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 C - EMS SYSTEMS › Section 515.470 - Participation by Veterans Health Administration Facilities

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Subject to patient preference, Illinois
				EMS vehicle service providers may transport patients to Veterans Health
				Administration facilities that voluntarily participate in an EMS System.
				(Section
				3.20(c)(11)
				of the Act)
b) Any Veterans Health
				Administration facility seeking limited participation in an EMS System shall
				agree to comply with the emergency department requirements set forth in the
				Hospital Licensing Requirements and with the requirements of this Section.
				(Section
				3.20(c)(11)
				of the Act)
c) The types of
				Veterans Health Administration facilities that may participate in an EMS System
				(Section
				3.20(c)(11)
				of the Act): A Veterans Health Administration (VA) facility that meets the
				minimum standards for a basic or comprehensive emergency department as
				established by the Hospital Licensing Requirements (77 Ill. Adm. Code 250) that
				has the ability to promptly evaluate, treat, stabilize, admit or transfer
				patients to an appropriate hospital capable of providing the appropriate level
				of care based upon individual patient needs.
d) A VA facility seeking to participate in an
				EMS System shall apply in writing to the EMS MD of the System for approval. The
				facility shall indicate the level at which it seeks to participate (i.e.,
				participating, associate or resource hospital), in accordance with Section
				515.320 and,
				in the case of a resource hospital, Section
				515.300.
				Approval shall be based on the facility's demonstration that it can provide
				care at the level of participation being sought, in accordance with the
				requirements of the Act and this Part.
e) The EMS MD shall notify the facility and
				the Department of the approval and the type of patients for which care is
				approved. If the EMS MD denies the approval, the denial shall be issued in
				writing and shall include the reasons for denial.
f) The EMS System shall submit a revised
				System Program Plan to the Department providing for participation of the
				facility at the level approved by the EMS MD.
g) Participating facilities shall agree to
				comply with the requirements of the EMS System Plan as set forth in Section
				515.330
				of this Part, System protocols established by the System, and any other
				applicable requirements of this Part, unless waived by the Department in
				accordance with Section 3.185 of the Act and Section
				515.150 of this
				Part.
h) VA facilities
				participating in an EMS System shall maintain operational two-way radio
				communication equipment pursuant to Section
				515.400
				(General Communications) and any additional communications equipment required
				by the EMS System in which they participate.
i) VA facilities participating in an EMS
				System shall accept all patients within the facility's capability in a
				disaster, overload or bypass situation.
j) If at any time the Director or his or her
				designee has determined that an immediate and serious danger to the public
				health, safety and welfare exists, the Department will issue an emergency order
				in accordance with Section 3.85(b)(7) of the Act to prevent licensed vehicle
				providers from transporting patients to the facility's emergency department.
				(Section 3.85(b)(7) of the Act)