PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2436
PRINTER'S NO. 3045
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2097
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY HAMM, PICKETT, CAUSER, OWLETT, FRITZ, RADER,
SCHLEGEL CULVER, STAMBAUGH, ECKER, WHEELAND, COX, E. NELSON,
ROAE, M. MACKENZIE, JOZWIAK, BERNSTINE, PENNYCUICK, IRVIN,
SANKEY, SAYLOR, BOROWICZ, ZIMMERMAN, ROWE, POLINCHOCK AND
ARMANINI, NOVEMBER 23, 2021
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
APRIL 26, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system,
further providing for basic life support ambulances.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8133(b)(1) of Title 35 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and subsection (b)
is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
SECTION 1. SECTION 8133(B)(1) AND (C)(1) OF TITLE 35 OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES ARE AMENDED TO READ:
ยง 8133. Basic life support ambulances.
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(b) Staffing requirements.--
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2) or (5)
SUBSECTION (C)(1), minimum staffing for a BLS ambulance when
responding to a call to provide EMS is an ambulance
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attendant, EMR or EMT, a second EMS provider at or above the
EMT level and an EMS vehicle operator, except that only the
two EMS providers need to respond if one of them is also the
EMS vehicle operator. When present, an EMS provider above the
EMR level must attend to the patient at the scene and during
patient transportation.
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(5) The minimum staffing requirements for a BLS
ambulance in a county of the fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth
class when responding to a call to provide EMS is an EMS
vehicle operator and an EMS provider at or above the level of
an EMT. When present, an EMS provider at or above the level
of an EMT shall attend to the patient at the scene and during
patient transportation.
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(C) EXCEPTIONS.--
(1) [THE STAFFING REQUIREMENTS UNDER SUBSECTION (B)(2)
MAY BE WAIVED OR ADJUSTED AT THE DEPARTMENT'S DISCRETION. THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL PERMIT AN EMS AGENCY TO FILE FOR A WAIVER OR
EXCEPTION FROM THE STAFFING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION FOR EXTRAORDINARY REASONS AS DETERMINED BY THE
DEPARTMENT ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS AND IN THE BEST INTEREST
OF THE EMS SYSTEM AND PATIENT CARE.] THE MINIMUM STAFFING
REQUIREMENTS FOR A BLS AMBULANCE WHEN RESPONDING TO A CALL TO
PROVIDE EMS IS AN EMS VEHICLE OPERATOR AND AN EMS PROVIDER AT
OR ABOVE THE LEVEL OF AN EMT. WHEN PRESENT, AN EMS PROVIDER
AT OR ABOVE THE LEVEL OF AN EMT SHALL ATTEND TO THE PATIENT
AT THE SCENE AND DURING PATIENT TRANSPORTATION.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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