Superseded 7/1/2024)

Superseded 7/1/2024
26B-4-118.  Permits for emergency medical service vehicles and nonemergency secured behavioral health transport vehicles.

(1)

Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-4-118 Ambulance: means a ground, air, or water vehicle that: (a)  transports patients and is used to provide emergency medical services; and (b)  is required to obtain a permit under Section 26B-4-118 to operate in the state. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Committee: means the State Emergency Medical Services Committee created by Section 26B-1-204. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Nonemergency secured behavioral health transport: means an entity that: (a)  provides nonemergency secure transportation services for an individual who: (i)  is not required to be transported by an ambulance under Section 26B-4-119; and (ii)  requires behavioral health observation during transport between any of the following facilities: (A)  a licensed acute care hospital; (B)  an emergency patient receiving facility; (C)  a licensed mental health facility; and (D)  the office of a licensed health care provider; and (b)  is required to be designated under Section 26B-4-117. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 (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 following categories: (i)  ambulance; (ii)  emergency medical response vehicle; and (iii)  nonemergency secured behavioral health transport vehicle. (b)  The permit requirements under Subsections (1)(a)(i) and (ii) shall include a requirement that beginning on or after January 31, 2014, every operator of an ambulance or emergency medical response vehicle annually provide proof of the successful completion of an emergency vehicle operator’s course approved by the department for all ambulances and emergency medical response vehicle operators. (2)  The department shall, based on the requirements established in Subsection (1), issue permits to emergency medical service vehicles and nonemergency secured behavioral health transport vehicles. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 307, 2023 General Session   Previous section Next section    Part 1 Contents