Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 170.000 - Emergency Medical Services System
Section 170.490 - Ambulance Identification
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(A) All ambulance services shall comply with the requirements for vehicle markings, emblems, and warning devices in the specifications set out in administrative requirements of the Department with regard to their Class I and Class II ambulances.
(B) Each certified ambulance shall be equipped with emergency warning lights and audible warning devices as provided for in the class for which the vehicle is certified.
(C) The use of emergency warning lights and/or audible warning devices is permitted only as needed when an ambulance is on a call for the purpose of an emergency transport of a sick or injured person or at the scene or en route to the scene of an emergency.
(D) Each certified Class I or Class II ambulance shall have the name under which the ambulance service is licensed prominently lettered on the back and sides of the vehicle.
(E) No ambulance may display any words, markings or lettering which indicate or represent a special care ambulance, unless the use of each such identifier has been approved by the Department.
