Court Opinion

ID: 9753877
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 19:33:49.876292+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:27:44.513583
License: Public Domain

ZAPPALA, Justice,
dissenting.
I agree with the majority that the EMS Act does not preempt local legislation concerning the provision of emergency medical services. I also agree that Adams Township and Callery Borough have authority under the Second Class Town*318ship Code and the Borough Code respectively to designate a primary provider. To my mind this is all that is necessary to dispose of this appeal. Accordingly, I would simply, affirm the order of the Commonwealth Court.
I dissent from the majority’s decision to remand to the common pleas court for findings of fact on the issue of “whether the designation of Quality by appellees is consistent with the EMS Act,” Opinion at 196, because I do not believe that is a proper issue for the court to decide. The forum for that issue, if any, is the Department of Health, the agency charged with implementation and oversight of the EMS Act.