The Department of Public Health shall be the lead agency for the state's emergency medical services program and shall be responsible for the planning, coordination and administration of a state-wide emergency medical care service system. The commissioner shall set policy and establish state-wide priorities for emergency medical services utilizing the services of the Department of Public Health and the emergency medical services councils, as established by section 19a-183.
(P.A. 74-305, S. 2, 19; P.A. 75-112, S. 2, 18; P.A. 77-268, S. 2; 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 94, 136; P.A. 87-420, S. 3, 14; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98-195, S. 4; P.A. 01-195, S. 139, 181.)
History: P.A. 75-112 replaced commission on hospitals and health care with commissioner and department of health; P.A. 77-268 replaced “b” agencies with “health systems agencies”; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner and department of health with commissioner and department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 removed provision re advice of advisory committee on emergency medical services in establishing policy and priorities; Sec. 19-73v transferred to Sec. 19a-176 in 1983; P.A. 87-420 deleted reference to health systems agencies and their associates and made a technical correction; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner 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. 98-195 added that department shall be the lead agency for the state's emergency medical services program; P.A. 01-195 deleted “state” re the Department of Public Health and substituted “commissioner” for “Commissioner of Public Health”, effective July 11, 2001.
Annotation to former section 19-73v:
Cited. 35 CS 136.