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AZ Rev Stat § 36-2203.01 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-2203.01 - Medical direction commission; membership; duties

36-2203.01.  Medical direction commission;  membership;  duties A. The medical direction commission is established consisting of the following twelve members: 1. The medical director of the emergency medical services and trauma system in the department of health services who shall serve as chairman. 2. The four emergency physicians who serve on the emergency medical services council pursuant to section 36-2203,  subsection A,  paragraph 2. 3. One physician who specializes in toxicology and who has a demonstrated interest or expertise in emergency medical services systems. 4. One full-time faculty representative of an emergency medicine residency program approved by a residency review commission. 5. One physician who specializes in trauma surgery and who has a demonstrated interest or expertise in emergency medical services systems. 6. One emergency physician who has a full-time practice based in a rural area. 7. One physician who specializes in severe acute head injury treatment or spinal cord care and who has a demonstrated interest or expertise in emergency medical services systems. 8. One physician who specializes in pediatric medicine and who has a demonstrated interest or expertise in emergency medical services systems. 9. One physician who specializes in cardiac care and who has a demonstrated interest or expertise in emergency medical services systems. B. The governor shall make all appointments of members designated pursuant to subsection A,  paragraphs 3 through 9 of this section. The governor may accept recommendations for the appointment of commission members from the following organizations: 1. The Arizona chapter of the American college of emergency physicians. 2. The Arizona chapter of the American college of surgeons. 3. The Arizona chapter of the American college of pediatrics. 4. The Arizona chapter of the American college of physicians. C. The commission shall assist the director in developing medical protocols governing the medical treatments,  procedures,  medications,  training and techniques that may be administered or performed by each classification of emergency medical care technicians pursuant to section 36-2205. D. Members of the commission serve three year terms. E. Members of the commission are not entitled to compensation but are entitled to reimbursement of expenses pursuant to title 38,  chapter 4,  article 2.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-2204.01 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-2204.01 - Emergency medical services providers; centralized medical direction communications center

36-2204.01.  Emergency medical services providers;  centralized medical direction communications center An ambulance service or emergency medical services provider may provide centralized medical direction through a centralized medical direction communications center.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-2204.02 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-2204.02 - Emergency medical services providers; investigations

36-2204.02.  Emergency medical services providers;  investigations A. In lieu of the requirements of section 36-2211,  the director may authorize an ambulance service or emergency medical services provider to investigate,  discipline or determine the fitness of an employee to continue to provide patient care. This authority does not apply to the conviction of,  a plea of guilty or no contest to or admission in a court proceeding to the elements of a felony. The employer listed on the emergency medical care technician's or ambulance attendant's certification or recertification application may limit the practice of the emergency medical care technician or ambulance attendant during the investigation if the employer meets all of the following requirements: 1. Has separate investigative or supervisory staff to conduct an investigation. 2. Has an employee assistance program for counseling. 3. Has policies and procedures for drug testing through urinalysis or other generally accepted methods. 4. Has policies and procedures for monitoring of personnel who are suspected of or who have been convicted of substance abuse. B. An ambulance service or emergency medical services provider that conducts its own disciplinary investigations pursuant to subsection A of this section shall report the following to the medical director of the emergency medical services and trauma system: 1. The nature of the allegation. 2. The level of patient care being delivered by the employee and the supervision of the employee during the investigation or rehabilitative period,  or both. 3. The final outcome of the investigation and the final recommendation on the employee's certification status. C. The decisions of the employer are appealable under the employer's personnel policies and procedures. Except as provided in section 41-1092.08,  subsection H,  the final administrative decisions of the director are subject to judicial review pursuant to title 12,  chapter 7,  article 6.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-2205 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-2205 - Permitted treatment and medication; certification requirement; protocols

