Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 527 - PHYSICAL FITNESS FACILITY MEDICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CODE › Section 527.100 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Act - the Physical Fitness Facility Medical Emergency
				Preparedness Act [210 ILCS 74 ].
Assistance - any act that aids or supports an individual who is
				engaging in physical fitness activities, including, but not limited to,
				instruction on the use of equipment and creation of personal fitness
				plans.
Automated External Defibrillator or AED - a medical device
				heart monitor and defibrillator that:
Has received approval of its pre-market notification, filed
				pursuant to
				21 USC
				360(k), from the United
				States Food and Drug Administration;
Is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of
				ventricular fibrillation and rapid ventricular tachycardia, and is capable of
				determining, without intervention by an operator, whether defibrillation should
				be performed;
Upon determining that defibrillation should be performed,
				either automatically charges and delivers an electrical impulse to an
				individual, or charges and delivers an electrical impulse at the command of the
				operator; and
In the case of a defibrillator that may be operated in either
				an automatic or manual mode, is set to operate in the automatic mode. (Section
				10 of the Automated External Defibrillator Act)
"Cardiovascular exertion - physical exercise that uses large
				muscle groups and that substantially increases the heart rate. (Section 5.25(b)
				of the Act)
Defibrillation - administering an electrical impulse to an
				individual in order to stop ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular
				tachycardia. (Section 10 of the Automated External Defibrillator Act)
Department - the Department of Public Health. (Section 5.15 of
				the Act)
Director - the Director of Public Health. (Section
				5.10 of the Act)
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System or System - an
				organization of hospitals, vehicle service providers and personnel approved by
				the Department in a specific geographic area, which coordinates and provides
				pre-hospital and inter-hospital emergency care and non-emergency medical
				transports at a BLS(basic life support), ILS(intermediate life support) and/or
				ALS (advanced life support) level pursuant to a System Program Plan submitted
				to and approved by the Department and pursuant to the EMS Regional Plan adopted
				for the EMS Region in which the System is located. (Section
				3.20 of
				the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act)
Gaming - a competitive activity involving skill, chance or
				endurance on the part of two or more persons.
Hospital - has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 3
				of the Hospital Licensing Act [210 ILCS 85 ].
Medical emergency - the occurrence of a sudden, serious, and
				unexpected sickness or injury that would lead a reasonable person, possessing
				an average knowledge of medicine and health, to believe that the sick or
				injured person requires urgent or unscheduled medical care. (Section
				5.20 of the
				Act)
9-1-1 - an emergency answer and response system in which the
				caller need only dial 9-1-1 on a telephone to obtain emergency services,
				including police, fire, medical ambulance and rescue.
Person - an individual, partnership, association, corporation,
				limited liability company, or organized group of persons (whether incorporated
				or not).
Physical fitness facility or facility - has the meaning
				ascribed to that term in Section
				527.300.
Staffed Business Hours - those times when facilities are
				utilized and the owner or agent of the owner or an employee is present, other
				than maintenance or security personnel acting in those capacities.
Supervising - directing, inspecting, coaching, judging,
				refereeing, or being in charge of individuals while those individuals are
				engaging in physical fitness activities.
Third party operator - an individual or organization that has
				an agreement to use a physical fitness facility that the individual or
				organization does not own.
Trained AED user - a person who has successfully completed a
				course of instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation that includes an AED
				component in accordance with the standards of a nationally recognized
				organization such as the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association
				or a course of instruction in accordance with the Automated External
				Defibrillator Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 525) to use an automated external
				defibrillator, or who is licensed to practice medicine in all itsbranches in
				this State. (Section 10 of the Automated External Defibrillator
				Act)