2. Duties of supervising technical colleges. The regional councils supervising technical colleges shall function as the primary planning and operational units of the statewide emergency medical services system. Each regional council supervising technical college shall carry out an annual program, approved by the board, to further the goals specified in section 84, subsection 2. Specific responsibilities of the councils supervising technical colleges include, but are not limited to, the following:

A. Establishing a regional medical control committee;

B. Appointing, subject to approval by the board, a regional medical director, who must be a licensed physician and shall serve as an agent of Maine Emergency Medical Services. The regional medical director may delegate in writing to other licensed physicians, who shall similarly serve as agents of Maine Emergency Medical Services, the responsibilities of this position;

C. Advising the board on the licensing of new ambulance, nontransporting emergency medical and air ambulance services within each region;

D. Assisting Maine Emergency Medical Services in carrying on a program of testing emergency medical services persons within each region, subject to availability of financial resources for the testing;

E. Assisting the board in developing and implementing a statewide certification and decertification process for emergency medical services persons;

F. Nominating 2 or more candidates from each council supervising technical college for a position on the Emergency Medical Services' Services Board, from whom the Governor may select a member; and

G. Establishing regional goals to carry out the provisions of this chapter.