Section 23-47-03 - Acute cardiovascular emergency medical system of care advisory committee1. The commissioner of the department of health and human services or designee shall appoint the members of the acute cardiovascular emergency medical system of care advisory committee. The state health officer, or the officer's designee, is an ex officio member of the advisory committee. The commissioner of the department of health and human services or designee shall appoint to the committee members who represent referring and receiving hospitals, physicians who treat patients, and members who represent emergency medical services operations that provide services in rural and urban areas of the state. Members of the acute cardiovascular emergency medical system of care advisory committee serve at the pleasure of the commissioner of the department of health and human services.2. The purpose of the acute cardiovascular emergency medical system of care advisory committee is to advise the department on the establishment of an effective system of acute cardiovascular emergency care throughout the state and to take steps to ensure and facilitate the implementation of the system of acute cardiovascular emergency care. The advisory committee shall: a. Encourage sharing of information and data among health care providers on ways to improve the quality of care of acute cardiovascular patients in this state.b. Facilitate the communication and analysis of health information and aggregate data among health care professionals providing care for acute cardiovascular events.c. Advise the department on how best to require the application of evidence-based treatment guidelines regarding the transitioning of patients to community-based followup care in hospital outpatient, physician office, and ambulatory clinic settings for ongoing care after hospital discharge following acute treatments.d. Develop and advise the department to adopt a data oversight process and plan for achieving continuous quality improvement in the quality of care provided under the system of acute cardiovascular emergency care. The plan must be based on aggregate data analysis and the identification of potential interventions to improve heart attack care in geographic areas or regions of the state.e. Recommend improvements for acute cardiovascular emergency medical system response.3. A physician serving as a member of the acute cardiovascular emergency medical system of care advisory committee is immune from professional liability in providing the advisory committee with voluntary medical direction.4. Except for a member of the acute cardiovascular emergency medical system of care advisory committee serving on the advisory committee in the member's capacity as a department employee and who is therefore entitled to receive reimbursement of mileage and expenses from the department, a member of the advisory committee serves without compensation or reimbursement of mileage and expenses from the department but may receive compensation and reimbursement from the advisory committee member's employer or sponsoring entity.Amended by S.L. 2023 , ch. 229( HB 1165 ), § 62, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by S.L. 2021 , ch. 352( HB 1247 ), § 267, eff. 9/1/2022.Added by S.L. 2013 , ch. 219( HB 1175 ), § 1, eff. 8/1/2013.