50-6-322. Staffing -- nonemergency ambulance transports -- transports in rural areas. An emergency medical service that is staffed primarily by volunteer emergency care providers may staff an ambulance with one emergency care provider licensed at an emergency medical technician-basic level or higher and one driver trained in the operation of emergency vehicles for the following types of responses:
(1) nonemergency ambulance transports;
(2) emergency medical service provided by an ambulance company located in a county with a population of fewer than 20,000 residents; and
(3) emergency medical service provided by an ambulance company located in a county with a population of 20,000 residents or more if the ambulance company is transporting a patient from a community within that county that has a population of 1,500 residents or less to the nearest health care facility that is able to meet the patient's medical needs.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 354, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 220, L. 2019.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 6. Emergency Medical Services
Part 3. Ambulance Service Licensing
50-6-304. Cooperative agreements -- gifts, grants, and donations
50-6-308. Cancellation of license
50-6-310. Notice and hearing required
50-6-311. Return of license for destruction or deletion
50-6-314. Authority of department to compel and take testimony
50-6-315. County attorney to prosecute violations
50-6-316. Criminal and civil penalties
50-6-317. Liability protection
50-6-318. and 50-6-319 reserved
50-6-320. Private air ambulance service -- findings -- exemptions from insurance code
50-6-322. Staffing -- nonemergency ambulance transports -- transports in rural areas
50-6-323. Powers and duties of department
50-6-325. Waiver of licensing requirements