Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 35 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 81 - Emergency Medical Services System

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 81 was added August 18, 2009, P.L.308, No.37,...

Section 8101 - Short title of chapter - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

Section 8102 - Declaration of policy - § 8102. Declaration of policy. The General Assembly finds and...

Section 8103 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...

Section 8104 - Emergency medical services system programs - § 8104. Emergency medical services system programs. (a) Planning and...

Section 8105 - Duties of department - (a) Duty.--It shall be the duty of the department to...

Section 8106 - Emergency medical services patient care reports - § 8106. Emergency medical services patient care reports. (a) Preparation.--An...

Section 8107 - Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation - (a) Trauma center accreditation.--The foundation shall develop a private voluntary...

Section 8107.1 - Accreditation of trauma centers - (a) Standards.--The foundation shall accredit Level III trauma centers by...

Section 8107.2 - Submission of list - The foundation shall annually submit to the Department of Human...

Section 8107.3 - Funding - (a) Distribution.--Beginning fiscal year 2008-2009 and each year thereafter, the...

Section 8107.4 - Notification of trauma center closure - A hospital that receives funds under section 8107.3 (relating to...

Section 8107.5 - Reporting - (a) General rule.--On March 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, the...

Section 8107.6 - Certification and financial report - (a) Certification.--Before funds are provided, a trauma center qualifying for...

Section 8108 - State Advisory Board - § 8108. State Advisory Board. (a) Designation and composition.--The board...

Section 8109 - Regional emergency medical services councils - § 8109. Regional emergency medical services councils. (a) Purpose.--Regional EMS...

Section 8111 - Comprehensive plan - (a) Preparation.-- (1) The department, with the assistance of the...

Section 8112 - Contracts and grants - § 8112. Contracts and grants. (a) General power.--The department may...

Section 8112.1 - Scholarships for recruitment, training and retention - (a) Utilization.--Except as provided under subsection (d), money transferred under...

Section 8113 - Emergency medical services providers - (a) Certification.--The department shall issue certifications for the following types...

Section 8114 - Emergency medical responders - (a) Scope of practice.--An EMR performs for an EMS agency...

Section 8115 - Emergency medical technicians - (a) Scope of practice.--An EMT performs basic EMS skills involving...

Section 8116 - Advanced emergency medical technicians - (a) Scope of practice.--An advanced EMT performs basic EMS and...

Section 8117 - Paramedics - (a) Scope of practice.--A paramedic is a higher-level EMS provider...

Section 8118 - Prehospital registered nurses - (a) Scope of practice.--A PHRN is a higher-level EMS provider...

Section 8119 - Prehospital physician extenders - (a) Scope of practice.--A PHPE is a higher-level EMS provider...

Section 8120 - Prehospital emergency medical services physicians - (a) Scope of practice.--A prehospital EMS physician is a higher-level...

Section 8121 - Certification sanctions - § 8121. Certification sanctions. (a) Grounds for discipline.--The department may...

Section 8122 - Emergency medical services vehicle operators - (a) Certification.--An EMS vehicle operator certification shall be permanent, subject...

Section 8123 - Suspension of certification - § 8123. Suspension of certification. (a) Temporary suspensions.--The department may...

Section 8124 - Emergency medical services instructors - § 8124. Emergency medical services instructors. (a) Certification.--An EMS instructor's...

Section 8125 - Medical director of emergency medical services agency - § 8125. Medical director of emergency medical services agency. (a)...

Section 8126 - Medical command physicians and facility medical directors - § 8126. Medical command physicians and facility medical directors. (a)...

Section 8127 - Medical command facilities - § 8127. Medical command facilities. (a) Certification required.--To operate as...

Section 8128 - Receiving facilities - § 8128. Receiving facilities. (a) Purpose.--A receiving facility is a...

Section 8129 - Emergency medical services agencies - (a) License required.--A person may not, as an owner, agent...

Section 8130 - Advanced life support ambulances - (a) Purpose.--An ALS ambulance crew provides medical assessment, triage, monitoring,...

Section 8131 - Air ambulances - (a) Purpose.--An air ambulance is a rotorcraft staffed by a...

Section 8132 - Advanced life support squad vehicles - (a) Purpose.--An ALS squad vehicle transports EMS providers above the...

Section 8133 - Basic life support ambulances - (a) Purpose.--A BLS ambulance crew provides medical assessment, triage, monitoring,...

Section 8134 - Basic life support squad vehicles - (a) Purpose.--A BLS squad vehicle transports an EMS provider, along...

Section 8135 - Quick response services - (a) Purpose.--A QRS uses EMS providers to respond to calls...

Section 8136 - Special operations emergency medical services - (a) Purpose.--A special operations EMS service provides EMS in situations...

Section 8137 - First aid and other services - (a) Purpose.--An EMS agency may provide EMS at industrial sites,...

Section 8138 - Other vehicles and services - The department may by regulation prescribe EMS vehicle and service...

Section 8139 - Stretcher and wheelchair vehicles - § 8139. Stretcher and wheelchair vehicles. (a) Stretcher vehicle.--A stretcher...

Section 8140 - Conditional temporary licenses - When an EMS agency or an applicant for a license...

Section 8141 - Plans of correction - (a) Correction of violation.--Upon determining that an EMS agency has...

Section 8142 - Emergency medical services agency license sanctions - (a) Grounds for discipline.--The department may discipline an EMS agency...

Section 8151 - Limitations on liability - The following shall apply: (1) No medical command physician, medical...

Section 8152 - Peer review - § 8152. Peer review. (a) Immunity from liability.-- (1) A...

Section 8153 - Support of emergency medical services - (a) Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund.--There is established a special...

Section 8154 - Prohibited acts - § 8154. Prohibited acts. (a) Making false ambulance requests.--It shall...

Section 8155 - Surrender of license, accreditation or certification - § 8155. Surrender of license, accreditation or certification. The department...

Section 8156 - Penalties - § 8156. Penalties. (a) Unlicensed agency.--A person who operates a...

Section 8157 - Adjudications and judicial review - § 8157. Adjudications and judicial review. Except as provided under...

Section 8158 - Injured police animals - (a) Transportation.--An emergency response provider may transport a police animal...