2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 17 - Occupations
Chapter 682 - Ambulance Services; Emergency Medical Services
Section 682.075 - Ambulance construction, maintenance and operation; compliance requirements; rules.

Universal Citation:
OR Rev Stat § 682.075 (2025)
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(1) Subject to any law or rule pursuant thereto relating to the construction or equipment of ambulances, the Oregon Health Authority shall, with the advice of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board and in accordance with ORS chapter 183, adopt and when necessary amend or repeal rules relating to the construction, maintenance, capacity, sanitation, emergency medical supplies and equipment of ambulances.

(2) In order for an owner to secure and retain a license for an ambulance under this chapter, it shall meet the requirements imposed by rules of the authority. The requirements may relate to construction, maintenance, capacity, sanitation and emergency medical supplies and equipment on ambulances. Such requirements shall include, but are not limited to, requirements relating to space in patient compartments, access to patient compartments, storage facilities, operating condition, cots, mattresses, stretchers, cot and stretcher fasteners, bedding, oxygen and resuscitation equipment, splints, tape, bandages, tourniquets, patient convenience accessories, cleanliness of vehicle and laundering of bedding. [Formerly 823.080; 2009 c.595 §1075; 2024 c.32 §22]

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