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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - AMBULANCE SERVICE COORDINATING

ADVISORY BOARD

     Introduced By: Senators Pearson, Ruggerio, and Goodwin

     Date Introduced: February 27, 2014

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 23-4.1-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-4.1 entitled

"Emergency Medical Transportation Services" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     23-4.1-2. Ambulance service coordinating advisory board. -- (a) The ambulance

service coordinating advisory board is created consisting of twenty-three (23) twenty-five (25)

members appointed as set out in this section. The governor shall appoint the members of the

board as follows: Two (2) from the department of health; five (5) seven (7) practicing, licensed

emergency medical technicians;, three (3) from a full time paid department, who shall be

recommended from the Rhode Island State Association of Fire Fighters, IAFF, AFL-CIO, and

two (2) who are active E.M.S. administrators, one recommended from the Rhode Island

Association of Fire Chiefs, and one recommended from the Rhode Island State Firemen's League

from a volunteer fire department; one recommended by the senate president; one recommended

by the speaker of the house; one from the R.I. Hospital Association; one from the R.I. Medical

Society; one from the R.I. chapter of the American College of Surgeons, committee on trauma;

one from the R.I. chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians; one from the Rhode

Island chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics; two (2) from a professional ambulance

service; two (2) from the general public; two (2) from Providence county who are active members

of a public ambulance service or fire department rescue squad unit, one from a full time paid

department and one from a volunteer department; four (4), one each from the counties of Kent,

Newport, Bristol and Washington, who shall be members of a public ambulance service or a fire

department rescue squad; and one certified, emergency nurse in current practice who is a member

of the Emergency Room Nurses Association. The members of the board shall be chosen and shall

hold office for five (5) years, and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. In

the month of February in each year, the governor shall appoint successors to the members of the

board whose terms shall expire in that year, to hold office until the first day of March in the fifth

(5th) year after their appointment and until their respective successors are appointed and

qualified. Any vacancy that may occur in the board shall be filled by appointment for the

remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. Each member

may designate a representative to attend in his or her absence by notifying the chair prior to that

meeting of the board. The board shall meet at least quarterly and to elect its officers annually.

      (b) The division of emergency medical services of the department of health shall provide

staff support to the board.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - AMBULANCE SERVICE COORDINATING

ADVISORY BOARD

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     This act would increase the membership of the ambulance service coordinating advisory

board from twenty-three (23) to twenty-five (25) members with the two new members being

recommended by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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