§ 23-47-03 — Acute cardiovascular emergency medical system of care advisory committee

committee.
1. The commissioner of the department of health and human services or designee shall
appoint the members of the acute cardiovascular emergency medical system of care
advisory committee. The state health officer, or the officer's designee, is an ex officio
member of the advisory committee. The commissioner of the department of health and
human services or designee shall appoint to the committee members who represent
referring and receiving hospitals, physicians who treat patients, and members who
represent emergency medical services operations that provide services in rural and
urban areas of the state. Members of the acute cardiovascular emergency medical

system of care advisory committee serve at the pleasure of the commissioner of the
department of health and human services.
2. The purpose of the acute cardiovascular emergency medical system of care advisory
committee is to advise the department on the establishment of an effective system of
acute cardiovascular emergency care throughout the state and to take steps to ensure
and facilitate the implementation of the system of acute cardiovascular emergency
care. The advisory committee shall:
a. Encourage sharing of information and data among health care providers on ways
to improve the quality of care of acute cardiovascular patients in this state.
b. Facilitate the communication and analysis of health information and aggregate
data among health care professionals providing care for acute cardiovascular
events.
c. Advise the department on how best to require the application of evidence-based
treatment guidelines regarding the transitioning of patients to community-based
followup care in hospital outpatient, physician office, and ambulatory clinic
settings for ongoing care after hospital discharge following acute treatments.
d. Develop and advise the department to adopt a data oversight process and plan
for achieving continuous quality improvement in the quality of care provided
under the system of acute cardiovascular emergency care. The plan must be
based on aggregate data analysis and the identification of potential interventions
to improve heart attack care in geographic areas or regions of the state.
e. Recommend improvements for acute cardiovascular emergency medical system
response.
3. A physician serving as a member of the acute cardiovascular emergency medical
system of care advisory committee is immune from professional liability in providing
the advisory committee with voluntary medical direction.
4. Except for a member of the acute cardiovascular emergency medical system of care
advisory committee serving on the advisory committee in the member's capacity as a
department employee and who is therefore entitled to receive reimbursement of
mileage and expenses from the department, a member of the advisory committee
serves without compensation or reimbursement of mileage and expenses from the
department but may receive compensation and reimbursement from the advisory
committee member's employer or sponsoring entity.