2010 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 41 - State Government
41-1837 Financial responsibility for emergency medical services rendered to indigents
41-1837. Financial responsibility for emergency medical services rendered to indigents A. If an indigent emergency medical patient is received by an emergency receiving facility from an ambulance with necessary medical equipment and supplies to provide emergency medical services and which is licensed pursuant to title 36, chapter 21.1, the county is liable pursuant to section 11-297.02 to the ambulance service for the cost of transporting the patient and to the facility for the reasonable costs of all medical services rendered to the patient by the facility until the patient is transferred by the county to the county hospital, or some other facility designated by the county. B. This section does not apply to air ambulances, including ambulance helicopters, operated by the department. There shall be no charge made to the patient for any emergency medical care provided by department personnel. |
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