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210 ILCS 50/2 (2026)

The Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent of this legislation to provide the State with systems for emergency medical services by establishing within the State Department of Public Health a central authority responsible for the coordination and integration of all activities within the State concerning pre-hospital and inter-hospital emergency medical services, as well as non-emergency medical transports, and the overall planning, evaluation, and regulation of pre-hospital emergency medical services systems

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(210 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5502)
    Sec. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent of this legislation to provide the State with systems for emergency medical services by establishing within the State Department of Public Health a central authority responsible for the coordination and integration of all activities within the State concerning pre-hospital and inter-hospital emergency medical services, as well as non-emergency medical transports, and the overall planning, evaluation, and regulation of pre-hospital emergency medical services systems.
    The provisions of this Act shall not be construed to deny emergency medical services to persons outside the boundaries of this State nor to limit, restrict, or prevent any cooperative agreement for the provision of emergency medical services between this State, or any of its political subdivisions, and any other State or its political subdivisions or a federal agency.
    The provisions of this Act shall not be construed to regulate the emergency transportation of persons by friends or family members, in personal vehicles that are not ambulances, specialized emergency medical service vehicles, first response vehicles or medical carriers.
    This legislation is intended to provide minimum standards for the statewide delivery of EMS services. It is recognized, however, that diversities exist between different areas of the State, based on geography, location of health care facilities, availability of personnel, and financial resources. The Legislature therefore intends that the implementation and enforcement of this Act by the Illinois Department of Public Health accommodate those varying needs and interests to the greatest extent possible without jeopardizing appropriate standards of medical care, through the Department's exercise of the waiver provision of this Act and its adoption of rules pursuant to this Act.
(Source: P.A. 88-1; 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases, 1997–2020 · leading case: Abruzzo v. City of Park Ridge, 898 N.E.2d 631 (Ill. 2008).
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Abruzzo v. City of Park Ridge, 898 N.E.2d 631 (Ill. 2008). · cites it 4× “” 210 ILCS 50/2 (West 2004). The Act’s provisions are directed at accomplishing the broad purpose of planning, delivering, evaluating, and regulating emergency medical services.”
Brock v. Anderson Road Ass'n, 677 N.E.2d 985 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). · cites it 3× “210 ILCS 50/2 (West 1992). The purpose of an emergency medical system is to provide prehospital care (210 ILCS 50/2 (West 1992)), that is, "emergency medical services rendered to emergency patients for analytic, resuscitative, stabilizing, or preventative purposes, precedent to…”
Hernandez v. Lifeline Ambulance, LLC, 2020 IL 124610 (Ill. 2020). · cites it 2× “” 210 ILCS 50/2 (West 2016). ¶ 67 Section 3.”
Wilkins v. Williams, 2013 IL 114310 (Ill. 2013). “” 210 ILCS 50/2 (West 2006). ¶ 29 The court in Abruzzo recognized the broad scope of the EMS Act, observing that with recent amendments, “[t]he EMS Act continues to regulate expansively the delivery of emergency medical services in Illinois.”
Washington v. City of Evanston, 782 N.E.2d 847 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “210 ILCS 50/2 (West 1996). The state is divided into geographic regions, each with a designated EMS resource hospital and a plan for coordinating the region’s emergency medical services, trauma services, and nonemergency medical services.”
Abruzzo v. City of Park Ridge, 870 N.E.2d 1012 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “” 210 ILCS 50/2 (West 2004). Unlike the Domestic Violence Act, there is no indication in the EMS Act that it was enacted to remedy previous shortcomings in the provision of emergency services.”
Brock v. Anderson Road Assocs., 703 N.E.2d 568 (Ill. App. Ct. 1998). “” 210 ILCS 50/2 (West 1992). Section 17(a) of the Act provides: “Any person, agency or governmental body licensed or authorized pursuant to this Act or its rules, who in good faith provides life support services *** in an emergency shall not be civilly or criminally liable as a…”
Bass v. Cook Cnty. Hosp., 2015 IL App (1st) 142665 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “" 210 ILCS 50/2 (West 2012). ¶4 In order to fulfill the stated purpose, the Act provides that the Department of Public Health (Department) shall designate Emergency Medical Services (EMS) regions (210 ILCS 50/3.”
Bass v. Cook Cnty. Hosp., 2015 IL App (1st) 142665 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “” 210 ILCS 50/2 (West 2012). ¶4 In order to fulfill the stated purpose, the Act provides that the Department of Public Health (Department) shall designate emergency medical services (EMS) regions (210 ILCS 50/3.”
Abruzzo v. City of Park Ridge (Ill. 2008). · cites it 4× “” 210 ILCS 50/2 (West 2004). The Act’s provisions are directed at accomplishing the broad purpose of planning, delivering, evaluating, and regulating emergency medical services.”
Washington v. City of Evanston (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “The state is divided into geographic regions, each with a designated EMS resource hospital and a plan for coordinating the region's emergency medical services, trauma services, and nonemergency medical services. 210 ILCS 50/3.”
Abruzzo v. City of Park Ridge (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “" 210 ILCS 50/2 (West 2004). Unlike the Domestic Violence Act, there is no indication in the EMS Act that it was enacted to remedy previous shortcomings in the provision of emergency services.”
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