West Virginia Code
Article 4C. Emergency Medical Services Act
§16-4C-23. Authority of the Commissioner to Make Rules

(a) The commissioner shall propose for promulgation, legislative rules pursuant to 29A-3-1 et seq. of this code to carry out the purposes of this article.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of 16-4C-6(a) of this code, the commissioner shall propose for promulgation a legislative rule regulating fire department rapid response services, pursuant to 29A-3-1 et seq. of this code which: (1) Establishes licensure and certification requirements for fire department rapid response services who charge for their services or transport patients; (2) incorporates necessary applicable emergency medical services requirements for licensure for "emergency medical services" as the requirements apply to fire departments and as defined in 16-4C-3(e) of this code; and (3) creates an exemption from licensure for certain fire departments who do not charge for their services or patient transport, but who provide rapid response services pursuant to an agreement with a licensed emergency medical services agency that addresses medical direction, training, quality assurance, and liability insurance.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 16. Public Health

Article 4C. Emergency Medical Services Act

§16-4C-1. Short Title

§16-4C-2. Purposes of Article

§16-4C-3. Definitions

§16-4C-4. Office of Emergency Medical Services Created; Requiring Appointment of a Director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services; Staffing

§16-4C-5. Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; Duties; Composition; Appointment; Meetings; Compensation and Expenses

§16-4C-6. Powers and Duties of Commissioner

§16-4C-6a. Emergency Medical Services Agency Licensure

§16-4C-6b. Establishment of Emergency Medical Services Agency Licensure Fund; Authorized Expenditures; Annual Report

§16-4C-7. Vehicles, Aircraft and Persons Aboard Them Exempted From Requirements of Article

§16-4C-8. Standards for Emergency Medical Services Personnel

§16-4C-8a. Courtesy Certification of Emergency Medical Services Personnel in Surrounding States

§16-4C-9. Complaints; Investigations; Due Process Procedure; Grounds for Disciplinary Action

§16-4C-10. Procedures for Hearing; Right of Appeal; Judicial Review

§16-4C-11. Liability for Cost of Emergency Medical Service

§16-4C-12. Violations; Criminal Penalties

§16-4C-13. Actions to Enjoin Violations; Injunctive Relief

§16-4C-14. Services That May Be Performed by Emergency Medical Service Personnel

§16-4C-15. Powers of Emergency Medical Service Attendants, Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic and Emergency Medical Technicians-Paramedic During Emergency Communications Failures and Disasters

§16-4C-16. Limitation of Liability; Mandatory Errors and Omissions Insurance

§16-4C-17. Limitation of Liability for Failure to Obtain Consent

§16-4C-18. Authority of Emergency Medical Service Personnel in Charge of Emergency Medical Services

§16-4C-19. Obstructing or Causing Bodily Injury to Emergency Medical Service Personnel; Criminal Penalties

§16-4C-20. Service Reciprocity Agreements for Mutual Aid

§16-4C-21. Restriction for Provision of Emergency Medical Services by Out-of-State Emergency Medical Service Personnel or Providers of Emergency Medical Services

§16-4C-22. Transportation of Unconscious or Otherwise Uncommunicative Patients

§16-4C-23. Authority of the Commissioner to Make Rules

§16-4C-24. Emergency Medical Services Equipment and Training Fund; Establishment of Grant Program for Equipment and Training of Emergency Medical Service Providers and Personnel