New Jersey § 26:2k-16

§ 26:2k-16.

a. (1) The Commissioner of Health shall appoint a State Emergency Medical Services Medical

Director to the Office of Emergency Medical Services in the Department of Health. The State Emergency Medical Services Medical Director shall be a licensed physician

in this State and board certified in emergency medicine with leadership experience

in the medical oversight of emergency medical services, specifically in advanced life

support, basic life support, critical care transport, and emergency medical services

dispatching. In selecting the State Emergency Medical Services Medical Director, the Commissioner

of Health shall give preference to a candidate who is board certified in emergency

medical services. The State Emergency Medical Services Medical Director shall not be permitted to

be employed as an agency EMS medical director while serving as State Emergency Medical

Services Medical Director. (2) The State Emergency Medical Services Medical Director shall have primary responsibility

for the oversight, regulation, and discipline related to clinical issues pertaining

to the provision of emergency medical services in New Jersey, and the Director of

Emergency Medical Services shall have primary responsibility for the oversight of

non-clinical issues related to the provision of emergency medical services in New

Jersey. The State Emergency Medical Services Medical Director shall additionally be responsible

for aiding the commissioner in promulgating rules and regulations establishing the

scope of practice for providers of emergency medical services, including new standards

for basic and advanced life support based on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's

National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the recommendations of the mobile intensive

care advisory council, and standards established by the commissioner. b. The commissioner shall establish a State mobile intensive care advisory council,

which shall: advise the department on all matters of advanced life support , the Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Response Program and emergency medical

transportation ; annually review advanced life support scope of practice; and provide recommendations

directly to the commissioner for clinical updates . The council shall annually select a chairperson and a vice-chair from among its members. The chairperson shall coordinate the activities of the advisory council. Within 60 days following the effective date of P.L.2022, c. 118, the council shall create new by-laws, and select a chair and vice-chair from among

its members. In the event that the chair position is vacant, the vice-chair shall act as chair

of the council until the chair position is no longer vacant . The chair shall appoint subcommittees to review and recommend policy on subjects including,

but not limited to, advanced life support training programs, advanced life support

patient care equipment, biomedical and telecommunications equipment and procedures,

treatment protocols, and helicopter equipment and procedures, as well as other medical

matters.