Section 23-27-07 - Required formation of rural ambulance service district - Organizational meeting - Exemption - Eligibility for relicensure1. Emergency medical service operations licensed under this chapter as a basic life support or advanced life support ambulance service for which a territory has been assigned pursuant to this chapter does not include a city with a population greater than six thousand five hundred according to the 2020 census data published by the United States census bureau, and is not otherwise exempted, must conduct a rural ambulance service district organizational meeting pursuant to the procedure in 11-28.3-06 prior to June 30, 2025. After such organizational meeting the district shall be deemed organized and operating under the provisions of chapter 11-28.3.2. The following licensed ambulance services are exempt from this section:a. Licensed ambulance services that are county owned.b. Licensed ambulance services that are city owned.c. Licensed ambulance services that are part of a joint powers agreement with a city or county-owned ambulance.d. Licensed ambulance services owned by tribal or federal government.e. Existing rural ambulance service districts organized pursuant to chapter 11-28.3.3. Ambulance services not in compliance with this section may not be eligible for relicensure under this chapter.Added by S.L. 2023, ch. 114 (HB 1365),§ 10, eff. 7/1/2023.