Alaska Statutes Title 18, Chapter 18.08 - Emergency Medical Services

• Sec. 18.08.010 Administration.
  The department is responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of a statewide comprehensive emergency medical services system and, accordingly, shall(1) coordinate public and...
• Sec. 18.08.015 Patient Information System.
  (a) The department may establish an emergency medical services patient care information system. If the department collects information on emergency medical services patient care,...
• Sec. 18.08.020 Alaska Council on Emergency Medical Services.
  There is established in the department the Alaska Council on Emergency Medical Services. The council shall advise the commissioner and the governor with regard...
• Sec. 18.08.030 Composition.
  The council consists of 11 members appointed by the governor. The governor shall provide for appropriate geographical distribution in the appointments and shall appoint(1)...
• Sec. 18.08.040 Term of Office.
  (a) Members of the council shall be appointed for staggered terms of four years.(b) [Repealed, Sec. 27 ch 36 SLA 1993]. (c) A vacancy...
• Sec. 18.08.050 Compensation and Per Diem.
  Members of the council receive no salary, but are entitled to per diem, reimbursement for travel, and other expenses authorized by law for boards...
• Sec. 18.08.060 Meetings.
  The council shall meet at the call of the chairman not less frequently than twice a year. A majority of members constitutes a quorum.
• Sec. 18.08.070 Special Committees.
  The council may create special committees or task forces outside its membership and may appoint persons who are not members of the council to...
• Sec. 18.08.075 Authority of Emergency Medical Technician.
  (a) An emergency medical technician who responds to an emergency with an ambulance service or first responder service, who has in the technician's possession...
• Sec. 18.08.080 Regulations.
  (a) The department shall adopt, with the concurrence of the Department of Public Safety, regulations establishing standards and procedures for the issuance, renewal, reissuance,...
• Sec. 18.08.082 Issuance of Certificates; Designations.
  (a) The department shall prescribe by regulation a course of training or other requirements prerequisite to the issuance of certificates that provide for the...
• Sec. 18.08.084 Certificate Required.
  (a) One may not represent oneself, nor may an agency or business represent an agent or employee of that agency or business, as an...
• Sec. 18.08.085 Trauma Care Fund; Creation.
  (a) The trauma care fund is created. The purpose of the fund is to compensate certified trauma centers in the state that receive a...
• Sec. 18.08.086 Immunity From Liability.
  (a) A person certified under AS 18.08.082 who administers emergency medical services to an injured or sick person, a person or public agency that...
• Sec. 18.08.087 Disclosure of Medical Records.
  When requested for the purpose of evaluating the performance of an emergency medical technician, mobile intensive care paramedic, or physician who provided emergency medical...
• Sec. 18.08.088 Penalty.
  A person who violates a provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not...
• Sec. 18.08.089 Authority to Pronounce Death.
  (a) A mobile intensive care paramedic or physician assistant registered or licensed under AS 08.64.107 or an emergency medical technician certified under this chapter...
• Sec. 18.08.090 [Renumbered As As 18.08.200 ].
  
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 18.08.095 Air Ambulance Service.
  An air ambulance service provider that provides air ambulance services to an individual covered under an air ambulance membership agreement with the provider may...
• Sec. 18.08.200 Definitions.
  In this chapter,(1) "advanced life support" means emergency care techniques provided under the written or oral orders of a physician that include manual electric...

Last modified: November 15, 2016