Rules and Regulations

• EMS Administrative Code
• Florida EMS Statutes
• Workshops
• Notice of Rulemaking
• Public Hearing Notices
• Guidelines in Development

Rule 64E-2, Florida Administrative Code

Index & Rules (July 2008) PDF (180.33kb - 53 pages)

Updates to 64E-2, Florida Administrative Code

The changes below to 64E-2.018, F.A.C. became effective on July 8, 2008. The Florida Trauma Registry Manual is incorporated by reference in these rules. The revisions to the manual were requested by stakeholders to conform the state's collection and reporting requirements with the 2006 American College of Surgeons' Guidelines and to improve the quality of outcome data maintained in the registry.

• The date of the Trauma Registry Manual was changed from December 2005 to February 2008, throughout these rules where this document is incorporated by reference.
  
  
• A copy of the new manual can be obtained at the Office of Trauma website: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/demo/Trauma/registry.htm .
  
  

The Bureau of EMS and the Office of Trauma are working on converting the EMS and Trauma Rules to a new rule chapter (64J). This will place these rules under the correct division within the Florida Department of Health, the Division of Emergency Medical Operations. The EMS and Trauma Rules will be separated under the new chapter (64J-1 EMS and 64J-2 Trauma). We anticipate that the conversion will be completed by the end of the summer. We will notify all stakeholders once finalized via FLEMSCOMM and TRAUMACOMM.

Florida Statutes

Chapter 401, F.S.PDF (145.06kb - 42 pages)

• Governor Crist approved the "Denise Amber Lee Act" on May 28, 2008
• The above version of Chapter 401, F.S., includes the "Denise Amber Lee Act" which goes into effect on October 1, 2008

Go to "Online Sunshine"  to access all Florida Statutes.

Guidelines in Development

The proposed guidelines are an attempt to address the questions we are concerned with.

COPCN Guideline Questions

Draft COPCN Guidelines 05-08-2007

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee letter regarding COPCN

The Legislative Committee has requested that the following documents be downloaded prior to any Legislative Committee Meetings. The downloading of these documents prior to the meetings and the addition of numbered lines will facilitate discussion during future meetings.

Chapter 401, F.S.

• Governor Crist approved the "Denise Amber Lee Act" on May 28, 2008
• The above version of Chapter 401, F.S., includes the "Denise Amber Lee Act" which goes into effect on October 1, 2008

Chapter 64E-2, F.A.C.

Minutes from the Legislative Committee Meetings may be found on the EMS Advisory Council page.

Strategic Plan Goal 4 Team Charter July 2008(pdf 30.27kb)

Rule Development Workshops

August, 19, 2008 CANCELLED DUE TO TROPICAL STORM FAY

• Subject areas to be addressed:


• Certification of Emergency Dispatchers
• Senate Bill 1694 - "Denise Amber Lee Act"(pdf  77.60kb)
• Draft Emergency Dispatcher Certificate Application 08142008(pdf   233.44kb/3 pages)
• Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (COPCN)



• Preliminary Text: Not Available. Please continue to check this site and FLEMSCOMM for preliminary text.
• Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST (additional time may be added if deemed necessary.) The first half of the day will be focused on emergency dispatchers and the second half of the day will be COPCN (subject to change based on discussions).
• Location: Orange County Emergency Operations Center (EOC), 6590 Amory Court, Winter Park, FL 32792, phone: (407)894-4141
• Conference Line: 1(888)808-6959, Conference Code: 1454440
• Note: We ask conference line participants from the same organization to only use one line to ensure that others are able to call in. We encourage participation in person if possible because we cannot guarantee the sound quality of the conference line.
• Please confirm your attendance by submitting your RSVP to: http://survey.doh.state.fl.us/survey/entry.jsp?id=1217020428996 . You may need to disable pop-up blockers to access the RSVP.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 2 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Alexander Macy at (850)245-4440, ext. 2735. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

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Please e-mail the Government Analyst for more information on all workshops and public hearings.

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