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(a) The commission, in consultation with the Department of Health, shall establish a panel whose composition and size shall be determined by the commission.
(b) The panel shall review and monitor ambulance service available to travelers of the turnpike and advise the commission as to the following objectives:
(1) Achieving the capability of approximately ten-minute maximum response time by ambulance service to every location on the turnpike under ordinary driving conditions.
(2) Assuring that every ambulance responding to an emergency incident on the turnpike is staffed by at least one emergency medical technician.
(3) Assuring that every ambulance responding to an emergency incident on the turnpike complies with Federal Specification No. KKK-A-1822 as amended and updated.
(4) Assuring that every ambulance responding to an emergency incident on the turnpike carries the minimum essential equipment for ambulances recommended by the American College of Surgeons, Department of Transportation and Department of Health and light rescue extrication equipment recommended by the Department of Health.
(c) The panel may accomplish the objectives set forth in subsection (b) by reviewing the ambulance services provided by the commission, or that available from professional and volunteer service in areas adjacent to the turnpike.
(d) The panel may establish reasonable trial periods to evaluate and compare potential services in particular areas of the turnpike. The panel may implement off-pike services to completely replace existing commission services, as such off-pike services, in the panel's determination, meet the above objectives: Provided, however, That the panel shall not terminate existing commission services on any section of the turnpike unless it has entered an agreement pursuant to which ambulance services will be provided in that section by a professional or volunteer service or services in the area adjacent to the turnpike.
(e) The panel may remain convened to evaluate the changing availability and quality of service.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 36 P.S. Highways and Bridges § 652e.2. Panel to review and monitor ambulance service - last updated January 01, 2019 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-36-ps-highways-and-bridges/pa-st-sect-36-652e-2/
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