Senate Bill 2530

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-60-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE "EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-PARAMEDIC CRITICAL CARE" REGARDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT PERSONNEL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 41-60-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

41-60-11. As used in Sections 41-60-11 and 41-60-13, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:

(a) "Advanced life support" shall mean a sophisticated level of prehospital and interhospital emergency care which includes basic life support functions including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), plus cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation, telemetered electrocardiography, administration of antiarrhythmic agents, intravenous therapy, administration of specific medications, drugs and solutions, use of adjunctive ventilation devices, trauma care and other authorized techniques and procedures.

(b) "Advanced life support personnel" shall mean persons other than physicians engaged in the provision of advanced life support, as defined and regulated by rules and regulations promulgated by the board.

(c) "Emergency medical technician-intermediate" shall mean a person specially trained in advanced life support modules, numbers I, II and III as developed for the United States Department of Transportation under Contract No. DOT-HS-900-089, as authorized by the Mississippi State Board of Health.

(d) "Emergency medical technician-paramedic" shall mean a person specially trained in an advanced life support training program authorized by the Mississippi State Board of Health.

(e) "Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Critical Care" shall be a person who is licensed as a Mississippi Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic and has successfully completed a critical care paramedic program recognized by the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, Mississippi State Department of Health or comparable training and education, and received endorsement from the training institution and the department, and who is licensed to practice advanced emergency medical care upon the order or under the supervision of a physician or authorized registered nurse.

(f) "Medical control" shall mean directions and advice provided from a centrally designated medical facility staffed by appropriate personnel, operating under medical supervision, supplying professional support through radio or telephonic communication for on-site and in-transit basic and advanced life support services given by field and satellite facility personnel.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.