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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-179a. - Scope of practice of emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, emergency medical services instructor or paramedic.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, the scope of practice of any person certified or licensed as an emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, emergency medical services instructor or a paramedic under regulations adopted pursuant to this section may include treatment modalities not specified in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, provided such treatment modalities are (1) approved by the Connecticut Emergency Medical Services Medical Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 19a-178a and the Commissioner of Public Health, and (2) administered at the medical oversight and direction of a sponsor hospital.
(P.A. 05-259, S. 5; P.A. 09-232, S. 31; P.A. 14-231, S. 22; P.A. 15-223, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 05-259 effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 09-232 substituted “emergency medical technician” for “emergency medical technician-basic”, “advanced emergency medical technician” for “emergency medical technician-intermediate”, “paramedic” for “emergency medical technician-paramedic” and “medical oversight” for “medical control”, effective January 1, 2010; P.A. 14-231 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by adding “emergency medical responder” and “emergency medical services instructor”, deleting references to Secs. 19a-179 and 28-8b and making a technical change, and added Subsec. (b) re regulations concerning methods and conditions for issuance, renewal and reinstatement of licensure and certification or recertification; P.A. 15-223 deleted Subsec. (a) designator and deleted former Subsec. (b) re regulations.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-179b. - Emergency medical technicians and paramedics engaged in civil preparedness duty or training. Chain of command.

Any emergency medical technician or paramedic who is part of The Connecticut Disaster Medical Assistance Team or the Medical Reserve Corps, under the auspices of the Department of Public Health, or the Connecticut Urban Search and Rescue Team, under the auspices of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, shall be under the active surveillance, medical oversight and direction of the chief medical officer of such team or corps while engaged in officially authorized civil preparedness duty or civil preparedness training conducted by such team or corps.
(P.A. 05-259, S. 1; P.A. 09-232, S. 32; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 05-259 effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 09-232 substituted “medical oversight” for “medical control”, effective January 1, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-179c. - Interfacility critical care transport. Emergency interfacility transport.

(a) Any ambulance used for interfacility critical care transport shall meet the requirements for a basic level ambulance, as prescribed in regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-179, including requirements concerning medically necessary supplies and services, and may be supplemented by a licensed registered nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant or respiratory care practitioner, provided such licensed professionals shall have current training and certification in pediatric or adult advanced life support, or from the Neonatal Resuscitation Program of the American Academy of Pediatrics, as appropriate, based on the patient's condition.
(b) A general hospital or children's general hospital licensed in accordance with section 19a-490 may utilize a ground or air ambulance service other than the primary service area responder for emergency interfacility transports of patients when (1) the primary service area responder is not authorized to the level of care required for the patient, (2) the primary service area responder does not have the equipment necessary to transport the patient safely, or (3) the transport takes the primary service area responder out of its service area for more than two hours and there is another ambulance service with the appropriate level of medical authorization and proper equipment available. The patient's attending physician shall determine when it is necessary to utilize the primary service area responder or other ambulance service for an expeditious and medically appropriate transport.
(P.A. 09-16, S. 3; P.A. 14-231, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 09-16 effective April 30, 2009; P.A. 14-231 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re general hospital or children's general hospital utilizing ground or air ambulance service for emergency interfacility transports.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-179d. - Implementation of policies and procedures re training, recertification and reinstatement of certification or licensure of emergency medical service personnel.

Section 19a-179d is repealed, effective October 1, 2014.
(P.A. 10-117, S. 25; P.A. 14-231, S. 72.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-179e. - Department of Public Health to compile list of training programs. Provision of lists.

(a) Not later than June 30, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Department of Public Health shall, within available appropriations, compile a list of training programs that are available to members of commercial ambulance services, commercial rescue services, volunteer and municipal ambulance services, ambulance services and paramedic intercept services operated and maintained by a state agency and emergency medical services personnel, as defined in section 20-206jj. Such training programs shall be approved by the Commissioner of Public Health and include techniques for handling incidents, such as wandering, that involve juveniles and adults with autism spectrum disorder, cognitive impairment and nonverbal learning disorder. Such training programs may be offered by institutions of higher education, health care professionals and advocacy organizations that are concerned with juveniles and adults with autism spectrum disorder, cognitive impairment or nonverbal learning disorder, and collaborations of such institutions, professionals or organizations. The department may accept private donations for the purposes of this section.
(b) Not later than July 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Department of Public Health shall make the list compiled pursuant to subsection (a) of this section available to members of commercial ambulance services, commercial rescue services, volunteer and municipal ambulance services, ambulance services and paramedic intercept services operated and maintained by any state agency and emergency medical services personnel, as defined in section 20-206jj.
(P.A. 19-147, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 19-147 effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-179f. - Transport of patient to an alternate destination.

