Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) There is created an EMS Advisory
Committee, consisting of six members appointed by the Oregon Medical Board. The
Board must appoint two physicians, three emergency medical services providers
from nominations provided from EMS agencies, organizations, and individuals,
and one public member.
(a) The two physician
members must be actively practicing physicians licensed under ORS Chapter 677
who are supervising physicians, medical directors, or practicing emergency
medicine physicians.
(b) The three
EMS members must be Oregon licensed emergency medical services providers for at
least two years and have been residents of the State of Oregon or reside within
50 miles of the border of the State of Oregon for at least two years. At least
two of the three EMS members must be actively practicing prehospital care, and
at least one of the three EMS members must be a Paramedic.
(c) The public member or the spouse, domestic
partner, child, parent or sibling of the public member may not be employed as a
health professional in this state.
(d) Two of the six committee members must
practice in rural or frontier Oregon. To serve as one of the two
representatives from rural or frontier Oregon, the public member must reside in
rural or frontier Oregon.
(A) "Rural" means
any geographic areas in Oregon ten or more miles from the centroid of a
population center of 40,000 people or more.
(B) "Frontier" means any county with six or
fewer people per square mile.
(2)
(a) The
term of office of a member of the committee is three years, and members may be
reappointed to serve not more than two terms. A committee member disqualified
during their term of office, may continue to serve until a successor is
appointed and qualified.
(b)
Vacancies in the committee must be filled by appointment by the Board for the
balance of an unexpired term, and each member must serve until a successor is
appointed and qualified.
(c)
Members of the committee serve at the pleasure of the Board and may be removed
before the member's term expires.
(3) The committee elects its own chairperson
with such powers and duties as fixed by the committee within the authority
granted by the Board.
(4) The
members of the advisory committee are entitled to compensation and expenses as
provided for by contract with the Oregon Medical Board.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
677.265
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
677.265 & 682.245
