720 ILCS 5/26-1(a)(9) – Disorderly Conduct – False Request for Ambulance or Medical Aid
This law makes it illegal to call for an ambulance or medical help when you know it’s not really needed.
This Illinois law says that it’s against the law to ask for an ambulance or emergency medical help if you know there’s no real emergency. Doing this is treated as a serious crime because it wastes emergency resources.
(a)(9) A person breaks this law if they send or cause someone else to send a false request for an ambulance, emergency medical technician, or paramedic to a police or fire department, fire district, or private ambulance service, even though they know there isn’t a real reason for help.
(b) Sentence: Breaking subsection (a)(9) is a Class 4 felony.
(c) Besides any jail time or fines, the court must also make the person do community service between 30 and 120 hours, as long as this program is available and approved in the county. If someone is placed under supervision for this type of offense, they must also complete community service. This rule doesn’t apply if the person is sent to jail.
(f) “Emergency response” means any situation that could cause an emergency vehicle to respond, threaten public safety, require an evacuation, or bring police, firefighters, or ambulance workers to the scene.
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