Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-2511

Emergency Medical Services Improvement Program.

The State Commissioner of Health shall have the following powers

and duties with regard to an Oklahoma Emergency Medical Services

Improvement Program:

1. Administer and coordinate all federal and state programs,

not specifically assigned by state law to other state agencies,

which include provisions of the Federal Emergency Medical Services

Systems Act and other federal laws and programs relating to the

development of emergency medical services in this state. The

administration and coordination of federal and state laws and

programs relating to the development, planning, prevention,

improvement and management of emergency medical services shall be

conducted by the Division of Emergency Medical Services, as

prescribed by Section 1-2510 of this title;

2. Assist private and public organizations, emergency medical

and health care providers, ambulance authorities, district boards

and other interested persons or groups in improving emergency

medical services at the local, municipal, district or state levels.

This assistance shall be through professional advice and technical

assistance;

3. Coordinate the efforts of local units of government to

establish service districts and set up boards of trustees or other

authorities to operate and finance emergency medical services in the

state as provided under Section 9C of Article X of the Oklahoma

Constitution or under Sections 1201 through 1221 of Title 19 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. The Commissioner shall evaluate all proposed

district areas and operational systems to determine the feasibility

of their economic and health services delivery;

4. Prepare, maintain and utilize a comprehensive plan and

program for emergency medical services development throughout the

state to be adopted by the State Board of Health, giving

consideration to the recommendations of the Trauma and Emergency

Response Advisory Council created in Section 44 of this act, and

incorporated within the State Health Plan. The plan shall establish

goals, objectives and standards for a statewide integrated system

and a timetable for accomplishing and implementing different

elements of the system. The plan shall also include, but not be

limited to, all components of an emergency medical services system;

regional and statewide planning; the establishment of standards and

the appropriate criteria for the designation of facilities; data

collection and quality assurance; and funding;

5. Maintain a comprehensive registry of all ambulance services

operating within the state, to be published annually and maintain a

registry of critical care paramedics. All ambulance service

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providers shall register annually with the Commissioner on forms

supplied by the State Department of Health, containing such requests

for information as may be deemed necessary by the Commissioner;

6. Develop a standard report form which may be used by local,

regional and statewide emergency medical services and emergency

medical services systems to facilitate the collection of data

related to the provision of emergency medical and trauma care. The

Commissioner shall also develop a standardized emergency medical

services data set and an electronic submission standard. Each

ambulance service shall submit the information required in this

section at such intervals as may be prescribed by rules promulgated

by the State Board of Health;

7. Evaluate and certify all emergency medical services training

programs and emergency medical technician training courses and

operational services in accordance with specifications and

procedures approved by the Board. Nonaccredited paramedic training

programs shall begin their final paramedic training class by

December 31, 2012. Only paramedic training programs accredited or

receiving a Letter of Review (LOR) by CoAEMSP may enroll new
services training

programs and emergency medical technician training courses and

operational services in accordance with specifications and

procedures approved by the Board. Nonaccredited paramedic training

programs shall begin their final paramedic training class by

December 31, 2012. Only paramedic training programs accredited or

receiving a Letter of Review (LOR) by CoAEMSP may enroll new

paramedic students after January 1, 2013;

8. Provide an emergency medical personnel and ambulance service

licensure program to include a requirement that ambulance services

licensed as specialty care ambulance providers shall be used solely

for interhospital transport of patients requiring specialized en

route medical monitoring and advanced life support which exceeds the

capabilities of the equipment and personnel provided by paramedic

life support;

9. Employ and prescribe the duties of employees as may be

necessary to administer the provisions of the Oklahoma Emergency

Response Systems Development Act;

10. Apply for and accept public and private gifts, grants,

donations and other forms of financial assistance designed for the

support of emergency medical services;

11. Develop a classification system for all hospitals that

treat emergency patients. The classification system shall:

a. identify stabilizing and definitive emergency services

provided by each hospital, and

b. require each hospital to notify the regional emergency

medical services system control when treatment

services are at maximum capacity and that emergency

patients should be diverted to another hospital; and

12. Develop and monitor a statewide emergency medical services

and trauma analysis system designed to:

a. identify emergency patients and severely injured

trauma patients treated in Oklahoma,

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b. identify the total amount of uncompensated emergency

care provided each fiscal year by each hospital and

ambulance service in Oklahoma, and

c. monitor emergency patient care provided by emergency

medical service and hospitals.