(a) A licensed or certified emergency medical services organization or provider may transport a patient by ambulance to an alternate destination, in consultation with the medical director of a sponsor hospital.
(b) On or before January 1, 2024, the Office of Emergency Medical Services shall develop protocols for a licensed or certified emergency medical services organization or provider to transport a pediatric patient with mental or behavioral health needs by ambulance to an urgent crisis center. As used in this subsection, “urgent crisis center” means a center licensed by the Department of Children and Families that is dedicated to treating children's urgent mental or behavioral health needs.
(c) Any ambulance used for transport to an alternate destination under subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall meet the requirements for a basic level ambulance, as prescribed in regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-179, including requirements concerning medically necessary supplies and services.
(P.A. 19-118, S. 66; P.A. 22-47, S. 46.)
History: P.A. 19-118 effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 22-47 added new Subsec. (b) requiring development of protocols for transport of pediatric patient with mental or behavioral health needs to an urgent crisis center and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-180c. - Authority of primary service area responder at certain scenes.

(a) For the purposes of this section, “primary service area responder” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-175 and “supplemental first responder” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-180b.
(b) If a primary service area responder and a supplemental first responder are both on the scene of an emergency medical call, the primary service area responder shall control and direct emergency activities at such scene.
(S.A. 15-8, S. 2.)
History: S.A. 15-8 effective June 23, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-180d. - Responsibility for decision-making on scene of emergency medical call.

Emergency medical services personnel, as defined in section 19a-175, who holds the highest classification of licensure or certification from the Department of Public Health under this chapter and chapter 384d shall be responsible for making decisions concerning patient care on the scene of an emergency medical call. If two or more emergency medical service organizations on such scene hold the same licensure or certification classification, the emergency medical service organization for the primary service area responder, as defined in said section, shall be responsible for making such decisions. If all emergency medical services personnel on such scene are emergency medical technicians or emergency medical responders, as defined in said section, the emergency medical service organization providing transportation services shall be responsible for making such decisions. An emergency medical service organization on the scene of an emergency medical call who has undertaken decision-making responsibility for patient care shall transfer patient care to a provider with a higher classification of licensure or certification upon such provider's arrival on the scene. All emergency medical services personnel with patient care responsibilities on the scene shall ensure such transfer takes place in a timely and orderly manner. For purposes of this section, the classification of licensure or certification from highest to lowest is: Paramedic, advanced emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician and emergency medical responder. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of a fire chief or fire officer-in-charge under section 7-313e to control and direct emergency activities at the scene of an emergency.
(P.A. 15-223, S. 1; P.A. 19-118, S. 52; P.A. 22-92, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 19-118 replaced references to provider with references to emergency medical services personnel and emergency medical service organization, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 22-92 made a technical change, effective May 24, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-181a. - Indemnification of emergency medical services instructors.

The state shall save harmless and indemnify any person certified as an emergency medical services instructor by the Department of Public Health under this chapter from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of alleged negligence or other act resulting in personal injury or property damage, which acts are not wanton, reckless or malicious, provided such person at the time of the acts resulting in such injury or damage was acting in the discharge of his duties in providing emergency medical services training and instruction.
(P.A. 89-278, S. 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 10-18, S. 8; 10-117, S. 29.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 10-18 replaced “emergency medical technician instructor” with “emergency medical services instructor”; P.A. 10-117 replaced “emergency medical technician instructor” with “emergency medical services instructor” and replaced “emergency medical technician training” with “emergency medical services training”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-181d. - Hearing re performance standards.

