2003 Minnesota Statutes

     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. 

    HIST: 1997 c 199 s 4