Bill Text: AZ SB1014 | 2022 | Fifty-fifth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Ambulance services; rural areas
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-11 - Senate read second time [SB1014 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2022-SB1014-Introduced.html
PREFILED DEC 03 2021
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REFERENCE TITLE: ambulance services; rural areas |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022
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SB 1014 |
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Introduced by Senator Townsend
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AN ACT
Amending Title 36, chapter 21.1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-2224.01; 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 36-2224.01, to read:
36-2224.01. Rural areas; emergency medical situations; patient transportation
Notwithstanding any other law, in rural areas of a county with a population of less than five hundred thousand persons, a fire department or fire district may provide ambulance service to transport a patient in an emergency medical situation regardless of whether the fire department or fire district has a certificate of necessity issued pursuant to article 2 of this chapter for the area.
