Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 9806 – EMS medical directors
(a) There shall be 5 part time EMS Medical Directors: 1 State EMS Medical Director, 3 county EMS medical directors and 1 Basic Life Support EMS Director. Each county EMS medical director shall practice emergency medicine in the county in which the county director serves as a director, unless otherwise approved by the Office of Emergency Medical Services. The State EMS Medical Director shall supervise all EMS Medical Directors. The Basic Life Support EMS Medical Director shall serve as an advisor for basic life support to the State Fire Prevention Commission. An EMS Medical Director shall be available at all times to advise supervising physicians, EMS providers and EMS provider agencies.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 9806
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Director: means the Director of the Division of Public Health, or such persons as may be designated by the Director. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
- Division: means the Division of Public Health. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
- Office: shall mean the Office of Emergency Medical Services, of the Division of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Services;
(18) "Paramedic staff hour" shall mean 1 full hour of a paramedic on duty. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 9802
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- State EMS Medical Director: shall mean a physician who is board-certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and/or by the Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine and who shall be the chief physician for the statewide emergency medical system and under whose license all EMS providers shall operate for the purpose of delivering the standing orders of the statewide standard treatment protocol;
(22) "Statewide ALS treatment protocol" shall mean written and uniform treatment and care plans for emergency and critical patients statewide that constitute the standing orders of paramedics. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 9802
(b) As part of their responsibilities, the EMS medical directors shall:
(1) Provide medical oversight and prospective, concurrent and retrospective medical quality control of advanced life support, basic life support and emergency medical dispatch;
(2) Establish and ensure compliance with standing orders and treatment protocols;
(3) Provide review and evaluate the medical interventions of the EMS providers;
(4) Coordinate with and advise the Office of EMS, State Fire Prevention Commission and provider agencies of any deficiencies within the system with suggested remedies;
(5) Monitor the EMS providers for skill degradation and recommend appropriate remedies to the Office of EMS, the State Fire Prevention Commission and the provider agencies;
(6) Offer technical assistance to all EMS providers and assist in the provision of patient care while functioning as an EMS Medical Director; and
(7) Have authority to suspend EMS providers immediately from patient treatment for a period not to exceed 30 days, if they determine that it is necessary in order to prevent a clear and immediate danger to the public health.
(c) Each EMS medical director shall be employed by the State, by contract or otherwise, and shall be a board certified emergency physician actually involved in the practice of emergency medicine.
(d) The EMS medical directors shall be appointed by the Director of the Division of Public Health who shall consult with the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline as part of the selection process.
67 Del. Laws, c. 152, § ?6; 70 Del. Laws, c. 192, § ?9; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 341, § ?2; 71 Del. Laws, c. 300, § ?4; 72 Del. Laws, c. 137, § ?19; 73 Del. Laws, c. 368, § ?3; 74 Del. Laws, c. 101, §§ ?1-4; 77 Del. Laws, c. 319, § ?1;