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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. Any municipally operated ambulance service, ambulance district, fire protection district that provides ambulance service or any other ambulance service may enter into contracts providing for mutual aid services provided by such ambulance service. The contracts that are agreed upon may provide for compensation from the parties and other terms that are agreeable to the parties and may be for an indefinite period as long as they include a minimum of a sixty-day cancellation notice by either party.
2. Any municipally operated ambulance service, ambulance district, fire protection district that provides ambulance service or any other ambulance service may provide assistance to any other ambulance service in the state that requests it, at the time of an emergency, major catastrophe or any other unforeseen event or series of events which jeopardizes the ability of the local ambulance service to promptly respond to emergencies.
3. When responding on mutual aid or emergency aid requests, the ambulance service shall be subject to all provisions of law as if it were providing service within its own jurisdiction.
4. Mutual-aid contracts may be agreed to between ambulance services in the states neighboring Missouri and ambulance services in the state of Missouri in the exact same manner as contracts between ambulance services within the state of Missouri.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Missouri Revised Statutes Title XII. Public Health and Welfare § 190.107. Contracts for mutual aid services - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mo/title-xii-public-health-and-welfare/mo-rev-st-190-107/
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