Oregon Statutes 682.047 – Issuance of license; duration; transferability; display; replacement; fees; rules
(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall issue a license to the owner of an ambulance service, or the owner of an ambulance, that applies for a license under ORS § 682.045 if the authority finds that the ambulance service or ambulance complies with the requirements of ORS § 820.350 to 820.380 and this chapter and the rules adopted under ORS § 820.350 to 820.380 and this chapter.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 682.047
- Ambulance service: means a person, governmental unit or other entity that operates ambulances and that holds itself out as providing prehospital care or medical transportation to persons who are ill or injured or who have disabilities. See Oregon Statutes 682.025
- Governmental unit: means the state or any county, municipality or other political subdivision or any department, board or other agency of any of them. See Oregon Statutes 682.025
- Owner: means the person having all the incidents of ownership in an ambulance service or an ambulance vehicle or where the incidents of ownership are in different persons, the person, other than a security interest holder or lessor, entitled to the possession of an ambulance vehicle or operation of an ambulance service under a security agreement or a lease for a term of 10 or more successive days. See Oregon Statutes 682.025
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(2) An ambulance service license or ambulance license expires on the next June 30 after the license is issued or on another date specified by the authority by rule.
(3) The authority may initially issue a license for less than a 12-month period or for more than a 12-month period not to exceed 15 months.
(4) A license issued under this section is not transferable to any other person, governmental unit, ambulance service or ambulance.
(5) Licenses must be displayed as prescribed by the rules of the authority.
(6) The authority shall provide for the replacement of any current license that becomes lost, damaged or destroyed.
(7) Nonrefundable fees in the following amounts must accompany each initial and each subsequent annual application to obtain a license to operate an ambulance service and ambulance:
(a) $190 for an ambulance service having a maximum of four full-time paid positions;
(b) $625 for an ambulance service having five or more full-time paid positions;
(c) $115 for each ambulance license if the ambulance is owned and operated by an ambulance service that has a maximum of four full-time paid positions; and
(d) $200 for each ambulance license if the ambulance is owned and operated by an ambulance service having five or more full-time paid positions.
(8) The fees established under subsection (7) of this section do not apply to an ambulance or vehicle described under ORS § 682.035. [Formerly 823.070; 1997 c.316 § 1; 2007 c.768 § 46; 2009 c.595 § 1070; 2021 c.623 § 5]
[Amended by 1953 c.525 § 6; 1969 c.276 § 4; 1981 c.339 § 7; 1983 c.486 § 61; renumbered 677.825]