Section 170.249 - Service Zone Agreements(A) The local jurisdiction shall ensure that the designated primary ambulance service executes a service zone agreement with each ambulance service that notifies it, in accordance with 105 CMR 170.248, that the ambulance service has a provider contract for primary ambulance response in the service zone. The service zone agreement shall, at a minimum: (1) Coordinate and optimize the use of resources for primary ambulance response, and ensure an appropriate response to emergencies;(2) Reflect the service zone's performance standards for primary ambulance response that the ambulance service with a provider contract must meet; and(3) Define the process for notification of an EFR service, if any, of primary ambulance response calls received by the ambulance service with a provider contract. Such process shall comply with the provisions of 105 CMR 170.355(B)(1) and 105 CMR 170.510(I)(3)(f).(B) Copies of the service zone agreements shall be included in the service zone plan.(C) Specific provider contracts for one-time special events may not be known at the time the service zone plan is developed. Such contracts and performance standards applicable to them may be referenced generally in the plan, provided that the ambulance service with a provider agreement gives written notice of the contract to the local jurisdiction(s), prior to the event.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1486, eff. 1/6/2023.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1488, eff. 1/6/2023.