***** 333.20921a.added THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 413 OF 2014 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2018 *****
Sec. 20921a.
(1) A limited or advanced ambulance operation whose primary service area is in a county or micropolitan area with a population of 10,000 or less and whose primary service area has a population density of less than 7 people per square mile may have an ambulance available at less than the limited or advanced level of licensure if both of the following conditions are met:
(a) The medical control authority under which the ambulance operation operates authorizes the lesser availability.
(b) The advanced ambulance operation has department–approved local medical control authority protocols in place.
(2) A basic ambulance operation whose primary service area is in a county or micropolitan area with a population of 10,000 or less and whose primary service area has a population density of less than 7 people per square mile may operate at an increased level of licensure when staffed with an EMT-specialist or EMT-paramedic, if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The basic ambulance is equipped at the greater licensure level.
(b) The medical control authority under which the ambulance operation operates authorizes the conditional increased level of licensure.
(c) The basic ambulance operation has department–approved local medical control authority protocols in place.
(3) As used in this section, "micropolitan area" means a micropolitan statistical area as most recently delineated by the United States office of management and budget.
History: Add. 2014, Act 413, Eff. Mar. 30, 2015
Popular Name: Act 368
Last modified: October 10, 2016