56-1013A. IDAHO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PHYSICIAN COMMISSION — TERMS AND OPERATION. (1) There is hereby created in the department an Idaho emergency medical services physician commission for the purpose of establishing standards for scope of practice and medical supervision for licensed personnel and agencies licensed by the EMS bureau, and for making disciplinary action recommendations to the EMS bureau against licensed personnel. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commission shall exercise its powers and duties in accordance with the provisions of sections 56-1011 through 56-1023, Idaho Code, relative to scope of practice and medical supervision of licensed personnel.
(2) The commission shall be composed of eleven (11) voting members appointed by the governor upon assurance of equitable geographic and rural representation. Six (6) members shall be physicians currently licensed in Idaho and appointed as follows: one (1) member representing the Idaho board of medicine as provided in chapter 18, title 54, Idaho Code, one (1) member representing the Idaho medical association, one (1) member representing the EMS bureau, one (1) member representing the Idaho chapter of the American college of emergency physicians, one (1) member representing the Idaho chapter of the American academy of pediatrics and one (1) member representing the Idaho chapter of the American college of surgeons committee on trauma. Three (3) members shall be physicians currently licensed in Idaho and practicing as an EMS medical director representing the following associations: one (1) member representing the Idaho association of counties, one (1) member representing the Idaho fire chiefs association and one (1) member representing the Idaho hospital association. Two (2) members shall be Idaho citizens representing the public interest.
(3) Except as provided in this subsection, members of the commission shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years. The following four (4) members shall be appointed to an initial term of two (2) years: the member representing the board of medicine, the member representing the Idaho chapter of the American college of emergency physicians, the member representing the Idaho chapter of the American college of surgeons committee on trauma and the member representing the Idaho fire chiefs association. The remaining seven (7) members shall be appointed for an initial term of three (3) years. Thereafter, all terms shall be for a period of three (3) years.
(4) The commission shall elect a chair and such officers as it may deem necessary and appropriate. The commission shall meet at least annually and at the call of the chair. Members of the commission shall be compensated as provided in section 59-509(b), Idaho Code.
(5) Prior to the expiration of the regular term of a member of the commission or upon the occurrence or declaration of a vacancy in the membership of the commission, the EMS bureau shall notify the represented entity of that fact in writing and the represented entity shall, within sixty (60) days thereafter, nominate at least three (3) persons to fill the vacancy in a manner as shall be determined by the rules and bylaws of the represented entity and shall forward the nominations to the governor, who shall appoint from among the nominees a person to be a member of the commission to fill the vacancy. Persons nominated for a seat held by a physician must be licensed by the state of Idaho to practice medicine.
(6) Moneys collected pursuant to rules promulgated by the board for initial applications and renewal of EMS personnel licenses are hereby continuously appropriated and shall be utilized exclusively for the purposes set forth in this section as determined by the commission.
(7) The commission shall prepare a budget on an annual basis indicating that portion of the funds necessary for the continuous operation of the commission to achieve the purposes of this section.
History:
[56-1013A, added 2006, ch. 421, sec. 3, p. 1303; am. 2007, ch. 306, sec. 1, p. 856; am. 2009, ch. 189, sec. 4, p. 614.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE
Chapter 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE
Section 56-1001 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 56-1002 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE — CREATION — ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS.
Section 56-1003 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.
Section 56-1004 - DIRECTOR — ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Section 56-1004A - CRIMINAL HISTORY AND BACKGROUND CHECKS.
Section 56-1006 - TITLE SUPERSEDED.
Section 56-1007 - COLLECTION OF FEES FOR SERVICES.
Section 56-1008 - CRIMINAL VIOLATION — PENALTY.
Section 56-1011 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES — STATEMENT OF INTENT.
Section 56-1012 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 56-1013 - AUTHORIZED ACTIONS.
Section 56-1013A - IDAHO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PHYSICIAN COMMISSION — TERMS AND OPERATION.
Section 56-1013B - RECOGNITION OF EMS PERSONNEL LICENSURE INTERSTATE COMPACT (REPLICA).
Section 56-1013D - DEFINITIONS.
Section 56-1013E - HOME STATE LICENSURE.
Section 56-1013F - COMPACT PRIVILEGE TO PRACTICE.
Section 56-1013G - CONDITIONS OF PRACTICE IN A REMOTE STATE.
Section 56-1013H - RELATIONSHIP TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT.
Section 56-1013I - VETERANS, SERVICE MEMBERS SEPARATING FROM ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AND THEIR SPOUSES.
Section 56-1013J - ADVERSE ACTIONS.
Section 56-1013K - ADDITIONAL POWERS INVESTED IN A MEMBER STATE’S EMS AUTHORITY.
Section 56-1013L - ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR EMS PERSONNEL PRACTICE.
Section 56-1013M - COORDINATED DATABASE.
Section 56-1013N - RULEMAKING.
Section 56-1013O - OVERSIGHT, DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND ENFORCEMENT.
Section 56-1013Q - CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY.
Section 56-1015 - FAILURE TO OBTAIN CONSENT.
Section 56-1016 - AGENCY MINIMUM STANDARDS.
Section 56-1018 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FUND.
Section 56-1018A - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FUND II.
Section 56-1018B - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FUND III.
Section 56-1019 - SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS.
Section 56-1020 - PENALTIES FOR PERSONNEL LICENSE VIOLATIONS.
Section 56-1021 - PENALTIES FOR AGENCY LICENSE VIOLATIONS.
Section 56-1022 - PERSONNEL AND AGENCIES LICENSURE ACTIONS — GROUNDS — PROCEDURE.
Section 56-1024 - IDAHO TIME SENSITIVE EMERGENCY SYSTEM OF CARE — STATEMENT OF INTENT.
Section 56-1025 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 56-1026 - IDAHO TIME SENSITIVE EMERGENCY SYSTEM — CREATION.
Section 56-1027 - IDAHO TIME SENSITIVE EMERGENCY SYSTEM COUNCIL — CREATION — COMPOSITION.
Section 56-1028 - IDAHO TIME SENSITIVE EMERGENCY SYSTEM COUNCIL — DUTIES — RULEMAKING.
Section 56-1029 - IDAHO TRAUMA, STROKE AND HEART ATTACK CENTERS — DESIGNATION.
Section 56-1030 - REGIONAL TIME SENSITIVE EMERGENCY COMMITTEES — MEMBERSHIP — DUTIES.
Section 56-1036 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Section 56-1037 - POISON CONTROL CENTER ESTABLISHED — SERVICES OFFERED.
Section 56-1038 - COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
Section 56-1039 - POWER TO ACCEPT FEDERAL FUNDS AND GIFTS.
Section 56-1040 - RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Section 56-1041 - STATE X-RAY CONTROL AGENCY.
Section 56-1042 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 56-1044 - RADIATION MACHINES USED TO PERFORM MAMMOGRAPHY.
Section 56-1047 - FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENTS — AUTHORIZED — EFFECT AS TO FEDERAL LICENSES.
Section 56-1048 - INSPECTION AGREEMENTS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.
Section 56-1049 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.
Section 56-1050 - INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS.
Section 56-1051 - PROHIBITED USES.
Section 56-1052 - IMPOUNDING OF MATERIALS.