Section 325.22217. Medical control authority; interfacility transfers.


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  • Rule 217. (1) A medical control authority may adopt a protocol that governs the transport of a patient from 1 health facility to another. If a medical control authority has not established department-approved protocols for  the   interfacility  transport  of  a patient, then patient care    shall        be determined according to written orders of the

    transferring  physician  within the scope of practice of the emergency medical services personnel.

    (2)    A life support agency shall be accountable as defined in    these    rules to a medical control authority in which it has been approved to operate.

History: 2004 AACS.