Title 19a — Title 19a: Public Health and Well-Being

Sec. 19a-175. (Formerly Sec. 19-73u). Definitions. As used in this chapter and section 19a-906, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Emergency medical service system” means a system which provides for (A) the arrangement of personnel, facilities and equipment for the effic…

Sec. 19a-176. (Formerly Sec. 19-73v). Department of Public Health to administer emergency medical services program. The Department of Public Health shall be the lead agency for the state's emergency medical services program and shall be responsible for the planning, coordination …

Sec. 19a-177. (Formerly Sec. 19-73w). Duties of commissioner. The commissioner shall: (1) With the advice of the Office of Emergency Medical Services established pursuant to section 19a-178 and of an advisory committee on emergency medical services and with the benefit of meeting…

Sec. 19a-177a. Waiver of regulations. The Commissioner of Public Health may waive any provisions of the regulations applying to an emergency medical service organization or emergency medical services personnel, as such terms are defined in section 19a-175, if the commissioner det…

Sec. 19a-177b. Adjustment of rates for conveyance and treatment of patients by licensed ambulance services and invalid coaches. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the Commissioner of Public Health shall increase the rates for the conveyance and treatment of patients by…

Sec. 19a-178. (Formerly Sec. 19-73z). Office of Emergency Medical Services. State-wide coordinated delivery plan. Model local emergency medical services plans and performance agreements. (a) There shall be established within the Department of Public Health an Office of Emergency …

Sec. 19a-178a. Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board established; appointment; responsibilities. (a) There is established within the Department of Public Health an Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. (b) The advisory board shall consist of members appointed in accordan…

Sec. 19a-178b. Grants for enhancing emergency medical services and equipment. (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall establish an Emergency Medical Services Equipment and Local System Development grant program. The program shall provide incentive grants for enhancing emergen…

Sec. 19a-178c. Plan to mobilize emergency medical services during state of emergency. Rates. (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall develop and implement a plan in circumstances where the Governor declares a state of emergency to mobilize state emergency medical service asse…

Sec. 19a-179. (Formerly Sec. 19-73aa). Regulations. (a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, concerning (1) the methods and conditions for licensure and certification of the operations, facilities and equipment enumerated in section 19a-177, (2…

Sec. 19a-179a. Scope of practice of emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, emergency medical services instructor or paramedic. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, the scope of practice of an…

Sec. 19a-179b. Emergency medical technicians and paramedics engaged in civil preparedness duty or training. Chain of command. Any emergency medical technician or paramedic who is part of The Connecticut Disaster Medical Assistance Team or the Medical Reserve Corps, under the ausp…

Sec. 19a-179c. Interfacility critical care transport. Emergency interfacility transport. (a) Any ambulance used for interfacility critical care transport shall meet the requirements for a basic level ambulance, as prescribed in regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-179, inc…

Sec. 19a-179d. Implementation of policies and procedures re training, recertification and reinstatement of certification or licensure of emergency medical service personnel. Section 19a-179d is repealed, effective October 1, 2014. (P.A. 10-117, S. 25; P.A. 14-231, S. 72.)

Sec. 19a-179e. Department of Public Health to compile list of training programs. Provision of lists. (a) Not later than June 30, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Department of Public Health shall, within available appropriations, compile a list of training programs that are ava…

Sec. 19a-179f. Transport of patient to an alternate destination. (a) A licensed or certified emergency medical services organization or provider may transport a patient by ambulance to an alternate destination, in consultation with the medical director of a sponsor hospital. (b) …

Sec. 19a-180. (Formerly Sec. 19-73bb). Licensure and certification of ambulance service, paramedic intercept service or rescue service. Exception. Establishment of mobile integrated health care programs. Suspension or revocation of licensure or certification. Penalty. Duties of e…

Sec. 19a-180a. Emergency medical service organization filing of strike contingency plan. Penalty. Regulations. (a) Each emergency medical service organization licensed or certified by the Commissioner of Public Health shall, upon receipt of a notice of intention to strike by a la…

Sec. 19a-180b. Certificate of authorization for supplemental first responder. Suspension or revocation. (a) For the purposes of this section, “supplemental first responder” means an emergency medical service organization who holds a certificate of authorization by the Commissione…

Sec. 19a-180c. Authority of primary service area responder at certain scenes. (a) For the purposes of this section, “primary service area responder” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-175 and “supplemental first responder” has the same meaning as provided in section …

Sec. 19a-180d. Responsibility for decision-making on scene of emergency medical call. Emergency medical services personnel, as defined in section 19a-175, who holds the highest classification of licensure or certification from the Department of Public Health under this chapter an…

Sec. 19a-180e. Determination of whether death of emergency medical service personnel caused by a cardiac event, stroke or pulmonary embolism occurred in line of duty. If the death of any emergency medical service personnel, as defined in section 19a-175, is caused by a cardiac ev…

Sec. 19a-181. (Formerly Sec. 19-73cc). Inspection and registration of ambulance, invalid coach and authorized emergency medical services vehicle. Suspension or revocation of registration certificate. (a) In addition to the inspection required under subsection (b) of this section,…

Sec. 19a-181a. Indemnification of emergency medical services instructors. The state shall save harmless and indemnify any person certified as an emergency medical services instructor by the Department of Public Health under this chapter from financial loss and expense, including …

Sec. 19a-181b. Local emergency medical services plan. (a) Each municipality shall establish a local emergency medical services plan. Such plan shall include the written agreements or contracts developed between the municipality, its emergency medical service organizations and the…

Sec. 19a-181c. Removal of responder. Revocation of responder's primary service area assignment. (a) As used in this section and section 19a-181f: (1) “Responder” means any primary service area responder that (A) is notified for initial response, (B) is responsible for the provisi…

Sec. 19a-181d. Hearing re performance standards. (a) Any municipality may petition the commissioner to hold a hearing if the municipality cannot reach a written agreement with its primary service area responder concerning performance standards. The commissioner shall conduct such…

Sec. 19a-181e. Pilot program for municipal selection of emergency medical services provider based on issuance of requests for proposals. Section 19a-181e is repealed, effective October 1, 2008. (P.A. 00-135, S. 17, 21; 00-151, S. 12, 14; P.A. 08-184, S. 63.)

