Chapter 210 — HEALTH FACILITIES AND REGULATION

(210 ILCS 50/3.100) Sec. 3.100. Level II Trauma Center minimum standards. The Department shall establish, through rules adopted pursuant to this Act, standards for Level II Trauma Centers which shall include, but need not be limited to: (a) the designation by the trauma center of…

(210 ILCS 50/3.101) Sec. 3.101. Level III Trauma Center minimum standards. The Department shall establish, through rules adopted under this Act, standards for Level III Trauma Centers that shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) the designation by the trauma center of a Tr…

(210 ILCS 50/3.102) Sec. 3.102. Acute Injury Stabilization Center minimum standards. The Department shall establish, through rules adopted pursuant to this Act, standards for Acute Injury Stabilization Centers, which shall include, but need not be limited to, Comprehensive or Bas…

(210 ILCS 50/3.105) Sec. 3.105. Trauma Center misrepresentation. No facility shall use the phrase "trauma center" or words of similar meaning in relation to itself or hold itself out as a trauma center without first obtaining designation pursuant to this Act. (Source: P.A. 103-10…

(210 ILCS 50/3.106) Sec. 3.106. Acute Injury Stabilization Center misrepresentation. No facility shall use the phrase "Acute Injury Stabilization Center" or words of similar meaning in relation to itself or hold itself out as an Acute Injury Stabilization Center without first obt…

(210 ILCS 50/3.110) Sec. 3.110. EMS system and trauma center confidentiality and immunity. (a) All information contained in or relating to any medical audit performed of a trauma center's trauma services or an Acute Injury Stabilization Center pursuant to this Act or by an EMS Me…

(210 ILCS 50/3.115) Sec. 3.115. Pediatric care; emergency medical services for children. The Director shall appoint an advisory council to make recommendations for pediatric care needs and develop strategies to address areas of need as defined in rules adopted by the Department. …

(210 ILCS 50/3.116) Sec. 3.116. Hospital Stroke Care; definitions. As used in Sections 3.116 through 3.119, 3.130, and 3.200 of this Act: "Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital" means a hospital that has been designated by the Department as meeting the criteria for providing emergent strok…

(210 ILCS 50/3.117) Sec. 3.117. Hospital designations. (a) The Department shall attempt to designate Primary Stroke Centers in all areas of the State. (1) The Department shall designate as many certified Primary Stroke Centers as apply for that designation provided they are certi…

(210 ILCS 50/3.117.5) Sec. 3.117.5. Hospital Stroke Care; grants. (a) In order to encourage the establishment and retention of Comprehensive Stroke Centers, Thrombectomy Capable Stroke Centers, Thrombectomy Ready Stroke Centers, Primary Stroke Centers Plus, Primary Stroke Centers…

(210 ILCS 50/3.117.75) Sec. 3.117.75. Stroke Data Collection Fund. (a) The Stroke Data Collection Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. (b) Moneys in the fund shall be used by the Department to support the data collection provided for in Section 3.118 of this A…

(210 ILCS 50/3.118) Sec. 3.118. Reporting. (a) The Director shall, not later than July 1, 2012, prepare and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report indicating the total number of hospitals that have applied for grants, the project for which the application was su…

(210 ILCS 50/3.118.5) Sec. 3.118.5. State Stroke Advisory Subcommittee; triage and transport of possible acute stroke patients. (a) There shall be established within the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council, or other statewide body responsible for emergency health ca…

(210 ILCS 50/3.119) Sec. 3.119. Stroke Care; restricted practices. Sections in this Act pertaining to Comprehensive Stroke Centers, Thrombectomy Capable Stroke Centers, Thrombectomy Ready Stroke Centers, Primary Stroke Centers Plus, Primary Stroke Centers, and Acute Stroke-Ready …

(210 ILCS 50/3.120) Sec. 3.120. Helicopter Plan. The Department shall cooperate with the Illinois Department of Transportation to develop a statewide use plan for helicopters operated by the Illinois Department of Transportation. (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)

(210 ILCS 50/3.125) Sec. 3.125. Complaint Investigations. (a) The Department shall promptly investigate complaints which it receives concerning any person or entity which the Department licenses, certifies, approves, permits or designates pursuant to this Act. (b) The Department …

