Research Report
Legal Review for Better-Regulation of Emergency Medical Service
Ⅰ. Backgrounds and Purposes
▶ Backgrounds
○ Continuous Cases of Assault Incidents to Paramedic & Ambulance Crew of 119 Emergency Medical Services
○ Case of Obstruction to Ambulance operation by a Taxi-driver
▶Purposes
○ Better Regulation for Emergency Medical Services and Guarantee of EMS to Patient
○ Improvement to Regulatory System of Emergency Medical Services for national health care an protection of people
Ⅱ. Major Content
▶ Concept and System of EMS
○ Concept ‘EMS’ related to ‘EM Activities’ of Act on 119 Rescue and Emergency Medical Services.
○ System of EMS Laws & Regulations
- In Korea, Act on 119 Rescue and Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Medical Service Act take parts simultaneously.
▶ 119 EMS and its issues
○ 119 EMS Paramedic Issues
- Definition of ‘119 EMS Paramedic’ is not prescribed.
- As Cases of battering to ‘119 EMS Paramedic’, protective actions for Paramedic Agents be requested.
○ 119 EMS‘s service Issues
- 119 EMS Agent’s jurisdiction to decision-making to how to treat non-emergency Patients
-legal prescription for transportation of COVID-19 Patients and Specimen by 119 EMS Paramedic Agents & Ambulances
○ Ambulance Issues
- Punishment to Obstruction to (civil) Ambulance operation
- Duty guarantee & Monitoring scheme for civil EMS and ambulances
▶ Way to Improvement of legal system of EMS
○ Revision of Acts
- Supplementation to Regulation gaps on Act on 119 Rescue and Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Medical Service Act,
○ Consideration of Special Rules Act as Integrated Law for Emergency Medical Service of 119 EMS and civil EMSs
Ⅲ. Expected Effects
▶ Effect to Practical field
○ Contribution to revision of Act on 119 Rescue and Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Medical Service Act
○ Contribution to EMS–system improvement
▶ Effect to Academical field
○ Legal Review from Administrative/Public Law to EMS-System
○ Review to Civil-EMS as monitoring by States