Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 40, October 5, 2024
Section 1021.101 - Designation of regional EMS councils(a) The Department will designate a regional EMS council that satisfies the structural and representation requirements in § 1021.102 (relating to structure of regional EMS councils) for each geographic area of this Commonwealth that the Department designates as a regional EMS geographic area for regional EMS system purposes.(b) The designation of the geographical area will be based on the capability to: (1) Provide definitive care services to the majority of general, emergent and critical patients.(2) Establish community-wide and regional care programs.(3) Interact and liaison with hospitals, other health care facilities and important public health and public safety entities.(c) The Department will evaluate the performance and effectiveness of each regional EMS council on a periodic basis to ensure that each council is appropriately meeting the needs of the EMS region to which it is assigned in planning, developing, maintaining, expanding, improving and upgrading the regional EMS system.