16-163 C.M.R. ch. 2, § 3 - AMBULANCE SERVICE

AMBULANCE SERVICE means any person, persons, or organization, which holds itself out to be a provider of transportation for ill or injured persons or which routinely provides transportation for ill or injured persons. For the purposes of these Rules, the Maine Army National Guard, Maine Air National Guard, and the United States armed forces are not considered ambulance services. It does not mean a person, persons, or an organization which transports ill or injured persons for reasons not connected with their illness or injury. It does not mean a nursing home licensed under 22 M.R.S. chapter 405, a children's home licensed under 22 M.R.S. chapter 1669, a boarding home licensed under 22 M.R.S. chapter 1663, or similar residential facility when transporting its own residents or those of another similarly licensed facility when those residents do not require emergency medical treatment. The types of Ambulance Services licensed by Maine EMS are listed below:

1. Ground Ambulance Services are those services licensed by the Board that treat patients and transport them in ambulance vehicles that are licensed by the Board and are designed to be operated on the roads and highways of the State.

2. Scene Response Air Ambulance Services are those services licensed by the Board that transport patients, utilizing aircraft licensed by the Board, from the scene of the patient's illness or injury to the hospital or provide air transfer of patients being transferred from a hospital or health care facility to another place.

3. Transfer Air Ambulance Services are those services licensed by the Board that transport patients utilizing aircraft licensed by the Board and that may only provide air transfer of patients being transferred from a hospital or health care facility to another place.

4. Restricted Response Air Ambulance Services (RRAAS) are those services licensed by the Board and that utilize aircraft licensed by the Board to provide limited air ambulance services in order to meet a need within the State not otherwise fulfilled by a Scene Response Air Ambulance Service or a Transfer Air Ambulance Service.

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16-163 C.M.R. ch. 2, § 3