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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1747
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1747 on page 1 by
3 replacing lines 16 through 18 with the following:
4 "(a) After December 31, 2000, a person providing
5 emergency medical dispatch services for an emergency medical
6 telephone system must be certified by the National academy of
7 Emergency Medical Dispatch (NAEMD) and must utilize a NAEMD
8 approved Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS) protocol for
9 the evaluation, response coding, and telephone help provided
10 to each caller requesting emergency medical assistance. In
11 addition, the MPDS approved by the system medical director,
12 including its questions, care instructions, and coding
13 protocols, shall be used intact. However, the various mobile
14 responses assigned to each clinical dispatch code shall be
15 decided locally by dispatch agencies with written approval of
16 the system medical director. Dispatch agencies shall provide
17 for accurate and appropriate use of the MPDS protocol by
18 initiating a medical dispatch quality assurance program that
19 meets standards defined by ASTM 1560-94 (Standard Practice
20 for Emergency Medical Dispatch Management), contains an
21 ongoing medical call review process, and is approved by the
22 system medical director. The medical call review process
23 shall utilize the minimum scoring standards set by the NAEMD.
24 ".