NY Gen Mun L § 122-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 6 - Public Health and Safety 122-B - General Ambulance Services.

§  122-b.  General  ambulance services. 1.   Any county, city, town or village, acting  individually  or  jointly,  may  provide  an  emergency medical  service,  a  general ambulance service or a combination of such services for the purpose  of  providing  prehospital  emergency  medical treatment  or  transporting  sick  or  injured  persons found within the boundaries of the municipality or the municipalities acting jointly to a hospital, clinic, sanatorium  or  other  place  for  treatment  of  such illness or injury, and for that purpose may:  (a)  Acquire  by  gift or purchase one or more motor vehicles suitable for such purpose and supply and equip the same with such  materials  and facilities  as  it  may  consider  necessary  for  prehospital emergency treatment, and may operate, maintain, repair and replace  such  vehicles and such supplies and equipment;  (b)  Contract  with  one  or more individuals, municipal corporations, associations, or other  organizations,  having  sufficient  trained  and experienced  personnel,  for  operation,  maintenance and repair of such emergency medical service or ambulance vehicles and for  the  furnishing of prehospital emergency treatment;  (c)  Contract  with  one  or more individuals, municipal corporations, associations,  or  other  organizations  to  supply,  staff  and   equip emergency  medical  service  or  ambulance  vehicles  suitable  for such purposes and operate such vehicles for  the  furnishing  of  prehospital emergency treatment;  (d) Employ any combination of the methods authorized in paragraph (a), (b) or (c);  (e)  No  contract  shall be entered into pursuant to the provisions of this section for the services of an emergency rescue and first aid squad of a fire department or fire company which is subject to the  provisions of section two hundred nine-b of the general municipal law;  (f)  Consider prehospital emergency treatment as that care provided by certified emergency medical technicians or certified advanced  emergency medical  technicians  certified  pursuant  to  the provisions of article thirty of the public health law.   1-a. As used in this section:  (a) "Emergency medical technician" means an individual who  meets  the minimum  requirements  established  by  regulations  pursuant to section three thousand two of the public health law and who is  responsible  for administration  or  supervision  of initial emergency medical assistance and handling and transportation of sick, disabled or injured persons.  (b) "Advanced emergency medical technician" means an emergency medical technician who  has  satisfactorily  completed  an  advanced  course  of training  approved  by  the  state council under regulations pursuant to section three thousand two of the public health law.   2. Such municipality shall formulate rules and regulations relating to the use of such apparatus and equipment in the  provision  of  emergency medical  services or ambulance service and may fix a schedule of fees or charges to be paid by persons requesting the  use  of  such  facilities. Such  municipalities  may  provide  for  the collection of such fees and charges or may  formulate  rules  and  regulations  for  the  collection thereof  by  the  individuals,  municipal corporations, associations, or other organizations furnishing service under  contract  as  provided  in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of this section.   3.  Such  municipality  may purchase or provide insurance indemnifying against liability for the negligent operation of such emergency  medical service or ambulance service and the negligent use of other equipment or supplies  incidental to the furnishing of such emergency medical service or ambulance service.    4.  Such  municipality  may  provide  for   the   administration   and coordination  of  such  emergency  medical  service or ambulance service including  but  not  limited  to  operation  of  an  emergency   medical communications system and medical control.   5.  Fire  districts, which, as part of a fire protection contract, may provide general ambulance and/or emergency ambulance service pursuant to section two hundred nine-b of this chapter and  article  thirty  of  the public  health  law where a town or village has not designated itself as the primary  provider  of  or  otherwise  contracted  for  an  emergency ambulance, a general ambulance service, or a combination of such service acting   individually   or  jointly,  may  contract  with  one  or  more individuals,  municipal  corporations,  or  other  organizations  having sufficient  trained  personnel, vehicles or combination of personnel and vehicles suitable to provide prehospital emergency  treatment,  for  the furnishing  of  supplemental  personnel,  equipment  or service to cover instances or periods of  time  when  its  service  may  not  be  readily available.