1999 Minnesota Statutes

     144E.35 Reimbursement to nonprofit ambulance services. 

    Subdivision 1.    Repayment for volunteer training.  Any 
 political subdivision, or nonprofit hospital or nonprofit 
 corporation operating 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 $450 for successful completion of a basic course, and 
 $225 for successful completion of a continuing education course. 

    Subd. 2.    Reimbursement provisions.  Reimbursement 
 will be paid under provisions of this section when documentation 
 is provided the board that the individual has served for one 
 year from the date of the final certification exam as an active 
 member of a Minnesota licensed ambulance service. 

    HIST: 1977 c 305 s 45; 1977 c 427 s 1; 1979 c 316 s 9; 1986 c 
 444; 1987 c 209 s 39; 1989 c 134 s 11; 1990 c 568 art 2 s 14; 
 1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 23; 1995 c 207 art 9 s 16; 1997 c 199 s 14; 
 1999 c 8 s 2; 1999 c 245 art 9 s 65