Title XII — PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

190.143. Temporary emergency medical technician license granted, when — limitations — expiration. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the department may grant a ninety-day temporary emergency medical technician license to all levels of emergency medical technicians …

190.144. Immunity from liability, when. — 1. No emergency medical technician licensed under section 190.142 or 190.143, if acting in good faith and without gross negligence, shall be liable for: (1) Transporting a person for whom an application for detention for evaluation and tr…

190.146. Lapse of license, request to return to active status, procedure. — Any licensee allowing a license to lapse may within two years of the lapse request that their license be returned to active status by notifying the department in advance of such intention, and submit a co…

190.147. Behavioral health patients — temporary hold, when — memorandum of understanding, contents — physical restraints, use of. — 1. A paramedic may make a good faith determination that such behavioral health patients who present a likelihood of serious harm to themselves or ot…

190.160. Renewals of licenses, requirements. — The renewal of any license shall require conformance with sections 190.001 to 190.245 and sections 190.525 to 190.537, and rules adopted by the department pursuant to sections 190.001 to 190.245 and sections 190.525 to 190.537. ­­---…

190.165. Suspension or revocation of licenses, grounds for — procedure. — 1. The department may refuse to issue or deny renewal of any certificate, permit or license required pursuant to sections 190.100 to 190.245 for failure to comply with the provisions of sections 190.100 to …

190.166. License sanction, when — corrective plan — department duties. — 1. In addition to the provisions of section 190.165, the department of health and senior services may refuse to issue, deny renewal of, or suspend a license required pursuant to section 190.109, or take othe…

190.171. Aggrieved party may seek review by administrative hearing commission. — Any person aggrieved by an official action of the department of health and senior services affecting the licensed status of a person pursuant to the provisions of sections 190.001 to 190.245 and sect…

190.172. Settlement agreements permitted, when — written impact statement may be submitted to administrative hearing commission. — Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection 3 of section 621.045 to the contrary, if no contested case has been filed against the…

190.173. Confidentiality of information. — 1. All complaints, investigatory reports, and information pertaining to any applicant, holder of any certificate, permit, or license, or other individual are confidential and shall only be disclosed upon written consent of the person who…

190.175. Records to be maintained by licensee. — 1. Each ambulance service licensee or emergency medical response agency licensee shall maintain accurate records, which contain information concerning the care and, if applicable, the transportation of each patient. 2. Records will…

190.176. Data collection system. — 1. The department shall develop and administer a uniform data collection system on all ambulance runs and injured patients, pursuant to rules promulgated by the department for the purpose of injury etiology, patient care outcome, injury and dise…

190.180. Penalty for violation. — 1. Any person violating, or failing to comply with, the provisions of sections 190.001 to 190.245 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. 2. Each day that any violation of, or failure to comply with, sections 190.001 to 190.245 is committed or permit…

190.185. Rules and regulations, department to adopt — procedure. — The department shall adopt, amend, promulgate, and enforce such rules, regulations and standards with respect to the provisions of this chapter as may be designed to further the accomplishment of the purpose of th…

190.190. Time to comply granted existing equipment and personnel. — 1. All ambulance vehicles or aircraft that have or are qualified to have a valid license issued by the department on the day that sections 190.001 to 190.245 take effect will have their ambulance vehicle or aircr…

190.196. Employer to comply with requirements of licensure — report of charges filed against licensee, when. — 1. No employer shall knowingly employ or permit any employee to perform any services for which a license, certificate or other authorization is required by sections 190.…

190.200. Public information and education. — 1. The department of health and senior services in cooperation with hospitals and local and regional EMS systems and agencies may provide public and professional information and education programs related to emergency medical services …

190.205. Insurers' duties. — 1. Health carriers and managed care plans shall pay benefits directly to ambulance services or emergency medical response agencies. 2. Health carriers and managed care plans shall not prohibit or discourage the use of the 911 system when emergency ser…

190.240. At-risk behavioral health patients, notice required before transport of — training of personnel — temporary involuntary hold, patient placed on, when. — 1. Any hospital, as such term is defined in section 197.020, or any nursing home facility licensed under chapter 198 s…

190.241. Trauma, STEMI, or stroke centers, designation by department — site reviews — grounds for suspension or revocation of designation — data submission and analysis — fees — administrative hearing commission to hear persons aggrieved by designation. — 1. Except as provided fo…

190.242. Emergency medical services data, hospitals not required to obtain, when — trauma, STEMI, and stroke center regulations, interpretation of, hospitals not required to comply with, when. — 1. In order to ensure that hospitals can be free from excessive regulation that incre…

[Repealed or reserved.]

