2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 190 Emergency Services
190.133. Emergency medical response agency license--limitations.

190.133. 1. The department shall, within a reasonable time after receipt of an application, cause such investigation as the department deems necessary to be made of the applicant for an emergency medical response agency license.

2. The department shall issue a license to any emergency medical response agency which provides advanced life support if the applicant meets the requirements established pursuant to sections 190.001 to 190.245, and the rules adopted by the department pursuant to sections 190.001 to 190.245. The department may promulgate rules relating to the requirements for an emergency medical response agency including, but not limited to:

(1) A licensure period of five years;

(2) Medical direction;

(3) Records and forms; and

(4) Memorandum of understanding with local ambulance services.

3. Application for an emergency medical response agency license shall be made upon such forms as prescribed by the department in rules adopted pursuant to sections 190.001 to 190.245. The application form shall contain such information as the department deems necessary to make a determination as to whether the emergency medical response agency meets all the requirements of sections 190.001 to 190.245 and rules promulgated pursuant to sections 190.001 to 190.245.

4. No person or entity shall hold itself out as an emergency medical response agency that provides advanced life support or provide the services of an emergency medical response agency that provides advanced life support unless such person or entity is licensed by the department.

5. Only emergency medical response agencies, fire departments, and fire protection districts may provide certain ALS services with the services of EMT-Is.

6. Emergency medical response agencies functioning with the services of EMT-Is must work in collaboration with an ambulance service providing advanced life support with personnel trained to the emergency medical technician-paramedic level.

(L. 1998 S.B. 743, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1107, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1195)