Michigan Compiled Laws 368-1978-17-209 Part 209 Emergency Medical Services (333.20901...333.20979)

• Section 333.20901 Meanings Of Words And Phrases; General Definitions And Principles Of Construction.
  (1) For purposes of this part, the words and phrases defined in sections 20902 to 20908 have the meanings ascribed to them in those...
• Section 333.20902 Definitions; A To D.
  (1) “Advanced life support” means patient care that may include any care a paramedic is qualified to provide by paramedic education that meets the...
• Section 333.20904 Definitions; E.
  (1) “Education program sponsor” means a person, other than an individual, that meets the standards of the department to conduct training at the following...
• Section 333.20906 Definitions; L, M.
  (1) "Life support agency" means an ambulance operation, nontransport prehospital life support operation, aircraft transport operation, or medical first response service. (2) "Life support...
• Section 333.20908 Definitions; N To V.
  (1) "Nonemergency patient" means an individual who is transported by stretcher, isolette, cot, or litter but whose physical or mental condition is such that...
• Section 333.20910 Powers And Duties Of Department.
  (1) The department shall do all of the following: (a) Be responsible for the development, coordination, and administration of a statewide emergency medical services...
• Section 333.20911 Repealed. 2006, Act 582, Eff. Dec. 31, 2009.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to equipping life support vehicle with automated external defibrillator.
• Section 333.20912 Duties Of Department With Regard To Educational Programs And Services.
  (1) The department shall perform all of the following with regard to educational programs and services: (a) Review and approve education program sponsors, ongoing...
• Section 333.20915 State Emergency Medical Services Coordination Committee; Creation; Appointment, Qualifications, And Terms Of Members; Ex Officio Members; Replacement Of Member; Chairperson; Meetings; Quorum; Per Diem Compensation; Reimbursement Of Expenses.
  (1) The state emergency medical services coordination committee is created in the department. Subject to subsections (3) and (5), the director shall appoint the...
• Section 333.20916 State Emergency Medical Services Coordination Committee; Duties.
  The state emergency medical services coordination committee created in section 20915 shall do all of the following: (a) Meet not less than twice annually...
• Section 333.20917 Repealed. 2000, Act 440, Eff. July 1, 2004.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to the statewide trauma care commission.
• Section 333.20917a Statewide Trauma Care Advisory Subcommittee; Establishment; Membership; Appointment; Terms; Chairperson; Meetings; Quorum; Recommendations Regarding Funding Sources; "Rural County" Defined.
  (1) The statewide trauma care advisory subcommittee is established under the emergency medical services coordination committee to advise and assist the department on all...
• Section 333.20918 Local Medical Control Authority; Designation; Participating Hospitals And Freestanding Surgical Outpatient Facilities; Adherence To Protocols; Administration; Appointment And Membership Of Advisory Body; Medical Director; Operation Of Medical Control Authority; Accountability Of Life Support Agencies And Licensed Individuals.
  (1) Each hospital licensed under part 215 and each freestanding surgical outpatient facility licensed under part 208 that operates a service for treating emergency...
• Section 333.20919 Protocols For Practice Of Life Support Agencies And Licensed Emergency Medical Services Personnel; Development And Adoption; Procedures; Conflict With Michigan Do-not-resuscitate Procedure Act Prohibited; Requirements; Appeal; Standards For Equipment And Personnel; Negative Medical Or Economic Impacts; Epinephrine Auto-injector; Availability Of Medical And Economic Information; Review; Findings.
  (1) A medical control authority shall establish written protocols for the practice of life support agencies and licensed emergency medical services personnel within its...
• Section 333.20920 Ambulance Operation; License Required; Contents Of Application; Fee; Contents Of License; Operation Of Ambulance Operation; Renewal Of License; Compliance; Ambulance Operation Upgrade License; Statewide Emergency Medical Coordination Committee; Revocation Or Failure To Renew Ambulance Operation Upgrade License.
  (1) A person shall not establish, operate, or cause to be operated an ambulance operation unless the ambulance operation is licensed under this section....
• Section 333.20921 Ambulance Operation; Duties; Prohibitions; Staffing; Operation At Higher Level Of Life Support; Occupants Of Patient Compartment; Applicability Of Subsection (5).
