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20-13-101. Emergency Medical Services Revolving Fund Act.
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20-13-101. Emergency Medical Services Revolving Fund Act.
(a) This section shall be known as the “Emergency Medical Services Revolving Fund Act”.
(b) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a fund to be designated the “Emergency Medical Services Revolving Fund”.
(c)(1) It shall be the responsibility of the Division of Emergency Medical Services of the Department of Health to promulgate all rules for making application for the matching funds.
(2) It shall be the further responsibility of the Department of Health to review all applications and approve those that shall be eligible for moneys under the provisions of this section and as may otherwise be provided by law.
(d)(1) Funds requested by authority of this section shall be matched on a cash basis of fifty to fifty (50:50) by the applicant.
(2) The state portion shall at no time exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per county, local, commercial, or nonprofit operation, except that this limitation shall not apply when any county levies a motor vehicle tax to finance ambulance services as authorized by § 26-78-101 et seq.
(e) All moneys deposited into this fund pursuant to § 20-13-211 shall be used by the department for the following purposes:
(1) Certification processing for emergency medical technicians;
(2) Travel expenses related to the onsite administration of practical and written examinations of emergency medical technicians;
(3) Maintenance of the emergency medical technician certification software program;
(4) Educational programs for emergency medical technicians;
(5) Continuing maintenance of the required EMT-Instructor certification for agency personnel; and
(6) Other purposes consistent with this s
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-13-101
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20-13-101. Emergency Medical Services Revolving Fund Act.
(a) This section shall be known as the “Emergency Medical Services Revolving Fund Act”.
(b) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a fund to be designated the “Emergency Medical Services Revolving Fund”.
(c)(1) It shall be the responsibility of the Division of Emergency Medical Services of the Department of Health to promulgate all rules for making application for the matching funds.
(2) It shall be the further responsibility of the Department of Health to review all applications and approve those that shall be eligible for moneys under the provisions of this section and as may otherwise be provided by law.
(d)(1) Funds requested by authority of this section shall be matched on a cash basis of fifty to fifty (50:50) by the applicant.
(2) The state portion shall at no time exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per county, local, commercial, or nonprofit operation, except that this limitation shall not apply when any county levies a motor vehicle tax to finance ambulance services as authorized by § 26-78-101 et seq.
(e) All moneys deposited into this fund pursuant to § 20-13-211 shall be used by the department for the following purposes:
(1) Certification processing for emergency medical technicians;
(2) Travel expenses related to the onsite administration of practical and written examinations of emergency medical technicians;
(3) Maintenance of the emergency medical technician certification software program;
(4) Educational programs for emergency medical technicians;
(5) Continuing maintenance of the required EMT-Instructor certification for agency personnel; and
(6) Other purposes consistent with this section.
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20-13-211. Fees.
The State Board of Health may establish the fees to be charged by the Department of Health to defray the cost of administering and enforcing this subchapter, as follows:
(1) The testing fee not to exceed the cost of administering the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians examination;
(2)(A) The licensure fee for emergency medical services personnel, which shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20.00).
(B) Ten dollars ($10.00) of the licensure fee shall be credited to the Emergency Medical Services Revolving Fund.
(C) The licensure shall be valid for two (2) years;
(3) The biennial renewal of the emergency medical services personnel licensure, which shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20.00). Ten dollars ($10.00) of the biennial renewal shall be credited to the Emergency Medical Services Revolving Fund;
(4) The issuance and annual renewal of an operational permit for each ambulance service, which shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00);
(5) The annual inspection and permitting of emergency vehicles, which shall not exceed five dollars ($5.00) per vehicle; and
(6) The issuance and renewal of an operational license for each air ambulance service, which shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-13-211
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26-78-101. Construction.
This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish this chapter's purposes.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 26-78-101
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