AMBULANCE SERVICES

See also AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

Addresses, license applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Advanced ambulance services

Attendants, Minn. Rules 4690.2200

Communications equipment, see same under this topic

Drivers

Killed in the line of duty, death benefits, Minn. Rules 7521.0200

License applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Medical directors, see same under this topic

Requirements, generally, Minn. Rules 4690.2200 to 4690.2700

Scheduled service, Minn. Rules 4690.0100, 4690.2800

Advanced life support

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Paramedic education programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.285

Who may perform, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.16

Advertising, restrictions, Minn. Rules 4690.3200

Advertising, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.16

Affidavits

Ambulance personnel, service, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.41, 144E.45

Hearings, evidence, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.19

Agreements by

License applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Nonemergency telephone numbers, sharing, Minn. Rules 7580.0500

Air ambulance services

Air ambulances, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.121, 360.653, Minn. Rules 4690.0100, 4690.3600

Aviation fuel tax, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2025 296A.09

Licenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.12

Medical assistance, Minn. Rules 9505.0315, 9505.0445

Rules, compliance, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.121

Ambulance service personnel

Air ambulance emergency medical personnel, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.121

Annual assessment, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.265

Attendants, see same under this topic

Definitions, health care directives, Minn. Statutes 2025 145C.01

Directories, Minn. Statutes 2025 214.071

Drivers

Killed in the line of duty, death benefits, Minn. Rules 7521.0200

License applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Education and training, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.121

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Interhospital and interfacility transfers, substitution, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.127

Patients receiving intravenous therapy, basic ambulance services, Minn. Rules 4690.0800

Representation, Trauma Advisory Council, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.608

Retirement, public employees defined contribution plan, Minn. Statutes 2025 353D.03

Soft body armor, reimbursement, Minn. Statutes 2025 299A.38, Minn. Rules 7522.0100 to 7522.1000

Variance for hardship, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.31

Applications by, primary service areas, change, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.07

Approvals by, other services, expansion of primary service areas, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.07

Attendants

Advanced ambulance services, minimum, Minn. Rules 4690.2200

Bloodborne pathogens, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.7401

Certificates and certification, emergency care courses, Minn. Statutes 2025 169.58

Continuing education, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.52

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.7401

Education and training, drugs and medicines, variances, Minn. Rules 4690.8300

Education costs, reimbursements, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.35

Emergency medical services personnel, see under EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

Intravenous therapy, administering, restrictions, Minn. Rules 4690.0800

Killed in the line of duty, death benefits, Minn. Rules 7521.0200

License applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Motor vehicles, red lamps, Minn. Statutes 2025 169.58

Retirement

Longevity award and incentive program, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.40 to 144E.48

Public employees defined contribution plan, Minn. Statutes 2025 353D.01 to 353D.10

Termination, notice given, Minn. Statutes 2025 169.58

Volunteer personnel, see same under this topic

Backup coverage, license applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Base of operations

Change of base of operations, Minn. Rules 4690.0200, 4690.3400

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.001, Minn. Rules 4690.0100

Expansion procedures, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.14, 144E.15

License applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Licenses, see same under this topic

Primary service areas, Minn. Rules 4690.3400

Relocation, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.15

Basic ambulance services

Drugs, administering, restrictions, Minn. Rules 4690.0800

Patient transport, restrictions, Minn. Rules 4690.0800

Scheduled service, Minn. Rules 4690.0100, 4690.2800

Basic life support, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Billing, uniform forms, use, Minn. Statutes 2025 62J.52

Cessation of operations, Minn. Statutes 2025 169.58

Change, defined, Minn. Rules 4690.0100

Change in type of service

Defined, Minn. Rules 4690.0100

Primary service areas, Minn. Rules 4690.3400

Change of base of operations

Defined, Minn. Rules 4690.0100

License applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Primary service areas, Minn. Rules 4690.3400

Chief administrative officers, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.41, 144E.45

Cities, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.16, 471.476

Claimant agencies, ambulance service defined as, Minn. Statutes 2025 270A.03

Claims, revenue recapture, priority, Minn. Statutes 2025 270A.10

Collective bargaining, agreements, violation reporting, effect, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.305

