§16-4C-13. Actions to Enjoin Violations; Injunctive Relief
Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any person has been or is violating or is about to violate any provision of this article or any final order of the commissioner, the commissioner may apply in the name of the state, to the circuit court of the county in which the violation or any part […]
§16-4C-14. Services That May Be Performed by Emergency Medical Service Personnel
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, emergency medical service personnel may provide the services as determined by the commissioner by legislative rule pursuant to the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. Legislative rules governing provision of these services in a hospital emergency room setting shall be developed by the commissioner and shall […]
§16-4C-15. Powers of Emergency Medical Service Attendants, Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic and Emergency Medical Technicians-Paramedic During Emergency Communications Failures and Disasters
(a) In the event of a communications failure between the certified emergency medical services agency personnel, as defined in section three of this article, and the physician during an emergency situation, the certified personnel is authorized to deliver the services as authorized in section fourteen of this article. (b) In the event of a disaster […]
§16-4C-16. Limitation of Liability; Mandatory Errors and Omissions Insurance
(a) Every person, corporation, ambulance service, emergency medical service provider, emergency ambulance authority, emergency ambulance service or other person which employs emergency medical service personnel with or without wages for ambulance service or provides ambulance service in any manner, shall obtain a policy of insurance insuring the person or entity and every employee, agent or […]
§16-4C-4. Office of Emergency Medical Services Created; Requiring Appointment of a Director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services; Staffing
(a) There is hereby created within state government under the Commissioner of the Bureau of Public Health an office to be known as the Office of Emergency Medical Services. A Director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources to manage the […]
§16-4C-5. Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; Duties; Composition; Appointment; Meetings; Compensation and Expenses
(a) The Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council, created and established by former 16-4C-7 of this code, is continued for the purpose of developing, with the commissioner, standards for emergency medical services personnel and for the purpose of providing advice to the Office of Emergency Medical Services and the commissioner with respect to reviewing and making […]
§16-4C-6. Powers and Duties of Commissioner
The commissioner has the following powers and duties: (a) To propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code: Provided, That the rules have been submitted at least 30 days in advance for review by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council, who may act only in the […]
§16-4C-6a. Emergency Medical Services Agency Licensure
(a) Any person who proposes to establish or maintain an emergency medical services agency shall file an application with the commissioner which includes the identity of the applicant, any parent or affiliated entity, the proposed level of service and the number of emergency medical service response vehicles of the agency or proposed agency. The commissioner […]
§16-4C-6b. Establishment of Emergency Medical Services Agency Licensure Fund; Authorized Expenditures; Annual Report
(a) There is established in the state Treasury a special revenue fund designated the "Emergency Medical Services Agency Licensure Fund", which shall be administered by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Public Health. (b) All application, personnel certification and recertification and agency licensing fees collected pursuant to the provisions of sections six, six-a and eight […]
§16-4C-7. Vehicles, Aircraft and Persons Aboard Them Exempted From Requirements of Article
The following vehicles and aircraft are exempted from the provisions of this article and rules promulgated pursuant to it and persons aboard them are not required to comply with the provisions of section eight of this article: (a) Privately-owned vehicles and aircraft not ordinarily used in the business or service of transporting patients; (b) Vehicles […]