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.
House Bill 2479 was amended in the Health
Committee as follows:
·Defines
centralized medical direction communications center and emergency medical services provider.
·Allows an EMS provider or ambulance service to
establish its own training section, and also to investigate and discipline
employees, following certain guidelines