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SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2566, 2782, 3537
PRINTER'S NO. 3569
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1869
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY OWLETT, BARRAR, CAUSER, PICKETT, SCHMITT, GROVE,
GABLER, POLINCHOCK, ROAE, STRUZZI, CALTAGIRONE, FRITZ,
WHEELAND, ZIMMERMAN, BERNSTINE, HERSHEY, RAPP, WEBSTER, KORTZ
AND GILLEN, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
SENATOR BROWNE, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
APRIL 15, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system,
further providing for basic life support ambulances.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8133 of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
ยง 8133. Basic life support ambulances.
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(c) Exceptions for certain counties.--The staffing
requirements under subsection (b)(2) may be waived or adjusted
for counties of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth classes at
(C) EXCEPTIONS FOR CERTAIN COUNTIES .--
(1) THE STAFFING REQUIREMENTS UNDER SUBSECTION (B)(2)
MAY BE WAIVED OR ADJUSTED AT the department's discretion. The
department shall permit an EMS agency to file for a waiver or
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exception from the staffing requirements under this
subsection for extraordinary reasons as determined by the
department on a case-by-case basis and in the best interest
of the EMS system and patient care.
(2) THIS SUBSECTION SHALL EXPIRE THREE YEARS FROM THE
DATE OF ENACTMENT OF THIS SUBSECTION.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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