Utah Code 26B-4-170. Overlapping licenses

Superseded 7/1/2024)

Superseded 7/1/2024
26B-4-170. Overlapping licenses.

(1)

As used in this section:

Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-4-170

Adjudicative proceeding: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
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

Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.

Level of service: means the level at which an ambulance provider type of service is licensed as:

(a)	emergency medical technician;

(b)	advanced emergency medical technician; or

(c)	paramedic. See Utah Code 26B-4-101
(a)	“Overlap” means two ground ambulance interfacility transport providers that are licensed at the same level of service in all or part of a single geographic service area.

(b)	“Overlay” means two ground ambulance interfacility transport providers that are licensed at a different level of service in all or part of a single geographic service area.

(2)	Notwithstanding the exclusive geographic service requirement of Section 26B-4-151, the department shall recognize overlap and overlay ground ambulance interfacility transport licenses that existed on or before May 4, 2022.

(3)

The department may, without an adjudicative proceeding but with at least 30 days notice to providers in the same geographic service area, amend an existing overlay ground ambulance interfacility transport license solely to convert an overlay into an overlap if the existing ground ambulance interfacility transport licensed provider meets the requirements described in Subsection 26B-4-153(4).

(4)

An amendment of a license under this section may not alter:

(a)	other terms of the original license, including the applicable geographic service area; or

(b)	the license of other providers that provide interfacility transport services in the geographic service area.

(5)

Notwithstanding Subsection (2), any license for an overlap area terminates upon:

(a)	relinquishment by the provider; or

(b)	revocation by the department.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 307, 2023 General Session

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