Sec. 19a-183. (Formerly Sec. 19-73ee). Regional emergency medical services councils.
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 available to all appropriate representatives of
emergency medical services including, but not limited to, one representative from each
of the following: (1) Local governments; (2) fire and law enforcement officials; (3)
medical and nursing professions, including mental health, paraprofessional and other
allied health professionals; (4) providers of ambulance services, at least one of which
shall be a member of a volunteer ambulance association; (5) institutions of higher education; (6) federal agencies involved in the delivery of health care; and (7) consumers. All
emergency medical services councils, including those in existence on July 1, 1974, shall
submit to the commissioner information concerning the organizational structure and
council bylaws for the commissioner's approval. The commissioner shall foster the
development of emergency medical services councils in each region.
(P.A. 74-305, S. 12, 19; P.A. 75-112, S. 10, 18; P.A. 77-268, S. 5; 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 87-420, S. 6, 14; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 00-27, S. 17, 24.)
History: P.A. 75-112 replaced commission on hospitals and health care with commissioner of health; P.A. 77-268
replaced "comprehensive health planning agency" with "health system agency"; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of
health with commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-73ee transferred to Sec. 19a-183 in 1983;
P.A. 87-420 redefined the composition of a region and made technical changes; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health
services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner
and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective
July 1, 1995; P.A. 00-27 made technical changes, effective May 1, 2000.
Annotation to former section 19-73ee:
Cited. 35 CS 136. Cited. 37 CS 124.