147A.5 - APPLICATIONS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE SERVICES -- APPROVAL -- DENIAL, PROBATION, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION.
147A.5 APPLICATIONS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE
SERVICES -- APPROVAL -- DENIAL, PROBATION, SUSPENSION, OR
REVOCATION.
1. An ambulance, rescue, or first response service in this state
that desires to provide emergency medical care in the out-of-hospital
setting shall apply to the department for authorization to establish
a program for delivery of the care at the scene of an emergency,
during transportation to a hospital, during transfer from one medical
care facility to another or to a private residence, or while in the
hospital emergency department, and until care is directly assumed by
a physician or by authorized hospital personnel.
2. The department shall approve an application submitted in
accordance with subsection 1 when the department is satisfied that
the program proposed by the application will be operated in
compliance with this subchapter and the rules adopted pursuant to
this subchapter.
3. The department may deny an application for authorization, or
may place on probation, suspend, or revoke existing authorization if
the department finds reason to believe the program has not been or
will not be operated in compliance with this subchapter and the rules
adopted pursuant to this subchapter, or that there is insufficient
assurance of adequate protection for the public. The denial or
period of probation, suspension, or revocation shall be effected and
may be appealed as provided by section 17A.12. Section History: Early Form
[C79, 81, § 147A.5] Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1287, § 5; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1144; 89 Acts, ch 89,
§8; 95 Acts, ch 41, §13
Referred to in § 147A.4