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GA Code § 31-11-58 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 11 - Emergency Medical Services|Article 3 - Personnel|§ 31-11-58. Recertification of Emergency Medical Technicians; Continuing Education Requirements

  The department shall be authorized to require emergency medical technicians seeking recertification under this chapter to complete department approved continuing education.The department shall be authorized to approve courses including but not limited to courses offered by the department, the number of hours required, and the category in which these hours should be earned.   The department shall be authorized to waive the continuing education requirement in cases of hardship, disability, illness, or under such other circumstances as the department deems appropriate.   The department shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to implement and ensure compliance with the requirements of this Code section.   This Code section shall apply to each certification and recertification cycle which begins after the 1992-1993 renewal.    (Code 1933, § 88-3112.8, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 281, § 9; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1315, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1923, § 6; Ga. L. 1991, p. 597, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1082, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 61 Am. Jur. 2d, Physicians, Surgeons and Other Healers, § 17 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 70 C.J.S., Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health Care Providers, §§ 9, 10.
GA Code § 31-11-58.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 11 - Emergency Medical Services|Article 3 - Personnel|§ 31-11-58.1. Recertification of Paramedics and Cardiac Technicians; Continuing Education Requirements

  The department shall be authorized to require paramedics and cardiac technicians seeking recertification under this chapter to complete department approved continuing education of not less than 40 hours biennially. The department shall be authorized to approve courses including but not limited to courses offered by the department, the number of hours required, and the category in which these hours should be earned.   The department shall be authorized to waive the continuing education requirement in cases of hardship, disability, illness, or under such other circumstances as the department deems appropriate.   The department shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to implement and ensure compliance with the requirements of this Code section.   This Code section shall apply to each recertification cycle which begins after the renewal deadline in 2000.     (Code 1981, §31-11-58.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1082, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1145, § 7.)
GA Code § 31-11-59 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 11 - Emergency Medical Services|Article 3 - Personnel|§ 31-11-59. Services of Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics, and Cardiac Technicians in Hospitals

 Emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and cardiac technicians may render any service which they are authorized to render under Code Sections 31-11-53, 31-11-54, and 31-11-55, respectively, in any hospital. Such services shall not be rendered in lieu of the services of a physician or a registered professional nurse and shall only be rendered in a hospital at the discretion of and after the prior approval by the hospital governing authority on the order of a physician or, if a physician or registered professional nurse is present, at the direction of a physician or registered professional nurse, provided that such hospital has a currently valid permit or conditional permit issued by the department pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 7 of this title. The provisions of this Code section are cumulative and are not intended to limit the rendering of services by emergency medical technicians, cardiac technicians, and paramedics in any area in which they are already authorized to render such services.   (Code 1933, § 88-3112.11, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1017, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 694, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1923, § 7.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Services not to be provided in lieu of other health care providers.    - Although O.C.G.A. § 31-11-59 applies only to emergency medical technicians (EMTs) providing services in hospitals, the statute indicates the intent of the legislature that services provided by EMTs are not to be rendered in lieu of services of other health care professionals in other medical facilities where the Department of Human Resources (now the Department of Community Health for these purposes) may also authorize the use of EMTs; e.g., freestanding emergency care clinics. 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 84-27.
GA Code § 31-11-60 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 11 - Emergency Medical Services|Article 3 - Personnel|§ 31-11-60. Obtaining and Administering Drugs by Certified Employees of Counties or Municipalities

  Any emergency medical technician, paramedic, or cardiac technician who is certified under this article and who works for a county or municipal police department, fire department, or rescue unit is authorized to obtain any substance which such person is authorized to administer by virtue of his certification. Any such unit to which the emergency medical technician, paramedic, or cardiac technician is attached must be licensed by the department as a medical first responder unit. Such unit may then obtain from a hospital pharmacy those legend drugs listed and legally permitted to be used by paramedics, emergency medical technicians, or cardiac technicians. The first responder unit shall have a signed agreement with the hospital in order for the hospital to furnish such drugs, and a copy of this agreement must be filed with the Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency. The requirements for administering, controlling, and storing these drugs shall be the same as the requirements for a standard ward inventory in a hospital.   Any substance obtained under subsection (a) of this Code section shall be used only in connection with the emergency medical technician's, paramedic's, or cardiac technician's employment with the county or municipality, as such, and only while on duty as an emergency medical technician, paramedic, or cardiac technician.   It shall not be necessary for an emergency medical technician, paramedic, or cardiac technician to be assigned to a licensed ambulance service in order to obtain any substance under subsection (a) of this Code section.    (Code 1933, § 88-3112.13, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1758, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1923, § 8.)
GA Code § 31-11-60.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 11 - Emergency Medical Services|Article 3 - Personnel|§ 31-11-60.2. Testing for Illegal Drug Usage by Emergency Medical Technicians; Requirements

