HB192: Volunteer rescue squads; replaces term with agency, etc. licensed or certified by Office of EMS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 32.1-111.9 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 32.1-111.9. Applications for variances or exemptions.
Prior to the submission to the Commissioner of Health by a volunteer rescue
squad an agency, entity, or
provider licensed or certified by the Office of Emergency Medical Services
of an application for a variance, or to the Board of Health for an exemption
from any regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, the application
shall be reviewed by the governing body of the jurisdiction in which theprincipal office of the volunteer
rescue squad or legal
residence of the agency, entity, or
provider licensed or certified by
the Office of Emergency Medical Services is located. The
recommendation of the governing body regarding the variance or exemption shall
be submitted with the application; and, absent compelling reasons to the
contrary, the Commissioner or Board, whichever is appropriate, shall adopt that
recommendation for the purposes of granting or denying the variance or
exemption.
The applicant shall have the right to appeal any denial by the Commissioner or Board of an application for a variance or exemption pursuant to the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.).