Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 163 - BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (MAINE EMS) › Chapter 4 - AIR AMBULANCE SERVICES LICENSES › Section 163-4-13 - Scene Response & Transfer Air Ambulance Vehicles

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Except as otherwise exempted by
				32 M.R.S.
				§82 and §12 of this chapter, no
				aircraft shall provide emergency medical services within Maine unless it is
				licensed as an ambulance under these Rules.
2. An air ambulance vehicle license is valid
				for a period of one year, starting from the month the service license is
				issued. Maine EMS will ensure concurrent expiration dates for service and
				vehicle licenses.
3. An aircraft
				licensed as an air ambulance must be maintained in a clean and sanitary
				condition, free from interior corrosion, dirt, or contaminating foreign
				matter.
4. An air ambulance license
				is issued to a particular service and for a particular vehicle, except as
				permitted in Chapter 4 §12.2 of these Rules. If a service is required to
				relicense under Chapter 4 §
									3 of these Rules because of a change of
				ownership, then all of the service's vehicle licenses end, and the service must
				apply for new vehicle licenses. The fee for licensing a vehicle is
				$60.00.
5. When a service acquires
				a new or used air ambulance under Chapter 4 §
									12 of these Rules, it shall apply to
				Maine EMS on forms available from Maine EMS and shall pay the vehicle licensing
				fee necessary to license the vehicle. Within 45 days, Maine EMS shall issue, or
				decline to issue, a license for the vehicle.
6. At least once each year, Maine EMS shall
				inspect each air ambulance aircraft to be sure that it is clean and otherwise
				in conformity with these Rules. If a vehicle does not pass inspection and its
				continued operation presents a hazard to health or safety, the Board may
				suspend its license to provide emergency medical services at once consistent
				with Maine Law (See
				5 M.R.S.
				§10004 and
				4 M.R.S.
				§184 ). Alternatively, if the continued
				operation of the air ambulance aircraft at the level of care for which it is
				permitted pursuant to Chapter 4 §
									2(2) of these Rules
				presents a hazard to health or safety, the Board may immediately suspend the
				aircraft's level of care permit consistent with Maine law (
see
5 M.R.S.
				§10004 and
				4 M.R.S.
				§184 ) and allow the aircraft to operate
				at the next lowest level of care for which it is properly equipped. If the
				deficiencies are not such as to require the immediate suspension of the
				aircraft's license to provide emergency medical services or the immediate
				suspension of its level of care permit, then Maine EMS shall notify the
				operator of the deficiencies and set a reasonable amount of time in which the
				operator may continue to provide emergency medical services while bringing it
				into conformity with the law and Rules. If the aircraft is not brought into
				conformity within the time set, Maine EMS may refuse to renew, or seek
				revocation of, the aircraft's license to provide emergency medical services.