§ 20-13-201. Title
This subchapter may be cited as the “Emergency Medical Services Act”.
§ 20-13-202. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Air ambulance” means an aircraft, fixed or rotary wing, utilized for on-scene responses or transports deemed necessary by a physician and licensed by the Department of Health; (2) “Air ambulance services” means those services authorized and licensed by the department to provide care and air transportation of patients; (3) […]
§ 20-13-203. Applicability
(a) All municipal, county, or state-operated rescue services which choose to provide advanced life support skills to the general public but which do not transport patients except in mass casualty incidents shall comply with all rules and standards duly promulgated under this subchapter. (b) Furthermore, it is the intent of this subchapter that nothing contained […]
§ 20-13-204. Penalties
Any person violating this subchapter or any rule or order adopted in accordance with this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days in the county jail, or by […]
§ 20-13-205. Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council — Creation — Members
(a) There is created the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council, which shall consist of nineteen (19) members with a demonstrated interest in emergency medical services, to be appointed by the Governor as follows: (1) Four (4) members shall be licensed medical doctors of good professional standing. One (1) member shall be appointed representing each of […]
§ 20-13-206. Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council — Proceedings
(a) The Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council, within thirty (30) days after its appointment, shall organize as necessary to carry out its purposes as prescribed by this subchapter. (b) Procedures adopted, amended, or repealed by the council shall require a majority vote of all council members. (c) (1) At the initial organizational meeting of the […]
§ 20-13-207. Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council — Powers and duties
(a) The Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council shall recommend for adoption by the State Board of Health rules on all matters relating to emergency medical services, including without limitation: (1) Standards for licensure of ambulance and advanced life support rescue personnel; (2) Standards for equipment required on ambulance and advanced life support rescue vehicles; (3) […]
§ 20-13-208. State Board of Health — Powers and duties
(a) (1) The State Board of Health shall have the responsibility and authority to hold public hearings and promulgate and implement rules and standards which it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter. (2) However, before implementing any rules or standards, the board shall submit and obtain the review of the House […]
§ 20-13-209. Department of Health — Powers and duties
The Department of Health shall have the responsibility and authority to: (1) Administer this subchapter; (2) Enforce the rules and standards promulgated by the State Board of Health for the administration and enforcement of this subchapter; (3) Employ and prescribe the duties of employees as may be necessary to administer this subchapter; (4) Certify emergency […]
§ 20-13-210. Rules and standards — Review required
(a) (1) All rules and standards relating to emergency medical services promulgated and adopted by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council and the State Board of Health or any other state agency or department authorized to promulgate and adopt rules to carry out this subchapter shall be submitted to the House Committee on Public Health, […]
§ 20-13-211. Fees
The State Board of Health may establish the fees to be charged by the Department of Health to defray the cost of administering and enforcing this subchapter, as follows: (1) The testing fee not to exceed the cost of administering the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians examination; (2) (A) The licensure fee for emergency […]
§ 20-13-212. Additional fees
(a) There is imposed an additional annual fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for the inspection and permitting of ambulances. The fee shall be collected in addition to the fee provided in § 20-13-211(5). (b) There is imposed an annual fee of five hundred dollars ($500) for the issuance or renewal of an operational permit […]
§ 20-13-213. Ambulance standards
All ambulances operating in this state shall meet all standards prescribed by and under this subchapter and be licensed under this subchapter, and all personnel operating ambulances in this state shall meet the standards prescribed under this subchapter.
§ 20-13-214. Military emergency medical personnel
(a) Military personnel who return to the State of Arkansas following active duty and who received emergency medical training on active duty shall be granted initial licensure from the Department of Health as emergency medical services personnel under this subchapter, upon proof from the military that the individual received emergency medical training while on active […]
§ 20-13-215. Award of flag upon death — Definition
(a) When a person licensed by the Division of Emergency Medical Services of the Department of Health dies in the course of employment, in recognition of and appreciation for the service of the deceased person, the Department of Health may award one (1) United States flag to the deceased person’s spouse or family. (b) As […]