(a) The Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council shall recommend for adoption by the State Board of Health rules on all matters relating to emergency medical services, including without limitation: (1) Standards for licensure of ambulance and advanced life support rescue personnel;(2) Standards for equipment required on ambulance and advanced life support rescue vehicles;(3) Standards for vehicles used in patient transportation and advanced life support rescue response, including communications requirements;(4) A statewide communications system for emergency medical services;(5) Operational standards for providers of ambulance and advanced life support rescue services, including reporting requirements and standards for air ambulance and air ambulance services; and(6) Procedures for summoning and dispatching aid.(b) The Department of Health shall have evidence that the standards imposed are important to the quality of patient care.Acts 1975, No. 435, § 5; 1985, No. 1001, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-3405; Acts 1987, No. 345, § 2; reen. 1987, No. 1006, § 1; 2009, No. 689, § 9. (a) The Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council shall recommend for adoption by the State Board of Health rules on all matters relating to emergency medical services, including without limitation: (1) Standards for licensure of ambulance and advanced life support rescue personnel;(2) Standards for equipment required on ambulance and advanced life support rescue vehicles;(3) Standards for vehicles used in patient transportation and advanced life support rescue response, including communications requirements;(4) A statewide communications system for emergency medical services;(5) Operational standards for providers of ambulance and advanced life support rescue services, including reporting requirements and standards for air ambulance and air ambulance services; and(6) Procedures for summoning and dispatching aid.(b) The Department of Health shall have evidence that the standards imposed are important to the quality of patient care.Acts 1975, No. 435, § 5; 1985, No. 1001, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-3405; Acts 1987, No. 345, § 2; reen. 1987, No. 1006, § 1; 2009, No. 689, § 9.
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