House of Representatives

HB 2479

emergency medical services providers

Sponsors: Representative Gerard

X	Committee on Health
	Caucus and COW
	As Passed the House

House Bill 2479 adds two sections pertaining to the provision of centralized medical direction and self-inspection of ambulances.

Provisions

· Allows an emergency medical services provider or ambulance service to provide centralized medical direction if the communication center is:

· Located in a hospital, medical center, trauma center or freestanding communications center.

· Able to communicate by voice and telemetry with ambulance and emergency medical services.

· Staffed by licensed physicians or registered nurses 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

· Permits an ambulance service or emergency medical services provider to train or educate its personnel and shall staff the training program with at least three people who train emergency medical services personnel. Two of these people must be certified EMTs, and at least one must be a certified paramedic. The section shall also include a medical director who is a medical doctor or osteopathic physician.

· Adds a definition for emergency medical services provider.

· Stipulates that an ambulance service that uses more than six ambulances may self-inspect the vehicles. The service shall maintain inspections records.

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· 44th Legislature Analyst Initials _______

· Second Regular Session February 1, 2000

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