Minnesota Legislature
HF 250
as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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A bill for an act
relating to health; modifying provisions for ambulance service and interhospital
transfer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 144E.101, subdivision
6; 144E.127; 144E.35, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144E.101, subdivision 6, is amended to
read:
Subd. 6.
Basic life support.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (e), a basic life
support ambulance shall be staffed by at least two ambulance service personnel, at least
one of which must be an EMT, who provide a level of care so as to ensure that:
(1) life-threatening situations and potentially serious injuries are recognized;
(2) patients are protected from additional hazards;
(3) basic treatment to reduce the seriousness of emergency situations is administered;
and
(4) patients are transported to an appropriate medical facility for treatment.
(b) A basic life support service shall provide basic airway management.
(c) By January 1, 2001, a basic life support service shall provide automatic
defibrillation, as provided in section 144E.103, subdivision 1, paragraph (b).
(d) A basic life support service licensee's medical director may authorize the
ambulance service personnel to carry and to use medical antishock trousers and to perform
intravenous infusion if the ambulance service personnel have been properly trained.
(e) Upon application from an ambulance service that includes evidence
demonstrating hardship, the board may grant a deleted text begin temporarydeleted text end variance from the staff
requirements in paragraph (a) and may authorize a basic life support ambulance to be
staffed by one EMT and one first responder. The variance shall apply to basic life support
ambulances operated by the ambulance service deleted text begin for up to one year from the date of the
variance's issuancedeleted text end new text begin until the ambulance service renews its licensenew text end . When a variance
expires, an ambulance service may apply for a new variance under this paragraph. For
purposes of this paragraph, "ambulance service" means either an ambulance service whose
primary service area is located outside the metropolitan counties listed in section 473.121,
subdivision 4, and outside the cities of Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rochester, and St.
Cloud; or an ambulance service based in a community with a population of less than 1,000.
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144E.127, is amended to read:
144E.127 INTERHOSPITALnew text begin ; INTERFACILITYnew text end TRANSFER.
new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Interhospital transfers. new text end
When transporting a patient from one
licensed hospital to another, a licensee may substitute for one of the required ambulance
service personnel, a physician, a registered nurse, or physician's assistant who has been
trained to use the equipment in the ambulance and is knowledgeable of the licensee's
ambulance service protocols.
new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Interfacility transfers. new text end
new text begin
In an interfacility transport, a licensee whose
primary service area is located outside the metropolitan counties listed in section 473.121,
subdivision 4, and outside the cities of Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rochester, and St.
Cloud; or an ambulance service based in a community with a population of less than 1,000,
may substitute one EMT with a registered first responder if an EMT or EMT-paramedic,
physician, registered nurse, or physician's assistant is in the patient compartment. If using
a physician, registered nurse, or physician's assistant as the sole provider in the patient
compartment, the individual must be trained to use the equipment in the ambulance and be
knowledgeable of the ambulance service protocols.
new text end
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144E.35, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Repayment for volunteer training.
deleted text begin Any political subdivision, or
nonprofit hospital or nonprofit corporation operatingdeleted text end A licensed ambulance service shall
be reimbursed by the board for the necessary expense of the initial training of a volunteer
ambulance attendant upon successful completion by the attendant of a basic emergency
care course, or a continuing education course for basic emergency care, or both, which has
been approved by the board, pursuant to section 144E.285. Reimbursement may include
tuition, transportation, food, lodging, hourly payment for the time spent in the training
course, and other necessary expenditures, except that in no instance shall a volunteer
ambulance attendant be reimbursed more than deleted text begin $450deleted text end new text begin $600 new text end for successful completion of a
basic course, and deleted text begin $225deleted text end new text begin $275 new text end for successful completion of a continuing education course.