§ 8139. Stretcher and wheelchair vehicles.
(a) Stretcher vehicle.--A stretcher vehicle is a ground vehicle other than an ambulance that is utilized to transport by stretcher persons who do not receive and cannot reasonably be anticipated to require medical assessment, monitoring, treatment or observation during transportation, but who, due to their physical condition, require vehicle transportation while on a stretcher or in a wheelchair.
(b) Wheelchair vehicle.--A wheelchair vehicle is a ground vehicle other than an ambulance that is used to transport by wheelchair persons who do not receive and cannot reasonably be anticipated to require medical assessment, monitoring, treatment or observation during transportation, but who, due to their physical condition, require vehicle transportation while on a stretcher or in a wheelchair.
(c) Prohibition.--Operation by an entity of a stretcher vehicle or wheelchair vehicle to transport a person who is known or reasonably should be known by the entity to require medical assessment, monitoring, treatment or observation during transportation shall constitute unlawful operation of an ambulance for purposes of section 8156(a) and (c) (relating to penalties) and, if used as an ambulance by an EMS agency, shall constitute misconduct in operating an EMS agency under section 8142(a)(7) (relating to emergency medical services agency license sanctions). For purposes of this section, unlawful operation includes, but is not limited to, the transportation of the person to or from a facility, a physician's office or any other location to receive or from which the person received health care services.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 81 - Emergency Medical Services System
Section 8101 - Short title of chapter
Section 8102 - Declaration of policy
Section 8104 - Emergency medical services system programs
Section 8105 - Duties of department
Section 8106 - Emergency medical services patient care reports
Section 8107 - Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation
Section 8107.1 - Accreditation of trauma centers
Section 8107.2 - Submission of list
Section 8107.4 - Notification of trauma center closure
Section 8107.6 - Certification and financial report
Section 8108 - State Advisory Board
Section 8109 - Regional emergency medical services councils
Section 8111 - Comprehensive plan
Section 8112 - Contracts and grants
Section 8112.1 - Scholarships for recruitment, training and retention
Section 8113 - Emergency medical services providers
Section 8114 - Emergency medical responders
Section 8115 - Emergency medical technicians
Section 8116 - Advanced emergency medical technicians
Section 8118 - Prehospital registered nurses
Section 8119 - Prehospital physician extenders
Section 8120 - Prehospital emergency medical services physicians
Section 8121 - Certification sanctions
Section 8122 - Emergency medical services vehicle operators
Section 8123 - Suspension of certification
Section 8124 - Emergency medical services instructors
Section 8125 - Medical director of emergency medical services agency
Section 8126 - Medical command physicians and facility medical directors
Section 8127 - Medical command facilities
Section 8128 - Receiving facilities
Section 8129 - Emergency medical services agencies
Section 8130 - Advanced life support ambulances
Section 8132 - Advanced life support squad vehicles
Section 8133 - Basic life support ambulances
Section 8134 - Basic life support squad vehicles
Section 8135 - Quick response services
Section 8136 - Special operations emergency medical services
Section 8137 - First aid and other services
Section 8138 - Other vehicles and services
Section 8139 - Stretcher and wheelchair vehicles
Section 8140 - Conditional temporary licenses
Section 8141 - Plans of correction
Section 8142 - Emergency medical services agency license sanctions
Section 8151 - Limitations on liability
Section 8153 - Support of emergency medical services
Section 8154 - Prohibited acts
Section 8155 - Surrender of license, accreditation or certification