AZ HB2182

Requires emergency medical care technicians to comply with regional council standards or local medical direction protocols when considering emergency transport, including appropriate use of telecommunications.

Prohibits technicians from providing presumptive medical diagnoses to counsel patients to decline transport, unless the patient or patient's representative requests this information.

Prohibits technicians from counseling patients to decline transport, except through specific alternate destination or treat-and-refer programs with quality management and medical oversight.

Mandates technicians explain the health risks and consequences of not being transported to each patient.

Allows technicians to inform patients of their right to accept or decline transport, as long as it is not done to coerce the patient into declining services.