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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session
emergency medical services council; continuation
Purpose
Continues the Emergency Medical Services Council (Council) until January 1, 2028.
Background
Established in 1978, the Council is tasked with making recommendations to the Director of the Department of Health Services for the following standards and criteria: 1) statewide training and certification standards for all classifications of emergency medical care technicians; 2) standardized testing procedures; 3) medical standards for certification of training programs; and 4) standards for certification of emergency receiving facilities including advanced life support base hospitals (A.R.S. § 36-2204).
Council members are subject to three-year terms and are appointed by the Governor. Members of the Council must include: 1) one representative from each of the four local emergency medical services coordinating systems; 2) one physician specializing in emergency medicine from each of the four local emergency medical services coordinating regions; 3) one licensed nurse who specializes in emergency medicine; 4) one emergency medical care technician; 5) two representatives from ambulance service corporations; 6) two hospital administrators, one of whom represents a county with a population of less than 500,000 persons; 7) one representative from each of the three employers of the largest number of emergency medical care technicians and paramedics; 8) one representative from a nongovernmental employer of emergency medical technicians I-99; 9) one representative from the state fire districts; 10) one licensed physician who specializes in trauma surgery; 11) one representative of a prehospital emergency medical training program; 12) six public members; and 13) one representative of a volunteer medical rescue program. The Council is currently scheduled to terminate on January 1, 2020 (A.R.S. § 36-2203).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Continues the Council until January 1, 2028.
2. Makes technical corrections.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 28, 2019
CRS/AG/gs