(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special revenue fund to be known as the Emergency Medical Services Equipment and Training Fund. Expenditures from the fund by the Office of Emergency Medical Services, Bureau for Public Health, Department of Health and Human Resources are authorized from collections. The fund may only be used for the purpose of providing grants to equip emergency medical services providers and train emergency medical services personnel, as defined in §16-4C-3 of this code. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year does not revert to the General Revenue Fund but remains in the special revenue fund.
(b) The Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health shall establish a grant program for equipment and training of emergency medical services providers and personnel. Such grant program shall be open to all emergency medical services personnel and providers, but priority shall be given to rural and volunteer emergency medical services providers.
(c) The Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health shall propose legislative rules for promulgation in accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code to implement the grant program established pursuant to this section.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 4C. Emergency Medical Services Act
§16-4C-6. Powers and Duties of Commissioner
§16-4C-6a. Emergency Medical Services Agency Licensure
§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-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-20. Service Reciprocity Agreements for Mutual Aid
§16-4C-22. Transportation of Unconscious or Otherwise Uncommunicative Patients