2014 -- H 7753
Enacted 07/08/14
A N A C T
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - AMBULANCE SERVICE COORDINATING ADVISORY BOARD
Introduced By: Representatives Slater, Blazejewski, Carnevale, and DeSimone
Date Introduced: February 27, 2014
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 23-4.1-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-4.1 entitled "Emergency Medical Transportation Services" is hereby amended to read as follows:
23-4.1-2. Ambulance service coordinating advisory board. --
(a) The ambulance service coordinating advisory board is created consisting of twenty-three (23) twenty-five
(25) members appointed as set out in this section. The governor
shall appoint the members of the board as follows: Two (2) from the department
of health; five (5) seven (7) practicing,
licensed emergency medical technicians;, three (3) from a full time paid department, who shall be recommended from the Rhode Island
State Association of Fire Fighters, IAFF, AFL-CIO, and
two (2) who are active E.M.S. administrators, one recommended from the Rhode
Island Association of Fire Chiefs, and
one recommended from the Rhode Island State Firemen's League from a volunteer
fire department; one recommended by the senate
president; one recommended by the speaker of the house; one from the
R.I. Hospital Association; one from the R.I. Medical Society; one from the R.I.
chapter of the American College of Surgeons, committee on trauma; one from the
R.I. chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians; one from the
Rhode Island chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics; two (2) from a
professional ambulance service; two (2) from the general public; two (2) from
Providence county who are active members of a public ambulance service or fire
department rescue squad unit, one from a full time paid department and one from
a volunteer department; four (4), one each from the counties of Kent, Newport,
Bristol and Washington, who shall be members of a public ambulance service or a
fire department rescue squad; and one
certified, emergency nurse in current practice
who is a member of the Emergency Room Nurses Association. The members of the
board shall be chosen and shall hold office for five (5) years, and until their
respective successors are appointed and qualified. In the month of February in
each year, the governor shall appoint successors to the members of the board
whose terms shall expire in that year, to hold office until the first day of
March in the fifth (5th) year after their appointment and until their
respective successors are appointed and qualified. Any vacancy that may occur
in the board shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the unexpired
term in the same manner as the original appointment. Each member may designate
a representative to attend in his or her absence by notifying the chair prior
to that meeting of the board. The board shall meet at least quarterly and to
elect its officers annually.
(b) The division of emergency medical services of the department of health shall provide staff support to the board.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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