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 30-40.309 - Application and Licensure Requirements Standards for the Licensure and Relicensure of Ground Ambulance Services

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment adds the Commission on
				  Accreditation of Ambulance Services Ground Vehicle Standard for Ambulances
				  v.1.0 edition and the National Fire Protection Association 1917 Standard for
				  Automotive Ambulances 2016 edition as acceptable standards/specifications for
				  vehicles specifically designed, manufactured, and equipped for use as an
				  ambulance.
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
				  maintained by the agency at its headquarters and shall be made available to the
				  public for inspection and copying at no more than the actual cost of
				  reproduction. This note applies only to the reference material. The entire text
				  of the rule is printed here.
(1) Application Requirements for Ground
				Ambulance Service Licensure.
(A) Each
				applicant for ownership of an ambulance service license or relicense shall
				submit an application for licensure to the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
				(EMS) no less than thirty (30) days or no more than one hundred and twenty
				(120) days prior to their desired date of licensure or relicensure.
(B) An application shall include the
				following information: trade name of the ambulance service; location of
				vehicles; number of vehicles to be operated by the ambulance service; name,
				address, telephone numbers and e-mail address (if applicable) of operator of
				the ambulance service; name 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 ambulance service medical director and agree to serve as
				medical director; name, address, telephone numbers and e-mail address (if
				applicable) of proposed licensee of the 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 Supp. 1998.
(C) Each 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.
(D) Ambulance services which are currently
				accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) or
				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 ambulance services. Accredited ambulance services
				shall attach to their application evidence of accreditation and proof of their
				liability insurance coverage. The Bureau of EMS may conduct periodic site
				reviews as necessary to verify compliance.