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SENATE BILL NO. 1479

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S1479.................................................by HEALTH AND WELFARE
AIR MEDICAL SERVICE - Amends existing law to provide that for the purposes
of identifying the closest appropriate transportation resource and ensuring
air medical crew safety, all requests for air medical service shall be
coordinated through the state emergency medical communications center.

02/16    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/17    Rpt prt - to Health/Wel

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S1479


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                                   SENATE BILL NO. 1479

                             BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO EMERGENCY AIR MEDICAL SERVICES;  AMENDING  SECTION  39-144,  IDAHO
 3        CODE,  TO  PROVIDE THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF IDENTIFYING THE CLOSEST APPRO-
 4        PRIATE TRANSPORTATION RESOURCE AND ENSURING AIR MEDICAL CREW  SAFETY,  ALL
 5        REQUESTS  FOR  AIR  MEDICAL SERVICE SHALL BE COORDINATED THROUGH THE STATE
 6        EMERGENCY MEDICAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.

 7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 8        SECTION 1.  That Section 39-144, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 9    amended to read as follows:

10        39-144.  AMBULANCE  MINIMUM  STANDARDS.  Each  ambulance  service and non-
11    transport service shall be licensed by the department and shall meet the  fol-
12    lowing standards:
13        (1)  Ambulance  vehicles -- Each new ambulance vehicle purchased after the
14    effective date of these standards shall conform to the ambulance vehicle spec-
15    ifications for that type established by the board of health and  welfare.  The
16    patient  compartment  of each ambulance vehicle shall be maintained in a clean
17    and sanitary condition.
18        (2)  Ambulance equipment -- Each ambulance  shall  be  equipped  with  the
19    patient care items deemed essential for that type of ambulance by the board of
20    health and welfare.
21        (3)  Ambulance personnel -- There shall be at least two (2) ambulance crew
22    members  on  each  patient  transport, with the crew member delivering patient
23    care being, at a minimum,  a  state  certified  emergency  medical  technician
24    (EMT),  except  that  with the patient's and the patient's physician's permis-
25    sion, an EMT attendant shall not be required on routine, nonemergency transfer
26    calls.
27        (4)  Ambulance dispatch -- Each ambulance service shall have a twenty-four
28    (24) hour dispatch arrangement and shall respond to  calls  on  a  twenty-four
29    (24) hour basis.
30        (5)  Ambulance  inspections  and licensing -- The department of health and
31    welfare, EMS bureau, shall conduct inspections at least  annually  related  to
32    ambulance  service licensing or shall contract to have the inspections carried
33    out. Each ambulance and non-transport  vehicle  shall  have  a  current  state
34    license in order to operate.
35        (6)  Ambulance  minimum standards waiver -- The controlling authority pro-
36    viding ambulance services may petition the board of  health  and  welfare  for
37    waiver  of the ambulance standards of this act, if compliance with these stan-
38    dards would cause undue hardship on  the  community  being  served,  or  would
39    result in abandonment of ambulance services.
40        (7)  All  ambulances  in  service  on  the  effective date of this act are
41    accorded "grandfather rights," and are therefore  exempt  from  the  ambulance
42    vehicle specifications established by the board of health and welfare, whether
43    or not such ambulances continue under the control of the same authority.


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 1          (8)  For the purposes of identifying the closest appropriate trans-
 2    portation resource and ensuring air medical crew safety, all requests for  air
 3    medical  service shall be coordinated through the state emergency medical com-
 4    munications center. 

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                          STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                               RS 08024C2
    
    The purpose of this legislation is to clarify that the coordination 
    of air medical services shall be through the state emergency 
    center. This is important in order to insure that the closest 
    appropriate air transportation resource will be identified and used 
    in the most effective and safe manner possible. This coordination 
    is also critical in order to ensure air medical crew safety.
    
                               FISCAL NOTE
    
    None
    
    CONTACT: Dia Gainor, Bureau Chief
             Emergency Medical Services
             Department of Health and Welfare
             334-4000
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE
    
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