65-6136.Scope of act.(a) Nothing in this act shall be construed:
(1) To prevent the operation of a police emergency vehicle;
(2) to affect any statute or regulatory authority vested in the departmentof transportation concerning automotive equipment and safety requirements;
(3) to prohibit any privately owned vehicles and aircraft not ordinarilyused in the ambulance service business from transporting persons who aresick, injured, wounded or otherwise incapacitated or helpless;
(4) to prevent any vehicle from being pressed into service as anambulance when the operator determines an emergency exists and provideswritten notification to the board within 72 hours after the use of such vehicle; or
(5) to prohibit any ambulance lawfully operating under the laws of astate adjoining Kansas from providing emergency transportation of a patientfrom a municipality not otherwise served by anambulance service located in Kansas to a location within or outside thestate of Kansas when the governing body of such municipalitydeclares a hardship. The governing body or board shall notify the board30 days prior to the initiation of such out-of-state service.
(b) Ambulances owned and operated by an agency of the United Statesgovernment shall be exempt from the provisions of this act.
(c) Any ambulance based outside of this state receiving a patient withinthe state for transportation to a location within this state or receivinga patient within this state for emergency transportation to a location outsidethis state shall comply with the provisions of this act except when suchambulance is rendering service in the case of a major catastrophe, suchambulance is making a prearranged hospital-to-hospital transfer or exceptas otherwise provided by rules and regulations adopted by the board.
History: L. 1988, ch. 261, § 36;L. 1990, ch. 235, § 7; July 1.
65-6136.Scope of act.(a) Nothing in this act shall be construed:
(1) To prevent the operation of a police emergency vehicle;
(2) to affect any statute or regulatory authority vested in the departmentof transportation concerning automotive equipment and safety requirements;
(3) to prohibit any privately owned vehicles and aircraft not ordinarilyused in the ambulance service business from transporting persons who aresick, injured, wounded or otherwise incapacitated or helpless;
(4) to prevent any vehicle from being pressed into service as anambulance when the operator determines an emergency exists and provideswritten notification to the board within 72 hours after the use of such vehicle; or
(5) to prohibit any ambulance lawfully operating under the laws of astate adjoining Kansas from providing emergency transportation of a patientfrom a municipality not otherwise served by anambulance service located in Kansas to a location within or outside thestate of Kansas when the governing body of such municipalitydeclares a hardship. The governing body or board shall notify the board30 days prior to the initiation of such out-of-state service.
(b) Ambulances owned and operated by an agency of the United Statesgovernment shall be exempt from the provisions of this act.
(c) Any ambulance based outside of this state receiving a patient withinthe state for transportation to a location within this state or receivinga patient within this state for emergency transportation to a location outsidethis state shall comply with the provisions of this act except when suchambulance is rendering service in the case of a major catastrophe, suchambulance is making a prearranged hospital-to-hospital transfer or exceptas otherwise provided by rules and regulations adopted by the board.
History: L. 1988, ch. 261, § 36;L. 1990, ch. 235, § 7; July 1.
65-6136.Scope of act.(a) Nothing in this act shall be construed:
(1) To prevent the operation of a police emergency vehicle;
(2) to affect any statute or regulatory authority vested in the departmentof transportation concerning automotive equipment and safety requirements;
(3) to prohibit any privately owned vehicles and aircraft not ordinarilyused in the ambulance service business from transporting persons who aresick, injured, wounded or otherwise incapacitated or helpless;
(4) to prevent any vehicle from being pressed into service as anambulance when the operator determines an emergency exists and provideswritten notification to the board within 72 hours after the use of such vehicle; or
(5) to prohibit any ambulance lawfully operating under the laws of astate adjoining Kansas from providing emergency transportation of a patientfrom a municipality not otherwise served by anambulance service located in Kansas to a location within or outside thestate of Kansas when the governing body of such municipalitydeclares a hardship. The governing body or board shall notify the board30 days prior to the initiation of such out-of-state service.
(b) Ambulances owned and operated by an agency of the United Statesgovernment shall be exempt from the provisions of this act.
(c) Any ambulance based outside of this state receiving a patient withinthe state for transportation to a location within this state or receivinga patient within this state for emergency transportation to a location outsidethis state shall comply with the provisions of this act except when suchambulance is rendering service in the case of a major catastrophe, suchambulance is making a prearranged hospital-to-hospital transfer or exceptas otherwise provided by rules and regulations adopted by the board.
History: L. 1988, ch. 261, § 36;L. 1990, ch. 235, § 7; July 1.
