Section 16.01.03.201 - EMS AGENCY - SERVICE TYPESAn EMS agency may be licensed as one (1) or more service types. An agency that provides multiple service types must meet the requirements for each service type provided. The following are the agency services types available for EMS agency licensure.
01.Ambulance Service Types. An agency that is licensed as an ambulance service is intended for patient transport or transfer.a. 911 Response Transport Service. Available to an agency that provides emergency medical care at emergency scenes, during transports or transfers, and has the primary responsibility of responding to 911 calls dispatched by a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) or Consolidated Emergency Communication System (CECS) within a specified geographical area.b. Transport Service. Available to an agency that provides emergency medical care during transports or transfers but does not respond to 911 calls. Transport services only respond to calls using emergency driving procedures for emergency hospital-to-hospital transfers and when requested by a CECS, PSAP, or a 911 Response agency.02.Non-Transport Service Types. An agency that is licensed as a non-transport service is not intended for patient transport or transfers and cannot advertise ambulance services. a. 911 Response Non-Transport Service. Available to an agency that provides emergency medical care at an emergency scene and has the primary responsibility of responding to 911 calls dispatched by a CECS or PSAP within a specified geographical area.b. Non-Transport Service. Available to an agency that provides emergency medical care but does not respond to 911 calls or respond to calls using emergency driving procedures unless requested by a CECS, PSAP, or a 911 Response agency.03.Air Medical Service Types. An agency that is licensed with an air medical service type is intended for patient transport, transfer, or rescue.a. Air Medical Transport Service. Available to an agency that provides air medical response and transport of patients from emergency scenes and hospitals utilizing a fixed-wing or rotary-wing air ambulance.b. Air Medical Rescue Service. Available to an agency that provides air medical response via fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft to emergency scenes for transportation of patients from an emergency scene to a rendezvous with a ground or air medical transport agency.Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.01.03.201