The Texas Department of State Health Services, Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination is the lead state agency responsible for:
-Emergency Medical Services systems
-EMS professional certification and licensure
-EMS education, trauma systems and trauma facility designation
-EMS information and injury prevention
-Medical Standards on Motor Vehicle Operations
-Texas EMS Conference
-Texas EMS Magazine
This Office is responsible for about 48,000 EMS professionals, 850 EMS provider agencies, 475 first responder organizations and 243 designated trauma facilities across Texas. In addition to certification, licensure and designation, the Office also takes a lead in educating the public about EMS and injury prevention, and provides millions of dollars in grants each year to Texas EMS systems and trauma facilities for education, training and equipment.
EMS Compliance Service Areas (Groups)
Revised 7/2010
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Mailing Address: PO Box 149347, Austin, TX 78714-9347
(All mail must go to this address)
Map to main DSHS location
Street Address: The Exchange Building, 8407 Wall Street, Suite N-410, Austin, TX 78754
Map to DSHS-EMS location
Updated Phone/Fax Numbers!
Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination: (512) 834-6700
Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination fax: (512) 834-6736
EMS Certification and Licensing main line: (512) 834-6700, press option 2
EMS Certification fax: (512) 834-6714
EMS Compliance & Quality Assurance (criminal history checks, provider licensing, first responders, EMS complaints): (512) 834-6700, press option 3
EMS Compliance & QA fax: (512) 834-6713
EMS Complaints: 1-800-452-6086
Locations of DSHS field offices around the state
For information on certification address changes, click here.
Lists of the Office phone extension numbers
Alphabetical Listing
(9KB) 3/2012
By Program Area(9KB) 3/2012
EMS & Trauma Systems Regulatory Services Organizational Chart 04/27/12