16- 163 C.M.R. ch. 3, § 15 - Vehicle Operation

1. A licensed ground ambulance vehicle or authorized emergency medical services vehicle shall operate in a non-emergency response mode to a location to which the ambulance or emergency medical services vehicle has been dispatched except when:

A. Dispatch or responding personnel do not have adequate information to determine the existence or condition of persons at a scene who may require emergency medical treatment, or;

B. The ambulance or emergency medical services vehicle is responding in accordance with a Maine-EMS-approved Response Assignment Plan.

2. A licensed ambulance shall operate in a non-emergency response mode from the scene of a call to a hospital or during the transfer of a patient from a hospital or healthcare facility to another place unless the EMS provider responsible for the care of the patient determines that a threat to the patient's life or limb exists and necessitates emergency response mode.

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16- 163 C.M.R. ch. 3, § 15