COMMITTEE FACT SHEET

NAME: EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE COMMITTEE

COMPENSATION: None.

LEGAL AUTHORITY: Section 1752, California Health & Safety Code; Board Order B-82-1883; Board Order B-83-1113; Board Order B-85-1354; & B-87-293 dated 3/3/87.

MEMBERSHIP, QUALIFICATIONS, & RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS: 18 Members appointed by the Board of Supervisors:

1 - Health Care Services Representative

1 - Health District Officer - Public Health Services

1 - EMS Agency Medical Director

1 - Ambulance Company Representative

3 - Acute Care Hospital Administrative Representatives

1 - Emergency Room Physician, Internist, or Surgeon

3 - Law Enforcement Representatives - 1 of which will be from the C.H.P. & 2 of which will come from the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department & the City Police.

1 - Stockton Fire Department Representative

1 - San Joaquin Delta Community College Health Science Division Representative

1 - Office of Emergency Services Representative

2 - Emergency Room Registered Nurses

1 - County Fire Chiefs’ Association Representatives

1 - Professional Training Representative

TERM: 3 Year Terms.

DUTIES: The Committee shall, at least annually, review the operations of each of the following:

A) Ambulance services operating within the County;

B) Emergency Medical Care offered within the County;

C) First Aid practices in the County. Every Emergency Medical Care Committee shall, at least annually, report to the Advisory Health Council, the State Department, & the Areawide Comprehensive Health Planning Agency for its area, their observations & recommendations relative to its review of the ambulance services, emergency medical care, & first aid practices in that County. The Emergency Medical Care Committee shall submit its observations & recommendations to the County Board of Supervisors which it serves & shall act in an advisory capacity to the County Board or Boards of Supervisors which it serves & to the County Department having charge of emergency medical services, on all matters relating to emergency medical services, including first aid, ambulance services, communications, medical equipment, training, personnel, facilities, & any other matters relating to emergency medical services as directed by the Board or Boards of Supervisors.

MEETING DATE & LOCATION: 4th Monday of each month at various locations from l:30--3:30 p.m. Exceptions will be mailed.

CONTACT PERSON:

Sharon Lucero OR Darrell Cramphorn

EMS Agency

P.O. Box 1020

Stockton, CA

468-6818

JULY, 1997