2012 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 311A EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
311A.015 Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services -- Members -- Terms -- Quorum -- Procedure -- Removal of members -- Reimbursement -- Annual reports.

Download as PDF 311A.015 Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services -- Members -- Terms -Quorum -- Procedure -- Removal of members -- Reimbursement -- Annual reports. (1) (2) The Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services is created and shall be attached to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. The board shall consist of eighteen (18) members who are residents of Kentucky appointed by the Governor in conjunction with recognized state emergency medical services related organizations. Membership shall be made up of the following: (a) One (1) paramedic who works for a government agency but is not serving in an educational, management, or supervisory capacity; (b) One (1) emergency medical technician-basic who works for a government agency but is not serving in an educational, management, or supervisory capacity; (c) One (1) first responder who is not serving in an educational, management, or supervisory capacity; (d) One (1) physician licensed in Kentucky having a primary practice in the delivery of emergency medical care selected from a list of three (3) physicians submitted by the Kentucky Medical Association; (e) One (1) physician licensed in Kentucky serving as medical director of an advanced life support ambulance service selected from a list of three (3) physicians submitted by the Kentucky Medical Association; (f) One (1) physician licensed in Kentucky who routinely is involved in the emergency care of ill and injured children selected from a list of three (3) physicians submitted by the Kentucky Medical Association; (g) One (1) trauma surgeon licensed in Kentucky selected from a list of three (3) physicians submitted by the Kentucky Medical Association; (h) One (1) citizen having no involvement in the delivery of medical or emergency services; (i) One (1) emergency medical services educator certified by the board; (j) One (1) mayor of a city that operates, either directly or through contract services, a licensed Class I ground ambulance service; (k) One (1) county judge/executive from a county that operates, whether directly or through contract services, a licensed Class I ground ambulance service; (l) One (1) volunteer-staffed, licensed Class I ground ambulance service administrator who is a certified emergency medical technician or a licensed paramedic; (m) One (1) fire-service-based, licensed Class I ground ambulance service administrator who is a certified emergency medical technician or a licensed paramedic; (n) One (1) licensed air ambulance service administrator or paramedic for a licensed air ambulance service headquartered in Kentucky; (o) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) One (1) private licensed Class 1 ground ambulance service administrator who is a certified emergency medical technician or a licensed paramedic who is a resident of Kentucky; (p) One (1) hospital administrator selected from a list of five (5) nominees submitted by the Kentucky Hospital Association; (q) One (1) basic life support, licensed Class I government-operated ground ambulance service administrator who is a certified emergency medical technician or a licensed paramedic; and (r) One (1) advanced life support, government-operated ambulance service administrator who is a certified emergency medical technician or a licensed paramedic. No board member shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms. A member appointed to a partial term vacancy exceeding two (2) years shall be deemed to have served a full term. A former member may be reappointed following an absence of one (1) term. The board shall annually: (a) Meet at least six (6) times a year; (b) At the first meeting of the board after September 1, elect a chair and vice chair by majority vote of the members present; and (c) Set a schedule of six (6) regular meetings for the next twelve (12) month period. The board shall adopt a quorum and rules of procedure by administrative regulation. (a) A member of the board who misses three (3) regular meetings in one (1) year shall be deemed to have resigned from the board and his or her position shall be deemed vacant. (b) The failure of a board member to attend a special or emergency meeting shall not result in any penalty. (c) The year specified in this subsection shall begin with the first meeting missed and end three hundred sixty-five (365) days later or with the third meeting missed, whichever occurs earlier. (d) The Governor shall appoint a person of the same class to fill the vacancy within ninety (90) days. (e) The person removed under this subsection shall not be reappointed to the board for ten (10) years. Members of the board shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses when carrying out official duties of the board in accordance with state administrative regulations relating to travel reimbursement. The board shall meet at least six (6) times each year. Annual reports and recommendations from the board shall be sent by September 1 each year to the Governor, the president of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, and the General Assembly. Effective: July 12, 2006 History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 243, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2002.