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AR Code § 20-13-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-13-102. Use of special terms or abbreviations without license unlawful

 (a) It is unlawful for any person to practice or profess to be emergency medical services personnel or to use the initials EMT, Advanced EMT, Paramedic, EMS-Instructor, EMS Instructor Trainer, or any other letters, words, abbreviations, or insignia indicating that he or she is emergency medical services personnel without first having obtained from the Department of Health a license authorizing the person to practice emergency medical services in this state.  (b) However, this section does not prohibit any person licensed under any other act in this state from engaging in the practice for which he or she is licensed nor prevent students who are enrolled in accredited EMT, Advanced EMT, Paramedic, EMS-Instructor, or EMS Instructor Trainer education programs from performing acts of emergency medical services incidental to their courses of study.
AR Code § 20-13-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-13-103. Grant requests — Division and use of funds

 (a) Grant requests for funds from the EMS Enhancement Revolving Fund shall be reviewed by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council specified in § 20-13-205 and recommendations for recipients of grant funds made to the Division of Emergency Medical Services of the Department of Health.  (b)  (1) The grant funds shall be evenly divided between the public, private, and volunteer sectors.  (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the public sector shall include only those applicants having paid employees.    (c) The grant funds may be used to purchase or fund:  (1)  (A) Ambulances for use in providing emergency medical services to the residents of Arkansas.  (B) Ambulances purchased with these funds shall meet the standards for and be registered at the I-A level or a higher level by the division;    (2)  (A) Rescue vehicles for use in providing advanced life support or basic life support emergency care.  (B) Any vehicle purchased for advanced life support shall meet the standards for and be registered at the advanced rescue level by the division;    (3) Equipment required on ambulances or required to provide advanced life support or basic life support rescue services;  (4)  (A) Training that leads to Arkansas licensure as emergency medical services personnel at the basic or advanced levels.  (B) Failure to obtain licensure shall result in the repayment of funds by the grantee; or    (5) Emergency medical services-related training approved by the division.    (d)  (1) The funds may only be used to improve services by increasing the capability and skills of emergency medical services.  (2) Funds may not be used to maintain present status, pay salaries or daily operating expenses, contract for services, or purchase real property.    (e) The funds may not be used for new services at a lower level than an existing licensed service which has been in operation for more than one (1) year in the service area.  (f)  (1) All property purchased with the funds shall be returned to the division if the licensed ambulance service ceases operations.  (2) The division shall make every effort to redistribute returned property and supplies to the replacement service or other eligible existing services within the same county.  (3) Should no eligible service exist or another eligible service not be established in the county within one (l) year, all purchases shall be redistributed by the division as needed.    (g)  (1) Any vehicle or equipment purchased with these funds shall be used for its intended purpose for at least three (3) years from its date of purchase.  (2) Vehicles or equipment damaged or worn out within the three-year period shall be replaced with a like or better item at the grantee's expense.
AR Code § 20-13-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-13-106. Tourniquet access and use by first responders — Immunity — Definition

 (a) As used in this section, “first responders” means state and local law enforcement personnel, fire department personnel, and emergency medical personnel who will be deployed to bioterrorism attacks, terrorist attacks, catastrophic or natural disasters, and emergencies.  (b) The Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training may certify training for law enforcement officers for approved methods and techniques on the use of mechanical and other tourniquets as recommended by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care or the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, or both.  (c) A law enforcement officer and a first responder are immune from civil liability, criminal liability, or professional sanctions for administering a mechanical tourniquet or other tourniquet under this section if he or she is acting in good faith.
AR Code § 20-13-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 2 - Emergency Medical Services Act|§ 20-13-201. Title

 This subchapter may be cited as the “Emergency Medical Services Act”.
AR Code § 20-13-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 2 - Emergency Medical Services Act|§ 20-13-202. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Air ambulance” means an aircraft, fixed or rotary wing, utilized for on-scene responses or transports deemed necessary by a physician and licensed by the Department of Health;  (2) “Air ambulance services” means those services authorized and licensed by the department to provide care and air transportation of patients;  (3)  (A) “Ambulance” means a vehicle used for transporting any person by stretcher or gurney upon the streets or highways of Arkansas, excluding vehicles intended solely for personal use by immediate family members.  (B) “Ambulance” does not include nonemergency transportation vehicles that may accommodate an individual in an upright position or Fowler's position while in a wheelchair without the aid of emergency medical services personnel;    (4) “Ambulance services” means services authorized and licensed by the department to provide care and transportation of patients upon the streets and highways of Arkansas;  (5) “Emergency medical services” means:  (A) The transportation and medical care provided the ill or injured before arrival at a medical facility by a licensed emergency medical services personnel or other healthcare provider;  (B) Continuation of the initial emergency care within a medical facility subject to the approval of the medical staff and governing board of that facility; and  (C) Integrated medical care in emergency and nonurgent settings with the oversight of a physician;    (6)  (A) “Emergency medical services personnel” means an individual licensed by the department at any level established by the rules adopted by the State Board of Health under this subchapter and authorized to perform those services set forth in the rules.  (B) These shall include without limitation emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic, emergency medical services instructor, or emergency medical services instructor trainer;    (7) “Fowler's position” means a position in which an individual is in an inclined position with his or her head raised between thirty to ninety degrees (30-90°);  (8) “Licensure” means official acknowledgment by the department that an individual has demonstrated competence to perform the emergency medical services required for licensure under the rules and standards adopted by the board upon recommendation by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council;  (9) “Medical facility” means any hospital, medical clinic, physician's office, nursing home, or other healthcare facility; and  (10) “Wheelchair” means a chair fitted with wheels that is not height adjustable and that is used by individuals with walking limitations as a result of illness, injury, or disability.
AR Code § 20-13-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 2 - Emergency Medical Services Act|§ 20-13-203. Applicability

