An Act To Remove a Barrier to Response by Emergency Medical Personnel
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2081, sub-§6, ¶B, as amended by PL 2009, c. 34, §1, is further amended to read:
B. The operator of a taxicab or a limousine is not responsible for securing in a seat belt a passenger transported for a fee; and
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2081, sub-§6, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 34, §1, is amended to read:
C. A newspaper delivery person is not required to be secured in a seat belt while engaged in the actual delivery of newspapers from a vehicle or performing newspaper delivery duties that require frequent entry into and exit from a vehicle . ; and
Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §2081, sub-§6, ¶D is enacted to read:
D. An emergency medical services person is not required to be secured in a seat belt while engaged in duties within the person's official capacities in a vehicle providing transportation to a medical facility.
summary
This bill provides an exception from the seat belt requirement for emergency medical personnel who are providing treatment to patients being transported to a medical facility.