(a) Correction of violation.--Upon determining that an EMS agency has violated this chapter or regulations promulgated under this chapter, the department may issue a written notice to the EMS agency specifying the violation or violations that have been found. The notice shall require the EMS agency to take immediate action to discontinue the violation or to submit a plan of correction to the department, or both, to bring the EMS agency into compliance with applicable requirements. If the nature of the violation is such that the EMS agency cannot remedy the problem immediately and a plan of correction is therefore required, the department may direct that the violation be remedied within a specified period of time. The EMS agency shall submit a plan of correction within 30 days of the department's issuance of the written notice. If immediate corrective action is required, the notice from the department shall request and the EMS agency shall provide prompt confirmation that the corrective action has been taken.
(b) Discretion.--The department shall not afford the EMS agency an opportunity to correct a violation without facing disciplinary charges if the department determines that it is not in the public interest to do so.
Effective Date. Section 9(1) of Act 37 of 2009 provided that section 8141 shall take effect 180 days after the publication of the notice in section 7. The notice was published October 12, 2013, at 43 Pa.B. 6093.
Cross References. Section 8141 is referred to in section 8142 of this title.
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