CHAPTER 398

H.P. 287 - L.D. 385

An Act To Limit the Liability of Ambulance Services

in Maine

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §8102, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 161, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

1-A.__Emergency medical service. "Emergency medical service" means:

A.__A nonprofit, incorporated ambulance service or nontransporting emergency medical service licensed under Title 32, chapter 2-B, receiving full or partial financial support from or officially recognized by the State, a municipality or county or an entity created under Title 30- A, chapter 115 or 119, except when the emergency medical service is acting outside the scope of activities expressly authorized by the State, municipality, county or entity created under Title 30-A, chapter 115 or 119; and

B.__A for-profit, incorporated ambulance service or nontransporting emergency medical service licensed under Title 32, chapter 2-B only when the emergency medical service is acting within the scope of emergency response activities expressly authorized by a contract between the emergency medical service and the State, municipality, county or entity created under Title 30-A, chapter 115 or 119.