Office of the Revisor of Statutes
Minnesota Session Laws - 1997, Regular Session
Key: (1) language to be deleted (2) new language
CHAPTER 199-H.F.No. 257
An act relating to health; establishing licensing
requirements for the provision of ambulance service;
relocating provisions related to emergency medical
services; appropriating money; providing penalties;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 144E; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996,
sections 144.801; 144.802; 144.803; 144.804; and
144.806.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES REGULATORY BOARD
Section 1. [144E.001] [DEFINITIONS.]
Subdivision 1. [SCOPE.] For the purposes of sections
144E.001 to 144E.52, the terms defined in this section have the
meanings given them.
Subd. 2. [AMBULANCE.] "Ambulance" means any vehicle
designed or intended for and actually used in providing
ambulance service to ill or injured persons or expectant mothers.
Subd. 3. [AMBULANCE SERVICE.] "Ambulance service" means
transportation and treatment which is rendered or offered to be
rendered preliminary to or during transportation to, from, or
between health care facilities for ill or injured persons or
expectant mothers. The term includes all transportation
involving the use of a stretcher, unless the person to be
transported is not likely to require medical treatment during
the course of transport.
Subd. 4. [BASE OF OPERATIONS.] "Base of operations" means
the address at which the physical plant housing ambulances,
related equipment, and personnel is located.
Subd. 5. [BOARD.] "Board" means the emergency medical
services regulatory board.
Subd. 6. [FIRST RESPONDER.] "First responder" means an
individual who is registered by the board to perform, at a
minimum, basic emergency skills before the arrival of a licensed
ambulance service, and is a member of an organized service
recognized by a local political subdivision whose primary
responsibility is to respond to medical emergencies to provide
initial medical care before the arrival of a licensed ambulance
service.
Subd. 7. [LICENSE.] "License" means authority granted by
the board for the operation of an ambulance service in the state
of Minnesota.
Subd. 8. [LICENSEE.] "Licensee" means a natural person,
partnership, association, corporation, or unit of government
which possesses an ambulance service license.
Subd. 9. [MUNICIPALITY.] "Municipality" means any city of
any class, however organized, and any town.
Subd. 10. [PRIMARY SERVICE AREA.] "Primary service area"
means the geographic area that can reasonably be served by an
ambulance service.
Sec. 2. [144E.05] [GENERAL AUTHORITY.]
Subdivision 1. [GRANTS OR GIFTS.] The board may accept
grants or gifts of money, property, or services from a person, a
public or private entity, or any other source for an emergency
medical health purpose within the scope of its statutory
authority.
Subd. 2. [CONTRACTS.] The board may enter into contractual
agreements with a person or public or private entity for the
provision of statutorily prescribed emergency medical
services-related activities by the board. The contract shall
specify the services to be provided and the amount and method of
reimbursement for the contracted services. Funds generated in a
contractual agreement made pursuant to this section are
appropriated to the board for purposes of providing the services
specified in the contracts.
LIFE SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
Sec. 3. [144E.06] [PRIMARY SERVICE AREAS.]
The board shall adopt rules defining primary service areas
under which the board shall designate each licensed ambulance
service as serving a primary service area or areas.
Sec. 4. [144E.07] [SUMMARY APPROVAL.]
Subdivision 1. [ELIMINATING OVERLAP; EXPANSION.] An
ambulance service may request a change in its primary service
area, as established under section 144E.06, to eliminate any
overlap in primary service areas or to expand its primary
service area to provide service to a contiguous, but
undesignated, primary service area. An ambulance service
requesting a change in its primary service area must submit a
written application to the board on a form provided by the board
and must comply with the requirements of this section.
Subd. 2. [RETRACTION.] An applicant requesting to retract
service from a geographic area within its designated primary
service area must provide documentation showing that another
licensed ambulance service is providing or will provide
ambulance coverage within the proposed area of withdrawal.
Subd. 3. [OVERLAPPING EXPANSION.] An applicant requesting
to provide service in a geographic area that is within the
primary service area of another licensed ambulance service or
services must submit documentation from the service or services
whose primary service areas overlap the proposed expansion area,
approving the expansion and agreeing to withdraw any service
coverage from the proposed expanded area. The application may
include documentation from the public safety answering point
coordinator or coordinators endorsing the proposed change.
