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Board authorizes Grand County EMS to register directly with DEA to preserve controlled-substance capabilities
Summary
Grand County commissioners authorized EMS Chief Austin Wingate to register Grand County EMS directly with the Drug Enforcement Administration so ambulances can continue carrying controlled substances under the Protecting Patient Medication Act of 2017; Wingate described inventory controls and regulatory monitoring.
Austin Wingate, Grand County EMS chief, asked the board to authorize the EMS agency to register directly with the Drug Enforcement Administration and to designate the EMS chief as the responsible county official for DEA compliance. Wingate said a 2017 federal change and recent rulemaking require the agency-level registration; historically the department had been registered under the medical director's DEA registration.
Wingate described controls used to account for controlled substances, including LogRx software, double-signature vaults on vehicles, secure storage at Station 1, and spot checks by DEA. Commissioner speaker 3 moved to authorize the EMS chief (or designee) to register the agency and to designate the chief as responsible for compliance; the commissioners approved the motion by voice vote.
