Bill Text: MI SB0995 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Health facilities; emergency medical services; amount of liability coverage required for certain hospital aircraft transport vehicles; modify. Amends sec. 20934 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.20934).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - Assigned Pa 0269'12 With Immediate Effect [SB0995 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB0995-Engrossed.html
SB-0995, As Passed House, June 14, 2012
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 995
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 20934 (MCL 333.20934), as amended by 2000 PA
375.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 20934. (1) A person shall not operate an aircraft
transport vehicle unless the vehicle is licensed by the department
under this section and is operated as part of a licensed aircraft
transport operation.
(2) Upon proper application and payment of a $100.00 fee, the
department shall issue an aircraft transport vehicle license or
annual renewal to the applicant aircraft transport operation.
Receipt of the application by the department serves as attestation
to the department by the aircraft transport operation that the
vehicle is in compliance with the minimum standards required by the
department. The inspection of an aircraft transport vehicle by the
department is not required as a basis for licensure renewal, unless
otherwise determined by the department.
(3) An aircraft transport operation shall submit an
application and required fee to the department for each vehicle in
service.
Each Except as provided in
subsection (6), each
application shall include a certificate of insurance for the
vehicle in the amount and coverage required by the department.
(4) An aircraft transport vehicle shall be equipped with a
communications system utilizing frequencies and procedures
consistent with the statewide emergency medical services
communications system developed by the department.
(5) An aircraft transport vehicle shall be equipped according
to the department's minimum equipment list based upon the level of
life support the vehicle and personnel are licensed to provide.
(6) When determining the amount of liability coverage required
by the department under subsection (3), an aircraft transport
operation that transports patients less than an average of 45 times
a year over the 5-year period preceding the date coverage begins,
is not required to have more than $2,000,000.00 in liability
coverage on each aircraft transport vehicle in that aircraft
transport operation. An aircraft transport operator described under
this subsection that has a valid federal aviation regulation part
135 air carrier certificate issued by the federal aviation
administration shall have its base of operation and primary
business address on an island in the Great Lakes more than 20 miles
from the nearest mainland airport. The aircraft transport
operator's primary business address is the address shown in the
operations specifications and on the air carrier certificate.
