OAR 333-250-0380: Violations

It is a violation to: (1) Refuse to cooperate with an investigation or survey, including but not limited to failure to permit Oregon Health Authority (Authority) staff access to the ambulance service, its documents or records; (2) Fail to implement a corrective action plan; (3) Refuse or fail to comply with an order issued by the Authority; (4) Refuse or fail to pay a civil penalty; (5) Be convicted of a crime, including Medicare or Medicaid fraud, relating adversely to the person’s capability of owning or operating an ambulance service; (6) Make a material omission or misrepresentation of facts on an application for a license or variance, or in response to an inquiry or investigation. This includes fraud or deception in obtaining or attempting to obtain a license or variance or in any other transaction with the Authority; (7) Loan, borrow, or use the license of another, or knowingly aid or abet the improper granting of a license; (8) Deface, alter, remove or obliterate any portion of any official entry upon a license, licensing decal, or variance issued by the Authority; (9) Refuse to respond to or render prehospital emergency care because of a patient's race, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, medical problem or financial inability to pay; (10) Fail to report to the Authority any matter required by ORS 682.220(4) and OAR 333-265-0080; (11) Fail to protect health information from unlawful use or disclosure in accordance with state and federal privacy laws; (12) Alter or inappropriately destroy medical records; (13) Willfully prepare or file false reports or records, or induce another to do so; (14) Engage in any of the following: (a) Incompetence, negligence or misconduct in operating the ambulance service or in providing emergency medical care and transportation to patients; (b) Abuse or abandonment of patients; (c) Failure to comply with the county ambulance service plan, area trauma plan, or other lawfully promulgated policies, plans, or procedures; (d) Failure to meet response time standards as prescribed by the county ambulance service plan or if no ambulance service plan is in effect, the area trauma plan; (e) Misuse or misappropriation of medications or medical materials; and (f) Other conduct determined by the Authority to pose a significant threat to the health, safety and well-being of ambulance patients; (15) Fail to comply with any provision in OAR chapter 333, division 250 or division 255; (16) Operate without a license; (17) Unless exempt under ORS 682.035, allow or permit a person without a healthcare license to provide emergency or non-emergency medical care for which a license is required; or (18) During a Governor-declared emergency, failure to comply with an applicable provision of a Governor's Executive Order or failing to comply with guidance issued by the Authority implementing an Executive Order. Note: Copies of the Executive Orders are available at: https://www.oregon.gov/gov/admin/Pages/executive-orders.aspx Copies of Oregon Health Authority Guidance are available at: https://govstatus.egov.com/OR-OHA-COVID-19