(210 ILCS 50/3.130) Sec. 3.130. Facility, system, and equipment violations; Plans of Correction. Except for emergency suspension orders, or actions initiated pursuant to Sections 3.117(a), 3.117(b), and 3.90(b)(10) of this Act, prior to initiating an action in response to a facil…

(210 ILCS 50/3.133) Sec. 3.133. Suspension of license for failure to pay restitution. The Department, without further process or hearing, shall suspend the license or other authorization to practice of any person issued under this Act who has been certified by court order as not …

(210 ILCS 50/3.135) Sec. 3.135. Administrative Hearings. (a) Administrative hearings shall be conducted by the Director or by an individual designated by the Director as Administrative Law Judge to conduct the hearing. On the basis of any such hearing, or upon default of the Resp…

(210 ILCS 50/3.140) Sec. 3.140. Violations; fines. (a) The Department shall have the authority to impose fines on any licensed vehicle service provider, stretcher van provider, designated trauma center, Acute Injury Stabilization Center, resource hospital, associate hospital, or …

(210 ILCS 50/3.145) Sec. 3.145. Administrative Review Law. All final administrative decisions of the Department hereunder shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law and the rules adopted pursuant thereto. The term "administrati…

(210 ILCS 50/3.15) Sec. 3.15. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Regions. The Department shall designate Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Regions within the State, consisting of specific geographic areas encompassing EMS Systems and trauma centers, in which emergency medical servic…

(210 ILCS 50/3.150) Sec. 3.150. Immunity from civil liability. (a) Any person, agency or governmental body certified, licensed or authorized pursuant to this Act or rules thereunder, who in good faith provides emergency or non-emergency medical services during a Department approv…

(210 ILCS 50/3.155) Sec. 3.155. General provisions. (a) Authority and responsibility for the EMS System shall be vested in the EMS Resource Hospital, through the EMS Medical Director or his designee. (b) For an inter-hospital emergency or non-emergency medical transport, in which…

(210 ILCS 50/3.160) Sec. 3.160. Employer Responsibility. (a) (Blank). (a-5) No employer shall permit any employee to perform any services for which a license, certificate, or other authorization is required under this Act, unless the employer first makes a good faith attempt to v…

(210 ILCS 50/3.165) Sec. 3.165. Misrepresentation. (a) No person shall hold himself or herself out to be or engage in the practice of an EMS Medical Director, EMS Administrative Director, EMS System Coordinator, EMR, EMD, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, Paramedic, ECRN, PHRN, PHAPRN, PHPA, TN…

(210 ILCS 50/3.170) Sec. 3.170. Falsification of Documents. No person shall fabricate any license or knowingly enter any false information on any application form, run sheet, record or other document required to be completed or submitted pursuant to this Act or any rule adopted p…

(210 ILCS 50/3.175) Sec. 3.175. Criminal Penalties. Any person who violates Sections 3.155(d) or (f), 3.160, 3.165 or 3.170 of this Act or any rule promulgated thereto, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 96-1469, eff. 1-1-11.)

(210 ILCS 50/3.180) Sec. 3.180. Injunctions. Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the Director may, through the Attorney General, seek an injunction: (a) To restrain or prevent any person or entity from functioning, practicing or operating without a licen…

(210 ILCS 50/3.185) Sec. 3.185. Waiver of Standards. In accordance with protocols and procedures which it established by rules adopted pursuant to this Act, the Department may grant a waiver to any provision of this Act or rule adopted pursuant to this Act for a specified period …

(210 ILCS 50/3.190) Sec. 3.190. Emergency Department Classifications. The Department shall have the authority and responsibility to: (a) Establish criteria for classifying the emergency departments of hospitals within the State as Comprehensive, Basic, or Standby. In establishing…

(210 ILCS 50/3.195) Sec. 3.195. Data Collection and Evaluation. (a) The Department shall develop and administer an emergency medical services data collection system. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to empower the Department to specify the form of internal recordkeeping…

(210 ILCS 50/3.20) Sec. 3.20. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems. (a) "Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System" means an organization of hospitals, vehicle service providers and personnel approved by the Department in a specific geographic area, which coordinates and provid…

