Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2009/cite/144E/full
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(b) The governor shall appoint members under paragraph (a). Appointments under clauses (1) to (9) and (11) to (13) are subject to the advice and consent of the senate. In making appointments under clauses (1) to (9) and (11) to (13), the governor shall consider recommendations of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Minnesota Hospital Association, the Minnesota and State Fire Chief's Association, the Minnesota Ambulance Association, the Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Association, the Minnesota State Sheriff's Association, the Association of Minnesota Counties, the Minnesota Nurses Association, and the Minnesota chapter of the Academy of Pediatrics.
1995 c 207 art 9 s 35; 1996 c 324 s 2; 2004 c 144 s 1; 2004 c 279 art 11 s 1; 2008 c 156 s 1
(4) dressings, bandages, and bandaging equipment;
An ambulance must be equipped with safety straps for the stretcher and seat belts in the patient compartment for the patient and ambulance personnel.
1999 c 245 art 9 s 25
Failure to report all information required by the board under this section shall constitute grounds for license revocation.
1999 c 245 art 9 s 28
When transporting a patient from one licensed hospital to another, a licensee may substitute for one of the required ambulance service personnel, a physician, a registered nurse, or physician's assistant who has been trained to use the equipment in the ambulance and is knowledgeable of the licensee's ambulance service protocols.
In an interfacility transport, a licensee whose primary service area is located outside the metropolitan counties listed in section 473.121, subdivision 4, and outside the cities of Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rochester, and St. Cloud; or an ambulance service based in a community with a population of less than 1,000, may substitute one EMT with a registered first responder if an EMT or EMT-paramedic, physician, registered nurse, or physician's assistant is in the patient compartment. If using a physician, registered nurse, or physician's assistant as the sole provider in the patient compartment, the individual must be trained to use the equipment in the ambulance and be knowledgeable of the ambulance service protocols.
1999 c 245 art 9 s 30; 2007 c 147 art 16 s 12
(1) approving standards for training and orientation of personnel that impact patient care;
1999 c 245 art 9 s 34; 2004 c 144 s 2
(3) be staffed by at least one first responder or one emergency medical technician, as appropriate to the level of care given;
2002 c 310 s 1
(1) possess valid certification, registration, or licensure as an EMT, EMT-1, EMT-P, physician, physician's assistant, or registered nurse;
(3) be recommended by a medical director of a licensed hospital, ambulance service, or training program approved by the board; and
(4) successfully complete the United States Department of Transportation Emergency Medical Services Instructor Training Program or its equivalent as approved by the board.
1999 c 245 art 9 s 38
An examiner testing EMT, EMT-I, or EMT-P practical skills must be certified at or above the level the examiner is testing or must be a registered nurse, physician, or physician assistant. A physician must be available to answer questions relating to the evaluation of skill performance at the EMT-I and EMT-P practical examination.
1999 c 245 art 9 s 40; 2004 c 144 s 5
(3) initial application for and renewal of approval for a training program, $100; and
1999 c 245 art 9 s 41; 2000 c 313 s 6; 2000 c 479 art 2 s 2
(a) A licensee shall report to the board conduct by a first responder, EMT, EMT-I, or EMT-P that they reasonably believe constitutes grounds for disciplinary action under section 144E.27, subdivision 5, or 144E.28, subdivision 5. The licensee shall report to the board within 60 days of obtaining verifiable knowledge of the conduct constituting grounds for disciplinary action.
(b) A licensee shall report to the board any dismissal from employment of a first responder, EMT, EMT-I, or EMT-P. A licensee shall report the resignation of a first responder, EMT, EMT-I, or EMT-P before the conclusion of any disciplinary proceeding or before commencement of formal charges but after the first responder, EMT, EMT-I, or EMT-P has knowledge that formal charges are contemplated or in preparation. The licensee shall report to the board within 60 days of the resignation or initial determination to dismiss. An individual's exercise of rights under a collective bargaining agreement does not extend the licensee's time period for reporting under this subdivision.
