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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 147A.14 EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE
1 2 SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.
1 3 The department shall develop a statewide emergency medical
1 4 care system which includes but is not limited to all of the
1 5 following:
1 6 1. The categorization of all ambulance, rescue, and first
1 7 response services in the state as to their capacity to provide
1 8 emergency and nonemergency medical care. The categorization
1 9 shall be determined by the department by self-reported
1 10 information provided to the department by ambulance, rescue,
1 11 and first response services in the state.
1 12 2. The development of a system which provides that, based
1 13 upon the reports submitted pursuant to subsection 1, emergency
1 14 medical care services in the state are provided at least on
1 15 the following level:
1 16 a. For cities or counties with a population of three
1 17 thousand five hundred or more, provision of emergency medical
1 18 service by an emergency medical care provider who is an EMT-
1 19 paramedic or EMT-intermediate level provider or above.
1 20 b. For cities or counties with a population of one
1 21 thousand but less than three thousand five hundred, provision
1 22 of emergency medical services by an emergency medical care
1 23 provider who is an EMT-basic level provider or above.
1 24 c. For cities or counties with a population of less than
1 25 one thousand, provision of emergency medical services by an
1 26 emergency medical care provider who is a first-responder level
1 27 provider or above.
1 28 3. The consideration of the capability of the geographic
1 29 area to provide for the level of provider for the population
1 30 specified, and a prohibition that a city or county not be
1 31 required to provide a level of provider which is not available
1 32 in the geographic location of the city or county.
1 33 4. A component which provides for ongoing evaluation of
1 34 the system established and which provides for modification of
1 35 the system due to the availability or lack of availability of
2 1 a certain level of provider.
2 2 EXPLANATION
2 3 This bill directs the Iowa department of public health to
2 4 categorize emergency medical care and providers on a statewide
2 5 basis. The bill provides for development of an emergency
2 6 medical care system which provides for the services of an
2 7 emergency medical care provider of a certain level of
2 8 certification for a certain population size. The bill also
2 9 requires that the system include an evaluation component in
2 10 order to provide for modification of the system to reflect the
2 11 providers actually available to a geographic area.
2 12 LSB 4144XS 76
2 13 pf/jw/5.2
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