The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SB 284 Original 2018 Regular Session Luneau
Present law, relative to protocols for licensed emergency medical services practitioners, provides that
in the event that there is no organized or functional local parish medical society in a parish, present
law requires the approval of an emergency medical service protocol be performed by a parish or
multiparish medical society which is adjacent or contiguous to the parish. Further, in the absence of
such adjacent or contiguous parish or multiparish medical society, the district medical society shall
approve an emergency medical service protocol for the parish. Provides that in the event the district
medical society does not approve an emergency medical service protocol for the parish, the disaster
and emergency medical services committee of the La. State Medical Society shall approve an
emergency medical service protocol for the parish.
Present law requires the Department of Health promulgate rules and regulations establishing basic
guidelines for statewide emergency medical service protocols based on the recommendations of the
La. State Medical Society's disaster and emergency medical services committee, which serves as an
advisory committee to the department for this purpose.
Proposed law removes references to the La. State Medical Society's disaster and emergency medical
services committee.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 40:1133.14(E) and (F))