Subdivision 1. Award payments. (a) The Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board or the board's designee under section 144E.40, subdivision 2, shall pay Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance awards to qualified ambulance service personnel determined to be entitled to an award under section 144E.46 by the board based on the submissions by the various ambulance services. Amounts necessary to pay the Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance award are appropriated from the Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance trust account to the board.
(b) If the state of Minnesota is unable to meet its financial obligations as they become due, the board shall undertake all necessary steps to discontinue paying Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance awards until the state of Minnesota is again able to meet its financial obligations as they become due.
Subd. 2. General creditors of the state. The trust account is at all times subject to a levy under an execution of any general creditor of the state of Minnesota, and if no other funds are available to satisfy that levy, the levy has priority for payment from the trust account before any Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance award.
1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 57; 1995 c 207 art 9 s 24; 1997 c 199 s 14; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 50; 2007 c 11 s 1
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 144E — Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board
Section 144E.001 — Definitions.
Section 144E.01 — Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board.
Section 144E.05 — General Authority.
Section 144E.06 — Primary Service Areas.
Section 144E.07 — Summary Approval.
Section 144E.10 — Ambulance Service Licensing.
Section 144E.101 — Ambulance Service Requirements.
Section 144E.11 — Ambulance Service Application Procedure.
Section 144E.12 — Licensure Of Air Ambulance Services.
Section 144E.121 — Air Ambulance Service Requirements.
Section 144E.123 — Prehospital Care Data.
Section 144E.125 — Operational Procedures.
Section 144E.127 — Interhospital And Interfacility Transfers.
Section 144E.13 — Temporary License.
Section 144E.14 — Transfer Of License Or Ownership.
Section 144E.15 — Relocation Of Base Of Operations.
Section 144E.16 — Rules; Local Standards.
Section 144E.18 — Inspections.
Section 144E.19 — Disciplinary Action.
Section 144E.265 — Medical Director.
Section 144E.266 — Emergency Suspension Of Ambulance Service Requirement.
Section 144E.27 — Education Programs; Board Approval.
Section 144E.275 — Medical Response Unit Registration.
Section 144E.28 — Certification Of Emt, Aemt, And Paramedic.
Section 144E.283 — Instructor Qualifications.
Section 144E.285 — Education Programs.
Section 144E.286 — Examiner Qualifications For Emergency Medical Technician Testing.
Section 144E.287 — Diversion Program.
Section 144E.30 — Cooperation; Board Powers.
Section 144E.305 — Reporting Misconduct.
Section 144E.31 — Correction Order And Fines.
Section 144E.32 — Review Organization.
Section 144E.35 — Reimbursement To Nonprofit Ambulance Services.
Section 144E.40 — Cooper/sams Volunteer Ambulance Program.
Section 144E.41 — Program Eligibility; Qualified Ambulance Service Personnel.
Section 144E.42 — Cooper/sams Volunteer Ambulance Trust; Trust Account.
Section 144E.43 — Distributions From Account.
Section 144E.44 — Trust Account Investment.
Section 144E.45 — Crediting Qualified Ambulance Personnel Service.
Section 144E.46 — Cooper/sams Volunteer Ambulance Award.
Section 144E.47 — Effect Of Changes.
Section 144E.48 — Scope Of Administrative Duties.
Section 144E.50 — Emergency Medical Services Fund.
Section 144E.52 — Funding For Emergency Medical Services Regions.