Minnesota Administrative Rules

4690.1800 MAINTENANCE AND SANITATION OF AMBULANCES.

Maintenance and sanitation:

A.

Each ambulance must be maintained in full operating condition and in good repair and documentation of maintenance must be kept in the licensee's file.

B.

The interior of the ambulance, including all storage areas, must be kept clean so as to be free from dirt, grease, and other offensive matter.

C.

If an ambulance has been used to transport a patient who is known or should be known by the attendant or driver to have a transmissible infection or contagious disease, other than a common cold, liable to be transmitted from person to person through exposure or contact, surfaces in the interior of the ambulance and surfaces of equipment and materials that come in contact with such patient must, immediately after each use, be cleaned so as to be free from dirt, grease, and other offensive matter and be disinfected or disposed in a secure container so as to prevent the presence of a level of microbiologic agents injurious to health.

D.

Smoking in any portion of the ambulance is prohibited.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144.804; 144E.16

Published Electronically:

December 12, 2012