  All persons licensed or certified based upon successful completion of training set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of Code Section 31-11-51 or paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of Code Section 31-11-52 shall be subject to random testing for evidence of use of illegal drugs. Such testing shall occur at least biannually for the first two years of licensure or certification. Such testing shall be noninvasive and may be conducted at any time during the calendar year, and the cost of all such testing shall be borne by the employer. If the drug test shows the presence of drugs in the employee's system, the results of the test will be confirmed with an alternative method by using the same urine sample.   The department shall adopt rules and regulations to establish for purposes of testing and retesting for illegal drugs:   Which illegal drugs will be the subject of testing;   Methods for ensuring minimal privacy intrusions during collection of body fluid specimens for such testing;   Methods for ensuring proper storage, transportation, and handling of such specimens in order to maintain the integrity of the testing process;   Which persons should be entitled to the results of such tests and which methods should be used for ensuring that only authorized persons are given access to such results;   A list of laboratories qualified to conduct established drug tests; and   Procedures through which emergency medical services personnel, paramedics, or cardiac technicians, prior to the collection of body fluid specimens for such testing, may provide information to their employers regarding use of any drug pursuant to a medical prescription or, as otherwise authorized by law, any substance which could affect the results of such test.     Any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to this Code section shall be in compliance with Parts 40 and 382 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.     (Code 1981, §31-11-60.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 782, § 7/SB 46.)
GA Code § 31-11-61 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 11 - Emergency Medical Services|Article 3 - Personnel|§ 31-11-61. Penalty

 Any person who shall falsely represent himself to be a certified emergency medical technician, certified cardiac technician, or certified paramedic or who shall accept or continue in employment as such and perform the duties thereof without being certified as prescribed by this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Code 1933, § 88-3112.10, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 281, § 11; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1923, § 9.)
GA Code § 31-11-80 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 11 - Emergency Medical Services|Article 4 - Emergency Services|§ 31-11-80. Short Title

 This article shall be known and cited as the "Emergency Services Law."    (Code 1981, §31-11-80, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 668, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-11-81 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 11 - Emergency Medical Services|Article 4 - Emergency Services|§ 31-11-81. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Emergency condition" means any medical condition of a recent onset and severity, including but not limited to severe pain that would lead a prudent layperson, possessing an average knowledge of medicine and health, to believe that his or her condition, sickness, or injury is of such a nature that failure to obtain immediate medical care could result in:   Placing the patient's health in serious jeopardy;   Serious impairment to bodily functions; or   Serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part.     "Emergency medical provider" means any provider of emergency medical transportation licensed or permitted by the Department of Public Health, any hospital licensed or permitted by the Department of Community Health, any hospital based service, or any physician licensed by the Georgia Composite Medical Board who provides emergency services.   "Emergency services" means emergency medical transportation or health care services provided in a hospital emergency facility to evaluate and treat any emergency condition.   "Prospective authorization" means contacting for approval or authorization to evaluate and treat a patient any insurer, health maintenance organization, hospital medical service corporation, or health benefit plan, a representative of which is not physically present in the hospital's emergency department at the time such patient presents for emergency services.     (Code 1981, §31-11-81, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 668, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 652, § 1/HB 1257; Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 2-28/SB 433; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 2/HB 509; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 5-17/HB 214.)   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Definition of "emergency condition" in paragraph (1) of O.C.G.A. § 31-11-81 governs and controls over any contrary definition in an insurance policy issued in Georgia. 1997 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U97-4.
GA Code § 31-11-82 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 11 - Emergency Medical Services|Article 4 - Emergency Services|§ 31-11-82. Evaluation of Person With Emergency Condition; Initiation of Intervention Without Prospective Authorization; Insurer May Not Deny Payment After Prospective Authorization Given

