Bill Text: AZ HB2405 | 2010 | Forty-ninth Legislature 2nd Regular | Chaptered
Bill Title: Emergency care council
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-16 - Governor Signed [HB2405 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2010-HB2405-Chaptered.html
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session 2010
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HOUSE BILL 2405 |
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AN ACT
Amending title 36, chapter 21.1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36‑2203; relating to the emergency medical services council.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 21.1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-2203, to read:
36-2203. Emergency medical services council; membership; delayed repeal
A. The emergency medical services council is established. The medical director of emergency medical services shall chair the council. The council is composed of the director of the department of public safety and the governor's highway safety coordinator, or their designees, and the following members appointed by the governor to three year terms:
1. One representative from each of the four local emergency medical services coordinating systems as defined in section 36-2210.
2. One physician specializing in emergency medicine from each of the four local emergency medical services coordinating regions as prescribed in section 36-2210.
3. One professional nurse who is licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 15 and who specializes in emergency medicine.
4. One emergency medical technician.
5. Two representatives from ambulance service corporations.
6. Two hospital administrators, one of whom represents a county with a population of less than five hundred thousand persons.
7. One representative from each of the three employers of the largest number of emergency medical technicians and paramedics.
8. One representative from a nongovernmental employer of intermediate emergency medical technicians.
9. One representative from the state fire districts.
10. One physician who is licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17 and who specializes in trauma surgery.
11. One representative of a pre-hospital emergency medical training program.
12. Six public members.
13. One representative of a volunteer medical rescue program.
B. Public members of the council are eligible to receive compensation pursuant to section 38-611.
C. This section is repealed from and after January 1, 2020.
Sec. 2. Initial terms of members of the emergency medical services council
A. Notwithstanding section 36-2203, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, the initial terms of members of the emergency medical services council are:
1. Nine terms ending January 1, 2012.
2. Nine terms ending January 1, 2013.
3. Ten terms ending January 1, 2014.
B. The governor shall make all subsequent appointments as prescribed by statute.
Sec. 3. Emergency
This act is an emergency measure that is necessary to preserve the public peace, health or safety and is operative immediately as provided by law.
