2022 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Act 72 - HEALTH AND SAFETY (35 PA.C.S.) - BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AMBULANCES
Session of 2022
No. 2022-72
HB 2097
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system, further providing for basic life support ambulances.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8133(b)(1) and (c) of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 8133. Basic life support ambulances.
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(b) Staffing requirements.--
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2) or subsection (c)(1), minimum staffing for a BLS ambulance when responding to a call to provide EMS is an ambulance attendant, EMR or EMT, a second EMS provider at or above the EMT level and an EMS vehicle operator, except that only the two EMS providers need to respond if one of them is also the EMS vehicle operator. When present, an EMS provider above the EMR level must attend to the patient at the scene and during patient transportation.
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(c) Exceptions.--
(1) [The staffing requirements under subsection (b)(2) may be waived or adjusted at the department's discretion. The department shall permit an EMS agency to file for a waiver or exception from the staffing requirements under this subsection for extraordinary reasons as determined by the department on a case-by-case basis and in the best interest of the EMS system and patient care.] The minimum staffing requirements at the time of transport for a BLS ambulance to provide EMS is an EMS vehicle operator and an EMS provider at or above the level of an EMT. When present, an EMS provider at or above the level of an EMT shall attend to the patient at the scene and during patient transportation.
(2) This subsection shall expire [three years from the date of enactment of this subsection] April 29, 2027.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
APPROVED--The 11th day of July, A.D. 2022.
TOM WOLF
