(1) A limited ambulance operation whose primary service area is in a county with a population of 10,000 or less and whose primary service area has a population density of fewer than 7 people per square mile may have an ambulance available at less than the limited level of licensure if both of the following conditions are met:

    (a) The medical control authority under which the ambulance operation operates authorizes the lesser availability.

    (b) The ambulance operation has department-approved local medical control authority protocols in place.

    (2) A basic ambulance operation whose primary service area is in a county with a population of 10,000 or less and whose primary service area has a population density of fewer than 7 people per square mile may operate at a limited ambulance operation level of licensure when staffed with an advanced EMT if all of the following conditions are met:

    (a) The basic ambulance is equipped at the greater licensure level.

    (b) The medical control authority under which the ambulance operation operates authorizes the conditional increased level of licensure.

    (c) The basic ambulance operation has department-approved local medical control authority protocols in place.