Section 153-A:4 Powers and Duties of the Coordinating Board. - New Hampshire Statutes

The board shall:
   I. Develop and routinely update a plan for the operation of a statewide system of emergency medical services that reflects the abilities and needs of each municipality.
   II. Routinely assess the delivery of emergency medical services, based on information and data provided by the department and from other sources the board deems appropriate, with particular attention to the quality and availability of care.
   III. Review and offer comments on to the commissioner recommendations for rules required and other such rules as deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
   IV. Review and offer comments on rules proposed by the commissioner prior to their adoption under RSA 541-A.
   V. Designate emergency medical services regions and districts in the state, in accordance with RSA 153-A:6. The council established for a region shall include a New Hampshire licensed physician with a background in emergency medicine.
   VI. Approve statewide trauma policies, procedures, and protocols of the statewide trauma system and the establishment of minimum standards for system performance and patient care proposed by the commissioner prior to their adoption under RSA 541-A.
   VII. Coordinate interstate cooperation and delivery of emergency medical and trauma services.

Source. 1999, 345:6, eff. July 1, 1999.