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An Act To Make Community Paramedicine Services Permanent
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §84, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2015, c. 92, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
 
4.  Establishment of community paramedicine services.     The board may establish community paramedicine services. As used in this subsection, "community paramedicine" means the practice by an emergency medical services provider primarily in an out-of-hospital setting of providing episodic patient evaluation, advice and treatment directed at preventing or improving a particular medical condition, within the scope of practice of the emergency medical services provider as specifically requested or directed by a physician.
 
The board shall establish by rule the requirements and application and approval process of community paramedicine services established pursuant to this subsection. At a minimum, an emergency medical services provider, including, but not limited to, an ambulance service or nontransporting emergency medical service, that conducts community paramedicine services shall work with an identified primary care medical director, have an emergency medical services medical director and collect and submit data and written reports to the board, in accordance with requirements established by the board. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 128th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.