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2005 SESSION
HB 2238 Emergency medical services personnel training, response times, etc.; civil penalties.
Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Board of Health regulations; emergency medical services personnel training, agency response times, and enforcement provisions; civil penalties. Requires the State Board of Health to prescribe, in regulation, requirements for (i) training for emergency medical services personnel; (ii) a uniform definition of "response time" and requirements for measuring response times from the time a call is received until the time the unit is responding and the arrival at the scene as well as collection and reporting of emergency response times; and (iii) enforcement provisions, including fines, to be assessed by the State Health Commissioner against any agency, or other entity found to be in violation of the emergency medical services statutes or regulations. All amounts paid as fines are to be allocated to the emergency medical services special fund.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Board of Health regulations; emergency medical services personnel training, agency response times, and enforcement provisions; civil penalties. Requires the State Board of Health to prescribe, in regulation, (i) training for emergency medical services personnel; (ii) collection and reporting of emergency response times; and (iii) enforcement provisions, including fines, to be assessed by the State Health Commissioner against any person, agency, or other entity found to be in violation of the emergency medical services statutes or regulations.