Subd. 4. [NO PRIMARY SERVICE.] An applicant requesting to
provide service in a geographic area where no primary ambulance
service has been designated must submit documentation of
approval from the ambulance service or services which are
contiguous to the proposed expansion area. The application may
include documentation from the public safety answering point
coordinator or coordinators endorsing the proposed change. If a
licensed ambulance service provides evidence of historically
providing 911 ambulance coverage to the undesignated area, it is
not necessary to provide documentation from the contiguous
ambulance service or services approving the change. At a
minimum, a 12-month history of primary ambulance coverage must
be included with the application.
Subd. 5. [REPORTING.] The board shall report any approved
change to the local public safety answering point coordinator.
Sec. 5. [144E.10] [AMBULANCE SERVICE LICENSING.]
Subdivision 1. [LICENSE REQUIRED.] No natural person,
partnership, association, corporation, or unit of government may
operate an ambulance service within this state unless it
possesses a valid license to do so issued by the board. The
license shall specify the base of operations, the primary
service area, and the type or types of ambulance service for
which the licensee is licensed. The licensee shall obtain a new
license if it wishes to expand its primary service area, or to
provide a new type or types of service. The cost of licenses
shall be in an amount prescribed by the board pursuant to
section 144E.05. Licenses shall expire and be renewed in
accordance with rules adopted by the board.
Subd. 2. [REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW LICENSES.] The board shall
not issue a license authorizing the operation of a new ambulance
service, provision of a new type or types of ambulance service
by an existing service, or an expanded primary service area for
an existing service unless the requirements of this section and
sections 144E.16 and 144E.18 are met.
Sec. 6. [144E.11] [AMBULANCE SERVICE APPLICATION
PROCEDURE.]
Subdivision 1. [WRITTEN APPLICATION.] Each prospective
licensee and each present licensee wishing to offer a new type
or types of ambulance service or to expand a primary service
area shall make written application for a license to the board
on a form provided by the board.
Subd. 2. [APPLICATION NOTICE.] The board shall promptly
send notice of the completed application to each county board,
community health board, governing body of a regional emergency
medical services system designated under section 144E.50,
ambulance service, and municipality in the area in which
ambulance service would be provided by the applicant. The board
shall publish the notice, at the applicant's expense, in the
State Register and in a newspaper in the municipality in which
the base of operation is or will be located, or if no newspaper
is published in the municipality or if the service is or would
be provided in more than one municipality, in a newspaper
published at the county seat of the county or counties in which
the service would be provided.
Subd. 3. [COMMENTS.] Each municipality, county, community
health board, governing body of a regional emergency medical
services system, ambulance service, and other person wishing to
make recommendations concerning the disposition of the
application shall make written recommendations or comments
opposing the application to the board within 30 days of the
publication of notice of the application in the State Register.
Subd. 4. [CONTESTED CASE EXEMPTION; PROCEDURE.] (a) If no
more than five written comments opposing the application have
been received by the board under subdivision 3, and the board
has determined, after considering the factors listed under
subdivision 6, that the proposed service or expansion of primary
service area is needed, the applicant shall be exempt from the
contested case hearing process under subdivision 5.
(b) An applicant exempted from a contested case hearing
under this subdivision shall furnish additional information, as
requested by the board, to support its application. The board
shall approve the application and grant a license to the
applicant within 30 days after final submission of requested
information to the board, and upon a determination by the board
that the applicant is in compliance with the rules adopted by
the board and with the inspection requirements of section
144E.18.
(c) If an applicant does not comply with the inspection
requirements under section 144E.18 within one year of the
board's approval of its application, the license shall be
denied. The one-year time limit applies to any licensing
decision made by the board or to any prior licensing decision
made by the commissioner of health or an administrative law
judge.
(d) If, after considering the factors under subdivision 6,
the board determines that the proposed service or expansion of
primary service area is not needed, the case shall be treated as
a contested case under subdivision 5, paragraphs (c) to (g).
