An Act To Authorize Emergency Medical Services Personnel To Provide Treatment within Their Scope of Practice in a Hospital Setting with the Permission of the Hospital

Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1833  is enacted to read:

§ 1833.  Emergency medical services persons working in a hospital setting

A hospital licensed under this chapter may authorize an emergency medical services person, as defined in Title 32, section 83, subsection 12, to provide to a patient of the hospital in a hospital setting treatment that is within the scope of practice of the emergency medical services person.

Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §83, sub-§13,  as amended by PL 1985, c. 730, §§8 and 16, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

summary

This bill allows a hospital to authorize an emergency medical services person to provide to a patient of the hospital in a hospital setting treatment that is within the scope of practice of the emergency medical services person.

The bill repeals and replaces the definition of "emergency medical treatment" in the Maine Emergency Medical Services Act of 1982 to allow that treatment to be provided by emergency medical services persons in a hospital setting if the hospital has authorized treatment in the hospital by emergency medical services persons.