{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-311a.180","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 311A.180","heading":"Medical control documents -- Review -- Approval -- Appeal -- Schedule","body":"for submission and review.\n(1) Each emergency medical services medical director for an ambulance service, or\nother emergency medical services provider, shall submit:\n(a) His or her protocols, including the pre -hospital care protocols related to the\nassessment, treatment, and transport of stroke, trauma, cardiac arrest, and\nheart attack patients;\n(b) His or her standing orders; and\n(c) Similar medical control documents to the board for approval prior to placing\nthe document in use.\n(2) The medical advisor for the board shall review each document submitted to\nascertain if it is in accordance with accepted standards of medical care and in\naccordance with the provisions of thi s chapter and administrative regulations\npromulgated thereunder. If the protocol, standing order, or other medical control\ndocument clearly violates the accepted standards of medical care, this chapter, or an\nadministrative regulation, the medical advisor shall notify the emergency medical\nservices medical director of the exact violation and recommend a correction thereof.\n(3) Following review of protocol, standing order, and medical control documents and\ngiving the emergency medical services medical direct or who submitted the\ndocuments an opportunity to review the medical advisor's comments, the medical\nadvisor shall submit the documents together with his or her comments to the board\nfor approval or disapproval.\n(4) The board shall approve, disapprove, or a pprove with modifications protocol,\nstanding order, and medical control documents submitted by the emergency medical\nservices medical director at its next regular or special meeting following the\nsubmission of the documents.\n(5) If a protocol, standing ord er, or other medical control document is disapproved by\nthe board, the emergency medical services medical director who submitted it may\nappeal the decision to the Franklin Circuit Court. If the decision of the board is\nappealed to the Franklin Circuit Cour t, the board shall bear the burden of proving\nthat the protocol, standing order, or other medical control document violates the\naccepted standards of medical care, or an administrative regulation.\n(6) The board shall, by administrative regulation, specify a schedule for submission and\nprompt review and decision making with regard to protocols, standing orders, and\nmedical control documents submitted to the board.","path":["KRS Chapter 311A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=52798","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:08Z","sha256":"00a5c83b07ff67545210ab32d475bda191e6f76fd715c615c813fe5d6dadcbf1","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-311a.175","next":"us-ky/krs-311a.185"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}