SB478 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Paul Sanford

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Emergency Medical Services, Advisory Board, membership reduced, meetings, Sec. 22-18-5 am'd.

Summary

SB478 would reform the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board by changing its membership rules and requiring more frequent meetings.

What This Bill Does

Keeps a 25-member Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board but adjusts how members are chosen from paramedics, physicians, hospitals, associations, and state agencies. Sets four-year terms for representatives, while the State Health Officer is an ex officio member with voting privileges and other ex officio members have indefinite terms. Requires the board to meet at least twice a year (and allows meetings at the State Health Officer's call) to set rules, regulations, and standards for emergency medical services. Allows the board to establish proxy representation, voting, and quorum rules by majority consent.

Who It Affects

• Emergency medical services professionals and related organizations (paramedics, EMTs, physicians, nurses, and the designated associations and committees) who are appointed to the board and participate in setting EMS standards.
• State and local agencies and officials (State Health Officer, Department of Public Safety, Department of Transportation, Highway Safety, DOT-related programs, and other designated organizations) involved in appointing board members and implementing EMS policies.

Key Provisions

• Board size set at 25 members; meet at least twice per year; chair elected from among members for a two-year term nonconsecutive; State Health Officer as an ex officio voting member; board meetings can occur by call of the State Health Officer.
• Specified designation of members (paramedics, physicians, and representatives from various EMS-related associations, hospitals, and state agencies) totaling 25 seats; the State EMS Director designated as a non-voting member.
• Terms: each representative serves four years (or until a successor is appointed); ex officio members' terms are indefinite; vacancies filled by the original appointing organization; members may be reimbursed for expenses but serve without compensation.
• Additional rules: the board may set proxy representation, voting, and quorum requirements with majority consent; act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage and the Governor's approval.

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Subjects

Emergency Medical Services