The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 908)
-
§ 908. Emergency Medical Services Special Fund
(a)(1) The Emergency Medical Services Special Fund is established pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5 comprising revenues received by the Department from the Fire Safety
Special Fund, pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 8557(a), that are designated for this Special Fund and public and private sources as gifts,
grants, and donations together with additions and interest accruing to the Fund.
(2)(A) The Commissioner of Health shall administer the Fund to the extent funds are available
to support online and regional training programs, data collection and analysis, and
other activities relating to the training of emergency medical personnel and delivery
of emergency medical services and ambulance services in Vermont, as determined by
the Commissioner, after consulting with the EMS Advisory Committee established under
section 909 of this title. The Commissioner shall prioritize the use of funds to provide grants to programs
that offer basic emergency medical services training at low cost or no cost to participants.
(B) The Commissioner shall make reasonable efforts to award grants in a manner that supports
geographic equity among the emergency medical services districts. The Commissioner
shall also provide technical assistance to emergency medical services districts to
ensure that grants are available to support emergency medical services training in
districts that have historically experienced challenges in receiving grants from the
Fund.
(3) Any balance at the end of the fiscal year shall be carried forward in the Fund.
(b) From the funds in the Emergency Medical Services Special Fund, the Commissioner of
Health shall develop and implement by September 1, 2012 online training opportunities
and offer regional classes to enable individuals to comply with the requirements of
subdivision 906(10)(C) of this title. (Added 2011, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 38; amended 2013, No. 73, § 3, eff. June 5, 2013; 2023, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 6, 2024.)