Subd. 5. [CONTESTED CASE; PROCEDURE.] (a) If more than
five written comments opposing the application are received by
the board as specified under subdivision 3, the board shall give
the applicant the option of immediately proceeding to a
contested case hearing or trying to resolve the objections
within 30 days.
(b) If, after considering the factors under subdivision 6,
the board determines that the proposed service or expansion of
primary service area is not needed, the board shall give the
applicant the option of immediately proceeding to a contested
case hearing or using up to 30 days to satisfy the board that
the proposed service or expansion of primary service area is
needed.
(c) The board shall request that the chief administrative
law judge appoint an administrative law judge to hold a public
hearing in the municipality in which the applicant's base of
operation is or will be located:
(1) if more than five opposing comments remain after 30
days;
(2) if, after considering the factors under subdivision 6,
the board determines that the proposed service or expansion of
primary service area is not needed after 30 days; or
(3) at the applicant's initial request.
(d) If the applicant's base of operation is located outside
of Minnesota, the hearing shall be held at a location within the
area in which service would be provided in Minnesota. The
public hearing shall be conducted as a contested case hearing
under chapter 14. The board shall pay the expenses for the
hearing location and the administrative law judge.
(e) The board shall provide notice of the public hearing,
at the applicant's expense, in the State Register and in the
newspaper or newspapers in which the notice was published under
subdivision 2 for two successive weeks at least ten days before
the date of the hearing.
(f) The administrative law judge shall:
(1) hold a public hearing as specified in paragraphs (c)
and (d);
(2) allow any interested person the opportunity to be
heard, to be represented by counsel, and to present oral and
written evidence at the public hearing; and
(3) provide a transcript of the hearing at the expense of
any individual requesting it.
(g) The administrative law judge shall review and comment
upon the application and make written recommendations as to its
disposition to the board within 90 days of publication of notice
of the hearing in the State Register. In making the
recommendations, the administrative law judge shall consider and
make written comments as to whether the proposed service or
expansion in primary service area is needed, based on
consideration of the factors specified in subdivision 6.
Subd. 6. [REVIEW CRITERIA.] When reviewing an application
for licensure, the board and administrative law judge shall
consider the following factors:
(1) the relationship of the proposed service or expansion
in primary service area to the current community health plan as
approved by the commissioner of health under section 145A.12,
subdivision 4;
(2) the recommendations or comments of the governing bodies
of the counties, municipalities, and regional emergency medical
services system designated under section 144E.50 in which the
service would be provided;
(3) the deleterious effects on the public health from
duplication, if any, of ambulance services that would result
from granting the license;
(4) the estimated effect of the proposed service or
expansion in primary service area on the public health; and
(5) whether any benefit accruing to the public health would
outweigh the costs associated with the proposed service or
expansion in primary service area. The administrative law judge
shall recommend that the board either grant or deny a license or
recommend that a modified license be granted. The reasons for
the recommendation shall be set forth in detail. The
administrative law judge shall make the recommendations and
reasons available to any individual requesting them.
Subd. 7. [LICENSING DECISION.] After receiving the
administrative law judge's report, the board shall approve or
deny the application and grant the license within 60 days if the
application is approved, and upon determination by the board,
that the applicant is in compliance with the rules adopted by
the board and with the inspection requirements of section
144E.18. In approving or denying an application, the board
shall consider the administrative law judge's report, the
evidence contained in the application, and any hearing record
and other applicable evidence. The board's decision shall be
based on a consideration of the factors contained in subdivision
6. If the board determines to grant the applicant a license,
the applicant must comply with the inspection requirements under
144E.18 within one year of the board's approval of the
application or the license will be denied. This one-year time
limit applies to any licensing decision by the board or to any
prior licensing decision made by the commissioner of health or
an administrative law judge.
Subd. 8. [FINAL DECISION.] The board's decision made under
subdivision 7 shall be the final administrative decision. Any
person aggrieved by the board's decision or action shall be
entitled to judicial review in the manner provided in sections
14.63 to 14.69.
Sec. 7. [144E.12] [LICENSURE OF AIR AMBULANCE SERVICES.]