(a) Any municipality may petition the commissioner to hold a hearing if the municipality cannot reach a written agreement with its primary service area responder concerning performance standards. The commissioner shall conduct such hearing not later than ninety days from the date the commissioner receives the municipality's petition. A hearing on a petition under this section shall not be deemed to be a contested case for purposes of chapter 54.
(b) In conducting a hearing authorized by this section, the commissioner shall determine if the performance standards adopted in the municipality's local emergency medical services plan are reasonable based on the state-wide plan for the coordinated delivery of emergency medical services adopted pursuant to subdivision (1) of section 19a-177, model local emergency medical services plans and the standards, contracts and written agreements in use by municipalities of similar population and characteristics.
(c) If, after a hearing authorized by this section, the commissioner determines that the performance standards adopted in the municipality's local emergency medical services plan are reasonable, the primary service area responder shall have thirty calendar days in which to agree to such performance standards. If the primary service area responder fails or refuses to agree to such performance standards, the commissioner may revoke the primary service area responder's primary service area assignment and require the chief administrative official of the municipality in which the primary service area is located to submit a plan acceptable to the commissioner for the alternative provision of primary service area responder responsibilities, or may issue an order for the alternative provision of emergency medical services, or both.
(d) If, after a hearing authorized by this section, the commissioner determines that the performance standards adopted in the municipality's local emergency medical services plan are unreasonable, the commissioner shall provide performance standards considered reasonable based on the state-wide plan for the coordinated delivery of emergency medical services adopted pursuant to subdivision (1) of section 19a-177, model emergency medical services plans and the standards, contracts and written agreements in use by municipalities of similar population and characteristics. If the municipality refuses to agree to such performance standards, the primary service area responder shall meet the minimum performance standards provided in regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-179.
(P.A. 00-151, S. 11, 14.)
History: P.A. 00-151 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-181e. - Pilot program for municipal selection of emergency medical services provider based on issuance of requests for proposals.

Section 19a-181e is repealed, effective October 1, 2008.
(P.A. 00-135, S. 17, 21; 00-151, S. 12, 14; P.A. 08-184, S. 63.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-181g. - Primary service area responder sale or transfer of ownership.

A primary service area responder, as defined in section 19a-175, shall notify the Department of Public Health and the chief elected official or the chief executive officer of the municipality to which it is assigned not later than sixty days prior to the sale or transfer of more than fifty per cent of its ownership interest or assets. Any person who intends to obtain ownership or control of a primary service area responder in a sale or transfer for which notification is required under this section shall submit an application for approval of such purchase or change in control on a form prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Health. The commissioner shall, in determining whether to grant approval of the sale or transfer, consider: (1) The applicant's performance history in the state or another state; and (2) the applicant's financial ability to perform the responsibilities of the primary service area responder in accordance with the local emergency medical services plan, established in accordance with section 19a-181b. The commissioner shall approve or reject the application not later than forty-five calendar days after receipt of the application. The commissioner shall consult with any municipality or sponsor hospital in the primary service area, as such terms are defined in section 19a-175, in making a determination on the application and may hold a hearing on the application.
(P.A. 14-217, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-183. (Formerly Sec. 19-73ee). - Regional emergency medical services councils.

There shall be established an emergency medical services council in each region. A region shall be composed of the towns so designated by the commissioner. Opportunity for membership shall be available to all appropriate representatives of emergency medical services including, but not limited to, one representative from each of the following: (1) Local governments; (2) fire and law enforcement officials; (3) medical and nursing professions, including mental health, paraprofessional and other allied health professionals; (4) emergency medical service organizations that provide ambulance services, at least one of which shall be a member of a volunteer ambulance association; (5) institutions of higher education; (6) federal agencies involved in the delivery of health care; and (7) consumers. All emergency medical services councils shall submit to the commissioner information concerning the organizational structure and council bylaws for the commissioner's approval. Such bylaws shall include the process by which each council shall elect a president. The commissioner shall foster the development of emergency medical services councils in each region.
(P.A. 74-305, S. 12, 19; P.A. 75-112, S. 10, 18; P.A. 77-268, S. 5; 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 87-420, S. 6, 14; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 00-27, S. 17, 24; P.A. 16-185, S. 12; P.A. 19-118, S. 55.)
History: P.A. 75-112 replaced commission on hospitals and health care with commissioner of health; P.A. 77-268 replaced “comprehensive health planning agency” with “health system agency”; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-73ee transferred to Sec. 19a-183 in 1983; P.A. 87-420 redefined the composition of a region and made technical changes; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 00-27 made technical changes, effective May 1, 2000; P.A. 16-185 added provision re bylaws to include process for electing president, effective June 7, 2016; P.A. 19-118 amended Subdiv. (4) by replacing “providers of” with “emergency medical service organizations that provide” and amended Subdiv. (7) by deleting, “, including those in existence on July 1, 1974,”, effective July 1, 2019.
Annotations to former section 19-73ee:
Cited. 35 CS 136; 37 CS 124.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-184. (Formerly Sec. 19-73ff). - Functions of regional emergency medical services councils.

