Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - File #: 1218-13

• File #: 1218-13
• Version: 1
• Name: Ordinance amending Emergency Medical Advisory Board
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Approved
• File created: 11/6/2013
• In control: Urban County Council
• On agenda: 11/21/2013
• Final action: 11/21/2013
• Enactment date: 11/21/2013
• Enactment #: O-139-2013
• Title: An Ordinance amending Subsections 18C-13(1) and (3) of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government pertaining to the Emergency Medical Advisory Board to provide for twenty members and to add two members of the Div. of Fire and Emergency Services, one paramedic member of the Div. of Fire and Emergency Services who has successfully graduated from the paramedic training and education program, one member of the faculty of the paramedic program, and one student member of the paramedic program; all effective upon date of passage. [Council Office, Maynard]

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/21/2013	1	Urban County Council	Approved	Pass
11/5/2013	1	Urban County Council Work Session	Approved and Referred to Docket	Pass

Title
An Ordinance amending Subsections 18C-13(1) and (3) of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government pertaining to the Emergency Medical Advisory Board to provide for twenty members and to add two members of the Div. of Fire and Emergency Services, one paramedic member of the Div. of Fire and Emergency Services who has successfully graduated from the paramedic training and education program, one member of the faculty of the paramedic program, and one student member of the paramedic program; all effective upon date of passage. [Council Office, Maynard]
Summary
Creating an Ordinance amending the subsections 8C 13-1 and 8C 13-3 Code of Ordinances to provide for 20 members and to add 2 members of fire and EMS, 1 paramedic member, 1 member of the faculty of the paramedic program and 1 student member of the paramedic program to Emergency Medical Advisory Board.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That subsection (1) of Section 18C-13 of the Code of Ordinances be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
(1) The EMAB shall consist of twenty (20) members. Except as otherwise provided, all members shall be voting members of the board. However, its chairman shall only be allowed to vote in the event of a tie.

Section 2 - That subsection (3) of Section 18C-13 of the Code of Ordinances be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
(3) The membership of the EMAB shall include the following:
(a) The Commissioner of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Health Department;
(b) One (1) member from each of the six (6) hospitals located in Fayette County who has been designated by the hospital to hold the position of "EMAB representative", which member shall be a physician who is a regular, full-time staff member in the hospital's emergency department;
(c) One (1) member designated by the Bluegrass Chapter of the Emergency Nurses Association;
(d) One (1) me...