1999 c 245 art 9 s 42; 2000 c 313 s 7,8; 2004 c 144 s 6
(a) If the board finds that a licensee or training program has failed to comply with an applicable law or rule and the violation does not imminently endanger the public's health or safety, the board may issue a correction order to the licensee or training program.
(a) If the licensee or training program believes that the contents of the board's correction order are in error, the licensee or training program may ask the board to reconsider the parts of the correction order that are alleged to be in error.
(a) The board may order a fine concurrently with the issuance of a correction order, or after the licensee or training program has not corrected the violation within the time specified in the correction order.
(b) A licensee or training program that is ordered to pay a fine shall be notified of the order by certified mail. The notice shall be mailed to the address shown on the application or the last known address of the licensee or training program. The notice shall state the reasons the fine was ordered and shall inform the licensee or training program of the right to a contested case hearing under chapter 14.
(c) A licensee or training program may appeal the order to pay a fine by notifying the board by certified mail within 15 calendar days after receiving the order. A timely appeal shall stay payment of the fine until the board issues a final order.
(d) A licensee or training program shall pay the fine assessed on or before the payment date specified in the board's order. If a licensee or training program fails to fully comply with the order, the board shall suspend the license or cancel approval until there is full compliance with the order.
This section does not prohibit the board from suspending, revoking, placing conditions on, or refusing to renew a licensee's license or a training program's approval in addition to ordering a fine.
1999 c 245 art 9 s 43; 2000 c 479 art 2 s 3
A review organization, as defined under section 145.61, includes a committee of an ambulance service provider, a physician medical director, a medical advisor, or ambulance supervisory personnel who gather, create, and review information relating to the care and treatment of patients in providing emergency medical care, including employee performance reviews, quality assurance data, and other ambulance service or first responder performance data for ambulance services licensed under section 144E.10 or 144E.12 or first responders registered under section 144E.27, for the purposes specified under section 145.61, subdivision 5.
1999 c 84 s 1
Subdivision 1.Repayment for volunteer training.
A licensed ambulance service shall be reimbursed by the board for the necessary expense of the initial training of a volunteer ambulance attendant upon successful completion by the attendant of a basic emergency care course, or a continuing education course for basic emergency care, or both, which has been approved by the board, pursuant to section 144E.285. Reimbursement may include tuition, transportation, food, lodging, hourly payment for the time spent in the training course, and other necessary expenditures, except that in no instance shall a volunteer ambulance attendant be reimbursed more than $600 for successful completion of a basic course, and $275 for successful completion of a continuing education course.
1977 c 305 s 45; 1977 c 427 s 1; 1979 c 316 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 209 s 39; 1989 c 134 s 11; 1990 c 568 art 2 s 14; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 23; 1995 c 207 art 9 s 16; 1997 c 199 s 14; 1999 c 8 s 2; 1999 c 245 art 9 s 65; 2007 c 147 art 16 s 13
The board shall establish a comprehensive advanced life-support educational program to train rural medical personnel, including physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and allied health care providers, in a team approach to anticipate, recognize, and treat life-threatening emergencies before serious injury or cardiac arrest occurs.
1999 c 245 art 9 s 45
1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 55; 1997 c 199 s 14; 1999 c 8 s 3; 1999 c 245 art 9 s 65; 2003 c 2 art 1 s 17; 2004 c 144 s 7; 2007 c 11 s 1
The Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board shall distribute funds appropriated from the general fund equally among the emergency medical service regions. Each regional board may use this money to reimburse eligible emergency medical services personnel for continuing education costs related to emergency care that are personally incurred and are not reimbursed from other sources. Eligible emergency medical services personnel include, but are not limited to, dispatchers, emergency room physicians, emergency room nurses, first responders, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics.
1990 c 568 art 2 s 15; 1995 c 207 art 9 s 18; 1997 c 199 s 14