Except for submission of a written application to the board
on a form provided by the board, an application to provide air
ambulance service shall be exempt from the provisions of section
144E.11. A license issued pursuant to this section need not
designate a primary service area. No license shall be issued
under this section unless the board determines that the
applicant complies with sections 144E.10, 144E.11, subdivision
1, 144E.16, and 144E.18 and the requirements of applicable
federal and state statutes and rules governing aviation
operations within the state.
Sec. 8. [144E.13] [TEMPORARY LICENSE.]
The board may issue a temporary license when a primary
service area would be deprived of ambulance service. The
temporary license shall expire when an applicant has been issued
a regular license under this section. The temporary license
shall be valid no more than six months from date of issuance. A
temporary licensee must provide evidence that the licensee will
meet the requirements of section 144E.16 and the rules adopted
under this chapter.
Sec. 9. [144E.14] [TRANSFER OF LICENSE OR OWNERSHIP.]
A license, or the ownership of a licensed ambulance
service, may be transferred only upon approval of the board,
based upon a finding that the proposed licensee or proposed new
owner of a licensed ambulance service meets or will meet the
requirements of section 144E.16. If the proposed transfer would
result in an addition of a new base of operations, expansion of
the service's primary service area, or provision of a new type
or types of ambulance service, the board shall require the
prospective licensee or owner to comply with section 144E.11.
The board may approve the license or ownership transfer prior to
completion of the application process described in section
144E.11 upon obtaining written assurances from the proposed
licensee or proposed new owner that no expansion of the
service's primary service area or provision of a new type or
types of ambulance service will occur during the processing of
the application. If requesting a transfer of its base of
operations, an applicant must comply with the requirements of
section 144E.15.
Sec. 10. [144E.15] [RELOCATION OF BASE OF OPERATIONS.]
To relocate the base of operations to another municipality
or township within its primary service area, a licensee must
provide written notification to the board prior to relocating.
The board shall review the proposal to determine if relocation
would adversely affect service coverage within the primary
service area. The applicant must furnish any additional
information requested by the board to support its proposed
transfer. If the board does not approve the relocation
proposal, the licensee must comply with the application
requirements for a new license under section 144E.11.
Sec. 11. [144E.16] [AMBULANCE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.]
Subdivision 1. [DRIVERS AND ATTENDANTS.] No publicly or
privately owned basic ambulance service shall be operated in the
state unless its drivers and attendants possess a current
emergency care course certificate authorized by rules adopted by
the board according to chapter 14. Until August 1, 1997, a
licensee may substitute a person currently certified by the
American Red Cross in advanced first aid and emergency care or a
person who has successfully completed the United States
Department of Transportation first responder curriculum, and who
has also been trained to use basic life support equipment as
required by rules adopted by the board under subdivision 4 for
one of the persons on a basic ambulance, provided that person
will function as the driver while transporting a patient. The
board may grant a variance to allow a licensed ambulance service
to use attendants certified by the American Red Cross in
advanced first aid and emergency care and, until August 1, 1997,
to use attendants who have successfully completed the United
States Department of Transportation first responder curriculum,
and who have been trained to use basic life support equipment as
required by rules adopted by the board under subdivision 4, in
order to ensure 24-hour emergency ambulance coverage.
Subd. 2. [EQUIPMENT AND STAFF.] (a) Every ambulance
offering ambulance service shall be equipped as required by the
board and carry at least the minimal equipment necessary for the
type of service to be provided as determined by standards
adopted by the board pursuant to subdivision 3.
(b) Each ambulance service shall offer service 24 hours per
day every day of the year, unless otherwise authorized by the
board.
(c) Each ambulance while transporting a patient shall be
staffed by at least a driver and an attendant, according to
subdivision 1. An ambulance service may substitute for the
attendant a physician, osteopath, registered nurse, or
physician's assistant who is qualified by training to use
appropriate equipment in the ambulance. Advanced life support
procedures including, but not limited to, intravenous fluid
administration, drug administration, endotracheal intubation,
cardioversion, defibrillation, and intravenous access may be
performed by the physician, osteopath, registered nurse, or
physician's assistant who has appropriate training and
authorization, and who provides all of the equipment and
supplies not normally carried on basic ambulances.
