Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 250 - HOSPITAL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS › Subpart G - EMERGENCY SERVICES › Section 250.730 - Community or Areawide Planning

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
				Hospitals may participate in a community or areawide plan which provides for
				hospital emergency services.
b) The
				primary participating hospital in any community or areawide plan for hospital
				emergency services must meet the requirements of either Comprehensive Emergency
				Treatment Services or Basic Emergency Treatment Services.
c) The community or areawide plan for
				providing hospital emergency services shall be approved by this Department
				prior to being placed in operation. Such approval shall be based on compliance
				with the following requirements:
1) A precise
				definition of the geographical area to be served shall be incorporated in the
				plan.
2) A written agreement
				endorsed by all hospitals participating in the plan shall be signed by the
				authorized officer(s) of the respective Boards, Medical Staffs and
				Administrative Officials of all hospitals participating in the plan.
3) Review comments on the value of the plan
				shall be obtained from all existing local and/or areawide health facilities'
				planning agencies recognized by the Department and they shall be requested to
				submit their comments to the Department. A review of the plan and appropriate
				comments shall also be obtained from local public authorities and groups
				involved in emergency services, including Fire Departments, Police Departments,
				providers of ambulance service, medical societies, local Public Health
				Departments and other appropriate organizations.
4) There shall be established an areawide
				hospital emergency services' committee that accepts responsibility for
				implementation of the plan and the formulation of policies that affect the
				plan. This Committee shall perform an annual review of the plan, but shall also
				be available for more frequent review and consultation of the overall plan when
				indicated. The committee shall include representatives from Medical Staffs,
				Nursing Departments and Hospital Administrations from the hospitals included in
				the plan. All participating hospitals shall have an administrative
				representative as a member of this committee if not otherwise
				represented.
5) The plan shall
				state which hospital emergency services will be provided, the category of the
				primary participating hospital and the services to be provided in each
				participating hospital covered by the plan. The plan shall include a commitment
				to provide twenty-four hour Hospital Emergency Services to all people in the
				service area in need of emergency treatment regardless of economic and ethnic
				status.
6) A call list of
				physicians, both generalists and specialists, available to give care in any
				type of emergencies, shall be established and maintained. The list shall be
				consistent with the requirements of the category of the primary participating
				hospital.
7) The plan shall provide
				for inter-hospital transfer of patients for both specialized and routine
				emergencies. The arrangements shall include the necessary transfer of patients'
				records and treatment information.
8) Pre-transfer communication between the
				referring and receiving hospitals and physicians shall be provided. The plan
				shall make provisions for immediate communication with fire, police, ambulance
				and other involved local public authorities.
9) Provisions for transportation of the sick
				and injured shall be made.
10) An
				ongoing plan of information to the public of available hospital emergency
				services and how they can most quickly be obtained shall be established. The
				statement should specify clearly where (at what hospital) and how routine and
				specialized services can be obtained within the service area, seven days a
				week, twenty-four hours a day.
11)
				Provisions shall be made for the specialized training and in-service education
				needed by all personnel involved in providing hospital emergency services under
				the plan. Consideration shall be given as to how to provide the training and
				education.