Specifications include, but are not limited to: Through this Request for Proposal (RFP) the Vermont Department of Health, Division of Emergency Preparedness, Response and Injury Prevention (DEPRIP) (hereinafter the “State”) is seeking to establish a contract with a Vermont licensed physician that can provide professional services as the Vermont EMS Medical Director. The EMS Medical Director reports to the EMS Chief and works with DEPRIP staff, other VDH staff, and external stakeholder groups including various workgroups and committees to assure safe and effective emergency medical care is provided by Vermont EMS. The scope of this work ranges from medical aspects of licensing, certification, complaint investigations, statewide EMS protocols, EMS system development initiatives, grant related initiatives, planning, exercises, public health response, support of EMS District Medical Advisors, public information, EMS initial and continuing education, liaising with medical and hospital communities, and related activities as needed.