SF 1955

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to health; adding two members to the 
  1.3             emergency medical services regulatory board; 
  1.4             specifying effective date of appointments and board 
  1.5             actions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, 
  1.6             section 144E.01, subdivision 1. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
  1.9   144E.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [MEMBERSHIP.] (a) The emergency medical 
  1.11  services regulatory board consists of the following members, all 
  1.12  of whom must work in Minnesota, except for the person listed in 
  1.13  clause (14):  
  1.14     (1) an emergency physician certified by the American board 
  1.15  of emergency physicians; 
  1.16     (2) a representative of Minnesota hospitals; 
  1.17     (3) a representative of fire chiefs; 
  1.18     (4) a full-time firefighter who serves as a first responder 
  1.19  and who is a member of a professional firefighter's union; 
  1.20     (5) a volunteer firefighter who serves as a first 
  1.21  responder; 
  1.22     (6) an attendant currently practicing on a licensed 
  1.23  ambulance service who is a paramedic or an emergency medical 
  1.24  technician; 
  1.25     (7) an ambulance director for a licensed ambulance service; 
  1.26     (8) a representative of sheriffs; 
  2.1      (9) a member of a local board of health to represent 
  2.2   community health services; 
  2.3      (10) two representatives of regional emergency medical 
  2.4   services programs, one of whom must be from the metropolitan 
  2.5   regional emergency medical services program; 
  2.6      (11) a registered nurse currently practicing in a hospital 
  2.7   emergency department; 
  2.8      (12) a pediatrician, certified by the American board of 
  2.9   pediatrics, with experience in emergency medical services; 
  2.10     (13) a family practice physician who is currently involved 
  2.11  in emergency medical services; and 
  2.12     (14) a public member who resides in Minnesota and is at 
  2.13  least 65 years of age; and 
  2.14     (15) the commissioners of health and public safety or their 
  2.15  designees. 
  2.16     (b) The governor shall appoint members under paragraph (a). 
  2.17  Appointments under clauses (1) to (9) and (11) to (13) are 
  2.18  subject to the advice and consent of the senate.  In making 
  2.19  appointments under clauses (1) to (9) and (11) to (13), the 
  2.20  governor shall consider recommendations of the American college 
  2.21  of emergency physicians, the Minnesota hospital association, the 
  2.22  Minnesota and state fire chief's association, the Minnesota 
  2.23  ambulance association, the Minnesota emergency medical services 
  2.24  association, the Minnesota state sheriff's association, the 
  2.25  association of Minnesota counties, the Minnesota nurses 
  2.26  association, and the Minnesota chapter of the academy of 
  2.27  pediatrics. 
  2.28     (c) No member appointed under paragraph (a) may serve 
  2.29  consecutive terms. 
  2.30     (d) At least seven members appointed under paragraph (a) 
  2.31  must reside outside of the seven-county metropolitan area, as 
  2.32  defined in section 473.121. 
  2.33     Sec. 2.  [APPOINTMENTS; BOARD ACTION.] 
  2.34     The governor shall appoint the members of the emergency 
  2.35  medical services regulatory board under Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.36  section 144E.01, no later than April 1, 1996.  The board may 
  3.1   begin meeting, may appoint an executive director, and may take 
  3.2   other action necessary to prepare for the transition of 
  3.3   emergency medical services-related authority. 
  3.4      Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.5      Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
  3.6   enactment.