36-2205.  Permitted treatment and medication;  certification requirement;  protocols A. The director,  in consultation with the medical director of the emergency medical services and trauma system,  the emergency medical services council and the medical direction commission,  shall establish protocols,  which may include training criteria,  governing the medical treatments,  procedures,  medications and techniques that may be administered or performed by each classification of emergency medical care technician. These protocols shall consider the differences in treatments and procedures for regional,  urban,  rural and wilderness areas and shall require that emergency medical care technicians authorized to perform advanced life support procedures render these treatments,  procedures,  medications or techniques only under the direction of a physician. B. The protocols adopted by the director pursuant to this section are exempt from title 41,  chapter 6. C. Notwithstanding subsection B of this section,  a person may petition the director,  pursuant to section 41-1033,  to amend a protocol adopted by the director. D. In consultation with the medical director of the emergency medical services and trauma system,  the emergency medical services council and the medical direction commission,  the director shall establish protocols for emergency medical providers to refer and advise a patient or transport a patient by the most appropriate means to the most appropriate provider of medical services based on the patient's condition. The protocols shall consider the differences in treatments and procedures for regional,  urban,  rural and wilderness areas and shall require that emergency medical care technicians authorized to perform advanced life support procedures render these treatments,  procedures,  medications or techniques only under the direction of a physician. E. The protocols established pursuant to subsection D of this section shall include triage and treatment protocols that allow all classifications of emergency medical care technicians responding to a person who has accessed 911,  or a similar public dispatch number,  for a condition that does not pose an immediate threat to life or limb to refer and advise a patient or transport a patient to the most appropriate health care institution,  as defined in section 36-401,  based on the patient's condition,  taking into consideration factors including patient choice,  the patient's health care provider,  specialized health care facilities and local protocols.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-2206 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-2206 - Immunity; emergency instructions

36-2206.  Immunity;  emergency instructions A. Any health care provider licensed or certified to practice in this state who in good faith gives emergency instructions to emergency medical care technicians at the scene of an emergency is not liable for any civil damages as a result of issuing those instructions. B. Any emergency medical services or health care provider who in good faith provides prearrival instructions following the minimum standards established by the state pursuant to section 36-2204,  paragraph 9 is not liable for any civil damages as a result of issuing these instructions.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-2207 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-2207 - Authorization for political subdivisions to participate

36-2207.  Authorization for political subdivisions to participate Any city,  town,  county,  fire district or health service district of this state may budget for and expend monies for participation in emergency paramedic programs and may enter into intergovernmental agreements for the delivery of such services pursuant to title 11,  chapter 7,  article 3.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-2208 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-2208 - Bureau of emergency medical services and trauma system

36-2208.  Bureau of emergency medical services and trauma system A. There is established within the department a bureau of emergency medical services and trauma system that is responsible for coordinating,  establishing and administering a statewide system of emergency medical services,  trauma care and a trauma registry. B. This chapter does not prevent any individual,  law enforcement officer,  public agency or member of a city,  town,  fire district or volunteer fire department from rendering on-site emergency medical care or,  if,  in terms of the existing medical situation,  it is deemed not advisable to await the arrival of an ambulance,  from transporting emergency medical patients to a hospital or an emergency receiving facility,  except that if any patient objects on religious grounds,  that patient shall not be administered any medical treatment or be transported to a hospital or an emergency receiving facility. C. The director shall develop an annual statewide emergency medical and trauma services plan and submit that plan to the council for review and approval. The statewide plan shall then be submitted to the governor for final adoption. Before submitting the plan to the governor,  the director shall accept comments from the authorized local agencies and governmental entities. D. A local emergency medical services coordinating system shall develop a regional emergency medical services plan that includes a needs assessment and submit the plan to the director and to the authorized local agencies within the area. The regional plans shall be integrated into the statewide plan by the department. E. The state plan shall contain a budget component for funding local and state emergency medical services systems from the emergency medical services operating fund established pursuant to section 36-2218 based on the needs assessment of the local emergency medical services coordinating system plans. The components shall be included in the department's budget through the normal appropriation process.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-2209 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-2209 - Powers and duties of the director

