Director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services; staffing. (a) There is created under the Commissioner of the Bureau of Public Health an office to be known as the Office of Emergency Medical Services. A Director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Health to manage the office in a manner consistent with the purposes of this article. The direcetor shall have experience in the delivery and administration of emergency medical services and related pre-hospital care. The director shall serve at the will and pleasure of thre secretary and shall not be actively engaged or employed in any other business, vocation, or employment, serving full time as the Director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services. (b) The commissioner may employ any technical, clerical, stetnographic, and other personnel as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. The personnel may be paid from funds appropriated therefor or from other funds as may be made available for carrying out the purposes of this article. (c) The Office of Emergency Medical Servicess, as created by former §16-4D-4 of this code, shall continue in existence as the Office of Emergency Medical Services established by this section.
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