North Dakota Code 23-27.1-09 – Additional powers invested in a member state’s emergency medical services authority
A member state‘s emergency medical services authority, in addition to any other powers granted under state law, is authorized under this compact to:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 23-27.1-09
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
1. Issue subpoenas for both hearings and investigations that require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence. Subpoenas issued by a member state’s emergency medical services authority for the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of evidence from another member state, or both, must be enforced in the remote state by any court of competent jurisdiction, according to that court’s practice and procedure in considering subpoenas issued in its own proceedings. The issuing state’s emergency medical services authority shall pay any witness fees, travel expenses, mileage, and other fees required by the service statutes of the state where the witnesses or evidence, or both, are located; and
2. Issue cease and desist orders to restrict, suspend, or revoke an individual‘s privilege to practice in the state.