Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 518 - FREESTANDING EMERGENCY CENTER CODE
Section 518.2030 - Notification of Emergency Personnel
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) For purposes of this Section:
b) Each freestanding emergency center shall provide notification to police officers, emergency medical technicians and ambulance personnel who have provided or are about to provide emergency care or life support services to a patient who has been diagnosed as having a dangerous communicable or infectious disease. (Section 6.08(a) of the Hospital Licensing Act) The notification shall include at a minimum the requirements of this Section.
c) In reporting communicable disease cases, the freestanding emergency center shall comply with the Control of Communicable Diseases Code.
d) The freestanding emergency center shall send the letter of notification to the emergency services provider agency within 72 hours after the FEC receives actual knowledge of a confirmed diagnosis of any of the communicable diseases (see subsection (c)) in regard to any patient who has been transported to the FEC by police officers, emergency medical technicians or ambulance personnel. (Section 6.08(c) of the Hospital Licensing Act)
e) If there is a confirmed diagnosis of AIDS, the FEC shall send the letter of notification to the emergency services provider agency within 72 hours only if one or both of the following conditions exist:
f) Notification letters shall be sent to the designated contact at the emergency services provider agency listed on the ambulance run sheet and shall include at least the following information. Such notification letters shall not contain the patient's name or any patient-identifying information. (Section 6.08(d) of the Hospital Licensing Act)
g) Upon discharge of a patient with a communicable diseaseto emergency transport personnel, the FEC shall notify the emergency transport personnel of appropriate precautions against the communicable disease, but shall not identify the name of the patient. (Section 6.08(e) of the Hospital Licensing Act)
h) The FEC may take any measures in addition to those required in this Sectionto notify police officers, emergency medical technicians or ambulance personnel of possible exposure to any communicable disease. (Section 6.08 of the Hospital Licensing Act) However, such measures shall not violate the confidentiality of the medical record of the patient, or conflict with the provisions of this Section.