Subd. 3. [DENIAL OF SERVICE PROHIBITED.] An ambulance
service shall not deny emergency ambulance service to any person
needing emergency ambulance service because of inability to pay
or due to source of payment for services if the need develops
within the licensee's primary service area. Transport for the
patient may be limited to the closest appropriate emergency
medical facility.
Subd. 4. [TYPES OF SERVICES TO BE REGULATED.] (a) The
board may adopt rules needed to regulate ambulance services in
the following areas:
(1) applications for licensure;
(2) personnel qualifications and staffing standards;
(3) quality of life support treatment;
(4) restricted treatments and procedures;
(5) equipment standards;
(6) ambulance standards;
(7) communication standards, equipment performance and
maintenance, and radio frequency assignments;
(8) advertising;
(9) scheduled ambulance services;
(10) ambulance services in time of disaster;
(11) basic, intermediate, advanced, and refresher emergency
care course programs;
(12) continuing education requirements;
(13) trip reports;
(14) license fees, vehicle fees, and expiration dates; and
(15) waivers and variances.
(b) These rules shall apply to the following types of
ambulance service:
(1) basic ambulance service that provides a level of care
to ensure that life-threatening situations and potentially
serious injuries can be recognized, patients will be protected
from additional hazards, basic treatment to reduce the
seriousness of emergency situations will be administered, and
patients will be transported to an appropriate medical facility
for treatment;
(2) intermediate ambulance service that provides (i) basic
ambulance service, and (ii) intravenous infusions or
defibrillation or both;
(3) advanced ambulance service that provides (i) basic
ambulance service, and (ii) advanced airway management,
defibrillation, and administration of intravenous fluids and
pharmaceuticals. Vehicles of advanced ambulance service
licensees not equipped or staffed at the advanced ambulance
service level shall not be identified to the public as capable
of providing advanced ambulance service;
(4) specialized ambulance service that provides basic,
intermediate, or advanced service as designated by the board,
and is restricted by the board to (i) less than 24 hours of
every day, (ii) designated segments of the population, or (iii)
certain types of medical conditions; and
(5) air ambulance service, that includes fixed-wing and
helicopter, and is specialized ambulance service.
Until rules are promulgated, the current provisions of
Minnesota Rules shall govern these services.
Subd. 5. [LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S POWERS.] (a) Local units of
government may, with the approval of the board, establish
standards for ambulance services which impose additional
requirements upon such services. Local units of government
intending to impose additional requirements shall consider
whether any benefit accruing to the public health would outweigh
the costs associated with the additional requirements.
(b) Local units of government that desire to impose
additional requirements shall, prior to adoption of relevant
ordinances, rules, or regulations, furnish the board with a copy
of the proposed ordinances, rules, or regulations, along with
information that affirmatively substantiates that the proposed
ordinances, rules, or regulations: (1) will in no way conflict
with the relevant rules of the board; (2) will establish
additional requirements tending to protect the public health;
(3) will not diminish public access to ambulance services of
acceptable quality; and (4) will not interfere with the orderly
development of regional systems of emergency medical care.
(c) The board shall base any decision to approve or
disapprove local standards upon whether or not the local unit of
government in question has affirmatively substantiated that the
proposed ordinances, rules, or regulations meet the criteria
specified in paragraph (b).
Subd. 6. [DRIVERS.] An ambulance service vehicle shall be
staffed by a driver possessing a current Minnesota driver's
license or equivalent and whose driving privileges are not under
suspension or revocation by any state. If red lights and siren
are used, the driver must also have completed training approved
by the board in emergency driving techniques. An ambulance
transporting patients must be staffed by at least two persons
who are trained according to subdivision 1 or section 144E.25,
one of whom may be the driver. A third person serving as driver
shall be trained according to this subdivision.
Sec. 12. [144E.30] [PENALTIES; DISCIPLINARY ACTION.]
