D. The board shall specify in rules the criteria that must be met as a precondition to offering an emergency medical services course, refresher course or continuing education course. The board shall work toward developing consistent educational programming in terms of course content, course requirements and quality of instruction. The board shall adopt rules, which are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A, regarding the requirements for certification, recertification and decertification of persons engaged in emergency medical services education and training.

Sec. 13. 32 MRSA §88, sub-§2, ¶F-1, as repealed and replaced by PL 1993, c. 575, §1, is amended to read:

F-1. The director must be qualified by training or by experience and is appointed by the board with approval of the commissioner. The director serves for an indefinite term, subject to removal for cause. The Governor shall set the compensation of the director.

Sec. 14. 32 MRSA §88, sub-§2, ¶J is enacted to read:

J.__The board shall establish and maintain a statewide quality assurance and improvement committee and shall adopt rules, which are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A, regarding the requirements and authority of the statewide quality assurance and improvement committee.

Sec. 15. 32 MRSA §89, sub-§2, ¶E, as amended by PL 1991, c. 588, §18, is further amended to read:

E. Developing Assisting the board in developing and implementing a statewide certification and decertification process for advanced emergency medical services persons within each region;