Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 515 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, TRAUMA CENTER, COMPREHENSIVE STROKE CENTER, PRIMARY STROKE CENTER AND ACUTE STROKE READY HOSPITAL CODE
Subpart F - VEHICLE SERVICE PROVIDERS
Section 515.825 - Alternate Response Vehicle
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Ambulance Assistance Vehicles
Ambulance assistance vehicles are dispatched simultaneously with an ambulance and assist with patient care prior to the arrival of the ambulance. Ambulance assistance vehicles include fire engines, trucks, squad cars or chief's cars that contain the staff and equipment required by this Section. Ambulance assistance vehicles shall not function as assist vehicles if staff and equipment required by this Section are not available. The agency shall identify ambulance assistance vehicles as a program plan amendment outlining the type and level of response that is planned. The ambulance assistance vehicle shall not transport or be a primary response vehicle but a supplementary vehicle to support EMS services. The ambulance assistance vehicle shall be dispatched only if needed. Ambulance assistance vehicles shall be classified as either:
b) Non-Transport Vehicles
Non-Transport Vehicles are dispatched prior to dispatch of a transporting ambulance and include ambulances and fire engines that contain the staff and equipment required by this Section. The vehicle service provider shall identify non-transport vehicles as a program plan amendment outlining the type and level of response that is planned. Non-transport vehicles shall be staffed 24 hours per day, every day of the year.
c) Equipment Requirements
Each vehicle used as an alternate response vehicle shall meet the following equipment requirements, as determined by the Department by an inspection.
e) Registration of Non-transport Provider Agencies
Each non-transport provider shall complete and submit to the Department either the EMS non-transport provider application or EMS non-transport application for an existing transport provider, available on the Department's website: http://dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/emergency-preparedness-response/ems/prov-vehLic.
f) Inspection of Non-transport EMS Providers
The Department will schedule initial inspections. Thereafter, non-transport ambulance assist providers shall perform annual self-inspections, using forms provided by the Department, and shall submit the form to the EMS System for submission to the Department upon completion of the inspection. The Department will perform inspections randomly or as the result of a complaint.
g) Issuance and Renewal of License
Upon payment of the appropriate fee, qualifying non-transport providers shall be issued a provider license that lists a number for each level of care approved. Licenses will not be issued for individual Non-Transport Vehicles. Providers shall inform the EMS System and the Department of any modifications to the application, using the System Modification forms (sys-mod). Licenses will be issued for one year and will be renewed upon completion of the self-inspection.