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Personnel. (a) No publicly or privately owned ambulance service shall be operated in the state unless its ambulance service personnel are certified, appropriate to the type of ambulance service being provided, according to section 144E.28 or meet the staffing criteria specific to the type of ambulance service.  \n(b) An ambulance service shall have a medical director as provided under section 144E.265 .  \nSubd. 2. Patient care. When a patient is being transported, at least one of the ambulance service personnel must be in the patient compartment. If advanced life-support procedures are required, a paramedic, a registered nurse qualified under section 144E.001, subdivision 3a, clause (2), item (i), or a physician assistant qualified under section 144E.001, subdivision 3a, clause (3), item (i), shall be in the patient compartment.  \nSubd. 3. Continual service. An ambulance service shall offer service 24 hours per day every day of the year, unless otherwise authorized under subdivisions 8 and 9.  \nSubd. 4. Denial of service prohibited. An ambulance service shall not deny prehospital care to a person needing emergency ambulance service because of inability to pay or because of the source of payment for services if the need develops within the licensee's primary service area or when responding to a mutual aid call. Transport for the patient may be limited to the closest appropriate emergency medical facility.  \nSubd. 5. Types of service. The director shall regulate the following types of ambulance service:  \n(1) basic life support;  \n(2) advanced life support;  \n(3) part-time advanced life support; and  \n(4) specialized life support.  \nSubd. 6. Basic life support. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 6a, a basic life-support ambulance shall be staffed by at least:  \n(1) one individual who is:  \n(i) certified as an EMT;  \n(ii) a Minnesota registered nurse who meets the qualification requirements in section 144E.001, subdivision 3a, clause (2); or  \n(iii) a Minnesota licensed physician assistant who meets the qualification requirements in section 144E.001, subdivision 3a, clause (3); and  \n(2) one individual to drive the ambulance who:  \n(i) either meets one of the qualification requirements in clause (1) or is a registered emergency medical responder driver; and  \n(ii) satisfies the requirements in subdivision 10.  \n(b) An individual who meets one of the qualification requirements in paragraph (a), clause (1), must accompany the patient and provide a level of care so as to ensure that:  \nOfficial Publication of the State of Minnesota  \nRevisor of Statutes  \n144E.101 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2025 2  \n(1) life-threatening situations and potentially serious injuries are recognized;  \n(2) patients are protected from additional hazards;  \n(3) basic treatment to reduce the seriousness of emergency situations is administered; and  \n(4) patients are transported to an appropriate medical facility for treatment.  \n(c) A basic life-support service shall provide basic airway management.  \n(d) A basic life-support service shall provide automatic defibrillation.  \n(e) A basic life-support service shall administer opiate antagonists consistent with protocols established by the service's medical director.  \n(f) A basic life-support service licensee's medical director may authorize ambulance service personnel to perform intravenous infusion and use equipment that is within the licensure level of the ambulance service. Ambulance service personnel must be properly trained. Documentation of authorization for use, guidelines for use, continuing education, and skill verification must be maintained in the licensee's files.  \nSubd. 6a. Variance; staffing of basic life-support ambulance. (a) Upon application from an ambulance service that includes evidence demonstrating hardship, the director may grant a variance from the staff requirements in subdivision 6, paragraph (","cbCaijdBqA9I3bUV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijdBqA9I3bUV","pdf",321218,"English","# 144E.101 Ambulance Service Requirements\n## Subdivision 1-7 Personnel and service requirements\n## Subdivision 6 Variance and basic life-support staffing\n## Subdivision 7 Advanced life-support staffing","[{\"question\":\"What staffing rules apply when a patient is transported by an ambulance service?\",\"answer\":\"When transporting a patient, at least one ambulance service personnel member must be in the patient compartment. 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