§ 16.100.050. Availability of service; permitted transport; operation generally.

A.

An ambulance service shall be available to transport patients at all times of every day without exception.

B.

An ambulance service may transport patients only as follows:

1.

Transport of a person between hospitals;

2.

Transport of a person between a nursing home, private residence, Alaska Pioneer Home or a hospital and a location approved in advance by the patient's attending physician;

3.

Transport of a person from a hospital to a private residence;

4.

Transport of a person between a hospital and an airport;

5.

Transport between a private residence and another location when such transport is approved in advance by the patient's attending physician;

6.

Transport between a hospital and a medical clinic;

7.

Transport of a neonatal patient and equipment along with a neonatal intensive care team; and

8.

Transport of patients for whom the fire chief requests transportation.

C.

An ambulance service shall not discontinue service without prior notice to the fire chief at least 90 days in advance of such action.

D.

An ambulance service shall operate at all times in strict accordance with standing orders previously approved by the emergency medical service board.

(AO No. 85-71)