(210 ILCS 50/3.200) Sec. 3.200. State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council. (a) There shall be established within the Department of Public Health a State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council, which shall serve as an advisory body to the Department on matters related…

(210 ILCS 50/3.205) Sec. 3.205. State Trauma Advisory Council. (a) There shall be established within the Department of Public Health a State Trauma Advisory Council, which shall serve as an advisory body to the Department on matters related to trauma care and trauma centers. (b) …

(210 ILCS 50/3.21) Sec. 3.21. Hospital first responders. The General Assembly finds that in the event of terrorist acts, especially those involving the release of biological agents, bacteria, viruses, or other agents intended to cause illness or injury, hospitals serve as first r…

(210 ILCS 50/3.210) Sec. 3.210. EMS Medical Consultant. If the Chief of the Department's Division of Emergency Medical Services and Highway Safety is not a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, with extensive emergency medical services experience, and ce…

(210 ILCS 50/3.215) Sec. 3.215. Grants. The Department has the power to make grants to EMS Regions, for disbursement in accordance with protocols established in the EMS Region Plans, from moneys deposited into the EMS Assistance Fund and funds appropriated or otherwise made avail…

(210 ILCS 50/3.22) Sec. 3.22. EMT Training, Recruitment, and Retention Task Force. (a) The EMT Training, Recruitment, and Retention Task Force is created to address the following: (1) the impact that the EMT and Paramedic shortage is having on this State's EMS System and health c…

(210 ILCS 50/3.220) Sec. 3.220. EMS Assistance Fund. (a) There is hereby created an "EMS Assistance Fund" within the State treasury, for the purpose of receiving fines and fees collected by the Illinois Department of Public Health pursuant to this Act. (b) (Blank). (b-5) All lice…

(210 ILCS 50/3.225) Sec. 3.225. Trauma Center Fund. (a) The Department shall distribute 97.5% of 50% of the moneys deposited into the Trauma Center Fund, a special fund in the State Treasury, to Illinois hospitals that are designated as trauma centers. The payments to those hospi…

(210 ILCS 50/3.226) Sec. 3.226. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 103-149, eff. 1-1-24. Repealed by P.A. 103-363, eff. 7-28-23.)

(210 ILCS 50/3.230) Sec. 3.230. Abuse and Neglect Reporting; Domestic Violence Referrals. (a) All persons licensed, certified or approved under this Act shall report suspected cases of child abuse or neglect in accordance with the requirements of the Abused and Neglected Child Re…

(210 ILCS 50/3.233) Sec. 3.233. Opioid overdose reporting. (a) In this Section: "Covered vehicle service provider" means a licensed vehicle service provider. "Covered vehicle service provider personnel" means individuals licensed by the Department as EMTs, EMT-Is, A-EMTs, Paramed…

(210 ILCS 50/3.235) Sec. 3.235. Choke-Saving Methods Act; Effect. Nothing in this Act shall impair or diminish any right, privilege or duty established in the Choke-Saving Methods Act. (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)

(210 ILCS 50/3.240) Sec. 3.240. Coal Mine Medical Emergencies Act; Conflicts. In the event of conflict between this Act and the Coal Mine Medical Emergencies Act, the provisions of the Coal Mine Medical Emergencies Act shall govern. (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)

(210 ILCS 50/3.245) Sec. 3.245. Adoption of Rules by the Department. The Department shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this Act, in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. With the exception of emergency rules adopted pursuant to the Illinois Admi…

(210 ILCS 50/3.25) Sec. 3.25. EMS Region Plan; development. (a) Within 6 months after designation of an EMS Region, an EMS Region Plan addressing at least the information prescribed in Section 3.30 shall be submitted to the Department for approval. The Plan shall be developed by …

(210 ILCS 50/3.250) Sec. 3.250. Application of Administrative Procedure Act. The provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act are hereby expressly adopted and shall apply to all administrative rules and procedures of the Department of Public Health under this Act, exce…

(210 ILCS 50/3.255) Sec. 3.255. Public Health and Emergency Medical Plan. The Department shall develop and implement a Public Health and Emergency Medical Plan to assist emergency medical services personnel and health care facilities in working together in a collaborative way and…