2014 Virginia Code
Title 32.1 - Health
§ 32.1-111.6. Permits; agency; emergency medical services vehicles

A. No person shall operate, conduct, maintain or profess to be an agency without a valid permit issued by the Commissioner for such agency and for each emergency medical services vehicle used by such agency.

B. The Commissioner shall issue an original or renewal permit for an agency or emergency medical services vehicle which meets all requirements set forth in this article and in the regulations of the Board, upon application, on forms and according to procedures established by the Board. Permits shall be valid for a period specified by the Board, not to exceed two years.

C. The Commissioner may issue temporary permits for agencies or emergency medical services vehicles not meeting required standards, valid for a period not to exceed sixty days, when the public interest will be served thereby.

D. The issuance of a permit hereunder shall not be construed to authorize any agency to operate any emergency medical services vehicle without a franchise or permit in any county or municipality which has enacted an ordinance pursuant to § 32.1-111.14 making it unlawful to do so.

1996, c. 899.