§ 23-4.1-2 - Ambulance service coordinating advisory board.
SECTION 23-4.1-2
§ 23-4.1-2 Ambulance service coordinatingadvisory board. – (a) The ambulance service coordinating advisory board is created consisting oftwenty-three (23) members appointed as set out in this section. The governorshall appoint the members of the board as follows: Two (2) from the departmentof health; five (5) practicing licensed emergency medical technicians; three(3) from a full time paid department who shall be recommended from the RhodeIsland State Association of Fire Fighters, IAFF, AFL-CIO, and two (2) who areactive E.M.S. administrators, one recommended from the Rhode Island Associationof Fire Chiefs and one recommended from the Rhode Island State Firemen's Leaguefrom a volunteer fire department; one from the R.I. Hospital Association; onefrom the R.I. Medical Society; one from the R.I. chapter of the AmericanCollege of Surgeons, committee on trauma; one from the R.I. chapter of theAmerican College of Emergency Physicians; one from the Rhode Island chapter ofthe American Academy of Pediatrics; two (2) from a professional ambulanceservice; two (2) from the general public; two (2) from Providence county whoare active members of a public ambulance service or fire department rescuesquad unit, one from a full time paid department and one from a volunteerdepartment; four (4), one each from the counties of Kent, Newport, Bristol andWashington, who shall be members of a public ambulance service or a firedepartment rescue squad and one certified emergency nurse in current practicewho is a member of the Emergency Room Nurses Association. The members of theboard shall be chosen and shall hold office for five (5) years, and until theirrespective successors are appointed and qualified. In the month of February ineach year, the governor shall appoint successors to the members of the boardwhose terms shall expire in that year, to hold office until the first day ofMarch in the fifth (5th) year after their appointment and until theirrespective successors are appointed and qualified. Any vacancy that may occurin the board shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the unexpiredterm in the same manner as the original appointment. Each member may designatea representative to attend in his or her absence by notifying the chair priorto that meeting of the board. The board shall meet at least quarterly and toelect its officers annually.
(b) The division of emergency medical services of thedepartment of health shall provide staff support to the board.