(1) As used in this section:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 53-2d-516

  • Adjudicative proceeding: means :
         (2)(a) an action by a board, commission, department, officer, or other administrative unit of the state that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other legal interests of one or more identifiable persons, including an action to grant, deny, revoke, suspend, modify, annul, withdraw, or amend an authority, right, or license; and
         (2)(b) judicial review of an action described in Subsection (2)(a). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Ambulance: means a ground, air, or water vehicle that:
         (2)(a) transports patients and is used to provide emergency medical services; and
         (2)(b) is required to obtain a permit under Section 53-2d-404 to operate in the state. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Bureau: means the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services created in Section 53-2d-102. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
  • Department: means the Department of Public Safety created in Section 53-1-103. See Utah Code 53-1-102
  • Level of service: means the level at which an ambulance provider type of service is licensed as:
         (19)(a) emergency medical technician;
         (19)(b) advanced emergency medical technician; or
         (19)(c) paramedic. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
     (1)(a) “Overlap” means two ground ambulance interfacility transport providers that are licensed at the same level of service in all or part of a single geographic service area.
     (1)(b) “Overlay” means two ground ambulance interfacility transport providers that are licensed at a different level of service in all or part of a single geographic service area.
(2) Notwithstanding the exclusive geographic service requirement of Section 53-2d-502, the bureau shall recognize overlap and overlay ground ambulance interfacility transport licenses that existed on or before May 4, 2022.
(3) The bureau may, without an adjudicative proceeding but with at least 30 days notice to providers in the same geographic service area, amend an existing overlay ground ambulance interfacility transport license solely to convert an overlay into an overlap if the existing ground ambulance interfacility transport licensed provider meets the requirements described in Subsection 53-2d-504(4).
(4) An amendment of a license under this section may not alter:

     (4)(a) other terms of the original license, including the applicable geographic service area; or
     (4)(b) the license of other providers that provide interfacility transport services in the geographic service area.
(5) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), any license for an overlap area terminates upon:

     (5)(a) relinquishment by the provider; or
     (5)(b) revocation by the department.