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§ 223-b. EMS training and mutual aid programs.
1.In order to develop\nand maintain programs for EMS training, EMS-related activities and\nmutual aid emergencies in which the services of EMS providers would be\nused and to cooperate with appropriate state agencies in furthering such\nprograms, any county may create a county EMS advisory board and may\nestablish the office of county EMS coordinator.\n 2. A county EMS advisory board shall consist of not less than five nor\nmore than twenty-one members, each of whom shall be appointed by the\nlegislative body for a term of not to exceed one year, two years or\nthree years. Such terms of office need not be the same for all members.\nIt shall be the duty of such board to cooperate with appropriate state\nagencies in relation to such program
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§ 223-b. EMS training and mutual aid programs. 1. In order to develop\nand maintain programs for EMS training, EMS-related activities and\nmutual aid emergencies in which the services of EMS providers would be\nused and to cooperate with appropriate state agencies in furthering such\nprograms, any county may create a county EMS advisory board and may\nestablish the office of county EMS coordinator.\n 2. A county EMS advisory board shall consist of not less than five nor\nmore than twenty-one members, each of whom shall be appointed by the\nlegislative body for a term of not to exceed one year, two years or\nthree years. Such terms of office need not be the same for all members.\nIt shall be the duty of such board to cooperate with appropriate state\nagencies in relation to such programs for EMS training, EMS-related\nactivities and mutual aid; to act as an advisory body to the county\ngovernment and to the county EMS coordinator, if any, in connection with\nthe county participation in such programs for EMS training, EMS-related\nactivities and mutual aid and mutual aid programs in cases of\nemergencies in which the services of EMS providers would be used; to\nperform such other duties as may be prescribed in relation to EMS\ntraining, EMS-related activities and mutual aid in cases of emergencies\nin which the services of EMS providers would be used. The members of\nsuch board shall be county officers, and shall serve without\ncompensation.\n 3. If the office of county EMS coordinator is created in any county, a\ncounty EMS coordinator shall be appointed. It shall be his or her duty\nto administer the county programs for EMS training and mutual aid in\ncases of emergencies in which the services of EMS providers would be\nused; to act as a liaison officer between the county government and the\ncounty EMS advisory board and the EMS providers in the county and the\nofficers and governing boards or bodies thereof; and to perform such\nother duties as prescribed. The county EMS coordinator shall be a county\nofficer and the amount of his or her compensation, if any, shall be\nfixed by the county.\n 4. A member of the legislative body, the county EMS coordinator, or a\ndeputy county EMS coordinator, may be appointed as a member of the\ncounty EMS advisory board, but shall receive no additional compensation\nfor services performed as a member of such advisory board.\n