Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
The EMS Personnel Peer Review Board is created under section
26-8a-105(4).
(1) Membership of the EMS Personnel Peer
Review Board. The EMS Personnel Peer Review Board shall be composed of the
following 15 members appointed by the Executive Director of the Department of
Health:
(a) One EMS administrative officer
representing a licensed ambulance provider, a licensed paramedic provider, or a
designated quick response unit provider from a county of the first or second
class;
(b) One EMS administrative
officer representing a licensed ambulance provider, a licensed paramedic
provider, or a designated quick response unit provider from a county of the
third through sixth class;
(c) One
educational representative from an accredited EMS training program;
(d) One physician certified and practicing as
an EMS Medical Director;
(e) One
licensed EMD;
(f) Two
representatives from professional employee groups, one fire based, and one
non-fire based;
(g) Two endorsed
EMS training officers;
(h) Two
non-supervisory licensed EMT's;
(i)
Two non-supervisory licensed AEMT's;
(j) Two non-supervisory licensed
Paramedics;
(2) EMS
Personnel Peer Review Board member terms of office:
(a) Except as provided in subsection (2)(b)
members shall be appointed for a six year term beginning no later than October
1, 2015.
(b) The Department shall
adjust the length of terms to ensure the terms of members of the board are
staggered so approximately one third of the board is appointed every two
years.
(c) No member shall serve
consecutive full terms.
(d) When a
vacancy occurs in the membership of the board for any reason, the Executive
Director of the Department shall appoint the replacement for the balance of the
unexpired term. If the balance of the term is greater than 50% of the initial
term, then the term shall be considered a full term.
(e) The EMS Personnel Peer Review Board shall
organize and select one of its members as Chair and one of its members as Vice
Chair to serve no more than two years in each position.
(f) If a board member becomes ineligible for
the EMS Personnel Peer Review Board membership position through promotion, an
increase in level of licensure or transfer out of the employment position which
qualified them for the appointment, they shall be replaced at the next two year
interval.
(g) An equitable mix of
urban and rural members is preferred.
(3) EMS Personnel Peer Review Board Meetings.
(a) Regular meetings of the Peer Review Board
shall be scheduled quarterly.
(i) Regular
meetings shall be noticed and posted to employers and posted in accordance with
the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act, Section
52-4-202.
(ii) Failure to attend three or more
consecutive meetings by any member may be grounds for removal of that member
and replacement in accordance with subsection (2)(d).
(iii) A member may not receive compensation
or benefits from the Department for the member's service. The member may
receive per diem and travel expensed in accordance with Department rules and
policies.
(4)
Once a complaint or background screening finding against a licensed EMS
individual is investigated, the Department shall refer the case and provide a
report with all findings and recommendations to the EMS Personnel Peer Review
Board.
(5) If the EMS Personnel
Peer Review Board chooses to recommend any action that deviates from the
Department recommendation, the Board shall provide written justification for
that recommendation.
(6) The EMS
Personnel Peer Review Board may make recommendations to the Department's Bureau
Director, of:
(a) no Department action,
or
(b) a letter of notice,
or
(c) probation of the licensed
EMS individual's license with specific terms and conditions for a period of
time, or
(d) suspension of the
licensed EMS individual's license for a defined period of time, or
(e) permanent revocation of the licensed EMS
individual's license, or
(d) a
combination of any of these actions .
(7) If the Department's Bureau Director
modifies the recommended action of the EMS Personnel Peer Review Board, the
Department's Bureau Director shall attach a written letter of dissent noting
the reasoning for the decision. The Department's Bureau Director shall then
notify the EMS Personnel Peer Review Board of the dissent and action
taken.
(8) The licensed EMS
individual shall be notified by the Department of any action taken within 15
days of the decision by mail.
(9)
An action to restrict, place on probation, suspend, or revoke the licensed EMS
individual's license shall be done in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 4,
Administrative Procedures Act.
