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[USC02] 49 USC 44730: Helicopter air ambulance operations
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49 USC 44730: Helicopter air ambulance operations Text contains those laws in effect on September 16, 2019
(a) Compliance Regulations.-
(1) In general.-Except as provided in paragraph (2), not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, a part 135 certificate holder providing air ambulance services shall comply, whenever medical personnel are onboard the aircraft, with regulations pertaining to weather minimums and flight and duty time under part 135.
(2) Exception.-If a certificate holder described in paragraph (1) is operating, or carrying out training, under instrument flight rules, the weather reporting requirement at the destination shall not apply if authorized by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
(b) Final Rule.-Not later than June 1, 2012, the Administrator shall issue a final rule, with respect to the notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on October 12, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 62640), to improve the safety of flight crewmembers, medical personnel, and passengers onboard helicopters providing air ambulance services under part 135.
(c) Matters To Be Addressed.-In conducting the rulemaking proceeding under subsection (b), the Administrator shall address the following:
(2) Pilot training standards, including establishment of training standards in-
(3) Safety-enhancing technology and equipment, including-
(d) Minimum Requirements.-In issuing a final rule under subsection (b), the Administrator, at a minimum, shall provide for the following:
(1) Flight risk evaluation program.-The Administrator shall ensure that a part 135 certificate holder providing helicopter air ambulance services-
(2) Operational control center.-The Administrator shall ensure that a part 135 certificate holder providing helicopter air ambulance services using 10 or more helicopters has an operational control center that meets such requirements as the Administrator may prescribe.
(e) Subsequent Rulemaking.-
(1) In general.-Upon completion of the rulemaking required under subsection (b), the Administrator shall conduct a follow-on rulemaking to address the following:
(A) Pilot training standards, including-
(iii) establishment of training standards in-
(2) Deadlines.-Not later than 180 days after the date of issuance of a final rule under subsection (b), the Administrator shall initiate the rulemaking under this subsection.
(3) Limitation on construction.-Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require the Administrator to propose or finalize any rule that would derogate or supersede the rule required to be finalized under subsection (b).
(1) Part 135.-The term "part 135" means part 135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.
(2) Part 135 certificate holder.-The term "part 135 certificate holder" means a person holding an operating certificate issued under part 119 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, that is authorized to conduct civil helicopter air ambulance operations under part 135.
(Added Pub. L. 112–95, title III, §306(a), Feb. 14, 2012, 126 Stat. 58 .)