Subdivision 1. [SUSPENSION; REVOCATION; NONRENEWAL.] The
board may initiate a contested case hearing upon reasonable
notice to suspend, revoke, refuse to renew, or place conditions
on the license of a licensee upon finding that the licensee has
violated a provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this
chapter, or has ceased to provide the service for which the
licensee is licensed. The board may initiate a contested case
hearing upon reasonable notice to suspend, revoke, refuse to
renew, or place conditions on the credential of a person
credentialed by the board upon finding that the person
credentialed by the board has violated sections 144E.06 to
144E.30 or rules adopted thereunder. The board may also
initiate a contested case hearing upon reasonable notice to
suspend, revoke, refuse to renew, or place conditions on a
training program approved by the board upon finding that the
training program has violated sections 144E.06 to 144E.30, or
rules adopted thereunder.
Subd. 2. [TEMPORARY SUSPENSION.] (a) In addition to any
other remedy provided by law, the board may temporarily suspend
the license of a licensee, credential of a person, or approval
of a training program after conducting a preliminary inquiry to
determine if the board believes that the licensee, person, or
training program has violated a statute or rule that the board
is empowered to enforce and that the continued provision of
service by the licensee, person, or training program would
create an imminent risk to public health or harm to others.
(b) The order prohibiting the licensee, person credentialed
by the board, or training program approved by the board from
providing ambulance service, medical care, or training shall
give notice of the right to a hearing pursuant to this
subdivision and shall state the reasons for the entry of the
order.
(c) Service of the order is effective when the order is
served on the licensee, person credentialed by the board, or
representative of the training program personally or by
certified mail, which is complete upon receipt, refusal, or
return for nondelivery to the most recent address provided to
the board for the licensee, person, or training program.
(d) At the time the board issues a temporary suspension
order, the board shall schedule a hearing to be held before a
group of its members designated by the board which shall begin
no later than 60 days after issuance of the temporary suspension
order or within 15 working days of the date of the board's
receipt of a request for hearing by a licensee, person
credentialed by the board, or training program approved by the
board on the sole issue of whether there is a reasonable basis
to continue, modify, or lift the temporary suspension. This
hearing is not subject to chapter 14. Evidence presented by the
board, licensee, person credentialed by the board, or training
program approved by the board must be in the form of an
affidavit. The licensee, the person credentialed by the board,
a representative of the training program, or a counsel of record
may appear for oral argument.
(e) Within five working days of the hearing, the board
shall issue its order and, if the suspension is continued,
schedule a contested case hearing within 30 days of the issuance
of the order. The administrative law judge shall issue a report
and recommendation within 30 days after the closing of the
contested case hearing record. The board shall issue a final
order within 30 days after receipt of the administrative law
judge's report.
Subd. 3. [COOPERATION DURING INVESTIGATION.] A licensee,
person credentialed by the board, training program approved by
the board, or agent of one who is the subject of an
investigation or who is questioned in connection with an
investigation by or on behalf of the board shall cooperate fully
with the investigation. Cooperation includes responding fully
and promptly to any question raised by or on behalf of the board
relating to the subject of the investigation, executing all
releases requested by the board, providing copies of ambulance
service records, as reasonably requested by the board to assist
it in its investigation, and appearing at conferences or
hearings scheduled by the board. The board shall pay reasonable
costs for copies requested.
Subd. 4. [INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.] In addition to any other
remedy provided by law, the board may bring an action for
injunctive relief in the district court in Hennepin county or,
at the board's discretion, in the district court in the county
in which a violation of any statute, rule, or order that the
board is empowered to enforce or issue, has occurred, to enjoin
the violation.
Subd. 5. [SUBPOENA POWER.] The board may, as part of an
investigation to determine whether a serious public health
threat exists, issue subpoenas to require the attendance and
testimony of witnesses and production of books, records,
correspondence, and other information relevant to any matter
involved in the investigation. The board or the board's
designee may administer oaths to witnesses or take their
affirmation. The subpoenas may be served upon any person named
therein anywhere in the state by any person authorized to serve
subpoenas or other processes in civil actions of the district
courts. If a person to whom a subpoena is issued does not
comply with the subpoena, the board may apply to the district
court in any district and the court shall order the person to
comply with the subpoena. Failure to obey the order of the
court may be punished by the court as contempt of court. No
person may be compelled to disclose privileged information as
described in section 595.02, subdivision 1. All information
pertaining to individual medical records obtained under this
section shall be considered health data under section 13.38.
