Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1) These rules
shall not apply to the transport ambulance services referred to in §
22-18-2, Code of Ala.
1975, and listed below, except when the services listed in (a) or
(e) are offering or proposing to offer ALS services, as defined in these rules,
to the public. All transport ambulance services offering or proposing to offer
ALS services to the public shall become licensed as emergency medical provider
service operators under these rules.
(a)
Volunteer rescue squads that are members of the Alabama Association of Rescue
Squads, Inc., that are not offering ALS services and that are not voluntarily
licensed as a BLS transport service.
(b) Ambulances operated by a federal agency
of the United States.
(c) Out of
state services and Alabama licensed ambulances (ground or air) that are
rendering assistance in the case of a major catastrophe, emergency, or natural
disaster in which the active licensed EMS personnel and emergency medical
provider services of Alabama are determined insufficient. All out of state
services and Alabama licensed services shall notify the OEMS of their
deployment to and departure from an emergency area. The OEMS may grant
temporary approval for such ambulances and services until the incident can be
managed by local Alabama licensed personnel and services.
(d) Out of state ambulances that either pick
up patients in Alabama and transport to facilities outside Alabama or pick up
patients outside Alabama and deliver to facilities in Alabama.
(e) BLS ambulances operated by a private
business or industry exclusively as a free service to employees of such
business or industry.
(f) Specialty
care ambulances that are utilized for interfacility transfers only and that are
verified and approved by the OEMS prior to operation.
Rule
420-2-1-.03 was renumbered
420-2-1-.26 as per certification Filed February 20, 2019; effective April 7,
2019.
Authors: William Crawford, M.D.; Jamie
Gray
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
1975, §
22-18-1, et seq.
