at that time. |
For the purposes of this subsection, "police dog" means a dog |
owned or used by a law enforcement department or agency in the |
course of the department or agency's work, including a search |
and rescue dog, service dog, accelerant detection canine, or |
other dog that is in use by a county, municipal, or State law |
enforcement agency. |
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(f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit an |
EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, Paramedic, or PHRN from completing an |
initial Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
Respirator Medical Evaluation Questionnaire on behalf of fire |
service personnel, as permitted by his or her EMS System |
Medical Director. |
(g) An EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, Paramedic, PHRN, PHAPRN, or PHPA |
shall be eligible to work for another EMS System for a period |
not to exceed 2 weeks if the individual is under the direct |
supervision of another licensed individual operating at the |
same or higher level as the EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, Paramedic, |
PHRN, PHAPRN, or PHPA; obtained approval in writing from the |
EMS System's Medical Director; and tests into the EMS System |
based upon appropriate standards as outlined in the EMS System |
Program Plan. The EMS System within which the EMT, EMT-I, |
A-EMT, Paramedic, PHRN, PHAPRN, or PHPA is seeking to join |
must make all required testing available to the EMT, EMT-I, |
A-EMT, Paramedic, PHRN, PHAPRN, or PHPA within 2 weeks after |
the written request. Failure to do so by the EMS System shall |
allow the EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, Paramedic, PHRN, PHAPRN, or PHPA |
to continue working for another EMS System until all required |
testing becomes available. |
(h) A member of a fire department's or fire protection |
district's collective bargaining unit shall be eligible to |
work under a silver spanner program for another EMS System's |
fire department or fire protection district that is not the |
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full-time employer of that member, for a period not to exceed 2 |
weeks, if the member: (1) is under the direct supervision of |
another licensed individual operating at the same or higher |
licensure level as the member; (2) made a written request to |
the EMS System's Medical Director for approval to work under |
the silver spanner program, which shall be approved or denied |
within 24 hours after the EMS System's Medical Director |
received the request; and (3) tests into the EMS System based |
upon appropriate standards as outlined in the EMS System |
Program Plan. The EMS System within which the member is |
seeking to join must make all required testing available to |
the member within 2 weeks of the written request. Failure to do |
so by the EMS System shall allow the member to continue working |
under a silver spanner program until all required testing |
becomes available. |
(Source: P.A. 102-79, eff. 1-1-22; 103-521, eff. 1-1-24; |
103-547, eff. 8-11-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)
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(210 ILCS 50/3.65) |
Sec. 3.65. EMS Lead Instructor. |
(a) "EMS Lead Instructor" means a person who has |
successfully completed a course of education as approved by |
the Department, and who is currently approved by the |
Department to coordinate or teach education, training and |
continuing education courses, in accordance with standards |
prescribed by this Act and rules adopted by the Department |
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pursuant to this Act. |
(b) The Department shall have the authority and |
responsibility to: |
(1) Prescribe education requirements for EMS Lead |
Instructor candidates through rules adopted pursuant to |
this Act. |
(2) Prescribe testing requirements for EMS Lead |
Instructor candidates through rules adopted pursuant to |
this Act. |
(3) Charge each candidate for EMS Lead Instructor a |
fee to be submitted with an application for an |
examination, an application for licensure, and an |
application for relicensure. |
(4) Approve individuals as EMS Lead Instructors who |
have met the Department's education and testing |
requirements. |
(5) Require that all education, training and |
continuing education courses for EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, |
Paramedic, PHRN, PHPA, PHAPRN, ECRN, EMR, and Emergency |
Medical Dispatcher be coordinated by at least one approved |
EMS Lead Instructor. A program which includes education, |
training or continuing education for more than one type of |
personnel may use one EMS Lead Instructor to coordinate |
the program, and a single EMS Lead Instructor may |
simultaneously coordinate more than one program or course. |
An EMS Lead Instructor may oversee a paramedic with at |
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least 3 years of experience to teach EMT classes, with a |
licensed teacher, in high schools. High school students |
electing to not take the National Registry of Emergency |
Medical Technicians (NREMT) Certification exam shall not |
be accounted for in calculating the course pass rate by |
the EMS System or Department. |
(6) Provide standards and procedures for awarding EMS |
Lead Instructor approval to persons previously approved by |
the Department to coordinate such courses, based on |
qualifications prescribed by the Department through rules |
adopted pursuant to this Act. |
(7) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew the |
approval of an EMS Lead Instructor, after an opportunity |
for a hearing, when findings show one or more of the |
following: |
(A) The EMS Lead Instructor has failed to conduct |
a course in accordance with the curriculum prescribed |
by this Act and rules adopted by the Department |
pursuant to this Act; or |
(B) The EMS Lead Instructor has failed to comply |
with protocols prescribed by the Department through |
rules adopted pursuant to this Act. |
(c) To be eligible for an EMS Lead Instructor license, the |
applicant shall meet at least the following minimum experience |
and education requirements and shall provide a written |
recommendation from the EMS Medical Director of the primary |
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EMS System affiliation: |
(1) a current Illinois license as an EMD, EMT, EMT-I, |
A-EMT, Paramedic, RN, PHRN, PHPA, PHAPRN, or physician; |
(2) a minimum of 2 years of experience in EMS or |
emergency care; |
(3) at least 6 hours of teaching hours audited by a |
current EMS Lead Instructor; |
(4) documented EMS classroom teaching experience with |
a recommendation for EMS Lead Instructor licensure by an |
EMS Medical Director; and |
(5) documented successful completion of the National |
Standard Curriculum for EMS Instructors, or its |
equivalent, as approved by the Department. |
(Source: P.A. 103-689, eff. 1-1-25.)
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(210 ILCS 50/3.260 new) |
Sec. 3.260. Emergency Medical Services bridge programs. |
(a) As used in this Section, "stakeholders" include, but |
are not limited to, members representing private ground |
ambulance providers throughout this State representing |
for-profit and nonprofit rural and urban ground ambulance |
providers; the State Board of Education, the Illinois |
Community College Systems, and the University of Illinois |
Systems; the Illinois Board of Higher Education; and the |
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. |
(b) The Department of Public Health shall facilitate |