The Oregon Health Authority shall adopt rules in accordance with ORS chapter 183 that include, but are not limited to:
(1) Requirements relating to the types and numbers of emergency vehicles, including supplies and equipment carried.(2) Requirements for the operation and coordination of ambulances and other emergency care systems.(3) Criteria for the use of two-way communications.(4) Procedures for summoning and dispatching aid.(5) Requirements that ambulance services report patient encounter data to the emergency medical services data system established under section 12 of this 2024 Act. The requirements must specify the data that an ambulance service must report, the form and frequency of the reporting and the procedures and standards for the administration of the data system.(6) Levels of licensure for emergency medical services providers. The lowest level of emergency medical services provider licensure must be an emergency medical responder license.(7) Other rules as necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.Amended by 2024 Ch. 32,§ 17, eff. 6/6/2024, op. 1/1/2025.Amended by 2017 Ch. 229, § 1, eff. 6/6/2017, op. 1/1/2018.Formerly 682.215; 2009 c. 595, § 1063; 2011 c. 703, § 2