New Hampshire Revised Statutes 153-A:5 – Emergency Medical Services Medical Control Board; Chair; Duties
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I. There is established an emergency medical services medical control board which shall consist of:
(a) A minimum of 5 physicians representing different geographic areas of the state who shall be nominated by the councils established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 153-A:6 and confirmed by the board and a physician representative of the trauma medical review committee.
(b) The commissioner, or designee, who shall serve as a nonvoting member and as executive secretary.
(c) The state medical director for emergency medical services, appointed by the commissioner pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 153-A:7, II(c), who shall serve as a nonvoting member.
II. The terms of each member shall be 3 years. The chair shall be appointed by the commissioner. The emergency medical services medical control board shall nominate one of its members to the governor for appointment to the coordinating board established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 153-A:3.
III. The duties of the emergency medical services medical control board shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Assisting the coordinating board in the coordination of a system of comprehensive emergency medical services and the establishment of minimum standards throughout the state by advising the coordinating board on policies, procedures, and protocols.
(b) Providing technical services required by the division pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 153-A:7, I and the coordinating board.
(c) Serving as a liaison with medical personnel throughout the state.
(d) Submitting to the commissioner standardized protocols concerning patient care to consider for adoption as rules pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 153-A:20-a, which shall be exempt from N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 541-A and which shall address prerequisites within protocols governing their use by providers, living wills established under RSA 137-H, durable powers of attorney for health care established under RSA 137-J, and patient-requested, physician generated orders relative to resuscitation.
(e) With the concurrence of the state pharmacy board, specifying noncontrolled prescription drugs that emergency medical care providers licensed under this chapter may possess for emergency use as authorized in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 318:42, X.
(f) With the concurrence of the state pharmacy board, specifying controlled prescription drugs that advanced emergency medical care providers licensed under this chapter may possess for emergency use as authorized in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 318-B:10, V.
(g) Approving the protocols and procedures to be used by emergency medical care providers under their own licenses or through medical control.
(h) Adopting statewide adult and pediatric resuscitation protocols for licensed emergency medical care providers.
(a) A minimum of 5 physicians representing different geographic areas of the state who shall be nominated by the councils established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 153-A:6 and confirmed by the board and a physician representative of the trauma medical review committee.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 153-A:5
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
(b) The commissioner, or designee, who shall serve as a nonvoting member and as executive secretary.
(c) The state medical director for emergency medical services, appointed by the commissioner pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 153-A:7, II(c), who shall serve as a nonvoting member.
II. The terms of each member shall be 3 years. The chair shall be appointed by the commissioner. The emergency medical services medical control board shall nominate one of its members to the governor for appointment to the coordinating board established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 153-A:3.
III. The duties of the emergency medical services medical control board shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Assisting the coordinating board in the coordination of a system of comprehensive emergency medical services and the establishment of minimum standards throughout the state by advising the coordinating board on policies, procedures, and protocols.
(b) Providing technical services required by the division pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 153-A:7, I and the coordinating board.
(c) Serving as a liaison with medical personnel throughout the state.
(d) Submitting to the commissioner standardized protocols concerning patient care to consider for adoption as rules pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 153-A:20-a, which shall be exempt from N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 541-A and which shall address prerequisites within protocols governing their use by providers, living wills established under RSA 137-H, durable powers of attorney for health care established under RSA 137-J, and patient-requested, physician generated orders relative to resuscitation.
(e) With the concurrence of the state pharmacy board, specifying noncontrolled prescription drugs that emergency medical care providers licensed under this chapter may possess for emergency use as authorized in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 318:42, X.
(f) With the concurrence of the state pharmacy board, specifying controlled prescription drugs that advanced emergency medical care providers licensed under this chapter may possess for emergency use as authorized in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 318-B:10, V.
(g) Approving the protocols and procedures to be used by emergency medical care providers under their own licenses or through medical control.
(h) Adopting statewide adult and pediatric resuscitation protocols for licensed emergency medical care providers.