Missouri Laws 190.107 – Contracts for mutual aid services
1. Any municipally operated ambulance service, ambulance district, fire protection district that provides ambulance service or any other ambulance service may enter into contracts providing for mutual aid services provided by such ambulance service. The contracts that are agreed upon may provide for compensation from the parties and other terms that are agreeable to the parties and may be for an indefinite period as long as they include a minimum of a sixty-day cancellation notice by either party.
2. Any municipally operated ambulance service, ambulance district, fire protection district that provides ambulance service or any other ambulance service may provide assistance to any other ambulance service in the state that requests it, at the time of an emergency, major catastrophe or any other unforeseen event or series of events which jeopardizes the ability of the local ambulance service to promptly respond to emergencies.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 190.107
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. When responding on mutual aid or emergency aid requests, the ambulance service shall be subject to all provisions of law as if it were providing service within its own jurisdiction.
4. Mutual-aid contracts may be agreed to between ambulance services in the states neighboring Missouri and ambulance services in the state of Missouri in the exact same manner as contracts between ambulance services within the state of Missouri.