(a) Each emergency medical services council shall (1) forward to the Commissioner of Public Health the emergency medical services plan for its region, and (2) review and within sixty days forward to the commissioner, together with its recommendations, all grant and contract applications for federal and state funds pertaining to emergency medical services from the following entities within its region: (A) A unit of local government, (B) a public entity administering a compact or other regional arrangement or consortium, or (C) any other public entity or any nonprofit private agency.
(b) The presidents, or their designees, of said councils shall meet as a group, at least bimonthly, with the Office of Emergency Medical Services to discuss the planning, coordination and implementation of the state-wide emergency medical care service system.
(P.A. 74-305, S. 13, 19; P.A. 75-112, S. 11, 18; P.A. 77-268, S. 6; 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 87-420, S. 7, 14; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98-195, S. 11; P.A. 16-185, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 75-112 replaced commission on hospitals and health care with commissioner of health; P.A. 77-268 replaced “b” agencies with “health systems” agencies and added Subsec. (c) re monthly meetings of council chairpersons and director of office of emergency medical services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-73ff transferred to Sec. 19a-184 in 1983; P.A. 87-420 deleted all references to health systems agencies, the thirty-day limit for review and the provision requiring comments from the emergency medical services council; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-195 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “the director of” before “Office of Emergency Medical Services”; P.A. 16-185 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “chairpersons” with “presidents”, effective June 7, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-185. (Formerly Sec. 19-73gg). - Regional emergency medical services coordinators; appointment.

Section 19a-185 is repealed, effective October 1, 2010.
(P.A. 74-305, S. 14, 19; P.A. 75-112, S. 12, 18; P.A. 77-268, S. 7; P.A. 87-420, S. 8, 14; P.A. 10-117, S. 95.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-186. (Formerly Sec. 19-73hh). - Functions of regional emergency medical services coordinators.

The regional emergency medical services coordinator shall be responsible for: (1) Facilitating the work of the emergency medical services council in developing the plan for the coordination of emergency medical services within the region, (2) implementation of the regional plan formulated by the emergency medical services council pursuant to subsection (b) of section 19a-182, (3) continuous monitoring and evaluation of all emergency medical services in that region and (4) making a complete inventory of all personnel, facilities and equipment within the region related to the delivery of emergency medical services pursuant to guidelines established by the Commissioner of Public Health.
(P.A. 74-305, S. 15, 19; P.A. 75-112, S. 13, 18; P.A. 77-268, S. 8; 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 87-420, S. 9, 14; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 75-112 replaced commission on hospitals and health care with commissioner of health; P.A. 77-268 replaced “b” agencies with “health systems” agencies; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-73hh transferred to Sec. 19a-186 in 1983; P.A. 87-420 substituted “emergency medical services council” for “health systems agencies”; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-186a. - Regional emergency medical services coordinators. Employment with Department of Public Health.

Any individual employed on June 30, 2010, as a regional emergency medical services coordinator or as an assistant regional emergency medical services coordinator shall be offered an unclassified durational position within the Department of Public Health for the period from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011, inclusive, provided no more than five unclassified durational positions shall be created. Within available appropriations, such unclassified durational positions may be extended beyond June 30, 2011. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall establish job classifications and salaries for such positions in accordance with the provisions of section 4-40. Any such created positions shall be exempt from collective bargaining requirements and no individual appointed to such position shall have reemployment or any other rights that may have been extended to unclassified employees under a State Employees' Bargaining Agent Coalition agreement. Individuals employed in such unclassified durational positions shall be located at the offices of the Department of Public Health. In no event shall an individual employed in an unclassified durational position pursuant to this section receive credit for any purpose for services performed prior to July 1, 2010.
(P.A. 10-117, S. 57.)
History: P.A. 10-117 effective July 1, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-187. (Formerly Sec. 19-73ii). - Cooperation of state agencies. Advice and consultation by The University of Connecticut Health Center.

