Superseded 7/1/2024 26B-4-119. Ambulance license required for emergency medical transport. Except as provided in Section 26B-4-122, only an ambulance operating under a permit issued under Section 26B-4-118 may transport an individual who:
(1)
is in an emergency medical condition;
Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-4-119
Ambulance: means a ground, air, or water vehicle that:
(a)
transports patients and is used to provide emergency medical services; and
Committee: means the State Emergency Medical Services Committee created by Section 26B-1-204. See Utah Code 26B-4-101
Direct medical observation: means in-person observation of a patient by a physician, registered nurse, physician's assistant, or individual licensed under Section 26B-4-116. See Utah Code 26B-4-101
Emergency medical condition: means :
(a)
a medical condition that manifests itself by symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, that a prudent layperson, who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine, could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in:
(i)
placing the individual's health in serious jeopardy;
(ii)
serious impairment to bodily functions; or
(iii)
serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part; or
(b)
a medical condition that in the opinion of a physician or the physician's designee requires direct medical observation during transport or may require the intervention of an individual licensed under Section 26B-4-116 during transport. See Utah Code 26B-4-101
Emergency medical service personnel: includes a paramedic, medical director of a licensed emergency medical service provider, emergency medical service instructor, behavioral emergency services technician, other categories established by the committee, and a certified emergency medical dispatcher. See Utah Code 26B-4-101
Emergency medical services: means :
(a)
medical services;
(b)
transportation services;
(c)
behavioral emergency services; or
(d)
any combination of the services described in Subsections (11)(a) through (c). See Utah Code 26B-4-101
Patient: means an individual who, as the result of illness, injury, or a behavioral emergency condition, meets any of the criteria in Section 26B-4-119. See Utah Code 26B-4-101
(2)
is medically or mentally unstable, requiring direct medical observation during transport;
(3)
is physically incapacitated because of illness or injury and in need of immediate transport by emergency medical service personnel;
(4)
is likely to require medical attention during transport;
(5)
is being maintained on any type of emergency medical electronic monitoring;
(6)
is receiving or has recently received medications that could cause a sudden change in medical condition that might require emergency medical services;
(7)
requires IV administration or maintenance, oxygen that is not patient-operated, or other emergency medical services during transport;
(8)
needs to be immobilized during transport to a hospital, an emergency patient receiving facility, or mental health facility due to a mental or physical condition, unless the individual is in the custody of a peace officer and the primary purpose of the restraint is to prevent escape;
(9)
needs to be immobilized due to a fracture, possible fracture, or other medical condition; or
(10)
otherwise requires or has the potential to require a level of medical care that the committee establishes as requiring direct medical observation.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 307, 2023 General Session
