65-6138. Emergency medical services communications system; establishment; medical communications centers; purpose. In order to provide adequate emergency medical care for the people of this state, the emergency medical services board is hereby authorized to establish, maintain and operate an emergency medical services communications system, subject to approval by the executive chief information technology officer under K.S.A. 75-4709, and amendments thereto. The emergency medical services board shall establish communication centers, to be known as medical communications centers, in various locations in the state to be determined by the emergency medical services board, for the purposes of receiving requests for emergency medical assistance and for coordinating the activities of ambulances with medical care facilities and other emergency public safety agencies. Subject to approval by the executive chief information technology officer under K.S.A. 75-4709, and amendments thereto, the emergency medical services board may provide mobile radio units to ambulance services, as hereinafter provided, which will provide such ambulance services with direct communication to or from medical communication centers established for such purpose.

History: L. 1988, ch. 261, § 38; L. 2013, ch. 62, § 4; July 1.