{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-2511","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-2511","heading":"Commissioner - Powers and duties relating to Oklahoma","body":"Emergency Medical Services Improvement Program.\n\nThe State Commissioner of Health shall have the following powers\n\nand duties with regard to an Oklahoma Emergency Medical Services\n\nImprovement Program:\n\n1. Administer and coordinate all federal and state programs,\n\nnot specifically assigned by state law to other state agencies,\n\nwhich include provisions of the Federal Emergency Medical Services\n\nSystems Act and other federal laws and programs relating to the\n\ndevelopment of emergency medical services in this state. The\n\nadministration and coordination of federal and state laws and\n\nprograms relating to the development, planning, prevention,\n\nimprovement and management of emergency medical services shall be\n\nconducted by the Division of Emergency Medical Services, as\n\nprescribed by Section 1-2510 of this title;\n\n2. Assist private and public organizations, emergency medical\n\nand health care providers, ambulance authorities, district boards\n\nand other interested persons or groups in improving emergency\n\nmedical services at the local, municipal, district or state levels.\n\nThis assistance shall be through professional advice and technical\n\nassistance;\n\n3. Coordinate the efforts of local units of government to\n\nestablish service districts and set up boards of trustees or other\n\nauthorities to operate and finance emergency medical services in the\n\nstate as provided under Section 9C of Article X of the Oklahoma\n\nConstitution or under Sections 1201 through 1221 of Title 19 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes. The Commissioner shall evaluate all proposed\n\ndistrict areas and operational systems to determine the feasibility\n\nof their economic and health services delivery;\n\n4. Prepare, maintain and utilize a comprehensive plan and\n\nprogram for emergency medical services development throughout the\n\nstate to be adopted by the State Board of Health, giving\n\nconsideration to the recommendations of the Trauma and Emergency\n\nResponse Advisory Council created in Section 44 of this act, and\n\nincorporated within the State Health Plan. The plan shall establish\n\ngoals, objectives and standards for a statewide integrated system\n\nand a timetable for accomplishing and implementing different\n\nelements of the system. The plan shall also include, but not be\n\nlimited to, all components of an emergency medical services system;\n\nregional and statewide planning; the establishment of standards and\n\nthe appropriate criteria for the designation of facilities; data\n\ncollection and quality assurance; and funding;\n\n5. Maintain a comprehensive registry of all ambulance services\n\noperating within the state, to be published annually and maintain a\n\nregistry of critical care paramedics. All ambulance service\n\nproviders shall register annually with the Commissioner on forms\n\nsupplied by the State Department of Health, containing such requests\n\nfor information as may be deemed necessary by the Commissioner;\n\n6. Develop a standard report form which may be used by local,\n\nregional and statewide emergency medical services and emergency\n\nmedical services systems to facilitate the collection of data\n\nrelated to the provision of emergency medical and trauma care. The\n\nCommissioner shall also develop a standardized emergency medical\n\nservices data set and an electronic submission standard. Each\n\nambulance service shall submit the information required in this\n\nsection at such intervals as may be prescribed by rules promulgated\n\nby the State Board of Health;\n\n7. Evaluate and certify all emergency medical services training\n\nprograms and emergency medical technician training courses and\n\noperational services in accordance with specifications and\n\nprocedures approved by the Board. Nonaccredited paramedic training\n\nprograms shall begin their final paramedic training class by\n\nDecember 31, 2012. Only paramedic training programs accredited or\n\nreceiving a Letter of Review (LOR) by CoAEMSP may enroll new\nservices training\n\nprograms and emergency medical technician training courses and\n\noperational services in accordance with specifications and\n\nprocedures approved by the Board. Nonaccredited paramedic training\n\nprograms shall begin their final paramedic training class by\n\nDecember 31, 2012. Only paramedic training programs accredited or\n\nreceiving a Letter of Review (LOR) by CoAEMSP may enroll new\n\nparamedic students after January 1, 2013;\n\n8. Provide an emergency medical personnel and ambulance service\n\nlicensure program to include a requirement that ambulance services\n\nlicensed as specialty care ambulance providers shall be used solely\n\nfor interhospital transport of patients requiring specialized en\n\nroute medical monitoring and advanced life support which exceeds the\n\ncapabilities of the equipment and personnel provided by paramedic\n\nlife support;\n\n9. Employ and prescribe the duties of employees as may be\n\nnecessary to administer the provisions of the Oklahoma Emergency\n\nResponse Systems Development Act;\n\n10. Apply for and accept public and private gifts, grants,\n\ndonations and other forms of financial assistance designed for the\n\nsupport of emergency medical services;\n\n11. Develop a classification system for all hospitals that\n\ntreat emergency patients. The classification system shall:\n\na. identify stabilizing and definitive emergency services\n\nprovided by each hospital, and\n\nb. require each hospital to notify the regional emergency\n\nmedical services system control when treatment\n\nservices are at maximum capacity and that emergency\n\npatients should be diverted to another hospital; and\n\n12. Develop and monitor a statewide emergency medical services\n\nand trauma analysis system designed to:\n\na. identify emergency patients and severely injured\n\ntrauma patients treated in Oklahoma,\n\nb. identify the total amount of uncompensated emergency\n\ncare provided each fiscal year by each hospital and\n\nambulance service in Oklahoma, and\n\nc. monitor emergency patient care provided by emergency\n\nmedical service and hospitals.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"49a66a8e1243d5bec64650038cd356243f58233fb649c04d705a8ca50aedf618","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-2510","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-2512"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}