SECTION 310:8-1-2. Purpose and function of Council

(a)   Description of the organization. The Oklahoma Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council (Council) is created until July 1, 1996 and subject to the Oklahoma Sunset Law [Section 1-2511(9) of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statues].

(b)   Purpose of the Council. The purpose of the Council is to advise the Commissioner of Health, or the Commissioner's designee, on matters related to emergency medical services and trauma systems development in the State of Oklahoma.

(c)   Membership. The membership will be composed of consumers and health care professionals who represent a broad cross-section of the industry and technical aspects of pre-hospital care, as well as all aspects of trauma care, including acute hospitalization and rehabilitation.

(d)   Function of the Council. The function of the Council is to advise the Commissioner of Health on the following general items:

(1)   Training program specifications for emergency medical service personnel, the types of medical care procedures which may be performed by emergency medical personnel, qualifications for licensure and certification of emergency medical personnel;

(2)   Patient care equipment for ambulances, ambulance specifications, criteria and standards for the classification of emergency medical services rendered by providers, including communications and reporting requirements, and operational procedures for providers of ambulance services;

(3)   Design of the statewide communications system, including procedures for summoning and dispatching emergency medical service, including 911;

(4)   Projects, programs, and legislation needed to improve emergency medical and trauma-related services in the state; and

(5)   Such other matters and activities as directed by the Commissioner of Health, or the Commissioner's designee.

(e)   Organization within the Department. The staff assigned to the Council is the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division, Special Health Services. The Emergency Medical Services Division, will have primary responsibility for the Council, including recommending membership and forwarding Council recommendations to the Commissioner of Health through the Deputy Commissioner for Special Health Services. Advice and recommendations from the Council will be referred to the Board of Health at the pleasure of the Commissioner. Each recommendation will be assigned specific numbers for the purpose of tracking and for reporting thereon.

[Source: Added at 8 Ok Reg 3197, eff 7-18-91 (emergency); Added at 9 Ok Reg 1483, eff 5-1-92; Amended at 11 Ok Reg 891, eff 12-17-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 2613, eff 6-25-94; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 2289, eff 6-26-95]