(a) All state agencies which are concerned with the emergency medical service delivery system shall, to the fullest extent consistent with their authorities under state law administered by them, carry out programs under their control in such a manner as to further the policy of establishing a coordinated state-wide emergency medical service system.
(b) All such state agencies shall cooperate with the Office of Emergency Medical Services, and the regional emergency medical service coordinators and emergency medical services councils in developing the state emergency medical services program under this chapter.
(c) All state agencies concerned with the state-wide emergency medical services system shall cooperate with the appropriate agencies of the United States or of other states or interstate agencies with respect to the planning and coordination of emergency medical services.
(d) The Commissioner of Public Health and the trustees of The University of Connecticut may contract for the provision of medical advice and consultation by The University of Connecticut Health Center to the Office of Emergency Medical Services. This subsection shall not affect the responsibilities of said University and health center under subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section.
(P.A. 74-305, S. 16, 19; P.A. 75-112, S. 14, 18; P.A. 77-268, S. 9; 77-614, S. 323, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 87-420, S. 10, 14; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 75-112 deleted requirement that agencies cooperate with commission on hospitals and health care in Subsec. (b); P.A. 77-268 replaced “b” agencies with “health systems” agencies in Subsec. (b) and added Subsec. (d) re contracts between commissioner of health and University of Connecticut trustees; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-73ii transferred to Sec. 19a-187 in 1983; P.A. 87-420 deleted reference to health systems agencies in Subsec. (b); P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; (Revisor's note: In 1995 in Subsec. (d) of words “the health center of said University” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “The University of Connecticut Health Center” for consistency with other statutory references); P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-188. (Formerly Sec. 19-73jj). - Transfer of staff and funds.

All existing staff, equipment and office supplies and all budgeted funds for the Emergency Medical Services Division of the Commission on Hospitals and Health Care are hereby transferred to and made part of the Office of Emergency Medical Services.
(P.A. 75-112, S. 15, 18; P.A. 95-257, S. 39, 58.)
History: Sec. 19-73jj transferred to Sec. 19a-188 in 1983; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commission on Hospitals and Health Care with Office of Health Care Access, effective July 1, 1995 (Revisor's note: This section took effect on May 16, 1975, and since its provisions are obsolete the Revisors did not change the reference to the former Commission on Hospitals and Health Care).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-189 to 19a-192. (Formerly Secs. 19-73kk to 19-73nn). - Definitions. Municipal contracts with volunteer ambulance companies; residence requirements. Volunteer ambulance personnel compensated under chapter 568; hypertension or heart disease presumptions. Benefits for volunteers serving another ambulance company.

Sections 19a-189 to 19a-192, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 1997.
(P.A. 75-102, S. 1–4; P.A. 77-502, S. 2; P.A. 79-376, S. 22, 23; P.A. 81-279; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 87, 88.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-193a. - Liability for emergency medical treatment services or transportation services provided by an ambulance service or paramedic intercept service. Liability for medical services or transport services under nonemergency conditions from mobile integrated health care program.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and subject to the provisions of sections 19a-177, 38a-498 and 38a-525, any person who receives emergency medical treatment services or transportation services from a licensed ambulance service, certified ambulance service or paramedic intercept service shall be liable to such ambulance service for the reasonable and necessary costs of providing such services, irrespective of whether such person agreed or consented to such liability.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, any person who receives medical services or transport services under nonemergency conditions from a mobile integrated health care program shall be liable to such mobile health care integrated program for the reasonable and necessary costs of providing such services.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person who receives emergency medical treatment services or transportation services from a licensed ambulance service, certified ambulance service, paramedic intercept service or mobile integrated health care program for an injury arising out of and in the course of such person's employment as defined in section 31-275.
(P.A. 12-142, S. 1; P.A. 14-231, S. 50; P.A. 19-118, S. 69.)
History: P.A. 14-231 added “or paramedic intercept service” and made technical changes; P.A. 19-118 added new Subsec. (b) re liability for services from mobile health care integrated program, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c) and amended same by adding reference to mobile integrated health care program, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-193b. - Collection of payment by an ambulance service.

