Vermont § 906 - Emergency Medical Services Division; responsibilities To implement the policy of section 901 of this chapter, the Department of Health shall be responsible for:

§ 906. Emergency Medical Services Division; responsibilities To implement the policy of section 901 of this chapter, the Department of Health shall be responsible for:

• (1) Developing and implementing minimum standards for training emergency medical personnel
  in basic life support and advanced life support, and licensing emergency medical personnel
  according to their level of training and competence. The Department shall establish
  by rule at least three levels of emergency medical personnel instructors and the education
  required for each level. (2) Developing and implementing minimum standards for vehicles used in providing emergency
  medical care, designating the types and quantities of equipment that must be carried
  by these vehicles, and registering those vehicles according to appropriate classifications. (3) Developing a statewide system of emergency medical services, including planning, organizing,
  coordinating, improving, expanding, monitoring, and evaluating emergency medical services. (4) [Repealed.] (5) Developing volunteer and career response time standards for urban and rural requests
  for emergency services. (6) Training, or assisting in the training of, emergency medical personnel. (7) Assisting hospitals in the development of programs that will improve the quality of
  in-hospital services for persons requiring emergency medical treatment. (8) Developing and implementing procedures to ensure that emergency medical services are
  rendered only with appropriate medical control. For the provision of advanced life
  support, appropriate medical control shall include at a minimum: (A) written protocols between the appropriate officials of receiving hospitals and emergency
  medical services districts defining their operational procedures; (B) where necessary and practicable, direct communication between emergency medical personnel
  and a physician or person acting under the direct supervision of a physician; (C) when such communication has been established, a specific order from the physician
  or person acting under the direct supervision of the physician to employ a certain
  medical procedure; (D) use of advanced life support, when appropriate, only by emergency medical personnel
  who are certified by the Department of Health to employ advanced life support procedures. (9) Establishing requirements for the collection of data by emergency medical personnel
  and hospitals as may be necessary to evaluate emergency medical treatment. (10) Establishing, by rule, license levels for emergency medical personnel. The Commissioner
  shall use the guidelines established by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  (NHTSA) in the U.S. Department of Transportation as a standard or other comparable
  standards, except that a felony conviction shall not necessarily disqualify an applicant.
  The rules shall also provide that: (A) An individual may apply for and obtain one or more additional licenses, including
  licensure as an advanced emergency medical technician or as a paramedic. (B) An individual licensed by the Commissioner as an emergency medical technician, advanced
  emergency medical technician, or paramedic, who is affiliated with an affiliated agency,
  shall be able to practice fully within the scope of practice for such level of licensure
  as defined by NHTSA’s National EMS Scope of Practice Model consistent with the license
  level of the affiliated agency, and subject to the medical direction of the emergency
  medical services district medical advisor. (C)