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HB-5046, As Passed House, September 28, 2005

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5046

A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

"Public health code,"

by amending section 20927 (MCL 333.20927), as added by 1990 PA 179.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 20927. (1) A nontransport prehospital life support

operation shall:

(a) Provide at least 1 nontransport prehospital life support

vehicle with proper equipment and personnel available for response

to requests for emergency assistance on a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-

week basis in accordance with local medical control authority

protocols.

(b) Respond or ensure that a response is provided to all

requests for emergency assistance originating from within the

bounds of its primary dispatch service area.

authority.

(d) Notify the department of any change that would alter the

information contained on its application for a nontransport

prehospital life support operation license or renewal.

(e) Provide life support consistent with its license and

approved local medical control authority protocols to all patients

without prior inquiry into ability to pay or source of payment.

(2) A nontransport prehospital life support operation shall

not knowingly provide any person with false or misleading

information concerning the time at which an emergency response will

be initiated or the location from which the response is being

initiated.

(3) A nontransport prehospital life support operation shall

not operate a nontransport prehospital life support vehicle unless

it is staffed, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, as follows:

(a) If designated as providing basic life support, with at

least 1 emergency medical technician who is on board that vehicle

or if approved by the local medical control authority with at least

1 emergency medical technician who is at the emergency scene.

(b) If designated as providing limited advanced life support,

with at least 1 emergency medical technician specialist.

least 1 paramedic.