2010 Ohio Revised Code
Title [47] XLVII OCCUPATIONS - PROFESSIONS
Chapter 4765: DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
4765.05 Prehospital emergency medical services regions.
4765.05 Prehospital emergency medical services regions.
(A) As used in this section, “prehospital emergency medical services” means an emergency medical services system that provides medical services to patients who require immediate assistance, because of illness or injury, prior to their arrival at an emergency medical facility.
(B) The state board of emergency medical services shall divide the state geographically into prehospital emergency medical services regions for purposes of overseeing the delivery of adult and pediatric prehospital emergency medical services. For each prehospital emergency medical services region, the state board of emergency medical services shall appoint either a physician to serve as the regional director or a physician advisory board to serve as the regional advisory board. The state board of emergency medical services shall specify the duties of each regional director and regional advisory board. Regional directors and members of regional advisory boards shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out duties as regional directors and members of regional advisory boards.
(C) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit in any way the ability of a hospital to determine the market area of that hospital.
Effective Date: 11-03-2000; 01-18-2007
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