Emergency medical services system director.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 2-6
in effectSec. 2-6. - Emergency medical services system director.
Within the office of the mayor in the city department known as the mayor and council members' office, there is hereby created the executive level position of emergency medical services ("EMS") system director ("the director"). Funding for the position shall be derived from the fire department's budget. The director shall be a physician licensed as such in the State of Texas who has training and expertise in the out-of-hospital care of critically ill and injured patients. The director is responsible for medical oversight of the city's delivery of emergency medical services, including all medical aspects of the coordination, monitoring and implementation of emergency medical services system policies, procedures, research and educational activities. The director shall also hold simultaneous outside employment with a local medical school that has the responsibility for emergency medical research activities and on-line medical direction activities for the city and shall report to the president or dean of the medical school for purposes of the outside employment.
(Ord. No. 96-57, § 6, 1-17-96)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH2AD_ARTIINGE_S2-6EMMESESYDIFetched: 10/26/2026