Section 163-3-2 - License Factorsa ground ambulance service license or a non-transporting service license is issued for a specific:
1. Service Type - which may be: A. A Non-Transporting Service; or2. License Level - which may be: A. Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) - (only if the service is licensing as a Non-Transporting Service type); orB. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT); orC. Advanced EMT (AEMT); or3. Permit Level - which may be: A. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) (only if a service is licensing as a Non-Transporting Service type); orB. Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT); or4. Ownership Upon request of the Board, an applicant for, or licensee of, a ground ambulance service or non-transporting service license must provide the Board with the identity and legal status (e.g. municipality, corporation, limited liability company, sole proprietorship) of the person or entity that holds, or is making application for the license. Failure to provide this information may result in an application being treated as incomplete.5. Service Area A. The service area consists of the primary response area, which is any area to which the service is routinely made available when called by the public to respond to medical emergencies. In defining a primary response area, a service will be expected to meet reasonable standards in regard to distance and response times to emergency scenes. Maine EMS will determine if such standards are met using the following criteria: 1. Dispatch time/availability of ambulance and crew;3. Organized/coordinated dispatch;5. Emergency responses across jurisdictions/public safety implications;6. Impact on patient care; B. The service receiving the request to respond to an emergency medical call outside of its primary response area shall coordinate with that area's primary EMS service to ensure the most appropriate response based upon patient status.C. A service area does not include areas outside the primary response area to which the service may be made available for non-emergency medical calls.6. Base Location. A service must be separately licensed for each base location from which it operates, except that a service may apply for a single license to operate from multiple locations provided it has a Service-Level Medical Director and a single Quality Assurance / Quality Improvement program that is approved by the Board and the State Medical Director.