2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-176. (Formerly Sec. 19-73v). Department of Public Health to administer emergency medical services program.
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 and administration of a state-wide emergency
medical care service system. The commissioner shall set policy and establish state-wide
priorities for emergency medical services utilizing the services of the Department of
Public Health and the emergency medical services councils, as established by section
19a-183.
History: P.A. 75-112 replaced commission on hospitals and health care with commissioner and department of health; P.A. 77-268 replaced "b" agencies with "health systems agencies"; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner and department of health with commissioner and department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 removed provision re advice of advisory committee on emergency medical services in establishing policy and priorities; Sec. 19-73v transferred to Sec. 19a-176 in 1983; P.A. 87-420 deleted reference to health systems agencies and their associates and made a technical correction; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner 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. 98-195 added that department shall be the lead agency for the state's emergency medical services program; P.A. 01-195 deleted "state" re the Department of Public Health and substituted "commissioner" for "Commissioner of Public Health", effective July 11, 2001.
Annotation to former section 19-73v:
Cited. 35 CS 136, 142.
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