April 11, 2018, Introduced by Senator CASPERSON and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 20921b.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 20921b. (1) A limited or advanced ambulance operation
whose primary service area is in a county or micropolitan area 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 or advanced 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 advanced 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 or micropolitan area 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 an increased
level of licensure when staffed with an EMT-specialist or EMT-
paramedic 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.
(3) As used in this section, "micropolitan area" means a
micropolitan statistical area as most recently delineated by the
United States Office of Management and Budget.