Superseded 7/1/2024)

Superseded 7/1/2024
26B-4-152.  Establishment of maximum rates.

(1)  The department shall, after receiving recommendations under Subsection (2), establish maximum rates for ground ambulance providers and paramedic providers that are just and reasonable.

Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-4-152

  • 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
  • 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
  • Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
    • (2)  The committee may make recommendations to the department on the maximum rates that should be set under Subsection (1).

    (3) 

    (a)  The department shall prohibit ground ambulance providers and paramedic providers from charging fees for transporting a patient when the provider does not transport the patient.

    (b)  The provisions of Subsection (3)(a) do not apply to ambulance providers or paramedic providers in a geographic service area which contains a town as defined in Subsection 10-2-301(2)(f).

    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 307, 2023 General Session

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