Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that when the Director of Public Health or the Director's designee does not stay an immediate suspension order, the Director or the Director's designee shall identify whether the suspension shall immediately apply to statewide participation. Effective immediately.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that when an immediate suspension order is not stayed, the Director or the Director's designee within the Department of Public Health (instead of the Director or Director's designee) shall identify if that suspension shall immediately apply to statewide participation only in situations when a licensee has been charged with a crime while performing the licensee's official duties as an EMR, EMD, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, Paramedic, ECRN, TNS, PHRN, LI, PHPA, or PHAPRN and the licensee's continuation to practice poses the possibility of imminent harm to the public based off factual evidence provided to the Department (instead of only in situations when a licensee's continuation to practice poses the possibility of imminent harm to the public based off factual evidence provided to the Department). Effective immediately.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 210 ILCS 50/3
Engrossed: 210 ILCS 50/3
Enrolled: 210 ILCS 50/3
Public Act: 210 ILCS 50/3