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SB88: relative to emergency medical transportation.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2005 SB88
Official source

Bill details

Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.

House status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Senate status
Concurred
Committee
HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Hearing
04/21/2005 at 01:15 PM
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Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Health care Public safety Transportation

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CHAPTER 163

SB 88 – FINAL VERSION

04/07/05 0971s

04May2005… 1254h

2005 SESSION

05-0998

08/01

SENATE BILL 88

AN ACT relative to emergency medical transportation.

SPONSORS: Sen. Johnson, Dist 2

COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes who may be a responsible licensed professional during the transportation of patients.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04/07/05 0971s

04May2005… 1254h

05-0998

08/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five

AN ACT relative to emergency medical transportation.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

163:1 New Paragraph; Emergency Medical and Trauma Services; Exception. Amend RSA 153-A:16 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

III. If a physician determines that an inter-facility transfer of a recognized critical access hospital patient is urgent and the availability of 2 licensed emergency medical services providers exceeds 30 minutes, then a registered nurse certified in emergency nursing, an emergency physician, or an emergency physician assistant may act as the responsible provider for the patient during the transfer, provided that each is certified in advanced cardiac life support and has completed a bureau of emergency medical services inter-facility training module.

163:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: June 21, 2005)

(Effective Date: August 20, 2005)