  (1) An ambulance operation shall do all of the following: (a) Except as provided in section 20921a, provide at least 1 ambulance available for...
• Section 333.20921a County Or Micropolitan Area; Population 10,000 Or Less And Population Density Less Than 7 People Per Square Mile; Ambulance Availability; "Micropolitan Area" Defined.
  333.20921a County or micropolitan area; population 10,000 or less and population density less than 7 people per square mile; ambulance availability; "micropolitan area" defined.Sec. 20921a....
• Section 333.20922 Use Of Terms “ambulance,”“ambulance Operation,” Or Similar Term; Advertising Or Disseminating Information; License Required.
  (1) A person shall not use the terms “ambulance” or “ambulance operation” or a similar term to describe or refer to the person unless...
• Section 333.20923 Operation Of Ambulance; Conditions; Application For And Issuance Of Ambulance License Or Annual Renewal; Fee; Certificate Of Insurance; Vehicle Standards; Minimum Requirements For Equipment; Use Of Equipment Or Medications By Licensed Personnel; Communications System; Ambulance License Nontransferable To Ambulance Operation.
  (1) Except as provided in section 20924(2), a person shall not operate an ambulance unless the ambulance is licensed under this section and is...
• Section 333.20924 Business Or Service Of Transportation Of Patients; Licensed Ambulance Required; Exceptions.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person shall not furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise, or otherwise be engaged or profess to be...
• Section 333.20926 Nontransport Prehospital Life Support Operation; License Required; Application; Fee; Contents Of License And Application; Renewal; Compliance.
  (1) A person shall not establish, operate, or cause to be operated a nontransport prehospital life support operation unless it is licensed under this...
• Section 333.20927 Nontransport Prehospital Life Support Operation; Duties; Prohibitions.
  (1) A nontransport prehospital life support operation shall: (a) Provide at least 1 nontransport prehospital life support vehicle with proper equipment and personnel available...
• Section 333.20928 Use Of Term “nontransport Prehospital Life Support Vehicle,”“nontransport Prehospital Life Support Operation,” Or Similar Term; Advertising Or Disseminating Information; License Required.
  (1) A person shall not use the term “nontransport prehospital life support vehicle” or “nontransport prehospital life support operation” or a similar term to...
• Section 333.20929 Operation Of Nontransport Prehospital Life Support Vehicle; Conditions; Application For And Issuance Of License Or Annual Renewal; Fee; Certificate Of Insurance; Communications System; Equipment.
  (1) A person shall not operate a nontransport prehospital life support vehicle unless the vehicle is licensed by the department under this section and...
• Section 333.20931 Air Transport Operation; License Required; Application; Fee; Issuance And Contents Of License; Renewal; Compliance.
  (1) A person shall not establish, operate, or cause to be operated an aircraft transport operation unless it is licensed under this section. (2)...
• Section 333.20932 Aircraft Transport Operation; Duties; Prohibitions.
  (1) An aircraft transport operation shall: (a) Provide an aircraft transport vehicle with proper equipment and personnel available for response to requests for patient...
• Section 333.20933 Use Of Term “aircraft Transport Vehicle,”“aircraft Transport Operation,” Or Similar Term; Advertising Or Disseminating Information; License Required.
  (1) A person shall not use the term “aircraft transport vehicle” or “aircraft transport operation” or a similar term to describe or refer to...
• Section 333.20934 Operation Of Aircraft Transport Vehicle; Conditions; Application For And Issuance Of License Or Annual Renewal; Fee; Certificate Of Insurance; Communications System; Equipment; Amount Of Liability Coverage; Determination.
  (1) A person shall not operate an aircraft transport vehicle unless the vehicle is licensed by the department under this section and is operated...
• Section 333.20935 Receipt Of Completed License Application; Issuance Of License Within Certain Period Of Time; Report; “completed Application” Defined.
  (1) Subject to subsection (3), beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the department shall approve or reject...
• Section 333.20936 Application For License Renewal Received After Expiration Date Of License; Late Fee; Completing Requirements For Initial Licensure.
  (1) If an application for renewal of an ambulance operation, nontransport prehospital life support operation, or aircraft transport operation license is received by the...
• Section 333.20938 Operation Of Ambulance Or Nontransport Prehospital Life Support Vehicle Under Emergency Conditions; Privileges And Constraints.
