Sec. 20921a.

(1) A limited ambulance operation whose primary service area is in a county with a population of 10,000 or less and whose primary service area has a population density of fewer than 7 people per square mile may have an ambulance available at less than the limited level of licensure if both of the following conditions are met:

(a) The medical control authority under which the ambulance operation operates authorizes the lesser availability.

(b) The ambulance operation has department-approved local medical control authority protocols in place.

(2) A basic ambulance operation whose primary service area is in a county with a population of 10,000 or less and whose primary service area has a population density of fewer than 7 people per square mile may operate at a limited ambulance operation level of licensure when staffed with an advanced EMT if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The basic ambulance is equipped at the greater licensure level.

(b) The medical control authority under which the ambulance operation operates authorizes the conditional increased level of licensure.

(c) The basic ambulance operation has department-approved local medical control authority protocols in place.

History: Add. 2018, Act 398, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2018 Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties of department of licensing and regulatory affairs relative to registration, licensing, or regulation of professional occupations arising from part 209 of the public health code, including board, commission, council, or similar entity providing regulation of health professionals under part 209 of article 17 of the public health code to department of health and human services, see E.R.O. No. 2017-3, compiled at MCL 333.26254.Former MCL 333.20921a, which pertained to ambulance availability for county or micropolitan area with population 10,000 or less and density less than 7 people per square mile, was repealed by Act 413 of 2014, Eff. Jan. 1, 2018.Popular Name: Act 368