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MN HF423
Bill
Status
4/7/2015
Primary Sponsor
Jeff Backer
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AI Summary
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Eliminates the requirement for ambulance services to obtain a variance from the board to staff basic life-support ambulances with one EMT and one registered emergency medical responder driver for emergency calls and interfacility transfers.
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Allows basic life-support ambulances in non-metropolitan areas and communities with populations under 2,500 to be staffed with one EMT and one registered emergency medical responder driver without board approval.
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Permits subsequent emergency ambulance responses and interfacility transfers to be staffed by one registered emergency medical responder driver and one EMT for services in non-metropolitan areas and communities with populations under 1,000.
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Authorizes ambulance services in limited areas (non-metropolitan counties and communities under 2,500 population) to enter written agreements with neighboring licensed ambulance services to provide part-time support and suspend their own services for up to 12 hours per day.
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Effective the day following final enactment.
Legislative Description
Ambulance service staff requirement variance eliminated, alternative ambulance staffing allowed, and licensed ambulance service allowed in limited areas to accept full mutual aid support on a part-time basis.
Last Action
Secretary of State Chapter 6 03/27/15
4/7/2015