Committees, defined as review organizations, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.32, 145.61

Communications bases

Defined, Minn. Rules 4690.0100

License applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Communications equipment

License applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Performance and repair, Minn. Rules 4690.2000, 4690.2700

Complaints, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.125

Comprehensive health insurance plans, qualified plans, coverage, Minn. Statutes 2025 62E.06

Contempts, subpoenas, noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.30

Contested cases, licenses, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.19

Contracts and agreements, EMT training programs, clinical sites, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.285

Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance program, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.40 to 144E.48

Cooperation, nonemergency telephone numbers, sharing, Minn. Rules 7580.0500

Counties

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.476

Regulation, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.16

Crew members, see Attendants under this topic

Data, see GOVERNMENT DATA

Definitions

Bloodborne pathogens, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.7401

Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance program, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.45

Emergency Medical Services Office, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.001, 144E.101

Floodwood Area Ambulance District, Minn. Statutes 2025 275.067

Health care directives, emergency medical services personnel, Minn. Statutes 2025 145C.01

Health care information, review organizations, Minn. Statutes 2025 145.61

One call excavation notice system, Minn. Statutes 2025 216D.01

Pipeline Safety Office, Minn. Statutes 2025 299J.02

Definitions, Health Department, Minn. Rules 4690.0100

Denial of service, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Determination by, longevity award and incentive program, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.40

Disasters, services provided during, application of rules, Minn. Rules 4690.3100

Drivers

Certificates and certification, emergency care courses, Minn. Statutes 2025 169.58

Drivers' licenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Emergency vehicle driving courses, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Headphones in vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2025 169.471

Hours of service, Minn. Statutes 2025 221.031

Killed in the line of duty, death benefits, Minn. Rules 7521.0200

License applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

License classification, see Classification under DRIVERS LICENSES

Motor vehicles owned by, red lamps, Minn. Statutes 2025 169.58

Retirement

Longevity award and incentive program, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.40 to 144E.48

Public employees defined contribution plan, Minn. Statutes 2025 353D.01 to 353D.10

Termination, notice given, Minn. Statutes 2025 169.58

Volunteer personnel, see same under this topic

Drug overdoses, emergency medical assistance, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Drugs and medicine

Administering, basic ambulance services, restrictions, Minn. Rules 4690.0800

Advanced life support, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101, 144E.103

Operational procedures, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.125

Variances, Minn. Rules 4690.8300

Education programs, approval, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.011

Emergencies, suspension of requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.266

Emergency calls and communications, see under EMERGENCIES

Emergency responders

Ambulance services defined as, Minn. Statutes 2025 216D.01, 299J.02

Retirement

Longevity award and incentive program, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.40 to 144E.48

Public employees defined contribution plan, Minn. Statutes 2025 353D.01 to 353D.10

Variances, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Emergency telecommunications systems, generally, Minn. Rules 7580.0100 to 7580.1100

Emergency telecommunications systems, services, availability, Minn. Statutes 2025 403.03

Employees, see Ambulance service personnel under this topic

EMT-P training programs

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.285

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.33

Evidence

Hearings, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.19

License applications, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.11

Fees, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.16

Financial data, Minn. Statutes 2025 62J.49

Financial data, license applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Fines, violations, generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.31

Floodwood Area Ambulance District, Minn. Statutes 2025 275.065 to 275.067

Freestanding outpatient surgical centers, availability, Minn. Rules 4675.0400

Funding, emergency medical services district tax proceeds, Minn. Statutes 2025 144F.01

Guidelines, triage, treatment, and transportation, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.265

Health care facilities, licenses, see Licenses under this topic

Health care information, review, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.32

Health care taxes, Minn. Statutes 2025 295.50 to 295.59

Hearings, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.19, 144E.30

Hennepin County

Drivers and attendants, drivers' licenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 383B.56

Exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.476

Hennepin County Medical Center, medical assistance, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.196

Hospital districts, generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.476

Hours of service, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Infection control, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.125

Infectious waste management, Minn. Statutes 2025 116.78

Injunctions, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.30

Inspections, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.11, 144E.18

Inspections, hindering, Minn. Rules 4690.3300

Interfacility transfers, ambulance personnel, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.127

