Section 518.1100 Freestanding Emergency Center Licensure

Section 518

Section 518.1100  Freestanding

Emergency Center Licensure

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 sys

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)