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1 AN ACT concerning emergency medical dispatches.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 90. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
5 Systems Act is amended by changing Section 3.70 as follows:
6 (210 ILCS 50/3.70)
7 Sec. 3.70. Emergency Medical Dispatcher.
8 (a) "Emergency Medical Dispatcher" means a person who
9 has successfully completed a dispatching course meeting or
10 exceeding the national curriculum of the United States
11 Department of Transportation in accordance with rules adopted
12 by the Department pursuant to this Act, who accepts calls
13 from the public for emergency medical services and dispatches
14 designated emergency medical services personnel and vehicles.
15 The Emergency Medical Dispatcher may or may not provide
16 prearrival medical instructions to the caller, at the
17 discretion of the entity or agency that employs him. Such
18 instructions shall be provided in accordance with protocols
19 established by the EMS Medical Director of the EMS System in
20 which the dispatcher operates. If the dispatcher operates
21 under the authority of an Emergency Telephone System Board
22 established under the Emergency Telephone System Act, the
23 protocols shall be established by such Board in consultation
24 with the EMS Medical Director. Persons who have already
25 completed a course of instruction in emergency medical
26 dispatch based on, equivalent to or exceeding the national
27 curriculum of the United States Department of Transportation,
28 or as otherwise approved by the Department, shall be
29 considered Emergency Medical Dispatchers on the effective
30 date of this amendatory Act.
31 (b) The Department shall have the authority and
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1 responsibility to:
2 (1) Prescribe education and continuing education
3 requirements for the Emergency Medical Dispatcher, which
4 meet or exceed the national curriculum of the United
5 States Department of Transportation, through rules
6 adopted pursuant to this Act;
7 (2) Require the Emergency Medical Dispatcher to
8 notify the Department of the EMS System(s) in which he
9 operates;
10 (3) Require the Emergency Medical Dispatcher who
11 provides prearrival instructions to callers to comply
12 with the protocols for such instructions established by
13 the EMS Medical Director(s) and Emergency Telephone
14 System Board or Boards, or in the absence of an Emergency
15 Telephone System Board or Boards the governmental agency
16 performing the duties of an Emergency Telephone System
17 Board or Boards, of the EMS System or Systems in which he
18 operates;
19 (4) Require the Emergency Medical Dispatcher to
20 keep the Department currently informed as to the entity
21 or agency that employs or supervises his activities as an
22 Emergency Medical Dispatcher;
23 (5) (Blank) Establish a mechanism for phasing in
24 the Emergency Medical Dispatcher requirements over a
25 five-year period;
26 (5.5) Establish an annual recertification
27 requirement for Emergency Medical Dispatchers that
28 requires at least 12 hours of continuing education each
29 year; and
30 (6) Establish criteria for modifying or waiving
31 Emergency Medical Dispatcher requirements based on (i)
32 the scope and frequency of dispatch activities and the
33 dispatcher's access to training or (ii) whether the
34 previously-attended dispatcher training program merits
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1 automatic recertification for the dispatcher.
2 (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
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