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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 20941. (1) A person shall not establish, operate, or cause to be operated a medical first response service unless the service is licensed by the department.
(2) Upon proper application, the department shall issue a license as a medical first response service to a person who meets the requirements of this part and rules promulgated under this part. The department shall not charge a fee for licensing a medical first response service.
(3) A medical first response service shall provide life support in accordance with approved local medical control authority protocols and shall not provide life support at a level that exceeds its license or violates approved local medical control authority protocols.
(4) A medical first response service license may be renewed annually upon the application to the department.
(5) A person shall not advertise or disseminate information leading the public to believe that the person provides a medical first response service unless that person does in fact provide that service and has been licensed by the department.
(6) A medical first response service shall have at least 1 medical first response vehicle available on a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week basis, to provide a medical first response capability. Each medical first response vehicle shall be equipped and staffed as required by this part or rules promulgated under this part.
(7) A medical first response service shall provide life support consistent with its license and approved local medical control authority protocols to all patients without prior inquiry into ability to pay or source of payment.
(8) To the extent that a police or fire suppression agency is dispatched to provide medical first response life support, that agency is subject to this section and the other provisions of this part relating to medical first response services.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 333. Health § 333.20941 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mi/chapter-333-health/mi-comp-laws-333-20941/
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