Sec. 3. (a) A certificate or license is not required for a person who provides emergency ambulance service, an emergency medical technician, an ambulance, a nontransporting emergency medical services vehicle, or advanced life support when doing any of the following:
(1) Providing assistance to persons certified to provide emergency ambulance service or to emergency medical technicians.
(2) Operating from a location or headquarters outside Indiana to provide emergency ambulance services to patients who are picked up outside Indiana for transportation to locations within Indiana.
(3) Providing emergency medical services during a major catastrophe or disaster with which persons or ambulances certified to provide emergency ambulance services are insufficient or unable to cope.
(b) An agency or instrumentality of the United States and any paramedic, advanced emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician, or emergency medical responder of the agency or instrumentality is not required to:
(1) be certified or licensed; or
(2) conform to the standards prescribed under this chapter.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-39-12(a).]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.186-1995, SEC.10; P.L.22-2005, SEC.20; P.L.77-2012, SEC.24.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 31. Emergency Medical Services
Chapter 3. Certification Requirements for the Provision of Emergency Medical Services
16-31-3-0.5. "Nontransporting Emergency Medical Services Vehicle"
16-31-3-1. Certification or License Required
16-31-3-2. Standards for Certification and Licensure
16-31-3-3. Exceptions to Certification or Licensure Requirement
16-31-3-5. Waiver of Rules; Requirements; Waiver Expiration; Renewal; Orders
16-31-3-7. Withholding of Certificate or License
16-31-3-8. Applications for Certificates and Licenses
16-31-3-9. Duration of Certificate or License
16-31-3-10. Renewal of Certificates and Licenses; Conditions
16-31-3-11. Certificates and Licenses Nonassignable and Nontransferable
16-31-3-14.5. Denial or Permanent Revocation for Conviction of Specified Crimes
16-31-3-16. Misrepresentation of Certification or Licensure; Penalty
16-31-3-17. Violation; Penalty
16-31-3-18. Advanced Life Support; Scope
16-31-3-20. Advanced Life Support Services Development; Licensure Requirements for Paramedics; Rules
16-31-3-21. Persons Permitted to Perform Advanced Life Support
16-31-3-22. Advanced Life Support Certification; Exemptions; Offenses
16-31-3-23. Administration of Epinephrine by a Certified Emergency Medical Technician
16-31-3-23.5. Use of Overdose Intervention Drugs; Prescription, Drug Order, or Protocol
16-31-3-23.7. Administration of an Overdose Intervention Drug; Report
16-31-3-24. Authority for Implementation of Certification Program for Emergency Services Personnel
16-31-3-25. Tactical Emergency Medicine Provider; Qualifications; Rules