 (a) All municipal, county, or state-operated rescue services which choose to provide advanced life support skills to the general public but which do not transport patients except in mass casualty incidents shall comply with all rules and standards duly promulgated under this subchapter.  (b) Furthermore, it is the intent of this subchapter that nothing contained in it applies by implication or otherwise to any municipal, county, or state-operated or state-sponsored rescue service which provides basic life support skills to the public in a “treat, no transport” fashion.
AR Code § 20-13-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 2 - Emergency Medical Services Act|§ 20-13-204. Penalties

 Any person violating this subchapter or any rule or order adopted in accordance with this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days in the county jail, or by both fine and imprisonment.
AR Code § 20-13-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 2 - Emergency Medical Services Act|§ 20-13-206. Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council — Proceedings

 (a) The Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council, within thirty (30) days after its appointment, shall organize as necessary to carry out its purposes as prescribed by this subchapter.  (b) Procedures adopted, amended, or repealed by the council shall require a majority vote of all council members.  (c)  (1) At the initial organizational meeting of the council, the members shall elect from among their number a chair and a vice chair to serve for one (1) year.  (2) Annually thereafter, an organizational meeting shall be held to elect the officers.  (3) The Director of the Division of Emergency Medical Services of the Department of Health shall serve as the Executive Secretary of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council.  (4) Seven (7) council members shall constitute a quorum.    (d) Quarterly meetings of the council may be held. Special meetings may be called as provided by the rules of the council.  (e)  (1) The Executive Secretary of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council shall keep full and true records of all council proceedings and preserve all books, documents, and papers relating to the business of the council.  (2) The records of the council shall be open for inspection at all reasonable times.    (f)  (1) The council shall report in writing to the Secretary of the Department of Health on or about July 31 of each year.  (2) The report shall contain a summary of the proceedings of the council during the preceding fiscal year, a detailed and itemized statement of all revenue and of all expenditures made by or in behalf of the council, other information deemed necessary or useful, and any additional information which may be requested by the Secretary of the Department of Health.
AR Code § 20-13-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 2 - Emergency Medical Services Act|§ 20-13-207. Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council — Powers and duties

 (a) The Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council shall recommend for adoption by the State Board of Health rules on all matters relating to emergency medical services, including without limitation:  (1) Standards for licensure of ambulance and advanced life support rescue personnel;  (2) Standards for equipment required on ambulance and advanced life support rescue vehicles;  (3) Standards for vehicles used in patient transportation and advanced life support rescue response, including communications requirements;  (4) A statewide communications system for emergency medical services;  (5) Operational standards for providers of ambulance and advanced life support rescue services, including reporting requirements and standards for air ambulance and air ambulance services; and  (6) Procedures for summoning and dispatching aid.    (b) The Department of Health shall have evidence that the standards imposed are important to the quality of patient care.
AR Code § 20-13-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 2 - Emergency Medical Services Act|§ 20-13-208. State Board of Health — Powers and duties

 (a)  (1) The State Board of Health shall have the responsibility and authority to hold public hearings and promulgate and implement rules and standards which it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.  (2) However, before implementing any rules or standards, the board shall submit and obtain the review of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees.    (b) In addition, the board may establish appropriate rules and standards defining or limiting the emergency medical procedures or services that may be rendered by licensed emergency medical services personnel who are authorized to legally perform these services under the conditions set forth by the board, except that before implementing any rules and standards, the board shall submit and obtain the review of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees.
AR Code § 20-13-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 2 - Emergency Medical Services Act|§ 20-13-209. Department of Health — Powers and duties