  Once a person with an emergency condition presents himself or herself to an emergency medical provider for emergency services, that person shall be evaluated by medical personnel. This evaluation may include diagnostic testing to assess the extent of the condition, sickness, or injury if such testing is appropriate to stabilize the patient's condition. For purposes of this Code section, the term "emergency medical provider" includes without limitation an emergency services provider.   If in the opinion of the attending physician or licensed ambulance service personnel acting under the medical direction of an ambulance service medical director as defined in Code Section 31-11-60.1 the evaluation provided under subsection (a) of this Code section warrants, he or she may initiate appropriate intervention to stabilize the condition of the patient without seeking or receiving prospective authorization by an insurer, a health maintenance organization, or a private health benefit plan. No insurer, health maintenance organization, or private health benefit plan may subsequently deny payment for an evaluation, diagnostic testing, or treatment provided as part of such intervention for an emergency condition.   No insurer, health maintenance organization, or private health benefit plan which has given prospective authorization after the stabilization of a person's condition as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section for an evaluation, diagnostic testing, or treatment provided for in this article may subsequently deny payment for the provision of such evaluation, diagnostic testing, or treatment. An acknowledgment of an enrollee's eligibility for benefits by the insurer, health maintenance organization, or private health benefit plan shall not, by itself, be construed as a prospective authorization for the purposes of this Code section.     (Code 1981, §31-11-82, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 668, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 908, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 652, § 2/HB 1257.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, a comma was deleted following "attending physician" at the beginning of subsection (b).
GA Code § 31-11-101 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 11 - Emergency Medical Services|Article 5 - Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission|§ 31-11-101. Creation of Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission; Composition; Membership; Meetings; Vacancies; Compensation

  There is created the Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission which is assigned to the Department of Public Health for administrative purposes only, as prescribed in Code Section 50-4-3. The commission shall consist of nine members who shall be appointed as provided in this Code section. Five members shall be appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall include among his or her appointees a physician who is actively involved in providing emergency trauma care, a representative of a hospital that is a designated trauma center, and a representative of a state 9-1-1 zone licensed emergency medical services provider. Two members shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. Two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. In making the initial appointments, the Governor shall appoint three members for a term of four years and two members for a term of two years, the Lieutenant Governor shall appoint one member for a term of four years and one member for a term of two years, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member for a term of four years and one member for a term of two years. Thereafter, persons appointed to succeed the initial members shall serve four-year terms of office. The Governor shall appoint one of the members to serve as the chairperson of the commission.   The commission shall meet upon the call of the chairperson or upon the request of three members. The commission shall organize itself as it deems appropriate and may elect additional officers from among its members.   Any vacancy on the commission shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the original appointing authority.   Members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall receive the same expense allowance per day as that received by a member of the General Assembly for each day such member of the commission is in attendance at a meeting of such commission, plus either reimbursement for actual transportation costs while traveling by public carrier or the same mileage allowance for use of a personal car in connection with such attendance as members of the General Assembly receive. Such expense and travel allowance shall be paid in lieu of any per diem, allowance, or other remuneration now received by any such member for such attendance.     (Code 1981, §31-11-101, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 36, § 1/SB 60; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214.)   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).
GA Code § 31-11-103 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 11 - Emergency Medical Services|Article 5 - Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission|§ 31-11-103. (Effective Until July 1, 2022.) Georgia Trauma Trust Fund

  There is established the Georgia Trauma Trust Fund. The executive director of the Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission shall serve as the trustee of the Georgia Trauma Trust Fund. The moneys deposited into such fund pursuant to this article may be expended by the executive director with the approval of the Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission for those purposes specified in Code Section 31-11-102.   The Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission shall report annually no later than October 1 to the Office of Health Strategy and Coordination. Such report shall provide an update on state-wide trauma system development and the impact of fund distribution on trauma patient care and outcomes.     (Code 1981, §31-11-103, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 36, § 1/SB 60; Ga. L. 2012, p. 1177, § 1/SB 489; Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 2-9/HB 186.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 2-1/HB 186, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This part shall be known and may be cited as 'The Health Act.'"
GA Code § 31-11-103 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 11 - Emergency Medical Services|Article 5 - Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission|§ 31-11-103. (Effective July 1, 2022.) Trauma Care Network Trust Fund