  When operating an ambulance or a nontransport prehospital life support vehicle under emergency conditions or a reasonable belief that an emergency condition exists, the...
• Section 333.20939 Spontaneous Use Of Vehicle Under Exceptional Circumstances; Written Report.
  If an ambulance operation is unable to respond to an emergency patient within a reasonable time, this part does not prohibit the spontaneous use...
• Section 333.20941 Medical First Response Service; License Required; Issuance; Requirements; Duties; Renewal Of License; Advertising Or Disseminating Information; Availability Of Vehicle; Ability Of Patient To Pay; Police Or Fire Suppression Agency.
  (1) A person shall not establish, operate, or cause to be operated a medical first response service unless the service is licensed by the...
• Section 333.20945 Life Support Agency License; Nonrenewable Conditional License In Lieu Of Denial, Suspension, Or Revocation; Duration; Conditions.
  If the department determines that grounds exist under section 20165 for denial, suspension, or revocation of a life support agency license but that the...
• Section 333.20948 Operations And Services Furnished By Local Governmental Unit; Costs; Ordinance.
  (1) A local governmental unit or combination of local governmental units may operate an ambulance operation or a nontransport prehospital life support operation, or...
• Section 333.20950 Medical First Responder, Emergency Medical Technician, Emergency Medical Technician Specialist, Paramedic, Or Emergency Medical Services Instructor-coordinator; Licensing Requirements; Duration Of License; Fees; Volunteers; Waiver Of Fee; "Armed Forces" Defined.
  (1) An individual shall not practice or advertise to practice as a medical first responder, emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician specialist, paramedic, or...
• Section 333.20952 Temporary License.
  (1) The department may grant a nonrenewable temporary license to an individual who has made proper application with the required fee for licensure as...
• Section 333.20954 Renewal License; Renewal Fees; Procedures For Late Renewal; Volunteers.
  (1) Upon proper application to the department and payment of the renewal fee under subsection (2), the department may renew an emergency medical services...
• Section 333.20956 Provision Of Life Support; Limitation; Authorized Techniques.
  (1) A medical first responder, an emergency medical technician, an emergency medical technician specialist, or a paramedic shall not provide life support at a...
• Section 333.20958 Emergency Medical Services Personnel License; Denial, Revocation, Or Suspension; Findings; Notice; Hearing Order Of Circuit Court To Appear And Give Testimony.
  (1) The department may deny, revoke, or suspend an emergency medical services personnel license upon finding that an applicant or licensee meets 1 or...
• Section 333.20961 Reciprocity.
  (1) The department may grant a license under this part to a person who is licensed in another state at the time of application...
• Section 333.20963 Radio Communications; Compliance.
  (1) A person participating in radio communications activities in support of emergency medical services, on frequencies utilized in the statewide emergency medical services communications...
• Section 333.20965 Immunity From Liability.
  (1) Unless an act or omission is the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct, the acts or omissions of a medical first responder,...
• Section 333.20967 Authority For Management Of Emergency Patient Or Management Of Scene Of Emergency; Declaring Nonexistence Of Emergency.
  (1) Authority for the management of a patient in an emergency is vested in the licensed health professional or licensed emergency medical services personnel...
• Section 333.20969 Objection To Treatment Or Transportation.
  This part and the rules promulgated under this part do not authorize medical treatment for or transportation to a hospital of an individual who...
• Section 333.20971 Emergency Preparedness Act And Mcl 30.261 Not Affected By Part; References To Former Laws.
  (1) This part does not supersede, limit, or otherwise affect the emergency preparedness act, Act No. 390 of the Public Acts of 1976, being...
• Section 333.20973 Emergency Medical Services To And Cooperative Agreements With Other States.
  This part does not deny emergency medical services to individuals outside of the boundaries of this state, or limit, restrict, or prevent a cooperative...
• Section 333.20975 Rules Generally.
  The department may promulgate rules to implement this part. History: Add. 1990, Act 179, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1990 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 375,...
• Section 333.20977 Rules Considered As Rescinded; Exceptions.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), rules promulgated to implement former parts 32, 203, or 207 of this act and in effect...
• Section 333.20979 Prohibited Use Of Fees.
  The legislature shall not use the increase in the amount of fees charged under this part from the fees charged under former part 207...

Last modified: October 10, 2016