ORS 682.068: Minimum requirements for vehicles and services; rules.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The Oregon Health Authority, in consultation with the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board, shall adopt rules specifying minimum requirements for ambulance services, and for staffing and medical and communications equipment requirements for all types of ambulances. The rules must define the requirements for advanced life support and basic life support units of emergency vehicles, including equipment and emergency medical services provider staffing of the passenger compartment when a patient is being transported in emergency circumstances. (2) The authority may waive any of the requirements imposed by this chapter in medically disadvantaged areas as determined by the Director of the Oregon Health Authority, or upon a showing that a severe hardship would result from enforcing a particular requirement. (3) The authority shall exempt from rules adopted under this section air ambulances that do not charge for the provision of ambulance services. [Formerly 682.225; 2009 c.595 §1074; 2011 c.703 §7; 2024 c.32 §21]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 333-250-0200: Effective Date and Preemption — implements
- OAR 333-250-0205: Definitions — implements
- OAR 333-250-0210: Application and Qualification for an Ambulance Service License — implements
- OAR 333-250-0215: Review of License Application — implements
- OAR 333-250-0220: Approval of License Application — implements
- OAR 333-250-0225: Denial of License Application — implements
- OAR 333-250-0230: Expiration and Renewal of License — implements
- OAR 333-250-0235: Return of License — implements
- OAR 333-250-0240: Surrender of License — implements
- OAR 333-250-0250: Operational Requirements — implements
- OAR 333-250-0255: Facility — implements
- OAR 333-250-0265: Policies and Procedures — implements
- OAR 333-250-0270: Personnel — implements
- OAR 333-250-0280: Personnel File Documentation — implements
- OAR 333-250-0290: Communications and Dispatch — implements
- OAR 333-250-0300: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Medical Direction — implements
- OAR 333-250-0310: Patient Care Report — implements
- OAR 333-250-0315: Electronic Transfer and Access of Patient Encounter and Outcome Data — implements
- OAR 333-250-0320: Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement — implements
- OAR 333-250-0330: Patient Rights for Emergency Medical Care and Transportation — implements
- OAR 333-250-0340: Waiver or Variance from Standards — implements
- OAR 333-250-0350: Complaints — implements
- OAR 333-250-0350: Complaints — authority
- OAR 333-250-0360: Investigations — implements
- OAR 333-250-0360: Investigations — authority
- OAR 333-250-0370: Surveys — implements
- OAR 333-250-0375: Responsibility to Notify the Oregon Health Authority of Changes — implements
- OAR 333-250-0375: Responsibility to Notify the Oregon Health Authority of Changes — authority
- OAR 333-250-0380: Violations — implements
- OAR 333-250-0390: Informal Enforcement — implements
- OAR 333-250-0400: Formal Enforcement — implements
- OAR 333-255-0000: Definitions — implements
- OAR 333-255-0010: Application and Qualification for an Ambulance Vehicle License — implements
- OAR 333-255-0015: Review of Ambulance Vehicle License Application — implements
- OAR 333-255-0020: Approval of Ambulance Vehicle License — implements
- OAR 333-255-0021: Denial of Ambulance Vehicle License Application — implements
- OAR 333-255-0022: Expiration and Renewal of Ambulance Vehicle License — implements
- OAR 333-255-0023: Return of Ambulance Vehicle License — implements
- OAR 333-255-0040: Surrender of License for Ambulance Vehicle — implements
- OAR 333-255-0060: Ground Ambulance Vehicle Construction Criteria for Licensure — implements
- OAR 333-255-0065: Ambulance Reserve Vehicles and Ambulance Vehicles for Loan — implements
- OAR 333-255-0070: Ground Ambulance Staffing and Response Requirements — implements
- OAR 333-255-0072: Ground Ambulance Vehicle Equipment Requirements — implements
- OAR 333-255-0073: Specialty Care Ground Ambulance Vehicle Requirements — implements
- OAR 333-255-0080: Air Ambulance Configuration and Survival Equipment Requirements — implements
- OAR 333-255-0081: Air Ambulance Operating Requirements for Interfacility Transfers — implements
- OAR 333-255-0082: Air Ambulance Operating Requirements for Scene Response — implements
- OAR 333-255-0095: Ambulance Infection Control — implements
- OAR 333-255-0095: Ambulance Infection Control — authority
- OAR 333-255-0100: Complaints — implements
- OAR 333-255-0105: Investigations — implements
- OAR 333-255-0110: Survey of Ambulance Vehicle — implements
- OAR 333-255-0115: Violations — implements
- OAR 333-255-0120: Informal Enforcement — implements
- OAR 333-255-0125: Formal Enforcement — implements
- OAR 333-265-0000: Definitions — implements
- OAR 333-265-0028: Application for Licensure by Servicemember, Military Spouse or Domestic Partner — implements
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors682.html