    There shall be established a Trauma Care Network Trust Fund as a separate fund in the state treasury and all funds held in the Georgia Trauma Trust Fund previously established by this Code section shall be transferred to the Trauma Care Network Trust Fund. The executive director of the Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission shall serve as the trustee of the fund. The moneys deposited into such fund pursuant to this article may be expended by the executive director with the approval of the Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission for those purposes specified in Code Section 31-11-102.   The state treasurer shall invest the money held in the Trauma Care Network Trust Fund in the same manner in which state funds are invested as authorized by the State Depository Board pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 17 of Title 50. Interest earned by the money held in the trust fund shall be accounted for separately and shall be credited to the trust fund to be disbursed as other moneys in the trust fund.       Under the authority granted and subject to the conditions imposed by Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(r) of the Constitution of Georgia, for the period beginning on July 1, 2022, and ending on June 30, 2032, all of the money collected pursuant to Code Section 40-6-189 shall be annually appropriated to the Trauma Care Network Trust Fund, and such funds shall not lapse as otherwise required by Article III, Section IX, Paragraph IV(c) of the Constitution of Georgia. Each annual appropriation shall be made through the General Appropriations Act and shall include all of the money collected from such source during the most recently completed fiscal year.   All of the money appropriated to the Trauma Care Network Trust Fund pursuant to this subsection shall be dedicated for use and expended in accordance with the purposes specified in Code Section 31-11-102.   The executive director of the Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission shall prepare an accounting of the funds expended pursuant to this subsection during the most recently completed fiscal year to be provided to the Office of Planning and Budget, the House Budget and Research Office, and the Senate Budget and Evaluation Office by January 1 of each year.     The Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission shall report annually no later than October 1 to the Office of Health Strategy and Coordination. Such report shall provide an update on state-wide trauma system development and the impact of fund distribution on trauma patient care and outcomes.     (Code 1981, §31-11-103, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 36, § 1/SB 60; Ga. L. 2012, p. 1177, § 1/SB 489; Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 2-9/HB 186; Ga. L. 2021, p. 761, § 12/HB 511.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 2-1/HB 186, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This part shall be known and may be cited as 'The Health Act.'"
GA Code § 31-11-111 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 11 - Emergency Medical Services|Article 6 - System of Certified Stroke Centers|§ 31-11-111. "Department" Defined

 As used in this article, the term "department" means the same state agency or state board which regulates emergency medical services personnel and providers pursuant to this chapter.    (Code 1981, §31-11-111, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1102, § 2/SB 549; Ga. L. 2016, p. 438, § 1/HB 853.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2016, p. 438, § 2/HB 853, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "The department shall begin the rulemaking process to effect the provisions of this Act no later than June 30, 2016."
GA Code § 31-11-112 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 11 - Emergency Medical Services|Article 6 - System of Certified Stroke Centers|§ 31-11-112. Identification of Stroke Centers

  The department shall identify hospitals that meet the criteria set forth in this article as comprehensive, primary, or remote treatment stroke centers. In addition, the department shall be authorized to establish one or more additional levels of stroke centers, in consultation with the Georgia Coverdell Acute Stroke Registry, as necessary based on advancements in medicine and patient care.   A hospital shall apply to the department for such identification and shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that the hospital meets the applicable criteria set forth in or established in accordance with Code Section 31-11-113.   The department shall identify as many hospitals as stroke centers as apply for the identification, provided that each applicant meets the applicable criteria set forth in Code Section 31-11-113 or established by the department.   The department may suspend or revoke a hospital's identification as a stroke center, after notice and hearing, if the department determines that the hospital is not in compliance with the requirements of this article.     (Code 1981, §31-11-112, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1102, § 2/SB 549; Ga. L. 2016, p. 438, § 1/HB 853.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2016, p. 438, § 2/HB 853, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "The department shall begin the rulemaking process to effect the provisions of this Act no later than June 30, 2016."