A. If an indigent emergency medical patient is received by an emergency receiving facility from an ambulance with necessary medical equipment and supplies to provide emergency medical services and which is licensed pursuant to Title 36, Chapter 21.1, the county is liable pursuant to Section 11-297.02 to the ambulance service for the cost of transporting the patient and to the facility for the reasonable costs of all medical services rendered to the patient by the facility until the patient is transferred by the county to the county hospital, or some other facility designated by the county.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 41-1837

  • Ambulance: means any publicly or privately owned surface, water or air vehicle, including a helicopter, that is specially designed and constructed or modified and equipped to be used, maintained or operated for transportation of individuals who are sick, injured, wounded or otherwise incapacitated or helpless. See Arizona Laws 41-1831
  • Ambulance service: means a person who owns and operates one or more ambulances. See Arizona Laws 41-1831
  • Department: means the department of public safety. See Arizona Laws 41-1831
  • Emergency medical patient: means a person who is suffering from a condition that requires immediate medical care or hospitalization, or both, in order to preserve the person's health, life or limb. See Arizona Laws 41-1831
  • Emergency receiving facility: means a licensed health care institution that offers emergency medical services, that is staffed twenty-four hours a day and that has a physician who is licensed pursuant to Title 32, Chapter 13 or 17, on call. See Arizona Laws 41-1831
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. This section does not apply to air ambulances, including ambulance helicopters, operated by the department. There shall be no charge made to the patient for any emergency medical care provided by department personnel.

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