190.245. Medical records and quality improvement documentation, penalty for failure to provide, purpose for use, names not to be released. — Failure of a hospital to provide all medical records and quality improvement documentation necessary for the department to implement provis…

190.246. Epinephrine auto-injector, possession and use limitations — definitions — use of device considered first aid — violations, penalty. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Eligible person, firm, organization or other entity", an ambulance servi…

190.248. Investigations of allegations of violations, completed when — access to records. — 1. All investigations conducted in response to allegations of violations of sections 190.001 to 190.245 shall be completed within six months of receipt of the allegation. 2. In the course …

190.250. Ambulance services to have same statutory lien rights as hospitals — recovery of lien, net proceeds to be shared with patient, when — release of claimant from liability, when. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Claim", a claim of a patient for: …

190.255. Opioid overdose drugs and devices, first responder may administer, when — definition. — 1. Any qualified first responder may obtain and administer naloxone, or any other drug or device approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, that blocks the effects of…

190.257. Advisory committee, time-critical diagnosis — recommendations to department — members. — 1. There is hereby established the "Time-Critical Diagnosis Advisory Committee", to be designated by the director for the purpose of advising and making recommendations to the depart…

190.260. Citation — definitions — training for broadcast engineers and technical personnel — credentialing — access to disaster areas. — 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "First Informer Broadcasters Act". 2. As used in this section, the following terms shall…

190.265. Helipads, hospitals not required to have fencing or barriers. — 1. In order to ensure that the skids of a helicopter do not get caught in a fence or other barriers and cause a potentially catastrophic outcome, any rules and regulations promulgated by the department of he…

190.270. Citation of law. — Sections 190.270 to 190.285 shall be known and may be cited as the "Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State-Declared Disasters Act". ­­-------- (L. 2014 H.B. 1190)

190.275. Definitions. — As used in sections 190.270 to 190.285, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Declared state disaster" or "emergency", a disaster or emergency event for which a governor's state of emergency proclamation has b…

190.280. Out-of-state businesses not subject to certain state or local requirements — out-of-state employee not a resident for tax purposes — limitations. — 1. An out-of-state business that conducts operations within the state for purposes of assisting in repairing, renovating, i…

190.285. Notification to secretary of state by out-of-state business required, when, content — information provided to department of revenue, when. — 1. An out-of-state business shall provide notification to the secretary of state within ten days after entry to the state during a…

190.286. Inapplicability to certain out-of-state businesses. — The provisions of sections 190.270 to 190.285 shall not grant exemptions authorized by the facilitating business rapid response to state-declared disasters act to any out-of-state business performing work pursuant to …

190.290. Definitions. — As used in sections 190.290 to 190.296, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Emergency telephone service", a telephone system utilizing a single three digit number, "911", for reporting police, fire, medical, or other emergency situations; (2) "Emergency s…

190.292. Emergency services, sales tax levy authorized — ballot language — rate of tax — termination of tax — board to administer funds established, members (Warren County) — prepaid wireless telecommunications service, tax exempt. — 1. In lieu of the tax levy authorized under se…

190.294. Powers and duties of the emergency services board — meetings — vacancies — rulemaking authority (Warren County). — 1. The powers and duties of the emergency services board shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Planning a 911 system and dispatching system; (2) Coordin…

190.296. Board may borrow money and issue bonds — ballot language — duration of loans, rate of interest (Warren County). — 1. For the purpose of purchasing any property or equipment necessary or incidental to the operation of central dispatching of emergency services, the board m…

190.300. Definitions. — As used in sections 190.300 to 190.340, the following terms and phrases mean: (1) "Emergency telephone service", a telephone system utilizing a single three-digit number "911" for reporting police, fire, medical or other emergency situations; (2) "Emergenc…

190.305. Emergency telephone service may be provided — tax levy authorized — governing body of Christian and Scott counties may contract for services — time limitation on tax — rate — collection. — 1. In addition to its other powers for the protection of the public health, a gove…

190.306. Dissolution of emergency telephone service not required, when (Christian County). — No provision in this chapter shall be construed to require any municipality within any county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than fifty-fo…

190.307. No civil liability for operation of emergency system, giving or following emergency instructions, exceptions. — 1. No public agency or public safety agency, nor any officer, agent or employee of any public agency, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of any …

190.308. Misuse of emergency telephone service unlawful, definitions, penalty — no local fine or penalty for pay telephones for calls to emergency telephone service. — 1. In any county that has established an emergency telephone service pursuant to sections 190.300 to 190.340, it…

190.309. Emergency telephone board, powers and duties — members of the board, appointment, terms — personnel — officers — rules — removal of members — vacancies — nepotism prohibited. — 1. Any county may establish an "Emergency Telephone Service 911 Board", referred to in this se…

190.310. Tax due quarterly — return filed when, content — record retention period — rate determination, notification — collection fee allowed. — 1. The tax imposed by sections 190.300 to 190.320 and the amounts required to be collected are due quarterly. The amount of tax collect…

190.315. Contract for service authorized. — Any governing body imposing the tax authorized herein may contract directly with the provider of the emergency telephone service or may contract and cooperate with any public agency or with other states or their political subdivisions o…

190.320. Election — ballot form. — Before any governing body may establish emergency telephone service and impose an emergency telephone tax under the provisions of sections 190.300 to 190.320, it shall submit a proposal to its voters for the approval of such service and such tax…

190.325. Central dispatching service for emergency services (Clay, Jackson and Jefferson counties) — use of emergency telephone moneys — tax rate — contracts for service for other political subdivisions — tax collection. — 1. In any county of the first classification without a ch…

190.327. Board appointed, when — board elected, when — duties — commission to relinquish duties to board — qualifications — board, powers and duties — board appointed for other political subdivisions contracting for service — members. — 1. Immediately upon the decision by the com…