144E.40 COOPER/SAMS VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Establishment. The Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance program is established. The program is intended to recognize the service rendered to state and local government and the citizens of Minnesota by qualified ambulance service personnel, and to reward qualified ambulance service personnel for significant contributions to state and local government and […]
144E.41 PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY; QUALIFIED AMBULANCE SERVICE PERSONNEL. (a) Persons eligible to participate in the Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance program are qualified ambulance service personnel. (b) Qualified ambulance service personnel are ambulance attendants, ambulance drivers, and ambulance service medical directors or medical advisors who meet the following requirements: (1) employment of the person by or provision by […]
144E.42 COOPER/SAMS VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE TRUST; TRUST ACCOUNT. Subdivision 1. Trust. There is established the Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance trust. Subd. 2. Trust account. (a) There is established in the general fund the Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance trust account and the Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance award and account. (b) The trust account must be credited with: (1) general fund […]
144E.43 DISTRIBUTIONS FROM ACCOUNT. Subdivision 1. Award payments. (a) The Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board or the board’s designee under section 144E.40, subdivision 2, shall pay Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance awards to qualified ambulance service personnel determined to be entitled to an award under section 144E.46 by the board based on the submissions by the various […]
144E.44 TRUST ACCOUNT INVESTMENT. The trust account must be invested by the State Board of Investment in nonretirement funds established under the provisions of section 11A.14. The trust account must be invested in investment accounts so that the asset allocation is similar to the asset allocation of the income share account of the Minnesota supplemental […]
144E.45 CREDITING QUALIFIED AMBULANCE PERSONNEL SERVICE. Subdivision 1. Separate record keeping. The board or the board’s designee under section 144E.40, subdivision 2, shall maintain a separate record of potential award accumulations for each qualified ambulance service person under subdivision 2. Subd. 2. Potential allocations. (a) On November 1, annually, the board or the board’s designee […]
144E.46 COOPER/SAMS VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE AWARD. (a) A qualified ambulance service person who has terminated active ambulance service, who has at least five years of credited ambulance service, who is at least 50 years old, and who is among the 400 persons with the greatest amount of credited ambulance service applying for a longevity award during […]
144E.47 EFFECT OF CHANGES. Subdivision 1. Modifications. The Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance program is a gratuity established by the state of Minnesota and may be modified by subsequent legislative enactment at any time without creating any cause of action for any ambulance service personnel related to the program as a result. No provision of Laws 1993, […]
144E.48 SCOPE OF ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES. For purposes of administering the award and incentive program, the board cannot hear appeals, direct ambulance services to take any specific actions, investigate or take action on individual complaints, or otherwise act on information beyond that submitted by the licensed ambulance services. History: 1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 62; […]
