§ 223-b. EMS training and mutual aid programs. 1. In order to develop
and maintain programs for EMS training, EMS-related activities and
mutual aid emergencies in which the services of EMS providers would be
used and to cooperate with appropriate state agencies in furthering such
programs, any county may create a county EMS advisory board and may
establish the office of county EMS coordinator.

2. A county EMS advisory board shall consist of not less than five nor
more than twenty-one members, each of whom shall be appointed by the
legislative body for a term of not to exceed one year, two years or
three years. Such terms of office need not be the same for all members.
It shall be the duty of such board to cooperate with appropriate state
agencies in relation to such programs for EMS training, EMS-related
activities and mutual aid; to act as an advisory body to the county
government and to the county EMS coordinator, if any, in connection with
the county participation in such programs for EMS training, EMS-related
activities and mutual aid and mutual aid programs in cases of
emergencies in which the services of EMS providers would be used; to
perform such other duties as may be prescribed in relation to EMS
training, EMS-related activities and mutual aid in cases of emergencies
in which the services of EMS providers would be used. The members of
such board shall be county officers, and shall serve without
compensation.

3. If the office of county EMS coordinator is created in any county, a
county EMS coordinator shall be appointed. It shall be his or her duty
to administer the county programs for EMS training and mutual aid in
cases of emergencies in which the services of EMS providers would be
used; to act as a liaison officer between the county government and the
county EMS advisory board and the EMS providers in the county and the
officers and governing boards or bodies thereof; and to perform such
other duties as prescribed. The county EMS coordinator shall be a county
officer and the amount of his or her compensation, if any, shall be
fixed by the county.

4. A member of the legislative body, the county EMS coordinator, or a
deputy county EMS coordinator, may be appointed as a member of the
county EMS advisory board, but shall receive no additional compensation
for services performed as a member of such advisory board.