Interhospital transfers, ambulance personnel, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.127

Investigations, cooperation, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.30

Judicial review, license applications, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.11

Licensees

Advanced life support, medical control agreements, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Agreements by, mutual aid, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Approvals by, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.28

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.001

Directories, Minn. Statutes 2025 214.071

Emergency vehicle driving courses, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Fines, notice about, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.31

Hearing rights, licenses, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.19

Liability, mandatory reporting, immunity, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.305

Operational procedures, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.125

Reports given, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.305

Service of process on, temporary license suspension orders, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.19

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.30

Licenses

Air ambulance services, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.12

Applications, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.11, 144E.12, 144E.19, Minn. Rules 4690.0200, 4690.3400

Change, defined, Minn. Rules 4690.0100

Data about

Collection, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.123

Sharing, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.123

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.001

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.11, 144E.16, 144E.29

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.10, 144E.11, Minn. Rules 4690.7900

Primary service areas, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.10, 144E.11, 144E.13

Renewal dates, Minn. Rules 4690.7900

Revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.19, 144E.31

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.16

Scheduled ambulance services, Minn. Rules 4690.2800

Temporary licenses, issuance, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.13

Transfer, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.13

Local governments, shared service purchasing agreements, Municipal Contracting Law, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.345

Medical advisers

Defined, Minn. Rules 4690.0100

License applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Medical advisors, longevity award and incentive program, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.40 to 144E.48

Medical assistance

Coverage, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0625

Covered services, Minn. Rules 9505.0315

Hennepin County Medical Center, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.196

Payment rates, Minn. Rules 9505.0445

Medical control, advanced life support, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Medical directors

Advanced ambulance services, Minn. Rules 4690.2200

Drugs and medicine, variances, duties, Minn. Rules 4690.8300

Duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101, 144E.265

License applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Longevity award and incentive program, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.40 to 144E.48

Recommendations by, EMT instructors, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.283

Statements by, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101, 144E.121, 144E.265

Training, Minn. Rules 4690.2200

Verification by, intermediate emergency care course program students, Minn. Rules 4690.5600

Medical resource communication centers

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.001

Grants, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.53

Medical treatment and procedures

Restrictions, Minn. Rules 4690.0800

Treatment, defined, Minn. Rules 4690.0100

Medicare assignment, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2025 62J.25

Mobile health care evaluation and screening providers, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.077

Motor fuel taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 296A.07, 296A.08

Municipal ambulance services, defined as claimant agencies, Minn. Statutes 2025 270A.03

Natural disasters, services during, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.16

Nonmetropolitan areas

Basic life support ambulances, staffing, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Mutual aid, ambulance services in border states, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Obstructing, criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.50

Operational procedures, licensees, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.125

Operational standards, Minn. Rules 4900.2800

Orders

Correction orders, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.31

Subpoenas, compliance, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.30

Orders, correction orders, Minn. Rules 4690.3300

Ownership, license applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Ownership, transfer, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.14

Part-time advanced life support, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Patient care, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101, 144E.123

Patient transport, patients receiving intravenous therapy, basic ambulance services, restrictions, Minn. Rules 4690.0800

Payments to

Health plan companies, Minn. Statutes 2025 62J.48

Public health response contingency fund, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.4199

Rural EMS uncompensated care pool payment program, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.55

Primary service areas

Air ambulance services, application of rules, Minn. Rules 4690.3600

Declaration, Minn. Rules 4690.0200, 4690.3400

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.001, 144E.06

Designation and modification, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.011

Expansion, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.07, 144E.14, 144E.15

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.07

License applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Licenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.10, 144E.11, 144E.13

Maximum area, Minn. Rules 4690.3400

Reasonableness, criteria, Minn. Rules 4690.3400

Requirements, Minn. Rules 4690.3400

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.06

Scheduled ambulance services, Minn. Rules 4690.2800

Service outside, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Public ambulance services, sales and use taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 297A.67, 297A.68

Public employees defined contribution plan, see PUBLIC EMPLOYEES DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

Recommendations by, ambulance services, license applications, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.11

