‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Center is to con-
duct or support research to promote the highest quality 
of emergency medical care in field EMS and the most ef-
fective delivery system for the provision of such care. Re-
search conducted or supported pursuant to the preceding 
sentence shall include— 
‘‘(1) comparative effectiveness research; 
‘‘(2) other appropriate clinical or systems re-
search; and 
‘‘(3) research addressing— 
‘‘(A) critical care transport; 
‘‘(B) off-shore operations; 
‘‘(C) tactical emergency medical services; 
and 
‘‘(D) the application of lessons learned in 
military field medicine in the delivery of emer-
gency medical care in field EMS. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Center’ means the Field EMS 
Evidence-Based Practice Center established under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘field EMS’ has the meaning 
given to such term in section 3 of the Field EMS 
Quality, Innovation, and Cost Effectiveness Improve-
ments Act of 2010.’’. 
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(d) LIMITATIONS
ON
CERTAIN
USES
OF
RE-
SEARCH.—Section 1182 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1320e–1) is amended by striking ‘‘section 1181’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 1181 of this 
Act or section 498D(c) or 938 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act’’. 
(e) REGULATORY BARRIERS.—For the purposes of 
research conducted pursuant to this section or any other 
research funded by the Department of Health and Human 
Services related to emergency medical services in the field 
in which informed consent is required but may not be at-
tainable, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall— 
(1) evaluate and consider the patient and re-
search issues involved; and 
(2) address regulatory barriers to such research 
related to the need for informed consent in a man-
ner that ensures adequate patient safety and notifi-
cation, and submit recommendations to Congress for 
any changes to Federal statutes necessary to ad-
dress such barriers. 
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SEC. 11. NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVI-
SORY COUNCIL. 
(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Administrator 
of 
NHTSA shall establish and administer a National Emer-
gency Medical Services Advisory Council. 
(b) DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—NEMSAC— 
(A) shall provide advice and recommenda-
tions regarding Federal field EMS programs 
and activities to NHTSA, FICEMS, and other 
Federal agencies that deliver field EMS or sup-
port State or local field EMS; 
(B) may, upon request by any Federal 
agency, provide that agency with recommenda-
tions on field EMS matters; and 
(C) shall provide a national forum for indi-
viduals and entities outside of the Federal Gov-
ernment to deliberate on field EMS issues. 
(2) AUTHORITY.—In carrying out paragraph 
(1), NEMSAC may gather data and provide advice 
and recommendations on— 
(A) the national strategy under section 
4(b); 
(B) any grant program established under 
this Act; 
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(C) any data collection improvement activ-
ity under this Act; 
(D) compliance with any requirement im-
posed under this Act; 
(E) any Federal field EMS program or ac-
tivity; 
(F) strengthening field EMS systems 
through enhanced workforce development, edu-
cation, training, exercises, equipment, medical 
oversight, or otherwise; 
(G) improved Federal coordination and 
support of EMS systems; and 
(H) other field EMS issues for which rec-
ommendations are solicited by the Adminis-
trator of NHTSA, FICEMS, or other Federal 
agencies. 
(c) APPOINTMENT, TERMS, AND MEMBERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—NEMSAC shall be composed 
of not more than 26 members, each appointed by the 
Administrator of NHTSA. 
(2) TERMS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph 
(B), 
the 
Administrator 
of 
NHTSA 
shall 
appoint 
the 
members 
of 
NEMSAC to serve for a term of 3 years. 
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(B) INITIAL
MEMBERS.—Of the initial 
members of NEMSAC— 
(i) not more than 8 shall be appointed 
for a term of 1 year; 
(ii) not more than 8 shall be ap-
pointed for a term of 2 years; and 
(iii) not more than 10 shall be ap-
pointed for a term of 3 years. 
(3) ELIGIBILITY.—No official or employee of 
the Federal Government may serve as a member of 
NEMSAC. 
(4) SELECTION.—In appointing the members of 
NEMSAC, the Administrator of NHTSA shall— 
(A) select members based on their indi-
vidual expertise, not as representatives of spe-
cific organizations; 
(B) ensure that the membership of 
NEMSAC— 
(i) includes balanced representation 
across the field EMS community; and 
(ii) has sufficient EMS expertise and 
geographic and demographic diversity to 
accurately reflect the EMS community as a 
whole; 
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(C) to the extent practical, ensure that the 
membership of NEMSAC includes representa-
tion of— 
(i) volunteer EMS; 
(ii) fire-based EMS; 
(iii) nongovernmental EMS; 
(iv) hospital-based EMS; 
(v) tribal EMS; 
(vi) air medical EMS; 
(vii) local EMS service director/admin-
istrators; 
(viii) EMS medical directors; 
(ix) emergency physicians; 
(x) trauma surgeons; 
(xi) pediatric emergency physicians; 
(xii) State EMS directors; 
(xiii) State highway safety directors; 
(xiv) EMS educators; 
(xv) public safety call-takers and dis-
patchers; 
(xvi) EMS data managers; 
(xvii) EMS researchers; 
(xviii) emergency nurses; 
(xix) hospital administration; 
(xx) public health; 
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