Effective 5/5/2021 26-8a-301. General requirement. (1) Except as provided in Section 26-8a-308 or 26-8b-201: (a) an individual may not provide emergency medical services without a license or certification issued under Section 26-8a-302; (b) a facility or provider may not hold itself out as a designated emergency medical service provider or nonemergency secured behavioral health transport […]
Effective 7/1/2022 26-8a-302. Licensure of emergency medical service personnel. (1) To promote the availability of comprehensive emergency medical services throughout the state, the committee shall establish: (a) initial and ongoing licensure and training requirements for emergency medical service personnel in the following categories: (i) paramedic; (ii) advanced emergency medical services technician; (iii) emergency medical services […]
Effective 5/14/2019 26-8a-303. Designation of emergency medical service providers and nonemergency secured behavioral health transport providers. (1) To ensure quality emergency medical services, the committee shall establish designation requirements for: (a) emergency medical service providers in the following categories: (i) quick response provider; (ii) resource hospital for emergency medical providers; (iii) emergency medical service dispatch […]
Effective 5/14/2019 26-8a-304. Permits for emergency medical service vehicles and nonemergency secured behavioral health transport vehicles. (1) (a) To ensure that emergency medical service vehicles and nonemergency secured behavioral health transport vehicles are adequately staffed, safe, maintained, properly equipped, and safely operated, the committee shall establish permit requirements at levels it considers appropriate in the […]
26-8a-305. Ambulance license required for emergency medical transport. Except as provided in Section 26-8a-308, only an ambulance operating under a permit issued under Section 26-8a-304 may transport an individual who: (1) is in an emergency medical condition; (2) is medically or mentally unstable, requiring direct medical observation during transport; (3) is physically incapacitated because of […]
Effective 5/5/2021 26-8a-306. Medical control. (1) The committee shall establish requirements for the coordination of emergency medical services rendered by emergency medical service providers, including the coordination between prehospital providers, hospitals, emergency patient receiving facilities, and other appropriate destinations. (2) The committee shall establish requirements for the medical supervision of emergency medical service providers to […]
Effective 7/1/2021 26-8a-307. Patient destination. (1) If an individual being transported by a ground or air ambulance is in a critical or unstable medical condition, the ground or air ambulance shall transport the patient to the trauma center or closest emergency patient receiving facility appropriate to adequately treat the patient. (2) If the patient’s condition […]
Effective 5/9/2017 26-8a-308. Exemptions. (1) The following persons may provide emergency medical services to a patient without being licensed under this chapter: (a) out-of-state emergency medical service personnel and providers in time of disaster; (b) an individual who gratuitously acts as a Good Samaritan; (c) a family member; (d) a private business if emergency medical […]
26-8a-309. Out-of-state vehicles. (1) An ambulance or emergency response vehicle from another state may not pick up a patient in Utah to transport that patient to another location in Utah or to another state without a permit issued under Section 26-8a-304 and, in the case of an ambulance, a license issued under Part 4, Ambulance […]
Effective 9/1/2022 26-8a-310. Background clearance for emergency medical service personnel. (1) Subject to Section 26-8a-310.5, the department shall determine whether to grant background clearance for an individual seeking licensure or certification under Section 26-8a-302 from whom the department receives: (a) the individual’s social security number, fingerprints, and other personal identification information specified by the department […]
Effective 5/5/2021 26-8a-310.5. Background check requirements for emergency medical dispatchers. An emergency medical dispatcher seeking certification under Section 26-8a-302 shall undergo the background clearance process described in Section 26-8a-310 unless the emergency medical dispatcher can demonstrate that the emergency medical dispatcher has received and currently holds an approved Department of Public Safety background clearance. Enacted […]
