Specific health condition

Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-218 — under Emergency Medical Services.

Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-218

(a) Emergency medical services personnel may administer prescription medications that are:(1) Carried by a patient;(2) Administered via routes of delivery that are within the scope of training for emergency medical services personnel;(3) Intended to treat a specific health condition; and(4) Not listed on the drug formulary set out by the Department of Health.

(1) Carried by a patient;

(2) Administered via routes of delivery that are within the scope of training for emergency medical services personnel;

(3) Intended to treat a specific health condition; and

(4) Not listed on the drug formulary set out by the Department of Health.

(b) A patient who is diagnosed with a specific health condition may request to be transported to an alternative destination facility that is farther away than the nearest facility if:(1) The alternative destination facility better meets the needs of the patient because:(A) The patient's physician and medical records are at the alternative destination facility;(B) The patient has recently been discharged from the alternative destination facility;(C) The patient has had previous hospitalizations at the alternative destination facility; and(D) The patient's complex medical history is followed at the alternative destination facility; and(2) The request is approved by the local emergency medical services entity, which may include or be an emergency medical services board established under § 14-266-105(a)(3).

(1) The alternative destination facility better meets the needs of the patient because:(A) The patient's physician and medical records are at the alternative destination facility;(B) The patient has recently been discharged from the alternative destination facility;(C) The patient has had previous hospitalizations at the alternative destination facility; and(D) The patient's complex medical history is followed at the alternative destination facility; and

(A) The patient's physician and medical records are at the alternative destination facility;

(B) The patient has recently been discharged from the alternative destination facility;

(C) The patient has had previous hospitalizations at the alternative destination facility; and

(D) The patient's complex medical history is followed at the alternative destination facility; and

(2) The request is approved by the local emergency medical services entity, which may include or be an emergency medical services board established under § 14-266-105(a)(3).

(c) The Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee shall establish standards for:(1) Emergency medical services personnel to communicate with patients and caregivers of patients who are diagnosed with a specific health condition about:(A) The patient's specific health condition;(B) The likelihood that the patient will need emergency medical services; and(C) The collaborative development of emergency medical service care plans to meet the patient's needs; and(2) Local emergency medical services entities, which may include or be emergency medical services boards established under § 14-266-105(a)(3), to participate in care coordination for patients who are diagnosed with a specific health condition.

(1) Emergency medical services personnel to communicate with patients and caregivers of patients who are diagnosed with a specific health condition about:(A) The patient's specific health condition;(B) The likelihood that the patient will need emergency medical services; and(C) The collaborative development of emergency medical service care plans to meet the patient's needs; and

(A) The patient's specific health condition;

(B) The likelihood that the patient will need emergency medical services; and

(C) The collaborative development of emergency medical service care plans to meet the patient's needs; and

(2) Local emergency medical services entities, which may include or be emergency medical services boards established under § 14-266-105(a)(3), to participate in care coordination for patients who are diagnosed with a specific health condition.