Boards and Commissions

All members must be residents of this state.

The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, must appoint all members of the board, except the employee of the Department of Public Safety designated by the Director of Public Safety. In making the appointments, the Governor must appoint only members with background or experience in emergency medical services or trauma care and must attempt to include members representing urban and rural areas, various geographical regions of the state, and various schools of training.

One member of the board must be a physician certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine or the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine who is active in the practice of emergency medicine and is actively involved with an emergency medical service organization. The Governor must appoint this member from among persons nominated by the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians and persons nominated by the Ohio Osteopathic Association.

One member must be a physician certified by the American Board of Surgery or the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery who is active in the practice of trauma surgery and is actively involved with emergency medical services. The Governor must appoint this member from among persons nominated by the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and persons nominated by the Ohio Osteopathic Association.

One member must be a physician certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics or American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics who is active in the practice of pediatric emergency medicine and actively involved with an emergency medical service organization. The Governor must appoint this member from among persons nominated by the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and persons nominated by the Ohio Osteopathic Association.

One member must be the administrator of a hospital located in this state. The Governor must appoint this member from among persons nominated by OHA: the association for hospitals and health systems, persons nominated by the Ohio Osteopathic Association, and persons nominated by the Association of Ohio Children's Hospitals.

One member must be an adult or pediatric trauma program manager or trauma program director who is involved in the daily management of a verified trauma center. The Governor must appoint this member from among persons nominated by the Ohio Nurses Association, persons nominated by the Ohio Society of Trauma Nurse Leaders, and persons nominated by the Ohio State Council of the Emergency Nurses Association.

One member must be the chief of a fire department that is also an emergency medical service organization in which more than fifty per cent of the persons who provide emergency medical services are full-time paid employees. The Governor must appoint this member from among persons nominated by the Ohio Fire Chiefs' Association.

One member must be the chief of a fire department that is also an emergency medical service organization in which more than fifty per cent of the persons who provide emergency medical services are volunteers. The Governor must appoint this member from among persons nominated by the Ohio Fire Chiefs' Association.

One member must be a person who is certified to teach and holds a valid certificate to practice as an EMT, AEMT, or paramedic.

One member must be an EMT, AEMT, or paramedic, and one member must be a paramedic. The Governor must appoint these members from among EMTs, AEMTs, and paramedics nominated by the Ohio Association of Professional Fire Fighters and EMTs, AEMTs, and Paramedics nominated by the Northern Ohio Fire Fighters.

One member must be an EMT, AEMT, or paramedic, and one member must be a paramedic. The Governor must appoint these members from among EMTs, AEMTs, and paramedics nominated by the Ohio State Firefighter's Association.

One member must be a person whom the Governor must appoint from among an EMT, AEMT, or a paramedic nominated by the Ohio Association of Emergency Medical Services or the Ohio Ambulance and Medical Transportation Association.

One member must be an EMT, AEMT, or a paramedic, whom the Governor must appoint from among persons nominated by the Ohio Ambulance and Medical Transportation Association.

One member must be a paramedic, whom the Governor must appoint from among persons nominated by the Ohio Ambulance and Medical Transportation Association.

One member must be the owner or operator of a private emergency medical service organization whom the Governor must appoint from among persons nominated by the Ohio Ambulance and Medical Transportation Association.

One member must be a member of a third-service emergency medical service agency or organization whom the Governor must appoint from among persons nominated by the Ohio EMS Chiefs Association.

One member must be a provider of mobile intensive care unit transportation in this state whom the Governor must appoint from among persons nominated by the Ohio Association of Critical Care Transport.

One member must be a provider of air-medical transportation in this state whom the Governor must appoint from among persons nominated by the Ohio Association of Critical Care Transport.

One member must be the owner or operator of a nonemergency medical service organization in this state that provides ambulette services whom the Governor must appoint from among persons nominated by the Ohio Ambulance and Medical Transportation Association. T

he Governor may refuse to appoint any of the persons nominated, except the employee of the Department of Public Safety designated by the Director of Public Safety. In that event, the organization or organizations must continue to nominate persons until the Governor appoints to the board one or more of the persons nominated by the organization or organizations. If any nominating organization ceases to exist or fails to make a nomination of a member within sixty days of a vacancy, the Governor may appoint any person who meets the designated professional qualifications for that member.

The Director of Public Safety must designate an employee of the Department of Public Safety to serve as a member of the Board at the Director's pleasure. This member must serve as a liaison between the Department and the Division of Emergency Medical Services in cooperation with the Executive Director of the Board.