401.2101 – Short title.
401.2101 Short title.—This part may be cited as the “Raymond H. Alexander, M.D., Emergency Medical Transportation Services Act.” History.—s. 1, ch. 92-78.
401.211 – Legislative intent.
401.211 Legislative intent.—The Legislature recognizes that the systematic provision of emergency medical services saves lives and reduces disability associated with illness and injury. In addition, that system of care must be equally capable of assessing, treating, and transporting children, adults, and frail elderly persons. Further, it is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the development […]
401.23 – Definitions.
401.23 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term: (1) “Acute and postacute hospital care at home” means acute and postacute health care services provided in a clinically qualified patient’s permanent residence, as defined in s. 196.012(17), through a program approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Agency for Health Care Administration. (2) “Advanced life […]
401.24 – Emergency medical services state plan.
401.24 Emergency medical services state plan.—The department is responsible, at a minimum, for the improvement and regulation of basic and advanced life support programs. The department shall develop, and revise every 5 years, a comprehensive state plan for basic and advanced life support services, the emergency medical services grants program, trauma centers, the injury control program, […]
401.243 – Injury prevention.
401.243 Injury prevention.—The department shall establish an injury-prevention program with responsibility for the statewide coordination and expansion of injury-prevention activities. The duties of the department under the program may include, but are not limited to, data collection, surveillance, education, and the promotion of interventions. In addition, the department may: (1) Provide communities, county health departments, and other […]
401.245 – Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council.
401.245 Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council.— (1) There is hereby created an advisory council for the purpose of acting as the advisory body to the emergency medical services program. The duties of the council include, but are not limited to: (a) Identifying and making recommendations to the department concerning the appropriateness of suggested changes to statutes and administrative […]
401.25 – Licensure as a basic life support or an advanced life support service.
401.25 Licensure as a basic life support or an advanced life support service.— (1) Every person, firm, corporation, association, or governmental entity owning or acting as agent for the owner of any business or service which furnishes, operates, conducts, maintains, advertises, engages in, proposes to engage in, or professes to engage in the business or service of […]
401.251 – Air ambulance service; licensure.
401.251 Air ambulance service; licensure.— (1) Each person, firm, corporation, association, or governmental entity that owns or acts as an agent for the owner of any business or service that furnishes, operates, conducts, maintains, advertises, engages in, proposes to engage in, or professes to engage in the business or service of transporting by air ambulance persons who […]
401.252 – Interfacility transfer.
401.252 Interfacility transfer.— (1) When conducting an interfacility transfer, a permitted advanced life support ambulance must be occupied by at least two persons: one patient attendant who is a certified paramedic, a registered nurse authorized under subsection (2), or a licensed physician; and one who is a certified emergency medical technician, a certified paramedic, a licensed physician, […]
401.253 – Reporting of controlled substance overdoses.
401.253 Reporting of controlled substance overdoses.— (1)(a) A basic life support service or advanced life support service which treats and releases, or transports to a medical facility, in response to an emergency call for a suspected or actual overdose of a controlled substance may report such incidents to the department. Such reports must be made using the […]
401.254 – Treatment of injured police canines.
401.254 Treatment of injured police canines.— (1) As used in this section, the term “police canine” means any canine that is owned, or the service of which is employed, by a state or local law enforcement agency, a correctional agency, a fire department, a special fire district, or the State Fire Marshal for the principal purpose of […]
401.26 – Vehicle permits for basic life support and advanced life support services.
401.26 Vehicle permits for basic life support and advanced life support services.— (1) Every licensee shall possess a valid permit for each transport vehicle, advanced life support nontransport vehicle, and aircraft in use. Applications for such permits shall be made upon forms prescribed by the department. The licensee shall provide documentation that each vehicle for which a […]
401.265 – Medical directors.
401.265 Medical directors.— (1) Each basic life support transportation service or advanced life support service must employ or contract with a medical director. The medical director must be a licensed physician; a corporation, association, or partnership composed of physicians; or physicians employed by any hospital that delivers in-hospital emergency medical services and employs or contracts with physicians […]
401.268 – Protocols with regional poison control centers.
401.268 Protocols with regional poison control centers.—By October 1, 1999, each licensee shall implement a prehospital emergency dispatch protocol with the regional poison control center established pursuant to s. 395.1027. The prehospital emergency dispatch protocol shall be developed by the licensee’s medical director in conjunction with the designated regional poison control center responsible for the geographic […]
401.27 – Personnel; standards and certification.
401.27 Personnel; standards and certification.— (1) Each permitted ambulance not specifically exempted from this part, when transporting a person who is sick, injured, wounded, incapacitated, or helpless, must be occupied by at least two persons, one of whom must be a certified emergency medical technician, certified paramedic, or licensed physician and one of whom must be a […]
401.2701 – Emergency medical services training programs.
401.2701 Emergency medical services training programs.— (1) Any private or public institution in Florida desiring to conduct an approved program for the education of emergency medical technicians and paramedics shall: (a) Submit a completed application on a form provided by the department, which must include: 1. Evidence that the institution is in compliance with all applicable requirements of the […]
401.271 – Certification of emergency medical technicians and paramedics who are on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States.
401.271 Certification of emergency medical technicians and paramedics who are on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States.—Any member of the Armed Forces of the United States on active duty who, at the time he or she became a member, was in good standing with the department and was entitled to practice as […]
401.2715 – Recertification training of emergency medical technicians and paramedics.
401.2715 Recertification training of emergency medical technicians and paramedics.— (1) The department shall establish by rule criteria for all emergency medical technician and paramedic recertification training. The rules shall provide that all recertification training equals at least 30 hours, includes the performance parameters for adult and pediatric emergency medical clinical care, and is documented through a system […]
401.272 – Emergency medical services community health care.
401.272 Emergency medical services community health care.— (1) The purpose of this section is to encourage more effective utilization of the skills of emergency medical technicians and paramedics by enabling them to perform, in partnership with local county health departments, specific additional health care tasks that are consistent with the public health and welfare. (2) Notwithstanding any other […]
401.273 – Emergency medical technician and paramedic registry for disasters and emergencies.
401.273 Emergency medical technician and paramedic registry for disasters and emergencies.— (1) The department shall include on its forms for the certification or recertification of emergency medical technicians and paramedics who could assist the department in the event of a disaster a question asking if the practitioner would be available to provide health care services in special […]