36-2209.  Powers and duties of the director A. The director shall: 1. Appoint and define the duties and prescribe the terms of employment of all employees of the bureau. 2. Adopt rules necessary for the operation of the bureau and for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. 3. Cooperate with and assist the personnel of emergency receiving facilities and other health care institutions in preparing a plan to be followed by these facilities and institutions in the event of a major disaster. 4. Cooperate with the state director of emergency management when a state of emergency or a state of war emergency has been declared by the governor. B. The director may: 1. Request the cooperation of utilities,  communications media and public and private agencies to aid and assist in the implementation and maintenance of a statewide emergency medical services system. 2. Enter into contracts and agreements with any local governmental entity,  agency,  facility or group that provides a similar program of emergency medical services in a contiguous state. 3. Enter into contracts and agreements for the acquisition and purchase of any equipment,  tools,  supplies,  materials and services necessary in the administration of this chapter. 4. Enter into contracts with emergency receiving facilities,  governmental entities,  emergency rescue services and ambulance services,  and the director may establish emergency medical services,  including emergency receiving facilities,  if necessary to assure the availability and quality of these services. 5. Accept and expend federal funds and private grants,  gifts,  contributions and devises to assist in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. These funds do not revert to the state general fund at the close of a fiscal year. 6. Establish an emergency medical services notification system that uses existing telephone communications networks. 7. Contract with private telephone companies for the establishment of a statewide emergency reporting telephone number. 8. Authorize the testing entity to collect fees determined by the director. In determining fees for testing entities the director shall consider the fees required by national certification organizations.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-2210 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-2210 - Local emergency medical services coordinating systems

36-2210.  Local emergency medical services coordinating systems The department shall contract with a local emergency medical services coordinating system that: 1. Conducts needs assessments and plans and coordinates a regional emergency medical and trauma services system within a designated planning area. 2. Has a governing board. 3. Demonstrates continued support annually by action of the governing bodies of the counties,  cities,  towns and fire districts within the planning area representing a majority of the total population of the area. For the purposes of this paragraph,  the county represents the unincorporated areas of the county,  except fire districts. 4. Offers emergency medical programs for the effective and coordinated delivery of emergency medical services if authorized by its governing board.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-2212 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-2212 - Certificate of registration to operate an ambulance; termination on change in ownership; fees; exemption

36-2212.  Certificate of registration to operate an ambulance;  termination on change in ownership;  fees;  exemption A. A person shall not operate an ambulance in this state unless the ambulance has a certificate of registration and complies with this article and the rules,  standards and criteria adopted pursuant to this article. B. A person may obtain a certificate of registration to operate an ambulance by submitting an application on a form prescribed by the director and by demonstrating to the director's satisfaction that the applicant is in compliance with this article and all rules,  standards and criteria adopted by the director for the operation of an ambulance. C. A certificate of registration issued under this section terminates upon any change of ownership or control of the ambulance. Following any change of ownership,  the new owner of an ambulance shall apply for and receive a new certificate of registration from the director before the ambulance may again be operated in this state. This subsection does not apply if an ambulance service borrows,  leases,  rents or otherwise obtains a registered ambulance from another ambulance service to temporarily replace an inoperable ambulance. D. The department shall issue a certificate of registration to a person who complies with the requirements of this article and who pays an initial registration fee. A certificate of registration is valid for one year. However,  an ambulance service may request that the department issue an initial certificate of registration that expires before the end of one year in order for the department to conduct an annual inspection of all of the ambulance service's ambulances at one time. A person may renew a certificate of registration by complying with the requirements of this article and by paying a renewal fee prescribed by the director. The fee for initial registration and registration renewal shall not exceed fifty dollars for each ambulance. The department shall base these fees on an amount that approximates the per vehicle costs incurred by the department to administer this chapter. The director shall deposit,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  fees collected under this subsection in the state general fund. The department shall not charge a registration fee for an ambulance to an ambulance service that operates an ambulance or ambulances only as a volunteer not-for-profit service.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-2213 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-2213 - Regulation of air ambulance services

