Vermont § 2657 - Purposes and powers of emergency medical services districts

§ 2657. Purposes and powers of emergency medical services districts

• (a) It shall be the function of each emergency medical services district to foster and
  coordinate emergency medical services within the district, in the interest of affording
  adequate ambulance services within the district. Each emergency medical services district
  shall have powers that include the power to: (1) buy, acquire, or lease fixtures and equipment related to district activities; (2) apply for, receive, and accept gifts, bequests, grants-in-aid; State, federal, and
  local aid; and other forms of financial assistance; (3) enter into agreements and contracts for furnishing technical, educational, and support
  services related to the provision of emergency medical treatment; (4) appoint and employ agents and employees; (5) impose and collect reasonable charges or fees for its services; (6) monitor the provision of emergency medical services within the district and make recommendations
  to the Department of Health regarding licensure, relicensure, and removal or suspension
  of licensure for ambulance vehicles, ambulance services, and first responder services; (7) develop, in conjunction with municipal officials, response plans for the provision
  of emergency medical treatment and transportation by ambulance services and first
  responder services within the district; (8) sponsor or approve programs of education approved by the Department of Health which
  lead to the licensure of emergency medical services personnel; (9) establish medical control within the district with physicians and representatives
  of medical facilities, including written protocols with the appropriate officials
  of receiving hospitals defining their operational procedures; (10) assist the Department of Health in a program of testing for licensure of emergency
  medical services personnel; (11) [Repealed.] (12) develop protocols for providing appropriate response times to requests for emergency
  medical services. (b) Two or more contiguous emergency medical services districts by a majority vote of
  the district board in each of the districts concerned may change the mutual boundaries
  of their emergency medical services districts. The district boards shall report all
  changes in district boundaries to the Department of Health. (c) Property delivered to an ambulance service or first responder service by an emergency
  medical services district shall remain the property of the district, unless otherwise
  agreed in writing. Any equipment purchased with federal funds will be managed in
  accordance with federal guidelines. (Added 1969, No. 112, § 1, eff. April 22, 1969; amended 1969, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. March 24, 1970; 1983, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2011, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 41; 2019, No. 100 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 14, 2020; 2019, No. 166 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.)