{"data":{"id":"us-il/70-ilcs-705-16.08b","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"70 ILCS 705/16.08b","heading":"Emergency medical technician licensure; training.","body":"(a) The board of trustees of a fire protection district may require that all firefighters hired on or after January 1, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act 93-952) by any fire department within the district to be licensed as an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.\n(b) The board of trustees of a fire protection district must, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, reimburse the mandatory training expenses of an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic employed by or under contract with the fire protection district, including the training expenses of a firefighter required to be licensed as an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic under subsection (a).","path":["CHAPTER 70 SPECIAL DISTRICTS","Fire Protection District Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=872\u0026ChapterID=15\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:24Z","sha256":"f1c6f0febe96dfb5efbd26a82c374559f44e7bcae1cfae71ef227dcfc9eea902","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/70-ilcs-705-16.08a","next":"us-il/70-ilcs-705-16.09"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}