§ 3002. New York state emergency medical services council. 1. There is\nhereby created in the department of health the New York state emergency\nmedical services council. The state council shall consist of thirty-two\nmembers. Fourteen members to the state council shall be appointed by the\ncommissioner and shall be representative of each geographic area of the\nstate. At least one member shall be representative of the interests of\nthe general public. Other members shall be knowledgeable in various\naspects of emergency medical services and shall include, but not be\nlimited to, representatives of voluntary ambulance services, advanced\nlife support first response services, ambulance services operating for\nprofit, municipal ambulance services, hospitals, a statewide\norganization representing volunteer fire services, municipal tax\ndistricts providing ambulance services, physicians, and nurses. The\ncommissioner shall also appoint a representative from each regional\ncouncil, from nominations received from the appropriate regional\ncouncil. The members of the state council shall elect a chairperson from\namong the members of the state council by a majority vote of those\npresent, who shall serve for a term of one year and until a successor is\nelected.\n 1-a. The state emergency medical services council shall advise and\nassist the commissioner on such issues as the commissioner may require\nrelated to the provision of emergency medical service, specialty care,\ndesignated facility care, and disaster medical care. This shall include,\nbut shall not be limited to, the recommendation, periodic revision, and\napplication of rules and regulations, appropriateness review standards,\ntreatment protocols, workforce development, and quality improvement\nstandards. The state emergency medical services council shall meet at\nleast three times per year or more frequently at the request of the\nchairperson or department and approved by the commissioner.\n 2. The state council shall have the power, by an affirmative vote of a\nmajority of those present, subject to approval by the commissioner, to\nenact, and from time to time, amend and repeal, rules and regulations\nestablishing minimum standards for ambulance services, ambulance service\ncertification, advanced life support first response services, the\nprovision of prehospital emergency medical care, public education, the\ndevelopment of a statewide emergency medical services system, the\nprovision of ambulance services outside the primary territory specified\nin the ambulance services' certificate and the training, examination,\nand certification of certified first responders, emergency medical\ntechnicians, and advanced emergency medical technicians; provided,\nhowever, that such minimum standards must be consistent with the\nstaffing standards established by section three thousand five-a of this\narticle. Such training shall be made available by video or computer to\nthe maximum extent possible. Until January first, nineteen hundred\nninety-seven, no minimum standards shall be established for services\nprovided by a voluntary ambulance service operating solely pursuant to a\nstatement of registration issued under section three thousand four. The\ncurriculum for certified first responder training shall not exceed\nfifty-one hours including prerequisites. The state council shall have\nthe same powers granted to regional councils by this article in any\nregion of the state in which a regional council has not been\nestablished.\n 2-a. In furtherance of the powers set forth in subdivision two of this\nsection, the state council shall provide to the trustees of the state\nuniversity of New York such information and recommendations as may be\nrequested by such trustees to assist such trustees' study of the\nfeasibility of community colleges' and state university of New York\nagricultural and technical colleges' offering credit and noncredit\ncourses which would satisfy the educational
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