77 Ill. Adm. Code 515.5017
Suspension and Revocation of Comprehensive Stoke Center Designation
Section 515.5017
Suspension and Revocation of
Comprehensive Stoke Center Designation
a)
A
hospital that no longer meets nationally recognized, evidence-based standards for
CSCs, or loses its CSC certification, shall notify the Department,
the
hospital's EMS MD
, and the Regional EMS Advisory Committee,
in writing,
within
5 business days,
upon notification from the certifying body
.
(Section 3.117(a‑5)(6)(A) of the Act)
b)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Suspension of
Designation
1)
The
Department shall have the authority and responsibility to suspend or revoke the
hospital's CSC designation upon receiving notice that the hospital's CSC
certification has lapsed or been revoked by the State recognized certifying
body.
(Section 3.117(a-5)(4)(A) of the Act)
2)
The
Department shall have the authority and responsibility to suspend the hospital's
CSC designation, in extreme circumstances in which patients may be at risk for
immediate harm or death,
until such time as the certifying body
investigates and makes a final determination regarding certification.
(Section
3.117(a-5)(4)(B) of the Act) The Department will notify the hospital's
certifying body and provide the hospital and EMS MD with written notice of the
Department's decision to suspend designation.
3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Upon
receipt of the Department's written notice to suspend designation, the hospital
shall have 15 business days in which to make a written request for an
administrative hearing to contest the Department's decision. Administrative
hearings will be conducted in accordance with Section 515.180. The Department
will notify the hospital, the EMS MD, and the hospital's certifying body of the
Department's final administrative decision to revoke designation.
4)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The
Department will
suspend the hospital's CSC designation at the request of a
hospital seeking to suspend its own Department designation.
(Section
3.117(a-5)(4)(D) of the Act)
5)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The
Department shall have the authority to conduct investigations. All applicants
for designation and designees
shall fully cooperate with any Department
investigation, including providing patient medical records as requested by the
Department.
(Section 3.125(d) of the Act) The failure to fully cooperate
shall be grounds for denying, suspending or revoking a designation.
c)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The
Department will
restore any previously suspended or revoked Department
designation upon notice to the Department that the certifying body has
confirmed or restored the CSC certification of that previously designated hospital.
(Section 3.117(a-5)(4)(C) of the Act)