Legal Issues
The legal issues topic contains news and information about legal issues affecting EMS personnel, agencies or departments. Find the latest news from personnel misconduct, to disciplinary and harassment cases, to malpractice lawsuits, as well as advice to prevent legal action with EMS training, documentation and management.
Opioid settlement funding will continue for 11 to 18 years, and it is expected that more settlements will be forthcoming. Is your agency getting its share?
RAA focuses on a culture of safety, resilience training and face time with the chiefs when orienting new employees to the organization
In this episode, our co-hosts are joined by Maria Beermann-Foat to discuss how agencies can start the retention process in the first 90 days of a new hire
All personnel need appropriate access to information, forms and schedules from any device which connects to the Internet
Pay for training, regardless of on-duty or off-duty, depends on the requirement and intent of the training course
An EMS agency, facing an applicant shortage, surveyed EMS providers to see if employee-employer compensation expectations matched
Explore the answers with elected and appointed officials so informed decisions can be made about the future of your EMS service
Is your department properly identifying reporting and returning overpayments from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services?
The company has over 700 employees who will decide who they want to be represented by in collective bargaining
A new section, response to incidents involving violence, has been added to the tool kit
Attitudes are contagious, especially when you’re working for a toxic partner or organization
When the woman got out of the ambulance, she got into a fight with a pursuing police officer
Authorities are seeking a murder warrant against Joseph Anthony Scott, 24, who is being held in jail following the attack
Reinstating the Illinois Public Duty law may be warranted, but not because of the case that led to it being abolished by the state Supreme Court
The long-awaited rule mandates that all health care providers receiving Medicare reimbursement return identified overpayments within 60-days or face Federal False Claims Act liability
The law will help reduce the time it takes to get the critical medication to a person having an anaphylactic reaction
Fairfax Underground curator Carey Weidemann said he thought Chief Bowers’ statements were a “deflection of blame”
The “public duty rule” provides responders broad immunity from lawsuits stemming from their on-the-job actions
Our co-hosts discuss the hot topics in this week’s news
Our co-hosts talk about the tragedy and disgrace of bullying after the death of firefighter-paramedic Nicole Mittendorff
An ambulance crew is suspended without pay after a news crew plays highway “gotcha”
A new jury will decide if Patricia Del Vecchio was the victim of disability discrimination and retaliation when she was fired in 2009
Sam Conkel, 24, was arraigned on sexual battery and gross sexual imposition charges
The ambulance was going almost 90 miles per hour, well over the posted speed limit
Hire EMS providers with the experience, positive attitude and maturity to help your volunteer service be excellent in its commitment to the community
The Drug Supply Chain Security Act mandates pharmaceutical tracking, tracing and documentation for EMS agencies
The Public Safety Officer’s Benefit Program has left some first responders or their families waiting for years to get payments
Robert Gotay told police he had a severe gambling problem and admitted writing checks to himself from the ambulance organization’s account
Steven Farnsworth was charged with official misconduct and unauthorized use of a computer; he’s also facing domestic violence charges
Leadership of the organization should make the decision that grant funding is a revenue development strategy that makes sense for the organization as a whole
A grand jury handed down indictments against Dustin Hazlewood for illegally obtaining fentanyl and morphine
Take responsibility for building and improving a department culture through good words and deeds, not disparaging ones
The significant funding, workforce and leadership challenges facing rural EMS agencies were discussed at National Rural EMS Conference
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