SB2220 Summary

• Amends section 23-27-04 of the North Dakota Century Code regarding emergency medical services operator standards and licensing requirements.

• Prohibits performance standards rules from including response time standards for emergency medical services operations.

• Allows emergency medical services officers, employees, or agents to refuse transport for individuals when transport is not medically necessary and may recommend alternative courses of action.

• Transport refusal authority requires the prehospital emergency medical service to have developed protocols that include direct medical control procedures for refusing transport.