(a) In addition to the other duties set forth in this chapter, the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee shall:(1) Make recommendations for rules to be adopted by the State Board of Health on all matters relating to emergency medical services, including without limitation:(A) Standards for licensure of ambulance and advanced life support rescue personnel;(B) Standards for equipment required on ambulance and advanced life support rescue vehicles;(C) Standards for vehicles used in patient transportation and advanced life support rescue response, including without limitation communications requirements;(D) A statewide communications system for emergency medical services;(E) Operational standards for providers of ambulance and advanced life support rescue services, including without limitation reporting requirements and standards for air ambulances and air ambulance services; and(F) Procedures for summoning and dispatching aid;(2) Assist area health planning in the establishment and operation of local, municipal, county, or district emergency medical services;(3) Hold public administrative hearings for disciplinary action against emergency medical services personnel or an emergency medical services provider as defined under § 20-13-202;(4) Hear appeals for the denial or renewal of licensure of emergency medical services personnel or emergency medical services providers as defined under § 20-13-202;(5) Review requests for waiver of criminal background disqualifying offenses under § 20-13-1106; and(6) (A) Engage in the development of dispatching capabilities for emergency medical services in the state.(B) An emergency medical services provider shall make a reasonable effort to see that a patient is taken to a physician or hospital of the patient's choice, if within a reasonable distance.
(1) Make recommendations for rules to be adopted by the State Board of Health on all matters relating to emergency medical services, including without limitation:(A) Standards for licensure of ambulance and advanced life support rescue personnel;(B) Standards for equipment required on ambulance and advanced life support rescue vehicles;(C) Standards for vehicles used in patient transportation and advanced life support rescue response, including without limitation communications requirements;(D) A statewide communications system for emergency medical services;(E) Operational standards for providers of ambulance and advanced life support rescue services, including without limitation reporting requirements and standards for air ambulances and air ambulance services; and(F) Procedures for summoning and dispatching aid;
(A) Standards for licensure of ambulance and advanced life support rescue personnel;
(B) Standards for equipment required on ambulance and advanced life support rescue vehicles;
(C) Standards for vehicles used in patient transportation and advanced life support rescue response, including without limitation communications requirements;
(D) A statewide communications system for emergency medical services;
(E) Operational standards for providers of ambulance and advanced life support rescue services, including without limitation reporting requirements and standards for air ambulances and air ambulance services; and
(F) Procedures for summoning and dispatching aid;
(2) Assist area health planning in the establishment and operation of local, municipal, county, or district emergency medical services;
(3) Hold public administrative hearings for disciplinary action against emergency medical services personnel or an emergency medical services provider as defined under § 20-13-202;
(4) Hear appeals for the denial or renewal of licensure of emergency medical services personnel or emergency medical services providers as defined under § 20-13-202;
(5) Review requests for waiver of criminal background disqualifying offenses under § 20-13-1106; and
(6) (A) Engage in the development of dispatching capabilities for emergency medical services in the state.(B) An emergency medical services provider shall make a reasonable effort to see that a patient is taken to a physician or hospital of the patient's choice, if within a reasonable distance.
(A) Engage in the development of dispatching capabilities for emergency medical services in the state.
(B) An emergency medical services provider shall make a reasonable effort to see that a patient is taken to a physician or hospital of the patient's choice, if within a reasonable distance.
(b) An appeal of an adverse action taken by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee under subdivisions (a)(3) and (4) of this section may be made to the State Board of Health and then the appropriate circuit court in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.