Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 518 - FREESTANDING EMERGENCY CENTER CODE › Section 518.1100 - Freestanding Emergency Center Licensure

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 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 form
prescribed 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)