Chapter 210, HEALTH FACILITIES AND REGULATION

(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) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-706) 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 a…

(210 ILCS 50/3.117) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-706) 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…

(210 ILCS 50/3.117.5) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-706) 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, …

(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) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-706) 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 g…

(210 ILCS 50/3.118.5) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-706) 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…

(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 125/3.12) Sec. 3.12. Swimming facility. "Swimming facility" means a swimming pool, spa, public bathing beach, or aquatic feature and its appurtenances, singular or aggregated together, that exists for the purpose of providing recreation or therapeutic services to the pu…

(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 125/3.13) Sec. 3.13. Spray pool. "Spray pool" means an aquatic feature that is not a swimming pool and that has structures or fittings for spraying, dumping, or shooting water. The term does not include features having as a source of water a public water supply that is …

(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 125/3.14) Sec. 3.14. Prequalified architect or prequalified professional engineer. "Prequalified architect" or "prequalified professional engineer" means an individual who is prequalified by the Department and is responsible for coordinating the design, planning, and cr…

(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 125/3.15) Sec. 3.15. Prequalified swimming facility contractor. "Prequalified swimming facility contractor" means a person who is prequalified by the Department to perform the construction, installation, modification, or repair of a swimming facility and its appurtenanc…

(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) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-696) 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 eme…

(210 ILCS 125/3.16) Sec. 3.16. Aquatic feature. "Aquatic feature" means any single element of a swimming facility other than a swimming pool or spa or bathing beach, including, but not limited to, a lazy river, water slide, spray pool, or other feature that provides aquatic recre…

(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 125/3.17) Sec. 3.17. Lapsed fee. "Lapsed fee" means the amount charged to a licensee for failing to renew a swimming facility license within one year after the expiration of the license. This fee is in addition to any other fees associated with renewal of a swimming fac…

(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 125/3.18) Sec. 3.18. Living unit. "Living unit" means a home, mobile home, duplex unit, apartment unit, condominium unit, or any dwelling unit in a multi-unit residential structure or a campground lot. (Source: P.A. 97-957, eff. 1-1-13.)

(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 125/3.19) Sec. 3.19. Major alteration. "Major alteration" means any change to a swimming facility or its aquatic features or appurtenances that alters the facility's functionality or as-built or as-permitted condition. This includes, but is not limited to, an alteration…

(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 125/3.20) Sec. 3.20. Subsequent inspection. "Subsequent inspection" means any inspection made by the Department or its agents or certified local health departments that are authorized by local government ordinance to administer and enforce this Act for purposes of annua…

(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 125/3.21) Sec. 3.21. Initial review. "Initial review" means the first review of any submittal made by an applicant for a permit for construction or major alteration, as provided for in Section 5 of this Act. If the requirements of Section 5 are met, a permit shall be is…

(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 125/3.22) Sec. 3.22. Initial inspection. "Initial inspection" means an inspection conducted by the Department to determine compliance with this Act and rules promulgated thereunder in order to approve the operation of a swimming facility after the Department has issued …

(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 125/3.23) Sec. 3.23. Agent health department. "Agent health department" means a certified local health department that the Department has designated as its agent for making inspections and investigations under Section 11 of this Act. (Source: P.A. 97-957, eff. 1-1-13.)…

(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.)