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REFERENCE TITLE: emergency medical services; patient transport |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022
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HB 2431 |
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Introduced by Representative Shah
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AN ACT
Amending Title 36, chapter 21.1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-2219; relating to emergency medical services.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 21.1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-2219, to read:
36-2219. Emergency medical services transportation; communication with physician
A. An emergency medical care technician shall contact the physician who is providing administrative medical direction or a physician in the base hospital's emergency department consistent with local protocols and practice guidelines if emergency medical services transportation is not provided to a patient.
B. An emergency medical care technician may not do either of the following:
1. Provide a patient with a medical diagnosis and use that medical diagnosis as the basis for counseling the patient to decline emergency medical services transportation.
2. Counsel a patient to decline emergency medical services transportation, except as part of a specific alternate destination or treat-and-refer program that includes quality management and comprehensive medical direction oversight.
C. An emergency medical care technician shall explain to a patient the risks and consequences to the patient's health of not being transported.