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The Committee shall be composed of six members who shall be representatives of the regions encompassed by the emergency medical services councils and appointed by the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. To ensure that each regional emergency medical services council is provided an opportunity to serve on the Committee, the Board of Health shall promulgate by regulation, after receiving the Advisory Board’s recommendation, a cycle which provides for rotating geographic representation among the councils.B\n\nMembers serving on the Financial Assistance and Review Committee on January 1, 1996, shall complete their current terms of office. Thereafter, appointments shall be made for terms of three years or the unexpired portions thereof in a manner to preserve, insofar as possible, the representation of the emergency medical services councils. No member may serve more than two successive terms. The chairman shall be elected from the membership of the Committee for a term of one year and shall be eligible for reelection. The Committee shall meet at least four times annually at the call of the chairman or the Commissioner.C\n\nThe Financial Assistance and Review Committee shall:1\n\nAdminister the Rescue Squads Assistance Fund in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health as shall be established for the Fund;2\n\nReview the Rescue Squads Assistance Fund grant applications from eligible emergency medical services agencies and make recommendations on the funding of such grant applications to the Commissioner of Health; and3\n\nReport biannually, after each funding cycle, the number of grant applications received, the total costs of grant applications funded, the number of grant applications denied funding, the total costs of grant applications denied funding, and the nature of the denied requests and the reasons for denying funding, to the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board and the Commissioner.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":251098,"text":"For the purposes of administering the Virginia Rescue Squads Assistance Fund as provided in § 32.1-111.12, there is hereby established the Financial Assistance and Review Committee. The Committee shall be composed of six members who shall be representatives of the regions encompassed by the emergency medical services councils and appointed by the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. To ensure that each regional emergency medical services council is provided an opportunity to serve on the Committee, the Board of Health shall promulgate by regulation, after receiving the Advisory Board’s recommendation, a cycle which provides for rotating geographic representation among the councils.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":251099,"text":"Members serving on the Financial Assistance and Review Committee on January 1, 1996, shall complete their current terms of office. 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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 998<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":59561,"section_number":"32.1-111.12","catch_line":"Virginia Rescue Squads Assistance Fund; disbursements","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-111.12\/"}],"permalink":{"id":202527,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69432,"identifier":"32.1-111.12:01","token":"32.1\/4\/2.1\/32.1-111.12_01","url":"\/32.1-111.12_01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-111.12_01\/","token":"32.1\/4\/2.1\/32.1-111.12_01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Financial Assistance and Review Committee; appointment; terms; duties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-111.12:01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For the purposes of administering the Virginia Rescue Squads Assistance Fund as provided in § 32.1-111.12<\/a>, there is hereby established the Financial Assistance and Review Committee. The Committee shall be composed of six members who shall be representatives of the regions encompassed by the emergency medical services<\/span> councils and appointed by the State Emergency Medical Services<\/span> Advisory Board<\/span>. To ensure that each regional emergency medical services<\/span> council is provided an opportunity to serve on the Committee, the Board of Health shall promulgate by regulation, after receiving the Advisory Board<\/span>’s recommendation, a cycle which provides for rotating geographic representation among the councils. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Members serving on the Financial Assistance and Review Committee on January 1, 1996, shall complete their current terms of office. Thereafter, appointments shall be made for terms of three years or the unexpired portions thereof in a manner to preserve, insofar as possible, the representation of the emergency medical services<\/span> councils. No member may serve more than two successive terms. The chairman shall be elected from the membership of the Committee for a term of one year and shall be eligible for reelection. The Committee shall meet at least four times annually at the call of the chairman or the Commissioner<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Financial Assistance and Review Committee shall: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Administer the Rescue Squads Assistance Fund in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Board<\/span> of Health as shall be established for the Fund; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Review the Rescue Squads Assistance Fund grant applications from eligible emergency medical services<\/span> agencies and make recommendations on the funding of such grant applications to the Commissioner<\/span> of Health; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Report biannually, after each funding cycle, the number of grant applications received, the total costs of grant applications funded, the number of grant applications denied funding, the total costs of grant applications denied funding, and the nature of the denied requests and the reasons for denying funding, to the State Emergency Medical Services<\/span> Advisory Board<\/span> and the Commissioner<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND REVIEW COMMITTEE; APPOINTMENT; TERMS; DUTIES (\u00a7\n32.1-111.12:01)\n\nA. For the purposes of administering the Virginia Rescue Squads Assistance Fund\nas provided in § 32.1-111.12, there is hereby established the Financial\nAssistance and Review Committee. The Committee shall be composed of six members\nwho shall be representatives of the regions encompassed by the emergency medical\nservices councils and appointed by the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory\nBoard. To ensure that each regional emergency medical services council is\nprovided an opportunity to serve on the Committee, the Board of Health shall\npromulgate by regulation, after receiving the Advisory Board’s\nrecommendation, a cycle which provides for rotating geographic representation\namong the councils.\n\nB. Members serving on the Financial Assistance and Review Committee on January\n1, 1996, shall complete their current terms of office. Thereafter, appointments\nshall be made for terms of three years or the unexpired portions thereof in a\nmanner to preserve, insofar as possible, the representation of the emergency\nmedical services councils. No member may serve more than two successive terms.\nThe chairman shall be elected from the membership of the Committee for a term of\none year and shall be eligible for reelection. The Committee shall meet at least\nfour times annually at the call of the chairman or the Commissioner.\n\nC. The Financial Assistance and Review Committee shall:\n\n 1. Administer the Rescue Squads Assistance Fund in accordance with the rules\n and regulations of the State Board of Health as shall be established for the\n Fund;\n\n 2. Review the Rescue Squads Assistance Fund grant applications from eligible\n emergency medical services agencies and make recommendations on the funding of\n such grant applications to the Commissioner of Health; and\n\n 3. Report biannually, after each funding cycle, the number of grant\n applications received, the total costs of grant applications funded, the\n number of grant applications denied funding, the total costs of grant\n applications denied funding, and the nature of the denied requests and the\n reasons for denying funding, to the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory\n Board and the Commissioner.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 998.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}