Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 2653
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 2653
- Ambulance: means any vehicle, whether air, ground, or water, that is designed, constructed, used, or intended for use in transporting ill or injured persons. See
- Ambulance service: means a person licensed by the Department of Health to provide emergency medical treatment and transportation to ill or injured persons. See
- Emergency medical services: means an integrated system of personnel, equipment, communication, and services to provide emergency medical treatment. See
- Emergency medical services district: means a political subdivision established to facilitate the provision of pre-hospital emergency medical treatment within a given area. See
- First responder service: means a person licensed by the Department of Health to provide emergency medical treatment. See
- Medical facilities: means a hospital providing emergency services to an emergency medical services district. See
§ 2653. Appointment of directors
(a) Each emergency medical services district shall have a board of directors, composed of a representative of each of the medical facilities, ambulance services, and first responder services operating within the district, to serve for a term of two years each or until their successors are selected. The affected medical facility, ambulance service, or first responder service may appoint a director to fill any vacancy on the board of directors for the balance of an unexpired term.
(b) The board of directors of an emergency medical services district may adopt bylaws which may contain provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the district. The bylaws may provide for creation of committees, including an executive committee, each consisting of two or more directors. An executive committee shall have and exercise all the authority of the board in the manner authorized by the resolution creating such committee.
(c) Representatives shall be chosen by each medical facility, ambulance service, and first responder service before March 1 of each odd-numbered year. Each medical facility, ambulance service, and first responder service shall certify the name of its representative to the Commissioner of Health. (Added 1969, No. 112, § 1, eff. April 22, 1969; amended 1969, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1983, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)