311A.045 Coordinator and other positions -- Emergency Medical Services for
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Children Program -- Funds received by program.
(1)The board may employ or contract with a coordinator and other positions who shall
serve at the pleasure of the board for the Emergency Medical Services for Children
Program for which funding is provided by the General Assembly or through any
other sources, including gifts, grants, or federal funds.
(2)The coordinator shall, subject to the direction of the board:
(a)Implement and oversee the Emergency Medical Services for Children
Program described in this section; and
(b)Serve as liaison for collaboration and coordination between the Emergency
Medical Services for Children Program, the board and other public and private
organizations, the state traffic safety office, the maternal and child health
program, the Medicaid department, the state and local child fatality review
and response teams, state and local professional organizations, private sector
voluntary organizations, and consumer and community representatives.
(3)The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program may include but not be
limited to the establishment of the following:
(a)Guidelines for necessary out-of-hospital medical service equipment;
(b)Guidelines and protocols for out-of-hospital pediatric emergency medical
services;
(c)Assistance in the development and provision of professional education
programs for emergency medical services personnel for the provision of
emergency care of infants and children;
(d)Coordination and cooperation between the Emergency Medical Services for
Children Program and other public and private organizations interested or
involved in emergency care for children, including those persons and
organizations identified in subsection (2)(b) of this section; and
(e)Assistance with the purchase of equipment for the provision of medical
services for children only.
The scope of activities carried out by and the provision of staff for the Emergency
Medical Services for Children Program shall be commensurate with the availability
of funds.
(4)Funds received under this section may be distributed based upon a matching grant
system to be developed by the board, and distribution shall be need-based. No
single grant shall exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) to the same grantee.
(5)Funds received by the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program shall be
placed in a trust and agency account in the state treasury which shall not lapse
unless grant provisions specify otherwise. No funds shall be expended from a grant
except by vote of the board.