Tennessee Code 68-140-333 – Use of EMS – A by licensed ambulance service

(a) An EMS-A may be utilized by a licensed ambulance service if the EMS-A:

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Ambulance: means any privately or publicly owned land or air vehicle that is especially designed, constructed or modified and equipped and is intended to be used for and is maintained or operated for transportation upon the streets, highways or airways in this state for persons who are sick, injured, wounded, otherwise incapacitated, helpless, or in need of medical care. See Tennessee Code 68-140-302
Department: means the department of health. See Tennessee Code 68-140-302
Patient: means an individual who, as a result of physical or mental condition, needs medical attention. See Tennessee Code 68-140-302
Service: means the provision of organized response by ambulances or emergency response vehicles, or the provision of emergency care on an organized basis. See Tennessee Code 68-140-302
sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

(1) Satisfies all necessary pre-employment background screening, including a criminal background check and sex offender registry check;

(2) Is accompanied with at least one (1) EMT while responding to a request for emergency medical care;

(3) Does not engage in patient care above the EMS-A’s scope of training and licensure;

(4) Becomes licensed as an EMR or EMT within twelve (12) months of the EMS-A’s initial employment date; and

(5) Is not included in a compact between states.

(b) For the purposes of the department‘s emergency medical services standards and categories, an EMS-A must be regarded as an EMT.

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