Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES › Division 30 - Division of Regulation and Licensure › Chapter 40 - Comprehensive Emergency Medical Services Systems Regulations › Section 19 CSR 30-40.308 - Application and Licensure Requirements Standards for the Licensure and Relicensure of Air Ambulance Services

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule provides the requirement and
				  standards related to the licensure and relicensure of air ambulance
				  services.
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The secretary of state has
				  determined that the publication of the entire text of the material which is
				  incorporated by reference as a portion of this rule would be unduly cumbersome
				  or expensive. This material as incorporated by reference in this rule shall be
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				  reproduction. This note applies only to the reference material. The entire text
				  of the rule is printed here.
(1) Application Requirements for Air
				Ambulance Service Licensure.
(A) Each
				applicant for an air ambulance service license or relicense shall submit an
				application for licensure to the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Bureau no
				less than thirty (30) days or no more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior
				to their desired date of licensure or relicensure.
(B) An application shall include the
				following information: type of license applied for (rotary wing or fixed wing);
				trade name of air ambulance service; location of aircraft; number of aircraft
				to be used as an air ambulance(s); name, address, telephone numbers, and email
				address (if applicable) of operator of air ambulance service; name, address,
				telephone numbers, and email address (if applicable) of manager; name, address,
				whether a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy, telephone numbers, email
				address (if applicable), and signature of medical director and date signed;
				certification by the medical director that they are aware of the qualification
				requirements and the responsibilities of an air ambulance service medical
				director and agree to serve as medical director; name, address, telephone
				numbers, and email address (if applicable) of proposed licensee of air
				ambulance service; name of licensee's chief executive officer; all ambulance
				service licensure and related administrative licensure actions taken against
				the ambulance service or owner by any state agency in any state; and
				certification by the applicant that the application contains no
				misrepresentations or falsifications and that the information given by them is
				true and complete to the best of their knowledge and that the ambulance service
				has both the intention and the ability to comply with the regulations
				promulgated under the Comprehensive Emergency Medical Service Systems Act,
				Chapter 190, RSMo.
(C) Each air
				ambulance service that meets the requirements and standards of the statute and
				regulations shall be licensed and relicensed for a period of five (5) years.
				Air ambulances based inside or outside Missouri that do intra-Missouri
				transports shall be licensed in the state of Missouri and shall be held to the
				same standards.
(D) Air ambulance
				services which are currently accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of
				Medical Transportation Services (CAMTS) and have the required liability
				insurance coverage shall be considered to be compliant with the rules for air
				ambulance services. Accredited air ambulance services shall attach to their
				application evidence of accreditation and proof of their liability insurance
				coverage. The EMS Bureau shall conduct periodic site reviews and inspections of
				applicable records and medical equipment as necessary to verify
				compliance.
(E) Fixed wing air
				ambulances shall meet the requirements stated in this regulation except
				(8)(D)
,
(8)(F), and (12).