ORS 682.524: Long Term Care and Senior Care Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee; membership; duties; Oregon Health Authority rules.

(1) The Long Term Care and Senior Care Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee is established in the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. The committee shall consist of members determined by the board and the Oregon Health Authority and must include at least: (a) One member who is a physician licensed under ORS chapter 677 who practices emergency medicine or emergency medical services medicine; (b) One member who is an emergency medical services provider licensed under ORS 682.216; (c) One member who represents a patient equity organization or is an academic professional specializing in health equity; and (d) One member who is a hospital administrator in a hospital that operates an emergency department. (2) The committee shall provide advice and recommendations to the board regarding time-sensitive long term care and senior care medical emergencies on: (a) The integration of long term care and senior care emergency medical services into the Emergency Medical Services Program. (b) The regionalization and improvement of care for time-sensitive long term care and senior care medical emergencies. (c) The designation, using nationally recognized classifications where possible, of emergency medical services centers for the provision of care for time-sensitive long term care and senior care medical emergencies. If no nationally recognized classifications exist, the committee shall undertake a public deliberation process to establish classifications and submit the established classifications to the board for approval. In establishing and approving classifications, the committee and the board shall prioritize patient care. (3) With the advice of the Long Term Care and Senior Care Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, the authority shall: (a) Employ or contract with professional, technical, research and clerical staff to implement this subsection. (b) Provide technical assistance to the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee on the integration of emergency medical services for long term and senior care patients into the Emergency Medical Services Program. (c) Provide advice and technical assistance to the Time-Sensitive Medical Emergencies Advisory Committee on the regionalization of emergency medical services for long term care and senior care patients. (d) Establish guidelines for: (A) The categorization of specialized regional critical care centers and trauma care centers for long term care and senior care patients. (B) Referring long term care and senior care patients to appropriate emergency or critical care centers. (C) Necessary prehospital and other emergency and critical care medical service equipment for long term care and senior care patients. (D) Developing a system that will allow long term care and senior care patients to receive appropriate initial stabilization and treatment with the timely provision of, or referral to, the appropriate level of care, including critical care, trauma care or subspecialty care. (E) An interfacility transfer system for critically ill or injured long term care and senior care patients. (F) Continuing professional education programs for emergency medical services personnel, including training in the emergency care of long term care and senior care patients across different demographics. (G) A public education program concerning emergency medical services for long term care and senior care patients, including information on emergency access telephone numbers. (H) The collection and analysis of statewide emergency and critical care medical services data from emergency and critical care medical services facilities for the purposes of quality improvement by those facilities with respect to long term care and senior care patients, subject to relevant confidentiality requirements. (I) The establishment of cooperative interstate relationships to facilitate the provision of appropriate care for long term and senior care patients who must cross state borders to receive emergency and critical care services. (J) Coordination and cooperation between providers of emergency medical services for long term care and senior care patients and other public and private organizations interested or involved in emergency and critical care for long term care and senior care patients. (4) The authority may adopt rules as necessary to carry out this section, including rules to adopt the nationally recognized classifications described in subsection (2) of this section. [2024 c.32 §36]