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(1) coordinate the emergency medical services within the state;
(2) administer this chapter and the rules established pursuant to it;
(3) establish a voluntary task force representing a diversity of emergency medical service providers to advise the department and the committee on rules;
(4) establish an emergency medical service personnel peer review board to advise the department concerning discipline of emergency medical service personnel under this chapter; and
(5) adopt rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to:
(a) license ambulance providers and paramedic providers;
(b) permit ambulances, emergency medical response vehicles, and nonemergency secured behavioral health transport vehicles, including approving an emergency vehicle operator's course in accordance with Section 26-8a-304;
(c) establish:
(i) the qualifications for membership of the peer review board created by this section;
(ii) a process for placing restrictions on a license while an investigation is pending;
(iii) the process for the investigation and recommendation by the peer review board; and
(iv) the process for determining the status of a license while a peer review board investigation is pending;
(d) establish application, submission, and procedural requirements for licenses, designations, and permits; and
(e) establish and implement the programs, plans, and responsibilities as specified in other sections of this chapter.