This manual is produced and distributed by the Office of EMS through consultation with the State EMS Advisory Board and its various committees. (The primary committees involved with the policy areas addressed by this manual are the Human Resources & Training Committee and the Medical Direction Committee.) Revisions and updates of these polices are made when a program or process addressed by this manual is changed, deleted or added to adapt to Office of EMS requirements or due to revisions of referenced state EMS regulations or the Code of Virginia.
Revisions and updates of policies will be distributed to all currently certified EMT-Instructors, endorsed ALS Coordinators and EMS Physicians not less than 30 days prior to the effective date of the revision or update.