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36-2234.01 - Certificate of necessity; amendment; interfacility transport; definitions
36-2234.01. Certificate of necessity; amendment; interfacility transport; definitions
A. A city or town that has a licensed health care institution within its jurisdictional boundaries and that operates an ambulance service may apply to amend its certificate of necessity pursuant to this article to provide interfacility transports in lieu of transports by a peace officer as authorized by section 36-503.02.
B. In addition to any other information required by the department, a city or town must include the following information with the application to amend its certificate of necessity pursuant to subsection A of this section for the purposes of providing interfacility transports:
1. The number of interfacility transports made by peace officers in the applicant city or town from health care institutions to evaluation agencies or mental health treatment agencies in the preceding two years.
2. The projected call volume in the next year for the applicant city or town for interfacility transports to be made in lieu of peace officer transports from health care institutions to evaluation agencies or mental health treatment agencies.
C. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Evaluation agency" has the same meaning prescribed in section 36-501.
2. "Interfacility transport" means the transport of a patient from a licensed health care institution to an evaluation agency or mental health treatment agency as authorized by section 36-503.02.
3. "Mental health treatment agency" has the same meaning prescribed in section 36-501.