Section 163-26-6 - Evaluation CriteriaThe evaluation panel and Board will examine the following criteria when evaluating a grant application:
A. The extent to which the applicant performs surveys or studies that enhance understanding of the current level of financial health of a community's existing emergency medical services.B. The extent to which the applicant performs surveys or studies that enhance understanding of the structure, delivery, and financing of the community's emergency medical services.C. The extent to which the applicant performs surveys or studies that enhance understanding of the issues that challenge or improve the community's provision of emergency medical services.D. The extent to which the applicant engages with disinterested third-party consultant(s) to identify and stratify a community's options for the level and/or model of emergency medical services to be delivered to a community and/or the financial impact(s) and long-term fiscal stability of those options.16-163 C.M.R. ch. 26, § 6