Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 518 - FREESTANDING EMERGENCY CENTER CODE
Section 518.1100 - Freestanding Emergency Center Licensure
Universal Citation: 77 IL Admin Code ยง 518.1100
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) The Department will license freestanding emergency centers pursuant to the Act and this Part.
b) A freestanding emergency center shall meet the following requirements:
1)
has
received a permit from the Health Facilities and Services Review Board to
establish a Freestanding Emergency Center by January 1,
2015;
2)
is
located:
A)
in a
municipality with a population of 50,000 or fewer
inhabitants;
B)
within 50 miles of the hospital that owns or controls the
freestanding emergency center; and
C)
within 50 miles of the Resource
Hospital affiliated with the freestanding emergency center as
part of the EMS system;
3)
is wholly owned or controlled by
an Associate or Resource Hospital, but is not a part of the hospital's physical
plant;
4)
meets
the standards for licensed FECs, adopted in this Part,
including, but not limited to:
A)
facility design, specification,
operation, and maintenance standards;
B)
equipment standards;
and
C)
the number
and qualifications of emergency medical personnel and other staff, which must
include at least one board certified emergency physician present at the FEC 24
hours per day;
5)
limits its participation in the
EMS System strictly to receiving a limited
number of patients
by ambulance:
A)
According
to the FEC's 24-hour capabilities;
B)
According to protocols developed
by the Resource Hospital within the FEC's designated EMS System;
and
C)
As
pre-approved by both the EMS Medical Director and the
Department;
6)
provides comprehensive emergency treatment services, as defined
in Hospital Licensing Requirements, 24 hours per day, on an
outpatient basis;
7)
provides an ambulance and maintains on site ambulance services staffed
with paramedics 24 hours per day;
8)
complies with all State and
federal patient rights provisions, including, but not limited to, the Emergency
Medical Treatment Act and the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active
Labor Act;
9)
maintains a communications system that is fully integrated with its
Resource Hospital within the FEC's designated EMS System;
10)
reports to the Department any
patient transfers from the FEC to a hospital within 48 hours after
the transfer plus any other data determined to be relevant by the
Department;
11)
submits to the Department, on a quarterly basis, the FEC's morbidity
and mortality rates for patients treated at the FEC and other data determined
to be relevant by the Department;
12)
does not describe itself or hold
itself out to the general public as a full service hospital or hospital
emergency department in its advertising or marketing
activities;
13)
complies with any other rules adopted by the Department under
the Act that relate to FECs;
14)
passes the Department's site
inspection for compliance with the FEC requirements of the
Act;
15)
submits a copy of the permit issued by the Illinois Health Facilities
and Services Review Board indicating that the facility has complied with the
Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act with respect to the health services to
be provided at the facility;
16)
submits an application for
designation as an FEC in a manner and formprescribed by the
Department in this Part; and
17)
pays the annual license fee as
determined by the Department. (Section 32.5(a) of the Act)
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