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...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Emergency medical technician" and "EMT" have the same meanings as "emergency medical technician-basic" and "EMT-basic," respectively. (2) "Advanced emergency medical technician" and "AEMT" have the same meanings as "emergency medical technician-intermediate" and "AEMT," respectively. (3) "Nonemergency transport" means the transport of an individual who requires routine transpor...

...(A) If the department of public safety collects any of the following information regarding the administration of overdose reversal drugs, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code, by emergency medical service personnel or any firefighter or volunteer firefighter, the department of public safety shall report the information for the previous month to the department of health on a monthly basis and in a manner ...

...The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law shall, upon complaint of the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services, prosecute to termination or bring an action for injunction against any person violating this chapter or the rules adopted under it. The common pleas court in which an action for injunction is filed has the jurisdiction to gran...

...visory communication or assistance is provided in a manner that constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. Medical directors and members of cooperating physician advisory boards of emergency medical service organizations are not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property resulting from their acts or omissions in the performance of their duties, unless the act or omission const...

...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, no person shall represent that the person is a first responder, an emergency medical technician-basic or EMT-basic, an emergency medical technician-intermediate or EMT-I, or an emergency medical technician-paramedic or paramedic unless appropriately certified under section 4765.30 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) No person shall operate an emergency medical service...

...Nothing in this chapter prevents or restricts the practice, services, or activities of any registered nurse practicing within the scope of the registered nurse's practice. Nothing in this chapter prevents or restricts the practice, services, or activities of any physician assistant practicing in accordance with a supervision agreement entered into under section 4730.19 of the Revised Code, including, if applicable,...

...ency medical technician-paramedic may provide any of the following emergency medical services to a dog or cat prior to the dog or cat being transferred to a veterinarian for further treatment, but only to the extent that the first responder, EMT-basic, EMT-I, or paramedic is authorized by this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter to perform the corresponding form of each of the services when providing em...

...Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, an emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or emergency medical technician-paramedic may administer a test for COVID-19 and may collect and label specimens from a test for COVID-19 if that individual has received proper training to engage in those activities.

...e and counsel of the committee, shall provide for the classification and chartering of fire service training programs in accordance with rules adopted under division (B) of this section, and may take action against any chartered training program or applicant, in accordance with rules adopted under divisions (B)(4) and (5) of this section, for failure to meet standards set by the adopted rules. (B) The executive di...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate to practice issued pursuant to this chapter.

...(A) As used in this section, "fetal death" has the same meaning as in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Emergency medical service personnel shall dispose of the product of a fetal death in the manner set forth for the disposition of fetal remains in the "emergency medical technician-basic: national standard curriculum."

...The state board of emergency medical services shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

...es exceeding the statutory authority provided to the board under Chapters 4765. and 4766. of the Revised Code.

...Whoever violates division (A),(B), or (C) of section 4765.50 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense. On each subsequent offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...es, promotes, or otherwise engages in providing medical services with a rotorcraft air ambulance or fixed wing air ambulance. (C) "Air medical transportation" means the transporting of a patient by rotorcraft air ambulance or fixed wing air ambulance with appropriately licensed and certified medical personnel. (D) "Ambulance" means any motor vehicle that is specifically designed, constructed, or modified and equi...

...this chapter. The rules shall include provisions relating to the following: (1) Requirements for an emergency medical service organization to receive a permit for an ambulance or nontransport vehicle; (2) Requirements for an emergency medical service organization to receive a license as a basic life-support, intermediate life-support, advanced life-support, or mobile intensive care unit organization; (3) Re...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, unless a person is an emergency medical service organization licensed under division (B) or an air medical service organization licensed under division (D) of this section, no person shall engage in, or profess to engage in, the business or service in this state of providing emergency medical transportation to an individual who is experiencing a medical emergency. ...

... licensee that is or will be used as provided in section 4766.07 of the Revised Code, and fees for renewals of licenses and permits, taking into consideration the actual costs incurred by the board in carrying out its duties under this chapter. However, the fee for each license and each renewal of a license shall not exceed one hundred dollars, and the fee for each permit and each renewal of a permit shall not...

...or contract of insurance issued shall provide for the payment and satisfaction of any financial judgment entered against the licensee and any person operating the vehicle or aircraft and for a thirty-day cancellation notice to the board.

...(A) Except as otherwise provided by rule of the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services, each emergency medical service organization, nonemergency medical service organization, and air medical service organization subject to licensure under this chapter shall possess a valid permit for each ambulance, ambulette, rotorcraft air ambulance, fixed wing air ambulance, and nontransport vehicle i...

...years from the date of the violation, provided that the board shall make no determination on a period of ineligibility until all the licensee's appeals relating to the suspension or revocation have been exhausted. (D) The board may, in addition to any other action taken under this section and after a hearing conducted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, impose a penalty of not more than fifteen hundr...

...wns or leases and operates, except as provided in section 307.051, division (G) of section 307.055, division (F) of section 505.37, division (B) of section 505.375, and division (B)(3) of section 505.72 of the Revised Code; (D) An ambulance, ambulette, rotorcraft air ambulance, fixed wing air ambulance, or nontransport vehicle owned or leased and operated by the federal government; (E) A publicly owned and operated...

...This chapter does not invalidate any ordinance or resolution adopted by a municipal corporation that establishes standards for the licensure of emergency medical service organizations as basic life-support, intermediate life-support, or advanced life-support service organizations that have their principal places of business located within the limits of the municipal corporation, as long as the licensure standar...

...n the county where a violation of any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant thereto is occurring for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining a person from continuing to commit that violation. On a showing that a person has committed a violation, the court shall grant the injunction. In conducting an investigation under this section, the board may issue subpoenas compelling the attendance a...

... chapter, except as may be otherwise provided, all provisions of this chapter and all rules adopted by the board thereunder are fully applicable. However, a county, township, joint ambulance district, or joint emergency medical services district is not required to obtain any type of permit from the board for any of its nontransport vehicles.