A. Any number of persons wishing to provide emergency medical services may establish an emergency medical services agency by (i) recording a writing stating the formation of such company, with the names of the members thereof thereto subscribed in the court of the county or city wherein such agency shall be located, (ii) complying with such local ordinances as may exist related to establishment of an emergency medical services agency, and (iii) obtaining a valid emergency medical services agency license from the Office of Emergency Medical Services together with such emergency medical services vehicle permits from the Office of Emergency Medical Services as the Office of Emergency Medical Services may require. The principal officer of such emergency medical services agency shall be known as "the emergency medical services agency chief" or "EMS chief."
B. The members of an emergency medical services agency established pursuant to subsection A may make regulations for effecting its objects consistent with the laws of the Commonwealth; the ordinances of the county, city, or town; and the bylaws of the emergency medical services agency thereof.
C. In every county, city, or town in which an emergency medical services agency is established pursuant to this section, there shall be appointed, at such time and in such manner as the governing body of such county, city, or town in which the emergency medical services agency is located may prescribe, an emergency medical services agency chief and as many other officers of the emergency medical services agency as such governing body may direct.
D. An emergency medical services agency established pursuant to this section may be dissolved when the local governing body of the county, city, or town in which the emergency medical services agency is located determines that the emergency medical services agency has failed, for three months successively, to have or keep in good and serviceable condition emergency medical services vehicles and equipment and other proper implements, or when the governing body of the county, city, or town for any reason deems it advisable.
E. Upon dissolution of an emergency medical services agency established pursuant to this section, any property that was in the possession of such emergency medical services agency and that was purchased using public funds shall be offered to a city or county served by the emergency medical services agency to be used for the public good.
2015, cc. 502, 503; 2020, c. 946.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 4 - Health Care Planning
§ 32.1-102.1:1. Equipment registration required
§ 32.1-102.1:3. Medical care facilities and projects for which a certificate is required
§ 32.1-102.2:1. State Health Services Plan; Task Force
§ 32.1-102.3. Demonstration of public need required; criteria for determining need
§ 32.1-102.3:1.1. Continuing care retirement communities accessing medical assistance
§ 32.1-102.3:7. Application for transfer of nursing facility beds
§ 32.1-102.3:8. Application for an open admission period for a continuing care retirement community
§ 32.1-102.4. Conditions of certificates; monitoring; revocation of certificates; civil penalties
§ 32.1-102.5. Certificate not transferable
§ 32.1-102.6. Administrative procedures
§ 32.1-102.6:1. Revocation of a certificate
§ 32.1-102.8. Enjoining project undertaken without certificate or registration
§ 32.1-102.9. Designation of judge
§ 32.1-102.11. Application of article
§ 32.1-111.2. Exemptions from provisions of this article
§ 32.1-111.3. Statewide Emergency Medical Services Plan; Trauma Triage Plan; Stroke Triage Plan
§ 32.1-111.4:2. Regional emergency medical services councils
§ 32.1-111.4:3. Provision of emergency medical services
§ 32.1-111.4:8. Ordinances as to emergency medical services agencies
§ 32.1-111.5:1. Emergency medical services personnel mental health awareness training
§ 32.1-111.6. Emergency medical services agency license; emergency medical services vehicle permits
§ 32.1-111.6:1. Commissioner to issue certain emergency medical services licenses or permits
§ 32.1-111.8. Revocation and suspension of licenses and permits
§ 32.1-111.9. Applications for variances or exemptions
§ 32.1-111.9:1. Out-of-state emergency medical services providers
§ 32.1-111.12. Virginia Rescue Squads Assistance Fund; disbursements
§ 32.1-111.12:01. Financial Assistance and Review Committee; appointment; terms; duties
§ 32.1-111.13. Annual financial reports
§ 32.1-111.14. Powers of governing bodies of counties, cities, and towns
§ 32.1-111.14:2. Establishment of emergency medical services zones or districts; tax levies
§ 32.1-111.14:6. Supervision and control of joint services of emergency medical services agencies
§ 32.1-111.14:8. Purchase, maintenance, etc., of equipment; donated equipment
§ 32.1-111.14:9. Entry of buildings and premises adjoining during a medical emergency
§ 32.1-111.15. Statewide poison control system established
§ 32.1-111.16. Director of Office of Emergency Medical Services annual performance evaluation
§ 32.1-116.1. Prehospital patient care reporting procedure; trauma registry; confidentiality
§ 32.1-116.1:1. Disclosure of medical records
§ 32.1-116.2. Confidential nature of information supplied; publication; liability protections
§ 32.1-116.3. Reporting of communicable diseases; definitions
§ 32.1-122.03. State Health Plan
§ 32.1-122.03:1. Statewide Telehealth Plan
§ 32.1-122.04. Responsibilities of the Department
§ 32.1-122.05. Regional health planning agencies; boards; duties and responsibilities
§ 32.1-122.06. Funds for regional health planning
§ 32.1-122.08. Continuation of regulations
§ 32.1-122.5. Criteria to identify underserved areas
§ 32.1-122.5:1. Conditional grants for certain medical students
§ 32.1-122.6. Conditional grants for certain medical students
§ 32.1-122.6:01. Board of Health to award certain scholarships and loan repayment funds
§ 32.1-122.6:02. Conditional grants for certain nurse practitioner students
§ 32.1-122.6:03. Conditional grants for certain physician assistant students
§ 32.1-122.6:04. Nurse Loan Repayment Program
§ 32.1-122.6:1. Physician Loan Repayment Program
§ 32.1-122.7. Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; purpose
§ 32.1-122.7:1. Board of Directors of the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority
§ 32.1-122.7:2. Powers and duties of the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; exemptions
§ 32.1-122.8. Board's authority to receive and expend funds
§ 32.1-122.9. Conditional grants for certain dental students
§ 32.1-122.9:1. Dentist Loan Repayment Program
§ 32.1-122.10. Conditional grants for certain dental hygiene students
§ 32.1-122.10:002. Board of directors; expenses; officers; terms of office; quorum; annual report
§ 32.1-122.10:003. Office of the authority
§ 32.1-122.10:004. Powers of the authority
§ 32.1-122.10:005. Licensed agents; liability
§ 32.1-122.20. Recruitment and retention of health care providers