Section 25-3.5-501 - Records - ambulance services to report - access to patient information(1) Each ambulance service shall prepare and transmit copies of uniform and standardized records, as specified by regulation adopted by the department, concerning the transportation and treatment of patients in order to evaluate the performance of the emergency medical services system and to plan systematically for improvements in said system at all levels.(2) The record forms adopted by the department may distinguish between rural ambulance service and urban ambulance service and between mobile intensive care units and basic ambulance service.(3) The department shall make individualized patient information from its EMS agency patient care database available to health information organization networks for uses allowed under the federal "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996", as amended, Pub.L. 104-191. The department shall contract with health information organization networks regarding accessing patient information and limiting the use of information to purposes allowed under the "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996", as amended.Amended by 2018 Ch. 63, § 2, eff. 8/8/2018.L. 77: Entire article added, p. 1284, § 2, effective 1/1/1978. L. 78: Entire section amended, p. 270, § 84, effective May 23. L. 2018: (3) added, (HB 18-1032), ch. 63, p. 612, § 2, effective August 8.