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Emergency Order of the State Health Officer for Emergency Medical Services

Emergency Order for Emergency Medical Services Regarding COVID-19

State Health Officer Scott Harris, M.D., M.P.H. (Alabama Department of Public Health) · Alabama (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Alabama
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Ala. Code § 22-2-8
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16
End
for the duration of the emergency conditions (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • EMS training programs
  • licensed provider services
Functions reached
  • HR EMS training
  • ED intake and transport destination
Collection
Alabama AL

Operative words

emergency medical services training programs may, with the approval of the training program medical director, substitute supervised remote live videoconferencing or simulation for one-half of the supervised clinical instruction hours... Provider Services licensed to transport patients may, after consultation and approval from online medical direction, alter the destination choice of a suspected COVID-19 patient

Enforcement

State Board of Health regulations; duration clause: 'shall remain in full force and effect for the duration of the existence of the current emergency conditions'

Notes

Hospitals and EMS.

Retrieval note

OCR read.