Amendment ASA1-AB524

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2001 ASSEMBLY BILL 524

October 22, 2001 - Offered by Public Health.

AB524-ASA1,1,5 An Act to renumber and amend 146.50 (4) (c); to amend 146.50 (4) (title) and 146.50 (13) (a); and to create 146.50 (4) (c) 1. and 146.50 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes; relating to: limiting the approval of operational plans for staffing of ambulances for services authorized to be provided by emergency medical technicians-paramedic.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB524-ASA1, s. 1 Section 1. 146.50 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB524-ASA1,1,8 146.50 (4) (title) Ambulance staffing and operational plans; limitations; rules.

AB524-ASA1, s. 2 Section 2. 146.50 (4) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 146.50 (4) (c) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB524-ASA1,2,8 146.50 (4) (c) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (a), the department may promulgate rules that establish standards for approval by the department of operational plans for the staffing of ambulances in which the primary services provided are those which an emergency medical technician - intermediate is authorized to provide or those which an emergency medical technician - paramedic is authorized to provide. Rules promulgated by the department under this paragraph may permit the department to approve an operational plan for services that an emergency medical technician-paramedic is authorized to provide that is submitted by an ambulance service provider only if the operational plan specifies either of the following for the transport of a patient in a prehospital setting:

AB524-ASA1, s. 3 Section 3. 146.50 (4) (c) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

AB524-ASA1,2,15 146.50 (4) (c) 1. That the ambulance service provider ensures, in writing, that the ambulance is staffed with at least two emergency medical technicians-paramedic, licensed registered nurses, licensed physician assistants, or physicians or a combination of any two of these, who are trained in the use of all skills authorized by rule for an emergency medical technician-paramedic and are designated by the medical director of the ambulance service.

AB524-ASA1, s. 4 Section 4. 146.50 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB524-ASA1,2,24 146.50 (4) (c) 2. That the ambulance service provider ensures, in writing, that the ambulance is staffed with at least one emergency medical technician-paramedic, licensed registered nurse, licensed physician assistant, or physician, who is trained in the use of all skills authorized by rule for an emergency medical technician-paramedic and is designated by the medical director of the ambulance service and either one emergency medical technician-intermediate or one emergency medical technician-basic, if the medical director specifically requests and authorizes this staffing in the operational plan.

AB524-ASA1, s. 5 Section 5. 146.50 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB524-ASA1,3,2 146.50 (13) (a) The department may promulgate rules necessary for administration of this section, as limited under sub. (4) (c).

AB524-ASA1,3,3 (End)