§ 1021.104. Responsibilities of regional EMS councils.
In addition to other responsibilities imposed upon regional EMS councils by this subpart, regional EMS councils have responsibility for:
(1) Organizing, maintaining, implementing, expanding and improving the EMS system within the geographic area for which the regional EMS council has been assigned responsibilities.
(2) Developing and implementing comprehensive EMS plans, as approved by the Department.
(3) Advising PSAPs and municipal and county governments as to EMS resources available for dispatching and recommending dispatching criteria that may be developed by the Department, or by the regional EMS council as approved by the Department.
(4) Developing, maintaining, implementing, expanding and improving programs of medical coordination. The programs are subject to approval by the Department.
(5) Assisting hospitals, upon their request, with issues regarding EMS when hospitals are developing their plans for emergency services as required under § 117.11 (relating to emergency services plan).
(6) Assisting the Department in achieving a unified Statewide EMS system and regional EMS system components and goals as described in section 8105 of the act (relating to duties of department).
(7) Assisting the Department in the collection and maintenance of standardized data and information provided through EMS PCRs.
(8) Providing EMS agencies with data summary reports.
(9) Ensuring the reasonable availability of training programs, including continuing education programs, for EMS providers. The programs must include those that lead to certification of EMS providers by the Department. Regional EMS councils may also develop and implement additional educational programs.
(10) Monitoring EMS provider, EMS agency, EMS agency medical director, medical command physician, medical command facility medical director and medical command facility compliance with minimum standards established by the Department.
(11) Facilitating the integration of medical command facilities into the regional EMS system in accordance with policies and guidelines established by the Department.
(12) Developing and implementing regional protocols for issues of regional importance that are not addressed by the Statewide EMS protocols. Protocols shall be developed in consultation with the regional EMS council’s medical advisory committee and approved by the Department. Protocols must:
(i) Be consistent with the Department’s established protocol format.
(ii) Address matters the Department directs regional EMS councils to address.
(iii) Be distributed to EMS agencies within the region.
(iv) Be reviewed annually and revised as necessary in consultation with the regional EMS council’s medical advisory committee.
(v) Be consistent with Chapter 1023 (relating to personnel) which governs the scope of practice of EMS providers.
(vi) Be based upon accepted standards of emergency medical care, with consideration given to maximizing patient safety.
(13) Assisting Federal, State and local agencies, upon request, in the provision of onsite mitigation, technical assistance, situation assessment, coordination of functions or post-incident evaluations, in the event of a potential or actual disaster, mass casualty situation or other substantial threat to public health.
(14) Maintaining an inventory of EMS resources, including EMS providers, available in the EMS region and promoting the recruitment, retention and recognition of EMS providers.
(15) Designating a regional EMS medical director.
(16) Supervising the regional EMS medical director to ensure that the roles and responsibilities in § 1023.4 (relating to regional EMS medical director) are carried out.
(17) Assisting EMS providers, other persons and EMS agencies operating in the regional EMS system to meet the licensure, certification, registration and continuing education requirements established under the act and this subpart, and assisting the Department in ensuring that those requirements are met.
(18) Having a conflict of interest policy and requiring its employees and officials to agree to the policy in writing.
(19) Assisting the Department in carrying out the act and this part and adhering to policy direction established by the Department.
(20) Performing other duties deemed appropriate by the Department for the initiation, expansion, maintenance and improvement of the regional and Statewide EMS system which are in accordance with the Statewide EMS System Plan.
No part of the information on this site may be reproduced for profit or sold for profit.
This material has been drawn directly from the official Pennsylvania Code full text database. Due to the limitations of HTML or differences in display capabilities of different browsers, this version may differ slightly from the official printed version.
