TITLE 46

MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

CHAPTER 9

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ACT

46-916.  Idaho time sensitive emergency system — council — composition — duties. (1) There is hereby created within the division the Idaho time sensitive emergency system council. Council members shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor. Terms on the council shall be for four (4) years, and vacancies on the council for unexpired terms shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the remainder of the term. Council members shall be selected to assure geographic, rural, and clinical specialty representation.

(2)  The membership of the council shall include the following:

(a)  One (1) representative from a facility that either holds or is seeking designation as an Idaho trauma center. The representative shall be the medical director, the coordinator, or the program manager responsible for the respective facility’s trauma program;

(b)  One (1) representative from a facility that either holds or is seeking designation as an Idaho stroke facility. The representative shall be the medical director, the coordinator, or the program manager responsible for the respective facility’s stroke program;

(c)  One (1) representative from a facility that either holds or is seeking designation as an Idaho heart attack center. The representative shall be the medical director, the coordinator, or the program manager responsible for the respective facility’s heart attack program;

(d)  One (1) representative from an EMS agency licensed by the division that serves a primarily urban response area;

(e)  One (1) representative from an EMS agency licensed by the division that serves a primarily rural response area;

(f)  One (1) representative from an air medical EMS agency licensed by the division;

(g)  One (1) administrator of an Idaho hospital that either holds or is seeking Idaho trauma, stroke, or heart attack designation;

(h)  One (1) chief executive officer or administrator of an Idaho critical access hospital that either holds or is seeking Idaho trauma, stroke, or heart attack designation;

(i)  One (1) licensed health care provider who routinely works in the emergency department of a hospital that serves a primarily urban area that either holds or is seeking Idaho trauma, stroke, or heart attack designation;

(j)  One (1) licensed health care provider who routinely works in the emergency department of a hospital that serves a primarily rural area that either holds or is seeking Idaho trauma, stroke, or heart attack designation; and

(k)  One (1) member of the public.

(3)  The chair of each regional time sensitive committee established pursuant to section 46-918, Idaho Code, shall be added as a voting member of the council when the regional time sensitive emergency committee is implemented and the chair is selected.

(4)  The governor shall appoint a chair who shall serve a term of two (2) years. The council may elect other officers as it may deem necessary and appropriate. The council shall meet at least semiannually and at the call of the chair.

(5)  The duties of the council shall be as follows:

(a)  Develop, implement, and monitor a voluntary statewide system that includes trauma, stroke, and heart attack facilities;

(b)  Provide oversight of the system, assuring adherence to standards and regulations established by the council;

(c)  Establish substate system regions that provide more effective access to the system. In the designation of these regions, specific consideration shall be given to geography and patient referral patterns for the facilities and agencies included therein;

(d)  Establish a regional time sensitive emergency committee in each substate region;

(e)  Develop the standards and criteria that each participating facility that voluntarily applies is required to meet concerning personnel, equipment, resources, data collection, and organizational capabilities to obtain or maintain designation;

(f)  Develop procedures for and the duration of the designation of a trauma, stroke, or heart attack facility, including application procedures, verification procedures, investigation of complaints pertaining to designation, and emergency suspension or revocation of designation;

(g)  Develop operational procedures for the regional time sensitive emergency committees;

(h)  Facilitate the implementation of nationally accepted standards throughout the voluntary system;

(i)  Set procedures for the acquisition of data needed to successfully manage the system; and

(j)  Collaborate and cooperate with the division, the EMS medical director, local governments, and local EMS agencies and associations to address recruitment and retention concerns of local EMS providers.

History:

[46-916, added 2025, ch. 94, sec. 2, p. 447.]