Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 368d · 51 active provisions
As used in this chapter and section 19a-906, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Emergency medical service system” means a system which provides for (A) the arrangement of personnel, facilities and equipment for the efficient, effective and coordinated delivery of health care services under emergency conditions…
The Department of Public Health shall be the lead agency for the state's emergency medical services program and shall be responsible for the planning, coordination and administration of a state-wide emergency medical care service system. The commissioner shall set policy and establish state-wide priorities for emergenc…
The commissioner shall: (1) With the advice of the Office of Emergency Medical Services established pursuant to section 19a-178 and of an advisory committee on emergency medical services and with the benefit of meetings held pursuant to subsection (b) of section 19a-184, adopt every five years a state-wide plan for the…
The Commissioner of Public Health may waive any provisions of the regulations applying to an emergency medical service organization or emergency medical services personnel, as such terms are defined in section 19a-175, if the commissioner determines that such waiver (1) would not endanger the health, safety or welfare…
(a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the Commissioner of Public Health shall increase the rates for the conveyance and treatment of patients by licensed ambulance services and invalid coaches and the rates for certified ambulance services and paramedic intercept services established pursuant to subparagraph (A…
(a) There shall be established within the Department of Public Health an Office of Emergency Medical Services. The office shall be responsible for program development activities, including, but not limited to: (1) Public education and information programs; (2) administering the emergency medical services equipment and…
(a) There is established within the Department of Public Health an Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. (b) The advisory board shall consist of members appointed in accordance with the provisions of this subsection and shall include the Commissioner of Public Health, the department's emergency medical services me…
(a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall establish an Emergency Medical Services Equipment and Local System Development grant program. The program shall provide incentive grants for enhancing emergency medical services and equipment. The commissioner shall define the nature, description and systems designed for gran…
(a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall develop and implement a plan in circumstances where the Governor declares a state of emergency to mobilize state emergency medical service assets to aid areas where local emergency medical services and ordinary mutual aid resources are overwhelmed. Such plan shall be known as…
(a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, concerning (1) the methods and conditions for licensure and certification of the operations, facilities and equipment enumerated in section 19a-177, (2) complaint procedures for the public and any emergency medical service organization, and (3…
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…
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 Protec…
(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,…
Section 19a-179d is repealed, effective October 1, 2014.
(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 service…
(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 lice…
(a) No person shall operate any ambulance service, paramedic intercept service or rescue service without either a license or a certificate issued by the commissioner. No person shall operate a commercial ambulance service or commercial rescue service without a license issued by the commissioner. A certificate shall be…
(a) Each emergency medical service organization licensed or certified by the Commissioner of Public Health shall, upon receipt of a notice of intention to strike by a labor organization representing the employees of such emergency medical service organization file a strike contingency plan, in accordance with the provi…
(a) For the purposes of this section, “supplemental first responder” means an emergency medical service organization who holds a certificate of authorization by the Commissioner of Public Health and responds to a victim of sudden illness or injury when available and only when called upon, but does not offer transportat…
(a) For the purposes of this section, “primary service area responder” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-175, “supplemental first responder” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-180b and “supplemental paramedic” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-180f. (b) If any combination of a p…
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Ambulance service”, “emergency medical service organization”, “paramedic intercept service” and “patient” have the same meanings as provided in section 19a-175; (2) “Emergency medical services personnel” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-180b; (3) “Paramedic” means an ind…
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…
If the death of any emergency medical service personnel, as defined in section 19a-175, is caused by a cardiac event, stroke or pulmonary embolism that occurred not later than twenty-four hours after such personnel concluded a shift or training, the service chief, or other administrative head, of such personnel's depar…
(a) In addition to the inspection required under subsection (b) of this section, each ambulance and invalid coach used by an emergency medical service organization shall be inspected to verify such ambulance or invalid coach has met the minimum standards prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Health. Such inspection…
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 o…