A. The board will establish and adopt rules and regulations for all emergency medical services in Bonner County, and such rules and regulations, or amendments thereto, as adopted shall be considered a part of this chapter and shall be enforceable as if included fully herein.
B. These rules and regulations shall include, but not limited to:
1. The certification/licensing, by BCEMS, of all EMS providers within the county.
2. The classification and clinical capabilities required of all EMS providers by the Idaho department of health and welfare and this chapter.
3. The requirement for twenty four (24) hour/seven (7) day service by all EMS providers.
4. The establishment of defined primary response areas for each service provider.
5. A system for response and treatment data collection from service providers.
C. The board shall cause certain policies to be developed and implemented as necessary to provide direction and focus to the service providers, and a mutual aid system that ensures the availability of services to all of Bonner County.
D. The board may enter into agreements with other counties and/or service providers within and outside the state of Idaho concerning intercounty and interstate provision of services, including, but not limited to, the method by which intercounty or interstate services may be provided, service areas and payments between counties to equitably compensate counties and service providers for the provision of intercounty or interstate services.
E. Service providers rendering emergency medical care to a patient at the scene of an emergency to which they have been dispatched or summoned shall be deemed to have complete medical authority, to their level of certification, until the patient is released to another appropriate level of service provider or treatment facility. This section is intended to apply only to EMS and shall not affect authority at the scene of an emergency concerning law enforcement, fire suppression, or other nonEMS activities undertaken by legally responsible public agencies.
F. It shall be unlawful for any person, either as owner, agent or otherwise, to furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise or otherwise engage in or profess to be engaged in the business or service of providing emergency care or the transportation of patients upon the streets, alleys or any public or private way or place of Bonner County, unless they are in compliance with this chapter, Idaho Code and IDAPA rules.
G. Failure of an agency or service provider to comply with, to maintain compliance with, or an agency or service provider which violates any applicable provisions, standards or requirements of this chapter, or any regulation or policy promulgated hereunder, or any other applicable federal or state laws or state administrative rules, shall be grounds to deny, suspend, revoke or terminate an agency's or service provider's participation as a service provider in Bonner County. Should the board suspend, revoke, deny or terminate any agency's or service provider's participation, the board will make immediate written notification to the state of Idaho, and any other state where the agency may be licensed, indicating the date of the action and the reason for the action. Further, the agency or service provider that is suspended, revoked, denied or terminated will immediately cease EMS operations in Bonner County. (Ord. 456, 1-11-2005)