Ind. Code § 16-31-3-1

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 16-31-3-1 - Certification or license required

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person other than:

(1) a licensed physician;

(2) a registered nurse or an individual acting under the supervision of a licensed physician; or

(3) a person providing health care in a hospital or an ambulatory outpatient surgical center licensed under IC 16-21;

may not furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise, or otherwise be engaged in providing emergency medical services, except for the use of an automated external defibrillator, as a part of the regular course of doing business, either paid or voluntary, unless that person holds a valid certificate or license issued by the commission.

(b) A:

(1) licensed physician;

(2) registered nurse or an individual acting under the supervision of a licensed physician; or

(3) person providing health care in a hospital or an ambulatory outpatient surgical center licensed under IC 16-21;

who operates a business of transporting emergency patients by ambulance or using a nontransporting emergency medical services vehicle must hold a valid certificate issued by the commission under this article.

IC 16-31-3-1

Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-39-9(a), (c).

Amended by P.L. 77-2012, SEC. 22, eff. 7/1/2012.

As added by P.L. 2-1993, SEC.14. Amended by P.L. 186-1995, SEC.8; P.L. 74-2006, SEC.3.