Any public ambulance, when rendering basic life support services to a patient, shall convey the patient from the place where care was initiated to the nearest emergency medical facility approved by the City of Chicago department of health for the provision of emergency medical care services.
Any public ambulance, when offering advanced life support services to a patient, shall convey the patient from the place where care was initiated to that hospital where as determined by the resource or associate hospital, the most appropriate and needed service can be rendered to the specific patient; provided that, except as provided below, the destination hospital shall be a participant in a State of Illinois Emergency Medical Services System.
Whenever any private ambulance is offering basic life support services, no sick or injured person shall be conveyed against his/her will by the private ambulance from the place where he/she was overcome by sickness or from the scene of the crash in which he/she was injured, nor to a place to which he/she is unwilling to go; provided, that if such sick or injured person is unable to give any direction in his/her own behalf and there is no immediate relative present to direct where he/she shall be taken, such sick or injured person shall be conveyed to the nearest emergency medical facility approved by the City of Chicago department of health for the provision of emergency medical care services.
Whenever advanced life support services are initiated by a private ambulance, the patient must be conveyed to that hospital where, as determined by the resource or associate hospital, the most appropriate and needed service can be rendered to the specific patient; provided that, except as provided below, the destination hospital shall be a participant in a State of Illinois Emergency Medical Services System.
In instances where advanced life support services are indicated, and the patient demands transport to a hospital not participating in the State of Illinois Emergency Medical Services System, the patient or his/her immediate relative shall sign an appropriate release form absolving the company, the emergency medical technicians and the resource or associate hospital from responsibility related to the medical care rendered and the continuity thereof, resulting from the inability to offer fully appropriate services.
(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 7-30-97, p. 50612; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 88; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-21, p. 41319, Art. III, § 1)