An Act To Amend the Maine Emergency Medical Services Act of 1982
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §83, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2011, c. 271, §3, is further amended to read:
Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §83, sub-§13-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 182, §6, is amended to read:
Sec. 3. 32 MRSA §83, sub-§16-B, as amended by PL 2011, c. 271, §5, is further amended to read:
Sec. 4. 32 MRSA §86, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1995, c. 161, §7, is further amended to read:
Sec. 5. 32 MRSA §87, as amended by PL 1991, c. 588, §15, is further amended to read:
§ 87. Ambulances
Each ambulance must be licensed pursuant to this chapter. It must also meet the design criteria and shall must be equipped as specified in rules adopted under this chapter.
Sec. 6. 32 MRSA §90-A, sub-§4, ¶D, as amended by PL 2001, c. 229, §7, is repealed.
Sec. 7. 32 MRSA §90-C is enacted to read:
§ 90-C. Duty of all licensees and applicants for licensure to report certain information
Sec. 8. 32 MRSA §92-B, first ¶, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 274, §28, is amended to read:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, information that relates to an applicant for licensure or to a person licensed or certified by the board who is alleged to have engaged in any unlawful activity or professional misconduct or in conduct in violation of laws or rules relating to the board must be disclosed to the board and may be used by the board only in accordance with this chapter.
Sec. 9. 32 MRSA §92-B, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 274, §28, is amended to read:
Sec. 10. 32 MRSA §93-B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 451, Pt. TT, §1, is repealed.
summary
This bill amends the Maine Emergency Medical Services Act of 1982.
Specifically, the bill:
1. Changes the term "first responder" to "emergency medical responder" to align the law with the Emergency Medical Services rules and the national scope of practice levels;
2. Modifies the composition of the Medical Direction and Practices Board to include an at-large member, a pharmacist and the statewide assistant emergency medical services medical director and to specify that the representative of the Maine Chapter of the American College of Emergency Medicine Physicians must be an emergency physician;
3. Removes a requirement that the Emergency Medical Services' Board or its staff must request the Attorney General to file a complaint in District Court to commence either full or emergency proceedings to suspend a license for more than a year or to revoke a license when the board or its staff concludes to so suspend or revoke the license is in order;
4. Requires applicants and licensees to notify the Emergency Medical Services' Board regarding name and address changes, criminal convictions, actions taken by another regulatory agency against any of their occupational and professional licenses and material changes to their conditions and qualifications set forth in their original applications for licensure; and
5. Repeals the law establishing the Epinephrine Training Fund.