Lifeguard Ambulance Service, LLC.; Specifically, the Petitioner, an EMS ground service provider, seeks the Agency’s opinion that Petitioner, in conducting an interfacility transfer, can drive from a county where the Petitioner holds a certificate of ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Division of Emergency Medical Operations

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

64J-1.001Definitions

64J-1.002Basic Life Support Service License – Ground

64J-1.003Advanced Life Support Service License – Ground

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Florida Department of Health has received the petition for declaratory statement from Lifeguard Ambulance Service, LLC. The petition seeks the agency’s opinion as to the applicability of Section 401.25(2)(d), Florida Statutes, and Florida Administrative Code, subsection 64J-1.001(4), paragraph 64J-1.002(2)(b), and subparagraph 64J-1.003(6)(c)3 as they apply to the petitioner.

Specifically, the Petitioner, an EMS ground service provider, seeks the Agency’s opinion that Petitioner, in conducting an interfacility transfer, can drive from a county where the Petitioner holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity(COPCN) to a medical facility in an adjoining county where the Petitioner does not hold a COPCN, pick up a patient and complete the interfacility transfer by transporting the patient to a medical facility in a third county where the Petitioner does hold a COPCN.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Althea Gaines, Agency Clerk, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, BIN A-02, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1703, [phone].