2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 30 - (3000 - 3032) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
3004-A - Regional emergency medical advisory committees.

 
    §  3004-a. Regional emergency medical advisory committees. 1. Regional
  emergency  medical   advisory   committees   shall   develop   policies,
  procedures,  and  triage,  treatment, and transportation protocols which
  are consistent  with  the  standards  of  the  state  emergency  medical
  advisory   committee   and  which  address  specific  local  conditions.
  Regional  emergency  medical  advisory  committees  may   also   approve
  physicians   to   provide   on  line  medical  control,  coordinate  the
  development of regional medical  control  systems,  and  participate  in
  quality   improvement   activities   addressing   system-wide  concerns.
  Hospitals and prehospital medical care services shall be  authorized  to
  release  patient  outcome  information  to  regional  emergency  medical
  advisory committees for purposes of assessing prehospital care concerns.
  Regional quality  improvement  programs  shall  be  presumed  to  be  an
  extension  of the quality improvement program set forth in section three
  thousand six of this article, and the provisions of subdivisions two and
  three of such section three thousand six shall apply to such programs.
    2. The committee shall nominate to the commissioner a  physician  with
  demonstrated  knowledge  and experience in emergency medical services to
  serve on the state emergency medical advisory committee.
    3. No civil action shall be brought in any court against  any  member,
  officer  or  employee of the committee for any act done, failure to act,
  or statement or opinion made, while discharging his or her duties  as  a
  member,  officer,  or  employee  of  the committee, without leave from a
  justice of the supreme court, first had and obtained.  In no event shall
  such member, officer, or employee be liable  for  damages  in  any  such
  action if he or she shall have acted in good faith, with reasonable care
  and upon probable cause.
    4.  Any  decision  of  a regional emergency medical advisory committee
  regarding provision of a level of care, including staffing requirements,
  may be appealed to the state emergency medical advisory committee by any
  regional EMS council, ambulance service, advanced life support  service,
  certified  first  responder,  emergency  medical technician, or advanced
  emergency medical technician adversely affected.   No  action  shall  be
  taken  to  implement  a  decision  regarding  existing levels of care or
  staffing while an appeal of such decision is pending.  Any  decision  of
  the  state emergency medical advisory committee may be appealed pursuant
  to subdivision two-a of section three thousand two-a of this article.