An ambulance service, as defined in section 19a-175, shall make a good faith effort to determine whether a person has health insurance coverage prior to attempting to collect payment from such person for services provided to such person. If the ambulance service determines that such person has health insurance coverage, such ambulance service shall not attempt to collect payment, other than a coinsurance, copayment or deductible, for any covered medical services provided to such person prior to receiving oral or written notice from such person's health insurer that it declines to pay for such services. If the health insurer does not pay for such services or provide notice that it declines to pay for such services on or before the sixtieth calendar day after receiving a bill for such services, the ambulance service may attempt to collect payment from such person for such services.
(P.A. 15-110, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-194. (Formerly Sec. 19-73pp). - Motorcycle rescue vehicles.

(a) A motorcycle equipped to handle medical emergencies shall be deemed a rescue vehicle. The commissioner shall issue a safety certificate to such motorcycle upon examination of such vehicle and a determination that such motorcycle (1) is in satisfactory mechanical condition, (2) is as safe to operate as the average motorcycle, and (3) is equipped with such emergency medical equipment as may be required by subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The commissioner shall annually issue a list specifying the minimum equipment that a motorcycle must carry to operate as a rescue vehicle pursuant to this section. Such equipment shall include those items that would enable an emergency medical technician, paramedic or other individual similarly trained to render to a person requiring emergency medical assistance the maximum benefit possible from the operation of such motorcycle rescue vehicle.
(P.A. 78-156, S. 1; P.A. 98-195, S. 12; P.A. 09-232, S. 35; P.A. 14-231, S. 47.)
History: Sec. 19-73pp transferred to Sec. 19a-194 in 1983; P.A. 98-195 transferred authority over motorcycle rescue vehicles from the director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services to the Commissioner of Public Health, and made regulations discretionary rather than mandatory; P.A. 09-232 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provision re regulations concerning equipment motorcycles must carry to operate as rescue vehicles with provision requiring commissioner to issue annual list concerning minimum equipment requirements for such motorcycles, effective January 1, 2010; P.A. 14-231 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Sec. 19a-181.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-195. - Regulations re staffing of ambulances.

The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to require all ambulances to be staffed by at least one certified emergency medical technician, who shall be in the patient compartment attending the patient during all periods in which a patient is being transported, and one certified emergency medical responder.
(P.A. 81-260; P.A. 21-121, S. 58.)
History: P.A. 21-121 replaced “emergency medical response services” with “ambulances” and “medical response technician” with “emergency medical responder”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-195a and 19a-195b. - Regulations re recertification and state-wide standardization of certification. Reinstatement of expired certification; validity of expired certificate.

Sections 19a-195a and 19a-195b are repealed, effective October 1, 2015.
(P.A. 83-240; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 97-170; P.A. 00-135, S. 6, 21; P.A. 01-1, S. 2, 3; P.A. 09-232, S. 36, 37; P.A. 10-18, S. 9; P.A. 13-306, S. 2; P.A. 14-194, S. 12; 14-231, S. 23; P.A. 15-223, S. 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-196. - Complaints against emergency medical services councils, hearings and appeals.

(a) For purposes of this section and sections 19a-196a and 19a-196b, “municipality” means any town, city or borough, whether consolidated or unconsolidated.
(b) For purposes of this section, the Commissioner of Public Health may appoint hearing officers to investigate complaints filed pursuant to this section.
(c) Any municipality aggrieved by any action of an emergency medical service council may file a written complaint with the commissioner describing such action and shall mail a copy of such complaint to the party that is the subject of the complaint. Any complaint filed pursuant to this section shall be filed not later than one hundred eighty days after the alleged act. Upon receipt of a properly filed complaint, the commissioner shall refer such complaint to a hearing officer appointed to investigate such complaints. The hearing officer shall, after investigation and not later than ninety days after the date of such referral, either (1) make a report to the commissioner recommending dismissal of the complaint or (2) issue an official written complaint charging the emergency medical service council with the appropriate violation. Upon receiving a report from the officer recommending dismissal of the complaint, the commissioner may issue an order dismissing the complaint or may order a further investigation or a hearing thereon. Upon receiving a complaint issued by the officer, the commissioner shall set a time and place for the hearing. The hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. If no such report or complaint is issued, the commissioner may, in his discretion, proceed to a hearing upon the party's original complaint in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(d) A final decision shall be in writing and shall include any findings of fact and conclusions of law necessary to the commissioner's decision. Findings of fact shall be based exclusively on the evidence in the record. The final decision shall be delivered promptly to each party or his authorized representative, personally or by United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, return receipt requested. The final decision shall be effective when personally delivered or mailed.
(e) A municipality aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner pursuant to this section may appeal therefrom to the Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
(P.A. 95-198, S. 1; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98-195, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-195 transferred authority over complaints against council from the director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services to the Commissioner of Public Health, and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-196a. - Termination of services to municipalities restricted.

