(2) A person or governmental unit which operates an ambulance may not authorize a person to act for it as an emergency medical services provider unless the emergency medical services provider is licensed under this chapter.
(3) A person or governmental unit may not operate or allow to be operated in this state any ambulance unless it is operated with at least one emergency medical services provider who is licensed at a level higher than emergency medical responder.
(4) It is a defense to any charge under this section that there was a reasonable basis for believing that the performance of services contrary to this section was necessary to preserve human life, that diligent effort was made to obtain the services of a licensed emergency medical services provider and that the services of a licensed emergency medical services provider were not available or were not available in time as under the circumstances appeared necessary to preserve such human life.
(5) Subsections (1) to (3) of this section are not applicable to any individual, group of individuals, partnership, entity, association or other organization otherwise subject thereto providing a service to the public exclusively by volunteer unpaid workers, nor to any person who acts as an ambulance attendant therefor, provided that in the particular county in which the service is rendered, the county court or board of county commissioners has by order, after public hearing, granted exemption from such subsections to the individual, group, partnership, entity, association or organization. When exemption is granted under this section, any person who attends an individual who is ill or injured or who has a disability in an ambulance may not purport to be an emergency medical services provider. [Formerly 682.135; 2007 c.70 §311; 2011 c.703 §9]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 682 - Regulation of Ambulance Services and Emergency Medical Services Providers
Section 682.025 - Definitions.
Section 682.028 - False statements and misrepresentations regarding license prohibited.
Section 682.031 - Local ordinances regulating ambulances and emergency medical services providers.
Section 682.035 - Application of ORS chapter 682.
Section 682.045 - Licenses; form and contents; future responsibility filing.
Section 682.047 - Issuance of license; duration; transferability; display; replacement; fees; rules.
Section 682.059 - Online publication of annual report.
Section 682.062 - County plan for ambulance and emergency medical services; rules.
Section 682.063 - Requirements for adoption and review of ambulance service plan by counties.
Section 682.068 - Minimum requirements for vehicles and services; rules.
Section 682.071 - Exchange of services agreement for ambulance and emergency medical services.
Section 682.075 - Ambulance construction, maintenance and operation; compliance requirements; rules.
Section 682.079 - Power of Oregon Health Authority to grant exemptions or variances; rules.
Section 682.089 - Replacement of one ambulance service by another.
Section 682.111 - Requirements for bonds.
Section 682.113 - Action against surety on bond by judgment creditor.
Section 682.117 - Methods of satisfying financial responsibility requirements; use of deposit.
Section 682.208 - License; training and educational requirements.
Section 682.212 - Application fee; examination fee.
Section 682.218 - Substitute for education requirements for license by indorsement; rules.
Section 682.224 - Discipline; purpose; civil penalty.
Section 682.400 - Emergency medical services transport reimbursement program.
Section 682.403 - Emergency Medical Services Fund.