SB-0929, As Passed Senate, December 13, 2018

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 929

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

"Public health code,"

(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 20921a.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 20921a. (1) A limited ambulance operation whose primary

service area is in a county with a population of 10,000 or less and

whose primary service area has a population density of fewer than 7

people per square mile may have an ambulance available at less than

the limited level of licensure if both of the following conditions

are met:

     (a) The medical control authority under which the ambulance

operation operates authorizes the lesser availability.

     (b) The ambulance operation has department-approved local

medical control authority protocols in place.

     (2) A basic ambulance operation whose primary service area is

in a county with a population of 10,000 or less and whose primary

service area has a population density of fewer than 7 people per

square mile may operate at a limited ambulance operation level of

licensure when staffed with an advanced EMT if all of the following

conditions are met:

     (a) The basic ambulance is equipped at the greater licensure

level.

     (b) The medical control authority under which the ambulance

operation operates authorizes the conditional increased level of

licensure.

     (c) The basic ambulance operation has department-approved

local medical control authority protocols in place.