No emergency medical service council or emergency communication system shall terminate service to any municipality which participates in such council or system or which is a member of an agency or regional emergency medical service council which participates in such council or system for nonpayment of a disputed bill during the pendency of any complaint, investigation, hearing or appeal involving such dispute, provided the subscriber shall pay the amount of any current and undisputed bills during such pendency.
(P.A. 95-198, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-196b. - Response to calls from other municipalities. Transporting patients to the state's mobile field hospital.

(a) Each emergency medical service council and emergency medical service system shall respond to and honor calls from any municipality that participates in another emergency medical service council or emergency communication system or which is a member of an agency that participates in such council or system.
(b) Any licensed or certified ambulance may transport patients to the state's mobile field hospital when the hospital has been deployed by the Governor or the Governor's designee for the purposes specified in subsection (a) of section 19a-487.
(P.A. 95-198, S. 3; P.A. 07-252, S. 72; P.A. 10-117, S. 60.)
History: P.A. 07-252 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), made technical changes therein and added Subsec. (b) authorizing ambulances to transport patients to state's mobile field hospital upon deployment by the Governor or the Governor's designee, effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 10-177 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference to Sec. 19a-490(m) with reference to Sec. 19a-487(a).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-197. - Automatic external defibrillators. Registry established. Regulations. Simultaneous communication with physician not required.

Section 19a-197 is repealed, effective October 1, 2008.
(P.A. 98-62, S. 3; P.A. 00-47, S. 1; P.A. 08-184, S. 63.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-197a. - Administration of epinephrine.

(a) As used in this section, “emergency medical technician” means (1) any class of emergency medical technician certified under regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-206oo, including, but not limited to, any advanced emergency medical technician, and (2) any paramedic licensed pursuant to section 20-206ll.
(b) Any emergency medical technician who has been trained, in accordance with national standards recognized by the Commissioner of Public Health, in the administration of epinephrine using automatic prefilled cartridge injectors or similar automatic injectable equipment and who functions in accordance with written protocols and the standing orders of a licensed physician serving as an emergency department director may administer epinephrine using such injectors or equipment. All emergency medical technicians shall receive such training. All licensed or certified ambulances shall be equipped with epinephrine in such injectors or equipment which may be administered in accordance with written protocols and standing orders of a licensed physician serving as an emergency department director.
(P.A. 00-135, S. 16, 21; P.A. 09-232, S. 38; P.A. 15-223, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 00-135 effective January 1, 2001; P.A. 09-232 redefined “emergency medical technician” in Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 2010; P.A. 15-223 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “19a-179” with “20-206oo”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-197b. - Training standards for the use of automatic external defibrillators.

A paid or volunteer firefighter or police officer, a member of a ski patrol, a lifeguard, a conservation officer, patrol officer or special police officer of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection or emergency medical service personnel who has been trained in the use of an automatic external defibrillator in accordance with the standards set forth by the American Red Cross or American Heart Association shall not be subject to additional requirements, except recertification requirements, in order to use an automatic external defibrillator.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 38; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services › Section 19a-197c. - Automatic external defibrillators required on public golf courses.

Each public golf course, as defined in section 30-33, shall provide and maintain in a central location on the premises of the public golf course, at least one automatic external defibrillator, as defined in section 19a-175.
(P.A. 06-195, S. 54.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368dd - Office of Health Strategy › Section 19a-750 to 19a-754. - Health Information Technology Exchange of Connecticut; definitions; powers of the authority; board of directors; chief executive officer; grants; advisory committee on patient privacy and security; reports. Establishment of subsidiaries. State pledge to contractors. Tax exemption. Lead health information exchange organization for the state; responsibilities.

Sections 19a-750 to 19a-754, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 2014.
(P.A. 09-232, S. 75; P.A. 10-117, S. 82–86; P.A. 11-51, S. 76; 11-242, S. 74; P.A. 12-197, S. 46; P.A. 13-208, S. 9; P.A. 14-217, S. 259.)