ENROLLED

H. B. 2276


(By Delegates J. Martin, Love, Michael, Fragale, Osborne, Harrison and Willison)

[Passed March 10, 1995; in effect July 1, l995.]




AN ACT to amend and reenact section five, article four-c, chapter sixteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuing the emergency medical services advisory council.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section five, article four-c, chapter sixteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§16-4C-5. Emergency medical services advisory council; duties, composition, appointment, meetings, compensation and expenses, continuation.

The emergency medical services advisory council, heretofore created and established by former section seven of this article, shall be continued for the purpose of developing, with the director, standards for emergency medical service personnel and for the purpose of providing advice to the office of emergency medical services and the director thereof, as established by section four of this article with respect to reviewing and making recommendations for and providing assistance to the establishment and maintenance of adequate emergency medical services for all portions of this state.
The council shall have the duty to advise the director in all matters pertaining to his duties and functions in relation to carrying out the purposes of this article.
The council shall be composed of thirteen members appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The mountain state emergency medical services association shall submit to the governor a list of six names of representatives from their association and a list of three names shall be submitted to the governor of representatives of their respective organizations by the West Virginia association of county officials, West Virginia state firemen's association, West Virginia hospital association, West Virginia state medical association, West Virginia chapter of the American college of emergency physicians, West Virginia emergency medical services administrators association and the state department of education. The governor shall appoint from the respective lists submitted two persons who represent the mountain state emergency medical services association, one of whom shall be a paramedic and one of whom shall be an emergency medical technician, and one person from the West Virginia association of county officials, West Virginia state firemen's association, West Virginia hospital association, West Virginia state medical association, West Virginia chapter of the American college of emergency physicians, West Virginia emergency medical services administrators association and the state department of education. The governor shall in addition appoint one person to represent emergency medical service providers operating within the state, one person to represent small emergency medical service providers operating within this state and two persons to represent the general public. Not more than five of the members shall be appointed from any one congressional district. No member shall serve more than four consecutive terms.
The council shall choose its own chairman and meet at the call of the director at least twice a year.
The members of such council may be reimbursed for any and all reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the emergency medical services advisory council should be continued and reestablished. Accordingly, notwithstanding the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, the emergency medical services advisory council shall continue to exist until the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, to allow for completion of a preliminary performance review through the joint committee on government operations.