Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 202 - INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES › Chapter 7 - Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services › Section 202 KAR 7:555 - Ground agencies

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				311A.030,
				311A.190,
				29 C.F.R.
				1910.1030
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				311A.020 requires the Board of Emergency
				Medical Services to exercise all administrative functions in the regulation of
				the EMS system and the licensing of ambulance services and medical first
				response agencies, except those regulated by the Board of Medical Licensure or
				the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
				KRS
				311A.030 requires the board to promulgate
				administrative regulations for the licensing, inspection, and regulation of
				ambulance providers and medical first response agencies. This administrative
				regulation establishes minimum licensing requirements.
Section 1. Utilization of Ground Vehicles by
			 Class I, II, III, and IV Licensed Agencies.
(1) At the time of initial inspection, each
			 agency shall inform the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services (KBEMS)
			 office of the make, model, year, vehicle identification number or serial
			 number, and license tag number for each vehicle the agency plans to use for
			 medical care and transportation.
(2) A vehicle shall not be placed into
			 operation until the board has conducted a physical inspection of the vehicle
			 and determined it meets the requirements of 202 KAR Chapter 7.
(3) Each agency shall complete a Vehicle
			 Delete application in the Kentucky Emergency Medical Services Information
			 System (KEMSIS), no later than the next business day after the permanent
			 removal of any licensed vehicle from service by the license holder.
(4)
(a) A
			 licensed agency may use a replacement vehicle that meets all of the
			 requirements of 202 KAR Chapter 7 on a temporary basis while a permitted
			 vehicle is out of service. The agency shall complete an Add TEMPORARY
			 Vehicle/Aircraft Part 1 application in KEMSIS within twenty-four (24) hours of
			 the replacement.
(b) A temporary
			 replacement vehicle shall not be used for more than thirty (30) days annually
			 unless the KBEMS office has verified, through a physical inspection, that it
			 meets the requirements of 202 KAR Chapter 7.
(5) The KBEMS office shall be notified by a
			 completed Add TEMPORARY Vehicle/Aircraft Part 2 application in KEMSIS within
			 twenty-four (24) hours or on the next business day if a temporary vehicle is
			 removed from service and the original licensed vehicle is returned to
			 service.
(6)
(a) An agency that fails to report using a
			 temporary vehicle shall be required to immediately cease use of the replacement
			 vehicle until the reporting requirements are met.
(b) An agency that fails to remove a
			 temporary vehicle from service after thirty (30) days shall be fined $500 for
			 each day or partial day the vehicle is in service and not reported.
(7) This administrative regulation
			 shall not prevent a licensed agency from utilizing other means of transporting
			 patients in:
(a) Disasters;
(b) Mass casualty incidents; or
(c) Extraordinary scene conditions that would
			 impair access to the safety or care of the patient or personnel operating at
			 the scene.