56-1027. IDAHO TIME SENSITIVE EMERGENCY SYSTEM COUNCIL — CREATION — COMPOSITION. (1) There is hereby created the Idaho time sensitive emergency system council hereinafter known as the "council." Council members shall be appointed by the governor with the approval of the board of health and welfare. Council members shall be selected to assure equitable geographic, rural and clinical specialty representation.

(2) The membership of the council shall include the following:

(a) One (1) representative from a facility that either holds or is seeking designation as an Idaho trauma center. The representative shall be the medical director, the coordinator or the program manager responsible for the respective facility’s trauma program;

(b) One (1) representative from a facility that either holds or is seeking designation as an Idaho stroke facility. The representative shall be the medical director, the coordinator or the program manager responsible for the respective facility’s stroke program;

(c) One (1) representative from a facility that either holds or is seeking designation as an Idaho heart attack center. The representative shall be the medical director, the coordinator or the program manager responsible for the respective facility’s heart attack program;

(d) One (1) representative from an EMS agency licensed by the department that serves a primarily urban response area;

(e) One (1) representative from an EMS agency licensed by the department that serves a primarily rural response area;

(f) One (1) representative from an air medical EMS agency licensed by the department;

(g) One (1) administrator of an Idaho hospital that either holds or is seeking Idaho trauma, stroke or heart attack designation;

(h) One (1) chief executive officer or administrator of an Idaho critical access hospital that either holds or is seeking Idaho trauma, stroke or heart attack designation;

(i) One (1) licensed health care provider who routinely works in the emergency department of a hospital that serves a primarily urban area that either holds or is seeking trauma, stroke or heart attack designation;

(j) One (1) licensed health care provider who routinely works in the emergency department of a hospital that serves a primarily rural area that either holds or is seeking trauma, stroke or heart attack designation; and

(k) One (1) Idaho citizen with an interest in furthering the quality of trauma, stroke and heart attack care in Idaho.

(3) The chair of each regional TSE committee shall be added as a voting member of the council when the regional TSE committee is implemented and the chair is selected.

(4) Members of the council shall serve four (4) year terms with half of the members initially appointed, as determined by lot, serving two (2) year terms. If a vacancy occurs, the governor shall appoint a replacement to fill the unexpired term. Members may be reappointed and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.

(5) The governor shall appoint a chair who shall serve a term of two (2) years. The council may elect other officers as it may deem necessary and appropriate. The council shall meet at least semiannually and at the call of the chair.

History:

[56-1027, added 2014, ch. 147, sec. 4, p. 404.]