An Act To Amend the Maine Emergency Medical Services Act of
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0818
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: DUTREMBLE, LAJOIE, BURNS, GERZOFSKY, WILLETTE, GERRISH, KINNEY
Amends: 32 MRSA §83, 32 MRSA §86, 32 MRSA §87, 32 MRSA §90-A, 32 MRSA §90-C, 32 MRSA §92-B, 32 MRSA §93-B

Legislative Document 
No. 818 
S.P. 292 
In Senate, March 10, 2015 
An Act To Amend the Maine Emergency Medical Services Act of 
1982 
Submitted by the Department of Public Safety pursuant to Joint Rule 204. 
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator DUTREMBLE of York. 
Cosponsored by Representative LAJOIE of Lewiston and 
Senators: BURNS of Washington, GERZOFSKY of Cumberland, WILLETTE of Aroostook, 
Representatives: GERRISH of Lebanon, KINNEY of Knox. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  32 MRSA §83, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2011, c. 271, §3, is further 
amended to read: 
6.  Basic emergency medical services person.  "Basic emergency medical services 
person" means a person licensed to perform basic emergency medical treatment.  
Licensed first emergency medical responders and basic emergency medical technicians 
are basic emergency medical services persons. 
Sec. 2.  32 MRSA §83, sub-§13-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 182, §6, is amended 
to read: 
13-A.  Emergency medical responder.  "First Emergency medical responder" means 
an emergency medical services person who has successfully completed the Maine 
Emergency Medical Services course for first emergency medical responders and has met 
the other requirements for licensure at this level. 
Sec. 3.  32 MRSA §83, sub-§16-B, as amended by PL 2011, c. 271, §5, is further 
amended to read: 
16-B.  Medical Direction and Practices Board.  "Medical Direction and Practices 
Board" means the board consisting of each regional medical director, a representative of 
an emergency physician representing the Maine Chapter of the American College of 
Emergency Medicine Physicians, an at-large member, a licensed pharmacist, the 
statewide assistant emergency medical services medical director and the statewide 
emergency medical services medical director.  The Medical Direction and Practices 
Board is responsible for creation, adoption and maintenance of Maine Emergency 
Medical Services protocols. 
Sec. 4.  32 MRSA §86, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1995, c. 161, §7, is further 
amended to read: 
1.  Ambulance services and nontransporting medical services to be licensed.  
Every ambulance service and nontransporting emergency medical service must be 
licensed, operate in accordance with the rules adopted and protocols developed for 
services under this chapter and carry the equipment called for in those rules. 
Sec. 5.  32 MRSA §87, as amended by PL 1991, c. 588, §15, is further amended to 
read: 
§87.  Ambulances 
Each ambulance must be licensed pursuant to this chapter.  It must also meet the 
design criteria and shall must be equipped as specified in rules adopted under this 
chapter. 
Sec. 6.  32 MRSA §90-A, sub-§4, ¶D, as amended by PL 2001, c. 229, §7, is 
repealed. 
Sec. 7.  32 MRSA §90-C is enacted to read: 
§90-C.  Duty of all licensees and applicants for licensure to report certain 
information 
1.  Report in writing.  A licensee or an applicant for licensure under this chapter 
shall notify the board in writing within 10 days of a: 
A.  Change of name or address; 
B.  Criminal conviction; 
C.  Revocation, suspension or other disciplinary action taken in this or any other 
jurisdiction against any occupational or professional license held by the applicant or 
licensee; or 
D.  Material change in the conditions or qualifications set forth in the original 
application for licensure submitted to the board. 
Sec. 8.  32 MRSA §92-B, first ¶, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 274, §28, is amended 
to read: 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, information that relates to an applicant 
for licensure or to a person licensed or certified by the board who is alleged to have 
engaged in any unlawful activity or professional misconduct or in conduct in violation of 
laws or rules relating to the board must be disclosed to the board and may be used by the 
board only in accordance with this chapter. 
Sec. 9.  32 MRSA §92-B, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 274, §28, is amended 
to read: 
1.  Purpose for which disclosure is made.  Any confidential information provided to 
the board may be used only for investigative and other actions within the scope of the 
authority of the board and for determining whether the applicant for licensure or the 
person licensed or certified by the board has engaged in unlawful activity, professional 
misconduct or an activity in violation of the laws or rules relating to the board. 
Sec. 10.  32 MRSA §93-B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 451, Pt. TT, §1, is repealed. 
SUMMARY 
This bill amends the Maine Emergency Medical Services Act of 1982. 
Specifically, the bill: 
1.  Changes the term "first responder" to "emergency medical responder" to align the 
law with the Emergency Medical Services rules and the national scope of practice levels; 
2.  Modifies the composition of the Medical Direction and Practices Board to include 
an at-large member, a pharmacist and the statewide assistant emergency medical services 
medical director and to specify that the representative of the Maine Chapter of the 
American College of Emergency Medicine Physicians must be an emergency physician; 
3.  Removes a requirement that the Emergency Medical Services' Board or its staff 
must request the Attorney General to file a complaint in District Court to commence 
either full or emergency proceedings to suspend a license for more than a year or to 
revoke a license when the board or its staff concludes to so suspend or revoke the license 
is in order; 
4.  Requires applicants and licensees to notify the Emergency Medical Services' 
Board regarding name and address changes, criminal convictions, actions taken by 
another regulatory agency against any of their occupational and professional licenses and 
material changes to their conditions and qualifications set forth in their original 
applications for licensure; and 
5.  Repeals the law establishing the Epinephrine Training Fund.