Records and record keeping

Advanced life support, medical control agreements, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Air ambulance personnel, training completion, statements, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.121

Ambulances, maintenance, Minn. Rules 4690.1800

Basic ambulance services, patients receiving intravenous therapy, physician's information, Minn. Rules 4690.0800

Investigations, copies, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.30

License applications, documentation, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Mutual aid agreements, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Operational procedures, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.125

Personnel files, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Surveillance and integrity review program (health services), Minn. Rules 9505.2175

Variances, Minn. Rules 4690.8300

Regulation, generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Reports about, primary services areas, change, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.07

Reports given

Data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.123

Health care taxes, qualifying exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 295.53

Prehospital care, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.123

Trip reports, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.16

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.305

Representation, county 911 planning committees, Minn. Rules 7580.0300

Requests by, correction orders, reconsideration, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.31

Revenue recapture, see REVENUE RECAPTURE

Review organizations, ambulance services defined as, Minn. Statutes 2025 145.61

Saint Louis County, contracts, Minn. Statutes 2025 383C.201

Scheduled ambulance services

Defined, Minn. Rules 4690.0100

Generally, Minn. Rules 4690.2800

Service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.30

Service utilization, license applications, information requirements, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Siren, Public Safety Department, see EMERGENCY VEHICLES

Special transportation services, see SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, Minn. Rules 8840.5400, 8840.5450, 8840.5800

Specialized life support, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) transport protocols, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.16

Staffing, see Ambulance service personnel under this topic

Standards, local governments, establishing, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.16

Standards, Scheduled ambulance services, Minn. Rules 4690.2800

Stroke transport protocols, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.16

Subpoenas, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.30

Substations

Defined, Minn. Rules 4690.0100

License applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Primary service areas, Minn. Rules 4690.3400

Supplies, purchasing, Municipal Contracting Law, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.345

Telephone numbers

Emergency, Minn. Rules 7580.0100 to 7580.1100

License applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Nonemergency numbers, Minn. Rules 7580.0500

Tiller operators, see Classification under DRIVERS LICENSES

Towns, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.476

Transcripts, contested case hearings, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.11

Trauma patients, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.604, 144E.101

Treatment

Defined, Minn. Rules 4690.0100

Restrictions, Minn. Rules 4690.0800

Triage, defined, Minn. Rules 4690.0100

Types of service, licenses, applications, Minn. Rules 4690.0200

Types of service, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.16

Unemployment insurance, charges against employers, exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 268.047

Variances

Ambulance services personnel, certification, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.101

Defined, Minn. Rules 4690.0100

Drugs and medicines, Minn. Rules 4690.8300

Generally, Minn. Rules 4690.8200

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.16

Violations and penalties, generally, correction orders, Minn. Rules 4690.3300

Volunteer ambulance drivers, wages, frequency of payment, Minn. Statutes 2025 181.101

Volunteer ambulance services, Minn. Statutes 2025 295.52, 471.88

Volunteer personnel

Attendants

Compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.001, 144E.41, 471.3458

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.001, 176.011

License plates, special plates, Minn. Statutes 2025 168.12

Longevity award and incentive program, salary, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.41

Tire purchases, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.3458

Bloodborne pathogens, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.7401

Compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2025 268.051, 268.085, 353.01

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.7401, 176.011, 353.01

Drivers, Minn. Statutes 2025 169.58, 176.011

Emergency medical services personnel, see under EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

Liability, immunity, Minn. Statutes 2025 604A.01

License plates, special, Minn. Statutes 2025 168.12

Public employees, considered as, Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance program, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.47

Retirement

Longevity award and incentive program, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.40 to 144E.48

Public employees defined contribution plan, Minn. Statutes 2025 353D.01 to 353D.10

Public employees police and fire fund, Minn. Statutes 2025 353.01

Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2025 353.01

Volunteers

Drivers, motor vehicle lighting devices, Minn. Rules 7425.2600

Intermediate emergency care course students, Minn. Rules 4690.5600

Waivers

Defined, Minn. Rules 4690.0100

Generally, Minn. Rules 4690.8100

Waivers, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.16

Witnesses, hearings, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.30