There shall be established an emergency medical services council in each region. A region shall be composed of the towns so designated by the commissioner. Opportunity for membership shall be available to all appropriate representatives of emergency medical services including, but not limited to, one representative from each of the following:

1. (1) Local governments;
2. (2) fire and law enforcement officials;
3. (3) medical and nursing professions, including mental health, paraprofessional and other allied health professionals;
4. (4) emergency medical service organizations that provide ambulance services, at least one of which shall be a member of a volunteer ambulance association;
5. (5) institutions of higher education;
6. (6) federal agencies involved in the delivery of health care; and
7. (7) consumers. All emergency medical services councils shall submit to the commissioner information concerning the organizational structure and council bylaws for the commissioner's approval. Such bylaws shall include the process by which each council shall elect a president. The commissioner shall foster the development of emergency medical services councils in each region.

(P.A. 74-305, S. 12, 19; P.A. 75-112, S. 10, 18; P.A. 77-268, S. 5; 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 87-420, S. 6, 14; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 00-27, S. 17, 24; P.A. 16-185, S. 12; P.A. 19-118, S. 55.)

History: P.A. 75-112 replaced commission on hospitals and health care with commissioner of health; P.A. 77-268 replaced “comprehensive health planning agency” with “health system agency”; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-73ee transferred to Sec. 19a-183 in 1983; P.A. 87-420 redefined the composition of a region and made technical changes; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 00-27 made technical changes, effective May 1, 2000; P.A. 16-185 added provision re bylaws to include process for electing president, effective June 7, 2016; P.A. 19-118 amended Subdiv. (4) by replacing “providers of” with “emergency medical service organizations that provide” and amended Subdiv. (7) by deleting, “, including those in existence on July 1, 1974,”, effective July 1, 2019.