46-904 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES — MEDICAL DIRECTOR.

46-904. emergency medical services — medical director. (1) Consistent with provisions of this chapter, there is hereby established within the division an emergency medical services program. The adjutant general, as administrator of the division, shall supervise and administer the emergency medical services program and shall hire or cause to be hired the necessary personnel responsible for administering it. The responsibilities of the emergency medical services program shall include but are not limited to assisting qualified entities in providing first aid emergency medical services and providing transportation of the sick and injured. The division is authorized to establish regulations regarding the administration of emergency medical services, licensing, and certification in Idaho and to issue emergency medical services certifications, licenses, and permits.

(2) The division shall adopt standards concerning the administration of this chapter, including criteria for educational programs, certification and licensure of personnel, certification of EMS instructors, licensure of ambulance, air medical and nontransport services, manufacturing standards for ambulances and nontransport vehicles, criteria for the use of air medical services by licensed EMS personnel at emergency scenes, establishment of fees for training, inspections, and licensure, appropriate requirements for renewal of licensure of personnel and agencies, and the management of complaints, investigations, and license actions against licensed EMS personnel and agencies. Additionally, in consultation with the medical director, the division shall develop guidelines, standards, and procedures for reducing exposure to pathogens from human blood, tissue, or fluids. Such guidelines, standards, and procedures shall be made available to all law enforcement personnel, all emergency medical services personnel and agencies, and such other emergency personnel who request such information.

(3) By employment or contract, the division shall retain the services of a physician licensed in the state of Idaho with experience in emergency medicine to serve as medical director. The medical director shall not be the person hired by the adjutant general to administer the emergency medical services program. The medical director shall:

(a) Advise program leadership on standards for scope of practice and the required level of medical supervision by a physician for personnel and agencies licensed under this chapter;

(b) Advise program leadership on disciplinary actions against licensed personnel and agencies; and

(c) Carry out any other function assigned to him in law or at the request of program leadership.

History:

[46-904, added 2025, ch. 94, sec. 2, p. 444.]