Oregon Statutes 682.089 – Replacement of one ambulance service by another
(1) When a city, county or district requires an ambulance service currently operating within the city, county or district to be replaced by another public or private ambulance service, the city, county or district shall provide that:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 682.089
- 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
- City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Emergency medical services provider: means a person who has received formal training in prehospital and emergency care, and is licensed to attend any person who is ill or injured or who has a disability. See Oregon Statutes 682.025
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
(a) Emergency medical services provider staffing is maintained at least at the levels established in the local plan for ambulance services and ambulance service areas developed under ORS § 682.062; and
(b) When hiring emergency medical services providers to fill vacant or new positions during the six-month period immediately following the date of replacement, the replacement ambulance service shall give preference to qualified employees of the previous ambulance service at comparable levels of licensure.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) ‘Ambulance service’ means any individual, partnership, corporation, association or agency that provides transport services and emergency medical services through use of licensed ambulances.
(b) ‘District’ has the meaning given that term by ORS § 198.010. [Formerly 682.305; 2011 c.703 8]
[Amended by 1953 c.525 § 6; 1955 c.135 § 1; 1965 c.47 § 1; 1969 c.276 § 8; 1975 c.697 § 4; 1979 c.114 § 1; 1981 c.339 § 8; 1983 c.486 § 63; renumbered 677.850]
[1975 c.697 § 2; repealed by 1983 c.486 § 68]
[Repealed by 1981 c.339 § 19]