36-2213.  Regulation of air ambulance services The director shall adopt rules to establish minimum standards for the operation of air ambulance services that are necessary to assure the public health and safety. The director may use the current standards adopted by the commission on accreditation of air medical services. Each rule shall reference the specific authority from this chapter under which the rule was formulated. The rules shall provide for the department to do the following: 1. Establish standards and requirements relating to at least the following: (a) Medical control plans. These plans shall conform to the standards adopted pursuant to section 36-2204,  paragraph 9. (b) Qualifications of the medical director of the air ambulance services. (c) Operation of only those air ambulances registered pursuant to section 36-2212 and licensed pursuant to title 28,  chapter 25. 2. Establish response times and operation times to assure that the health and safety needs of the public are met. 3. Establish standards for emergency medical dispatch training,  including prearrival instruction. For the purposes of this paragraph,  " emergency medical dispatch"  means the receipt of calls requesting emergency medical services and the response of appropriate resources to the appropriate location. 4. Require the filing of run log information. 5. Issue,  transfer,  suspend or revoke air ambulance service licenses under terms and conditions consistent with this chapter. These rules shall be consistent for all ambulance services. 6. Investigate the operation of an air ambulance service including a person operating an ambulance that has not been issued a certificate of registration and conduct on-site investigations of facilities communications equipment,  vehicles,  procedures,  materials and equipment. 7. Prescribe the terms of the air ambulance service license. 8. Prescribe the criteria for the air ambulance service license inspection process and for determining an air ambulance service's compliance with licensure requirements. The director shall accept proof that an air ambulance service is accredited by the commission on accreditation of air medical services in lieu of all licensing inspections required if the director receives a copy of the air ambulance service's accreditation report.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-2214 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-2214 - Air ambulance service license

36-2214.  Air ambulance service license A. A person shall not operate an air ambulance service in this state unless the air ambulance service is licensed and complies with this article and the rules adopted pursuant to this article. B. On receipt of a properly completed application for initial licensure or relicensure on a form prescribed by the director,  the director shall conduct an inspection of the air ambulance service as prescribed by this article. If an application for a license is submitted due to a planned change of ownership,  the director shall determine the need for an inspection of the air ambulance service. C. The director shall issue a license if the director determines that an applicant and the air ambulance service for which the license is sought comply with the requirements of this article and rules adopted pursuant to this article and the applicant agrees to carry out a plan acceptable to the director to eliminate any deficiencies.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-2215 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-2215 - Required insurance or financial responsibility; denial or revocation for failure to comply

36-2215.  Required insurance or financial responsibility;  denial or revocation for failure to comply A. The director shall not issue an air ambulance service license to an ambulance service unless the applicant for the license or the licensee files with the department a certificate of insurance completed by an insurance company that is authorized to transact business in this state or other evidence of financial responsibility in an amount that the director by rule determines is necessary to adequately protect the interest of the public. The applicant for a license or the licensee shall have malpractice and liability insurance that requires the insurer to compensate for injuries to persons and for loss or damage to property resulting from the negligent operation of the air ambulance service. B. The director shall deny the application for a license or revoke the license of any air ambulance service that fails to comply with this section.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-2216 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-2216 - Prohibited acts; classification

36-2216.  Prohibited acts;  classification A. It is unlawful for any person to operate an ambulance in this state which does not comply with the provisions of this article or the rules adopted by the director under this article. B. A person who violates subsection A is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-2217 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-2217 - Exemption from regulation

36-2217.  Exemption from regulation A. This chapter does not apply to: 1. Vehicles used for the emergency transportation of persons injured at an industrial site. 2. Persons engaged in and vehicles used for air transportation of sick or injured people in a noncritical or nonemergency situation as determined by a physician. 3. Medical evacuation equipment used and owned by the department of public safety in air,  ground or water evacuation and including fixed wing aircraft,  helicopters,  ground ambulances and similar ground conveyances,  snowmobiles and water traversing equipment. 4. Vehicles provided or contracted for emergency medical services by a political subdivision if these vehicles are primarily used to provide on the scene stabilization of sick,  injured,  wounded,  incapacitated or helpless persons. 5. Ambulances from other states that are: (a) Responding to a major catastrophe or emergency in this state because there are insufficient registered ambulances in this state to respond in that situation. (b) Operating either from a location outside of this state to transport a patient to a location within this state or operating from a location outside of this state and crossing through this state to transport a patient to a location outside this state. 6. Stretcher vans that meet the requirements of section 36-2223. B. Except as provided in subsection A,  paragraph 5,  subdivision (a) of this section,  an ambulance from another state shall not pick up a patient in this state and transport that patient to another location in this state unless that ambulance is registered under this chapter.