Section 153-A:5 Emergency Medical Services Medical Control Board; Chair; Duties; State Medical Director. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. There is established an emergency medical services medical control board which shall consist of:
      (a) A minimum of 5 physicians representing different geographic areas of the state who shall be nominated by the councils established under RSA 153-A:6 and confirmed by the board and a physician representative of the trauma medical review committee.
      (b) The commissioner, or designee, who shall serve as a nonvoting member and as executive secretary.
   II. The terms of each member shall be 3 years. The chair shall be appointed by the commissioner, and the appointed chair shall become the state medical director. The emergency medical services medical control board shall nominate one of its members to the governor for appointment to the coordinating board established in RSA 153-A:3.
   III. The duties of the emergency medical services medical control board shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
      (a) Assisting the coordinating board in the coordination of a system of comprehensive emergency medical services and the establishment of minimum standards throughout the state by advising the coordinating board on policies, procedures, and protocols.
      (b) Providing technical services required by the division pursuant to RSA 153-A:7, I and the coordinating board.
      (c) Serving as a liaison with medical personnel throughout the state.
      (d) Submitting to the commissioner standardized protocols concerning patient care to consider for adoption as rules, which shall address prerequisites within protocols governing their use by providers, living wills established under RSA 137-H, durable powers of attorney for health care established under RSA 137-J, and patient-requested, physician generated orders relative to resuscitation.
      (e) With the concurrence of the state pharmacy board, specifying noncontrolled prescription drugs that emergency medical care providers licensed under this chapter may possess for emergency use as authorized in RSA 318:42, X.
      (f) With the concurrence of the state pharmacy board, specifying controlled prescription drugs that advanced emergency medical care providers licensed under this chapter may possess for emergency use as authorized in RSA 318-B:10, V.
      (g) Approving the protocols and procedures to be used by emergency medical care providers under their own licenses or through medical control.
      (h) Adopting statewide adult and pediatric resuscitation protocols for licensed emergency medical care providers.

Source. 1999, 345:6. 2001, 236:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2001. 2005, 231:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.