Sec. 19a-181f. Change in primary service area responder. Submission of alternative local emergency medical services plan. (a) For purposes of this section, “primary service area responder” has the same meaning as in section 19a-175. A municipality that seeks a change in a primary…

Sec. 19a-181g. Primary service area responder sale or transfer of ownership. A primary service area responder, as defined in section 19a-175, shall notify the Department of Public Health and the chief elected official or the chief executive officer of the municipality to which it…

Sec. 19a-182. (Formerly Sec. 19-73dd). Emergency medical services councils. Plans for delivery of services. (a) The emergency medical services councils shall advise the commissioner on area-wide planning and coordination of agencies for emergency medical services for each region …

Sec. 19a-183. (Formerly Sec. 19-73ee). Regional emergency medical services councils. There shall be established an emergency medical services council in each region. A region shall be composed of the towns so designated by the commissioner. Opportunity for membership shall be ava…

Sec. 19a-184. (Formerly Sec. 19-73ff). Functions of regional emergency medical services councils. (a) Each emergency medical services council shall (1) forward to the Commissioner of Public Health the emergency medical services plan for its region, and (2) review and within sixty…

Sec. 19a-185. (Formerly Sec. 19-73gg). Regional emergency medical services coordinators; appointment. Section 19a-185 is repealed, effective October 1, 2010. (P.A. 74-305, S. 14, 19; P.A. 75-112, S. 12, 18; P.A. 77-268, S. 7; P.A. 87-420, S. 8, 14; P.A. 10-117, S. 95.)

Sec. 19a-186. (Formerly Sec. 19-73hh). Functions of regional emergency medical services coordinators. The regional emergency medical services coordinator shall be responsible for: (1) Facilitating the work of the emergency medical services council in developing the plan for the c…

Sec. 19a-186a. Regional emergency medical services coordinators. Employment with Department of Public Health. Transition to classified service. (a) Any individual employed on June 30, 2010, as a regional emergency medical services coordinator or as an assistant regional emergency…

Sec. 19a-187. (Formerly Sec. 19-73ii). Cooperation of state agencies. Advice and consultation by The University of Connecticut Health Center. (a) All state agencies which are concerned with the emergency medical service delivery system shall, to the fullest extent consistent with…

Sec. 19a-188. (Formerly Sec. 19-73jj). Transfer of staff and funds. All existing staff, equipment and office supplies and all budgeted funds for the Emergency Medical Services Division of the Commission on Hospitals and Health Care are hereby transferred to and made part of the O…

Secs. 19a-189 to 19a-192. (Formerly Secs. 19-73kk to 19-73nn). Definitions. Municipal contracts with volunteer ambulance companies; residence requirements. Volunteer ambulance personnel compensated under chapter 568; hypertension or heart disease presumptions. Benefits for volunt…

Sec. 19a-192a. Transferred to Chapter 447, Sec. 23-14a.

Sec. 19a-193. Transferred to Chapter 384d, Sec. 20-206jj.

Sec. 19a-193a. Liability for emergency medical treatment services or transportation services provided by an ambulance service or paramedic intercept service. Liability for medical services or transport services under nonemergency conditions from mobile integrated health care prog…

Sec. 19a-193b. Collection of payment by an ambulance service. An ambulance service, as defined in section 19a-175, shall make a good faith effort to determine whether a person has health insurance coverage prior to attempting to collect payment from such person for services provi…

Sec. 19a-194. (Formerly Sec. 19-73pp). Motorcycle rescue vehicles. (a) A motorcycle equipped to handle medical emergencies shall be deemed a rescue vehicle. The commissioner shall issue a safety certificate to such motorcycle upon examination of such vehicle and a determination t…

Sec. 19a-195. Regulations re staffing of ambulances. The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to require all ambulances to be staffed by at least one certified emergency medical technician, who shall be in the patient compartment at…

Secs. 19a-195a and 19a-195b. Regulations re recertification and state-wide standardization of certification. Reinstatement of expired certification; validity of expired certificate. Sections 19a-195a and 19a-195b are repealed, effective October 1, 2015. (P.A. 83-240; P.A. 93-381,…

Sec. 19a-196. Complaints against emergency medical services councils, hearings and appeals. (a) For purposes of this section and sections 19a-196a and 19a-196b, “municipality” means any town, city or borough, whether consolidated or unconsolidated. (b) For purposes of this sectio…

Sec. 19a-196a. Termination of services to municipalities restricted. No emergency medical service council or emergency communication system shall terminate service to any municipality which participates in such council or system or which is a member of an agency or regional emerg…

Sec. 19a-196b. Response to calls from other municipalities. Transporting patients to the state's mobile field hospital. (a) Each emergency medical service council and emergency medical service system shall respond to and honor calls from any municipality that participates in anot…

Sec. 19a-197. Automatic external defibrillators. Registry established. Regulations. Simultaneous communication with physician not required. Section 19a-197 is repealed, effective October 1, 2008. (P.A. 98-62, S. 3; P.A. 00-47, S. 1; P.A. 08-184, S. 63.)