Laws, Acts, and Legislation

HB 212
As Introduced

View Full Text
with Line Numbers

(.pdf format)

(.html format)

View Publications Associated with this Bill

Bill Analyses

Synopsis of Committee Amendments

Conference Committee Synopsis

Fiscal Notes

Status Report of Legislation

Votes

Other Versions of Bill and Associated Reports

As Reported by House Committee

The online versions of legislation provided on this website are not official. Enrolled bills are the final version passed by the Ohio General Assembly and presented to the Governor for signature. The official version of acts signed by the Governor are available from the Secretary of State's Office in the Continental Plaza, 180 East Broad St., Columbus.

H. B. No. 212 As Introduced

As Introduced

127th General Assembly

Regular Session

2007-2008

H. B. No. 212

Representative Carmichael

Cosponsors: Representatives Evans, Hite, Huffman, Flowers, Latta, Reinhard, Schlichter, Seitz, Stebelton

A BILL

To amend section 4764.43 and to enact section 4765.431 of the Revised Code to modify the staffing requirements for ambulances during emergency runs and while transporting patients, and to require certain minimum standards for ambulance drivers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 4765.43 be amended and section 4765.431 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 4765.43. (A) A person who drives an ambulance that is equipped for emergency medical services, is not required by this chapter to be certified as an emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or emergency medical technician-paramedic.

(B)(1) During each emergency run made by an ambulance that is equipped for emergency medical services and is operated by an emergency medical service organization that does not utilize any volunteer emergency medical service providers or does not substantially utilize those providers, the ambulance shall be staffed by at least two EMTs-basic, EMTs-I, or paramedics. ~~At any time a patient is being transported in~~

(2) During each emergency run made by an ambulance that is equipped for emergency medical services and is operated by an emergency medical service organization that substantially utilizes volunteer emergency medical service providers, the ambulance shall be staffed by at least ~~two EMTs-basic, EMTs-I, or paramedics~~ one first responder and one EMT-basic, EMT-I, or paramedic. ~~At all other times during an emergency run, the ambulance shall be staffed by at least one EMT-basic, EMT-I, or paramedic.~~ When an ambulance is so staffed, it may be driven by a person who is not certified as an EMT-basic, EMT-I, or paramedic, but that person shall have the emergency driving course certification, as determined by the medical director of the emergency medical service organization.

Sec. 4765.431. No emergency medical service organization shall permit an individual who is younger than eighteen years of age to drive an ambulance. In all cases the first responder who drives an ambulance shall be certified in emergency vehicle driving within one year of appointment or employment in the emergency medical service organization.

Section 2. That existing section 4765.43 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.