The department is responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of a statewide comprehensive emergency medical services system and, accordingly, shall (1) coordinate public and private agencies engaged in the planning and delivery of emergency medical services, including trauma care, to plan an emergency medical services system; (2) assist public and private agencies to deliver […]
(a) The department may establish an emergency medical services patient care information system. If the department collects information on emergency medical services patient care, the department shall establish a format for the data collection. The purpose of the system is to (1) collect data on the incidence, severity, and causes of trauma injuries; (2) integrate […]
There is established in the department the Alaska Council on Emergency Medical Services. The council shall advise the commissioner and the governor with regard to the planning and implementation of a statewide emergency medical services system.
The council consists of 11 members appointed by the governor. The governor shall provide for appropriate geographical distribution in the appointments and shall appoint (1) two members who are physicians with experience in emergency medicine or trauma care; (2) one member who is a registered nurse with experience in emergency nursing; (3) three members who […]
(a) Members of the council shall be appointed for staggered terms of four years. (b) [Repealed, § 27 ch 36 SLA 1993.] (c) A vacancy occurring in the membership of the council shall be filled by appointment by the governor in the same manner as original appointments, and when a seat is vacated before expiration […]
Members of the council receive no salary, but are entitled to per diem, reimbursement for travel, and other expenses authorized by law for boards and commissions.
The council shall meet at the call of the chairman not less frequently than twice a year. A majority of members constitutes a quorum.
The council may create special committees or task forces outside its membership and may appoint persons who are not members of the council to serve as advisors or consultants to any committee created to carry out the purposes of the council.
(a) An emergency medical technician or mobile intensive care paramedic who responds to an emergency with an ambulance service or first responder service, who has in the technician’s or mobile intensive care paramedic’s possession a current emergency medical technician or mobile intensive care paramedic identification card, and who provides emergency medical care or other emergency […]
(a) The department shall adopt, with the concurrence of the Department of Public Safety, regulations establishing standards and procedures for the issuance, renewal, reissuance, revocation, and suspension of certificates or licenses required under AS 18.08.084, as well as other regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) The department may charge fees […]
(a) The department shall prescribe by regulation a course of training or other requirements prerequisite to the issuance of certificates or licenses that provide for the following: (1) certification of a person who meets the training and other requirements as an emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician instructor, or emergency medical dispatcher; (2) authorization for […]
(a) One may not represent oneself, nor may an agency or business represent an agent or employee of that agency or business, as an emergency medical dispatcher, emergency medical technician, mobile intensive care paramedic, or emergency medical technician instructor certified or licensed by the state unless the person represented is certified or licensed for that […]
(a) The trauma care fund is created. The purpose of the fund is to compensate certified trauma centers in the state that receive a special designation under AS 18.08.082(c) and that achieve or maintain the highest appropriate level of trauma care designation. (b) The fund consists of money appropriated to it by the legislature, including […]
(a) A person certified or licensed under AS 18.08.082 who administers emergency medical services to an injured or sick person, a person or public agency that employs, sponsors, directs, or controls the activities of persons certified or licensed under AS 18.08.082 who administer emergency medical services to an injured or sick person, or a health […]
When requested for the purpose of evaluating the performance of an emergency medical technician, mobile intensive care paramedic, or physician who provided emergency medical care or other assistance to a sick or injured person, a licensed physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant may disclose to an emergency medical technician, a mobile intensive care […]
A person who violates a provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both. Each violation is a separate offense.
(a) A mobile intensive care paramedic licensed under this chapter, a physician assistant registered or licensed under AS 08.64.107, or an emergency medical technician certified under this chapter may make a determination and pronouncement of death of a person under the following circumstances: (1) the mobile intensive care paramedic or emergency medical technician is an […]
An air ambulance service provider that provides air ambulance services to an individual covered under an air ambulance membership agreement with the provider may not deny emergency medical services to any person on the basis that the person is not covered under an air ambulance membership agreement. In this section, “air ambulance membership agreement” and […]
(a) An individual certified or licensed under this chapter may practice within the individual’s authorized scope of practice under this chapter through telehealth with a patient in this state if the individual’s certification or license is in good standing. (b) If an individual certified or licensed under this chapter determines in the course of a […]
In this chapter, (1) “advanced life support” means emergency care techniques provided under the written or oral orders of a physician that include manual electric cardiac defibrillation, administration of antiarrhythmic agents, intravenous therapy, intramuscular therapy, or use of endotracheal intubation devices; (2) “ambulance” means any publicly or privately owned means of conveyance intended to be […]
