Lifeguard Ambulance Service, LLC.; Specifically, the Petitioner seeks a declaratory statement on various scenarios regarding the requirement that a basic life support service (BLS) or an advanced life support service (ALS) ambulance service obtain a ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Division of Emergency Medical Operations

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

64J-1.001:Definitions

64J-1.002:Basic Life Support Service License - Ground

64J-1.003:Advanced 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, Florida Administrative Code subsection 64J-1.001(4), paragraph 64J-1.002(2)(b), subparagraph 64J-1.003(6)(c)3 and DOH Final Order 2009-0023 as it applies to the petitioner.

Specifically, the Petitioner seeks a declaratory statement on various scenarios regarding the requirement that a basic life support service (BLS) or an advanced life support service (ALS) ambulance service obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity (COPCN) in order to transport patients from a medical facility in or through a county in which a licensee does not have a COPCN to a medical facility in a county where it may or may not possess 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, telephone: [phone].