There is hereby also created an emergency medical services advisory council, hereinafter
called "the council," to consist of no fewer than 15 nor more than 24 members. Members
shall be proposed by the present EMS advisory council and ratified by the authority.
Members shall constitute a broad spectrum of county representation and shall include
members of the emergency medical services system and four mayors (or each mayor's
designee, who shall be an elected official from the respective city) to be appointed
by the Pinellas County Council of Mayors. The term of appointment shall be for two
years; however, there is no limit on the number of terms an individual may serve.
The director of emergency medical services for Pinellas County shall be a nonvoting
member of the council. It shall be the responsibility of this council to evaluate
the county's emergency medical services system from a qualitative point of view, to
review the operation of EMS on a countywide basis, to recommend requirements and programs
for the contract management firm and monitor performance of same, to review and evaluate
studies commissioned by the authority upon the authority's request, and to make such
recommendations as may be necessary to the authority on needs, problems and opportunities
relating to emergency medical services, including the financing and establishment
of a trauma center or centers, and to carry out such other duties as may be required
to ensure the delivery of good, countywide EMS at reasonable cost.
(Laws of Fla. ch. 80-585, § 5; Laws of Fla. ch. 2001-305, § 4)
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