KRS 311A.020: Powers and duties of board -- Executive director and deputy executive

director -- Persons employed by board -- Personnel committee -- Proposed

biennial budget.

(1) The board shall:

(a) Exercise all of the administrative functions of the state not regulated by the

Board of Medical Licensure or Cabinet for Health and Family Services in the

regulation of the emergency medical services system and the practice of

emergency medical services, and emergency medical services training and

education institutes, with the exception of employment of personnel as

described in subsections (5) and (6) of this section;

(b) Issue any licenses or certifications authorized by this chapter;

(c) Oversee the operations and establish the organizational structure o f the Office

of the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services, which is created and

shall be attached to the board for administrative purposes. The office shall be

headed by the executive director appointed under paragraph (d) of this

subsection and shall be responsible for:

1. Personnel and budget matters affecting the board;

2. Fiscal activities of the board, including grant writing and disbursement

of funds;

3. Information technology, including the design and maintenance of

databases;

4. Certification and recertification of emergency medical responders;

5. Certification and recertification of emergency medical technicians and

advanced emergency medical technicians;

6. Licensure and relicensure of ambulances, ambulance services, and

mobile integrated healthcare programs;

7. Licensure and relicensure of paramedics;

8. Certification and recertification of advanced practice paramedics;

9. Certification and recertification of EMS educators and emergency

medical services training programs;

10. Licensure and relicensure of emergency medical services training and

education institutes;

11. Investigation of and resolution of complaints and ethics issues

pertaining to professional certifications and licenses;

12. The resolution of complaints and ethics issues pertaining to ambulances,

ambulance services, and mobile integrated healthcare programs; and

13. Other responsibilities that may be assigned to the executive director by

the board;

(d) Employ an executive director and deputy executive director and fix the

compensation. The executive director and deputy executive dire ctor shall

serve at the pleasure of the board, administer the day -to-day operations of the

Office of the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services, and supervise

all directives of the board. The director and deputy executive director shall

possess a bac calaureate degree and shall have no less than five (5) years of

experience in public administration or in the administration of an emergency

medical services program;

(e) Employ or contract with a physician licensed in Kentucky who is board

certified in em ergency medicine and fix the compensation. The physician

shall serve at the pleasure of the board and as the medical advisor to the

Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services and the staff of the board;

(f) Employ or contract with an attorney licensed to practice law in Kentucky and

fix the compensation. The attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the board and

have primary assignment to the board. The board and the attorney shall

implement and oversee the regulatory process;

(g) Employ personnel sufficie nt to carry out the statutory responsibilities of the

board in accordance with the following:

1. Personnel assigned to investigate an emergency medical responder

program complaint or regulate the emergency medical responder

programs shall be certified emer gency medical responders, emergency

medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians, or

licensed paramedics;

2. Personnel assigned to investigate an emergency medical technician

program complaint or regulate the emergency medical technician

program shall be certified emergency medical technicians, advanced

emergency medical technicians, or paramedics;

3. Personnel assigned to investigate an advanced emergency medical

technician program complaint or regulate the advanced emergency

medical technic ian program shall be certified advanced emergency

medical technicians or paramedics;

4. Personnel assigned to investigate a paramedic program complaint or

regulate the paramedic program shall be licensed paramedics;

5. A person who is employed by the board who is licensed or certified by

the board shall retain his or her license or certification if he or she meets

the in -service training requirements and pays the fees specified by

administrative regulation;

6. A person who is employed by the board may instr uct in emergency

medical subjects in which he or she is qualified, with the permission of

the board. All instruction shall be rendered without remuneration other

than his or her state salary and the employee shall be considered as on

state duty when teaching; and

7. A person who is employed by the board may render services for which

the person is qualified at a declared disaster or emergency or in a

situation where trained personnel are not available until those personnel

arrive to take over the patient, or where insufficient trained personnel

are available to handle a specific emergency medical incident. All aid

shall be rendered without remuneration other than the employee's state

salary and the employee shall be considered as on state duty when

rendering aid. In cases specified in this paragraph, the state medical

advisor shall serve as the emergency medical services medical director

for the employee;

(h) Establish committees and subcommittees and the membership thereof.

Members of committees and subcommittees do not need to be members of the

board but shall reflect the qualifications of the board members;

(i) Enter into contracts, apply for grants and federal funds, and disburse funds to

local units of government as approved by the General Assembly. All fu nds

received by the board shall be placed in a trust and agency account in the

State Treasury subject to expenditure by the board;

(j) Administer the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program; and

(k) Establish minimum curriculum and standards for em ergency medical services

training.

(2) The board may utilize materials, services, or facilities as may be made available to

it by other state agencies or may contract for materials, services, or facilities.

(3) The board may delegate to the executive direc tor, by written order, any function

specified in this chapter other than promulgation of an administrative regulation.

(4) Except for securing funding for trauma centers, the board shall not serve as the lead

agency relating to the development or regulatio n of trauma systems, but shall be a

partner with other state agencies in the development, implementation, and oversight

of such systems.

(5) The chair of the board shall appoint a personnel committee. The personnel

committee shall conduct an annual job performance review of the executive

director, the medical advisor, and the board attorney that conforms with the state

personnel standards and i ncludes a recommendation for or against continued

employment to be presented to the board.

(6) The board shall develop a proposed biennial budget for all administrative and

operational functions and duties.