Or. Admin. Code § 333-255-0073

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 11, November 1, 2024

Section 333-255-0073 - Specialty Care Ground Ambulance Vehicle Requirements

(1) A ground ambulance vehicle in operation and providing only specialty care transport during inter-facility transfers must be staffed by a minimum of two qualified persons or additional staff, the number and type, specified by the transferring physician:

(a) A qualified driver who meets the requirements specified in OAR 333-250-0270(6); and

(b) A person who is a Paramedic with additional specialty care training, an ambulance-based clinician or other qualified person who has additional specialty care training and who must be in the patient compartment when a patient is receiving specialty level care.

(2) A Paramedic, ambulance-based clinician or other qualified person described in subsection (1)(b) of this rule must have the:

(a) Training to properly operate all patient care equipment carried on a ground ambulance vehicle, including specialty care equipment necessary to care for the patient during the transfer;

(b) Training to do titration of intravenous medications necessary to care for the patient during transfer; and

(c) Ability to properly assist in lifting and moving a patient.

(3) A ground ambulance vehicle in operation and providing only specialty level care transport must have the necessary patient care equipment, medications or supplies anticipated or required for patient care including at a minimum:

(a) The equipment requirements specified in OAR 333-255-0072 section (5);

(b) Device to provide continuous waveform capnography;

(c) Device to provide pressure infusion of IV fluids; and

(d) Equipment suitable for administering a fluid bolus to pediatric patients that limits risk for inadvertent over-administration of fluid.

(4) A licensed ambulance service must ensure that its ambulance vehicles comply with the following equipment requirements by no later than July 1, 2022:

(a) OAR 333-255-0072(7)(a) through (g); and

(b) Subsections (3)(b) through (d) of this rule.

Or. Admin. Code § 333-255-0073

OHD 5-2001, f. & cert. ef. 4-24-01; PH 2-2007, f. & cert. ef. 2-1-07; PH 12-2010, f. 6-30-10, cert. ef. 7-1-10; PH 1-2011, f. & cert. ef. 1-6-11; PH 1-2013, f. & cert. ef. 1-25-13; PH 230-2018, amend filed 06/13/2018, effective 6/15/2018; PH 63-2021, minor correction filed 10/05/2021, effective 10/5/2021; PH 87-2021, amend filed 12/09/2021, effective 01/01/2022; PH 1-2022, minor correction filed 01/03/2022, effective 1/3/2022

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 682.017, 682.068

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 682.017 - 682.117, 682.991