Section 1030.14 Emergency Contact Database

Section 1030.14  Emergency

Contact Database

a)         The Illinois Secretary of State shall

establish an emergency contact database.  Eligible participants are any persons

for whom an instruction permit, temporary visitor's instruction permit, driver's

license, temporary visitor's driver's license or identification card record

exists and can be authenticated on the Secretary of State driver's license and

identification card database.

b)         For the purposes of this Section, "emergency"

is defined as a motor vehicle accident, accident involving another mode of transportation,

a natural disaster, a criminal act, or similar unforeseen emergency

circumstance in which a victim sustains injuries that render him or her unable

to independently communicate with emergency contacts, contact information is

not otherwise available, and immediate communication with a next of kin or

other designated emergency contact is necessary in order to support the

provision of needed emergency medical assistance or needed notification by law

enforcement.

c)         Participation in the emergency contact

database shall be made available through the Secretary of State's official web

site.  The applicant/participant shall be responsible for initiation of

participation in the database, and for modification of and deletion of an

existing emergency contact record and disability and special needs information.

Emergency contact records may otherwise be modified only to update

applicant/participant name information if it is changed by the

applicant/participant on the Secretary of State's driver's license and

identification card database.  Emergency contact records shall otherwise not be

modified and shall otherwise only be deleted when the driver's license or

identification record no longer exists on the Secretary of State's driver's

license and identification card database.

d)         No more than two contact persons may be

selected by each applicant/participant

y of State's driver's license and

identification card database.  Emergency contact records shall otherwise not be

modified and shall otherwise only be deleted when the driver's license or

identification record no longer exists on the Secretary of State's driver's

license and identification card database.

d)         No more than two contact persons may be

selected by each applicant/participant.  The applicant shall be responsible for

the accuracy and completeness of all information submitted.

e)         The applicant/participant in the emergency

contact database shall provide sufficient information to allow for

authentication of the instruction permit, temporary visitor's instruction

permit, driver's license, temporary visitor's driver's license or

identification card record, and shall provide sufficient information regarding

each contact's name, address, telephone number if the contact has a telephone,

and relationship to the applicant/participant to allow for the identification

of and location of his/her chosen contacts by law enforcement accessing the

database.

f)         All requests to add, modify or delete a

record in the emergency contact database, including disability or special needs

information, shall be confidential.  Information contained in the emergency

contact database shall only be released to law enforcement in the course of

official duties or pursuant to a court order.  Law enforcement may share

information contained in the emergency contact database, including disability

and special needs information, with other public safety workers on scene, as

needed to conduct official law enforcement duties.

g)         A participant in the emergency contact

database may indicate that the participant has a disability or special needs.

A participant in the emergency contact database is not required to indicate a

disability or special need.