All other information is considered public data unless otherwise
protected under the Minnesota data practices act or other
specific law. The fees for the service of a subpoena must be
paid in the same manner as prescribed by law for service of
process used out of a district court. Subpoenaed witnesses must
receive the same fees and mileage as in civil actions.
Subd. 6. [PENALTIES.] Any person who violates a provision
of sections 144E.06 to 144E.30 is guilty of a misdemeanor. The
board may issue fines to ensure compliance with sections 144E.06
to 144E.30 and rules adopted thereunder. The board shall adopt
rules to implement a schedule of fines.
Sec. 13. [144E.27] [FIRST RESPONDER REGISTRATION.]
Subdivision 1. [TRAINING PROGRAMS.] Curriculum for initial
and refresher training programs must meet the current standards
of the United States Department of Transportation first
responder curriculum or its equivalent as determined by the
board.
Subd. 2. [REGISTRATION.] The board shall register the
following persons as first responders:
(1) a person who successfully completes a board-approved
initial or refresher first responder training program.
Registration under this clause is valid for two years and
expires at the end of the month in which the registration was
issued; or
(2) a person who is credentialed as a first responder by
the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians.
Registration under this clause expires the same day as the
National Registry credential.
Subd. 3. [RENEWAL.] (a) The board may renew the
registration of a first responder who:
(1) successfully completes a board-approved refresher
course; and
(2) submits a completed renewal application to the board
before the registration expiration date.
(b) The board may renew the lapsed registration of a first
responder who:
(1) successfully completes a board-approved refresher
course; and
(2) submits a completed renewal application to the board
within 12 months after the registration expiration date.
Subd. 4. [EXPIRATION.] A first responder registration
issued by the board or the commissioner of health before August
1, 1997, expires in 1999 at the end of the month in which it was
issued.
Sec. 14. [INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.]
(a) The revisor of statutes shall renumber each section of
Minnesota Statutes specified in column A with the number set
forth in column B. The revisor shall also make necessary
cross-reference changes consistent with the renumbering.
Column A Column B
144.807 144E.17
144.808 144E.18
144.809 144E.25
144.8091 144E.35
144.8093 144E.50
144.8095 144E.52
144C.01 144E.40
144C.02 144E.41
144C.03 144E.42
144C.05 144E.43
144C.06 144E.44
144C.07 144E.45
144C.08 144E.46
144C.09 144E.47
144C.10 144E.48
(b) In each section of Minnesota Statutes referred to in
column A, the revisor of statutes shall delete the reference in
column B and insert the reference in column C.
Column A Column B Column C
62J.25 144.801, subd. 4 144E.001, subd. 3
62J.48 144.802 144E.10
116.76, subd. 9 144.802 144E.10
144.761, subd. 4 144.801 to 144.8091 144E.001 to 144E.35
144.761, subd. 5 144.801 to 144.8091 144E.001 to 144E.35
144.807, subd. 1 144.801 to 144.806 144E.001 to 144E.16
144.808 144.801 to 144.804 144E.001 to 144E.16
144.809 144.804, subd. 7 144E.16, subd. 6
144.8091 144.804 144E.16
144C.02 144.804 144E.16
145A.02 144.804 144E.16
147A.09 144.804 144E.16
168.012, subd. 1 144.802 144E.10
174.29, subd. 1 144.801, subd. 4 144E.001, subd. 3
174.315, subd. 1 144.801, subd. 4 144E.001, subd. 3
297A.25, subd. 44 144.802 144E.10
297B.03 144.802 144E.10
353.64 144.804, subd. 3 144E.16, subd. 4
383B.221, subd. 2 144.801 to 144.8091 144E.001 to 144E.35
609.7495, subd. 1 144.801 144E.001
Sec. 15. [REPEALER.]
Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 144.801; 144.802;
144.803; 144.804; and 144.806, are repealed.
Sec. 16. [EFFECTIVE DATE.]
Section 2 is effective the day following final enactment.
Presented to the governor May 20, 1997
Signed by the governor May 22, 1997, 11:05 a.m.
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes