Vermont Statutes Title 24. Municipal and County Government, § 2657. Purposes and powers of emergency medical services districts

(1) buy, acquire, or lease fixtures and equipment related to district activities;

(2) apply for, receive, and accept gifts, bequests, grants-in-aid; State, federal, and local aid; and other forms of financial assistance;

(3) enter into agreements and contracts for furnishing technical, educational, and support services related to the provision of emergency medical treatment;

(4) appoint and employ agents and employees;

(5) impose and collect reasonable charges or fees for its services;

(6) monitor the provision of emergency medical services within the district and make recommendations to the Department of Health regarding licensure, relicensure, and removal or suspension of licensure for ambulance vehicles, ambulance services, and first responder services;

(7) develop, in conjunction with municipal officials, response plans for the provision of emergency medical treatment and transportation by ambulance services and first responder services within the district;

(8) sponsor or approve programs of education approved by the Department of Health which lead to the licensure of emergency medical services personnel;

(9) establish medical control within the district with physicians and representatives of medical facilities, including written protocols with the appropriate officials of receiving hospitals defining their operational procedures;

(10) assist the Department of Health in a program of testing for licensure of emergency medical services personnel;

(11) Repealed by 2019, Adj. Sess., No. 100, § 1, eff. May 14, 2020.

(12) develop protocols for providing appropriate response times to requests for emergency medical services.