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Voluntary Rescue Service Recognition The
Pennsylvania Voluntary Rescue Service Recognition (VRSR) Program
was prepared by the
Rescue Task Force of the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council
(PEHSC) under contract
with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Emergency Medical Services
Office (EMS Office). |
EMSOF Funding EMSOF moneys are to be used to provide funding to maintain, improve and develop the quality of the EMS system within this Commonwealth. |
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Title 28 of the Pa Code "The EMS ACT" The Emergency Medical Services Act (EMS act) (35 P. S. §§ 6921--6938) establishes a comprehensive scheme for the regulation of emergency medical services (EMS) in this Commonwealth. It designates the Department as the lead agency for EMS in this Commonwealth and provides that the Department, in consultation with the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council (PEHSC), may adopt regulations as necessary to carry out the purposes of the EMS act. The Department's regulations adopted under the EMS act are set forth in Part VII. Those regulations were adopted on July 1, 1989, and were last amended on September 2, 1995. |
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Licensure
Licenses for Pennsylvania EMS vehicles are issued by the Commonwealth Department of Health. Specific issues are administrated by the local EMS regions. In the Chester County EMS Region licensure questions or issues should be directed to either Pat Cook for BLS issues or Harry Moore for ALS issues.