147A.11 - PROHIBITED ACTS.

        147A.11  PROHIBITED ACTS.
         1.  Any person not certified as required by this subchapter who
      claims to be an emergency medical care provider, or who uses any
      other term to indicate or imply that the person is an emergency
      medical care provider, or who acts as an emergency medical care
      provider without having obtained the appropriate certificate under
      this subchapter, is guilty of a class "D" felony.
         2.  An owner of an unauthorized ambulance, rescue, or first
      response service in this state who operates or purports to operate an
      ambulance, rescue, or first response service, or who uses any term to
      indicate or imply authorization without having obtained the
      appropriate authorization under this subchapter, is guilty of a class
      "D" felony.
         3.  Any person who imparts or conveys, or causes to be imparted or
      conveyed, or attempts to impart or convey false information
      concerning the need for assistance of an ambulance, rescue, or first
      response service or of any personnel or equipment thereof, knowing
      such information to be false, is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.  
         Section History: Early Form

         [C79, 81, § 147A.11] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         84 Acts, ch 1287, § 11; 89 Acts, ch 89, § 14; 95 Acts, ch 41, §20