 The Department of Health shall have the responsibility and authority to:   (1) Administer this subchapter;  (2) Enforce the rules and standards promulgated by the State Board of Health for the administration and enforcement of this subchapter;  (3) Employ and prescribe the duties of employees as may be necessary to administer this subchapter;  (4) Certify emergency medical services personnel through use of a national competency examination by qualified examiners upon the completion of required curriculum;  (5) Issue and renew operational permits for each ambulance or advanced life support rescue or air ambulance service. However, no permit shall be issued unless each ambulance, advanced life support rescue unit, or air ambulance, when in use as such, conforms with the standards, requirements, and rules as set forth by the board;  (6)  (A) Issue initial and renewal licenses to any qualified applicant that provides emergency medical services or advanced life support rescue services, whether the applicant is an individual, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity, as well as a municipality or other unit of government.  (B) After July 24, 2019, an applicant seeking initial licensure or renewal of licensure shall be certified by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians for the particular emergency medical services personnel license that the applicant is applying for on the state level.  (C) An individual who is licensed as emergency medical services personnel before July 24, 2019, is not required to be certified by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians to renew a license if he or she has never been certified by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians or is not eligible for reinstatement of certification by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians;    (7) Assist area health planning in the establishment and operation of local, municipal, county, or district emergency medical services;  (8) In addition to collecting fees pursuant to § 20-13-211, accept public and private gifts, grants, and donations for the purpose of administering this subchapter; and  (9) Engage in the development of dispatching capabilities for emergency ambulance services in this state. The emergency medical services provider shall make a reasonable effort to see that a patient is taken to a physician or hospital of the patient's choice, if within a reasonable distance.
AR Code § 20-13-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 2 - Emergency Medical Services Act|§ 20-13-210. Rules and standards — Review required

 (a)  (1) All rules and standards relating to emergency medical services promulgated and adopted by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council and the State Board of Health or any other state agency or department authorized to promulgate and adopt rules to carry out this subchapter shall be submitted to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof for consideration before being placed in effect by the department or agency.  (2) No rules or standards promulgated to carry out this subchapter shall be enforced by any state agency or department until they have been:  (A) Submitted to and considered by the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and  (B) Reviewed and approved by the Legislative Council under § 10-3-309.      (b) Rules promulgated by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council shall receive approval of the Governor after he or she receives the review and approval of the Legislative Council before effect and enforcement.
AR Code § 20-13-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 2 - Emergency Medical Services Act|§ 20-13-211. Fees

 The State Board of Health may establish the fees to be charged by the Department of Health to defray the cost of administering and enforcing this subchapter, as follows:   (1) The testing fee not to exceed the cost of administering the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians examination;  (2)  (A) The licensure fee for emergency medical services personnel, which shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20.00).  (B) Ten dollars ($10.00) of the licensure fee shall be credited to the Emergency Medical Services Revolving Fund.  (C) The licensure shall be valid for two (2) years;    (3) The biennial renewal of the emergency medical services personnel licensure, which shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20.00). Ten dollars ($10.00) of the biennial renewal shall be credited to the Emergency Medical Services Revolving Fund;  (4) The issuance and annual renewal of an operational permit for each ambulance service, which shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00);  (5) The annual inspection and permitting of emergency vehicles, which shall not exceed five dollars ($5.00) per vehicle; and  (6) The issuance and renewal of an operational license for each air ambulance service, which shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
AR Code § 20-13-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 2 - Emergency Medical Services Act|§ 20-13-212. Additional fees

 (a) There is imposed an additional annual fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for the inspection and permitting of ambulances. The fee shall be collected in addition to the fee provided in § 20-13-211(5).  (b) There is imposed an annual fee of five hundred dollars ($500) for the issuance or renewal of an operational permit for an ambulance service, advanced life support rescue service, or air ambulance service. The fee required by this subsection shall be in addition to all other requirements for the issuance or renewal of an operational permit and shall be required in each county in which the ambulance service, including air ambulance services, has an operational base.  (c)  (1) The fees established by this section shall be collected by the Department of Health.  (2) The department shall deposit the fees with the Treasurer of State, and the fees shall be credited to the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund.
AR Code § 20-13-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 2 - Emergency Medical Services Act|§ 20-13-213. Ambulance standards

 All ambulances operating in this state shall meet all standards prescribed by and under this subchapter and be licensed under this subchapter, and all personnel operating ambulances in this state shall meet the standards prescribed under this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-13-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 2 - Emergency Medical Services Act|§ 20-13-214. Military emergency medical personnel

 (a) Military personnel who return to the State of Arkansas following active duty and who received emergency medical training on active duty shall be granted initial licensure from the Department of Health as emergency medical services personnel under this subchapter, upon proof from the military that the individual received emergency medical training while on active duty.  (b) Military personnel licensed under this section shall pay the fees for biennial renewal of the emergency medical services personnel license required under this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-13-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 2 - Emergency Medical Services Act|§ 20-13-215. Award of flag upon death — Definition

 (a) When a person licensed by the Division of Emergency Medical Services of the Department of Health dies in the course of employment, in recognition of and appreciation for the service of the deceased person, the Department of Health may award one (1) United States flag to the deceased person's spouse or family.  (b) As used in this section, “in the course of employment” means at any time when a person is:  (1) On duty in the capacity for which he or she is licensed by the department; or  (2) Performing an act ordinarily performed in the capacity for which he or she is licensed by the department, although the person is not on duty at the time.    (c) This section does not limit or deny the right of any person or the person's survivors to any other benefits provided by law.
AR Code § 20-13-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 3 - County Programs|§ 20-13-301. Legislative intent

 It is the intent of this subchapter to authorize the quorum court in any county to provide emergency medical services for residents of the county or any designated area of the county and to provide for levying service charges upon residents of the area to provide funds for the purchase of equipment, the maintenance and operation of equipment, and the payment for personal services necessary to provide the services.