Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 1027.52 - Out-of-State providers(a) An entity located or headquartered outside of this Commonwealth, that is not licensed as an EMS agency by the Department, may not engage in the business of providing EMS to patients within this Commonwealth except when dispatched by a PSAP to provide EMS. This is to occur only when a PSAP determines that an EMS agency is unable to respond within a reasonable time or its response is not sufficient to deal with the emergency.(b) An entity located or headquartered outside of this Commonwealth that is not licensed as an EMS agency by the Department, may provide EMS to patients when transporting them from locations outside this Commonwealth to locations within this Commonwealth.(c) An entity located or headquartered outside this Commonwealth, which is not an agency of the Federal government, needs to be licensed as an EMS agency by the Department to provide EMS to patients within this Commonwealth other than as described in subsections (a) and (b).The provisions of this § 1027.52 adopted October 11, 2013, effective 4/10/2014, 43 Pa.B. 6093.