Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) – are hospitals that meet standards to treat the most complex stroke cases which include all components of a PSC plus the following: advanced imaging techniques, availability of personnel trained in vascular neurology, neurosurgery, and endovascular procedures, 24/7 availability of personnel, imaging, operating room, and endovascular facilities, and other eligibility standards. Certified CSC hospitals may pursue voluntary designation from the Illinois Department of Public Health by submitting verification of the CSC national certification and a completed Application for Stroke Center Designation to the Department of Public Health.

A hospital participating in an approved emergency medical system and designated by the Department to provide optimal critical and specialty care services to pediatric patients, and to provide all essential services either in-house or readily available 24 hours per day. Hospitals that are designated at the PCCC level must also meet all EDAP requirements.

Hospitals that provide care for patients requiring increasingly complex care and do operate a NICU.