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each region may be recognized by the board as the regional | council supervising technical college for that region. A | regional council supervising technical college shall, at a | | minimum, provide adequate representation for ambulance and | | rescue services, emergency room physicians and nurses, each | hospital and the general public. A regional council supervising | | technical college must be structured to adequately represent | each major geographical part of its region. Only one regional | council supervising technical college may be recognized in any | | region. |
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| | | 2. Duties of supervising technical colleges. The regional | councils supervising technical colleges shall function as the | | primary planning and operational units of the statewide | emergency medical services system. Each regional council | | supervising technical college shall carry out an annual | | program, approved by the board, to further the goals specified | | in section 84, subsection 2. Specific responsibilities of the | councils supervising technical colleges include, but are not | | limited to, the following: |
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| | | A. Establishing a regional medical control committee; |
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| | | B. Appointing, subject to approval by the board, a | | regional medical director, who must be a licensed | | physician and shall serve as an agent of Maine Emergency | | Medical Services. The regional medical director may | | delegate in writing to other licensed physicians, who | | shall similarly serve as agents of Maine Emergency Medical | | Services, the responsibilities of this position; |
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| | | C. Advising the board on the licensing of new ambulance, | | nontransporting emergency medical and air ambulance | | services within each region; |
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| | | D. Assisting Maine Emergency Medical Services in carrying | | on a program of testing emergency medical services persons | | within each region, subject to availability of financial | | resources for the testing; |
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| | | E. Assisting the board in developing and implementing a | | statewide certification and decertification process for | | emergency medical services persons; |
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| | F. Nominating 2 or more candidates from each council | | supervising technical college for a position on the | Emergency Medical Services' Services Board, from whom the | | Governor may select a member; and |
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| | | G. Establishing regional goals to carry out the | | provisions of this chapter. |
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