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Satellite Beach approves consolidated medical director contract for EMS and community medic program
Summary
Council approved an agreement with EMS Medical Direction LLC to serve as the city’s medical director for Satellite Beach Emergency Services and the Community Medic program; the contract consolidates previous agreements and raises compensation to align with peer agencies.
The Satellite Beach City Council on Aug. 20 approved an agreement naming EMS Medical Direction LLC as the city’s medical director for both the emergency medical services system and the Satellite Beach Community Medic program.
City staff told the council that Florida statute 401.265 requires an EMS agency to have a medical director to provide medical oversight, authorize prescriptions and set clinical protocols. Council discussion said the new agreement merges two…
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