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147A.11 Prohibited acts.

1. Any person not certified as required by this chapter who claims to be an advanced emergency medical care provider, or who uses any other term to indicate or imply that the person is an advanced emergency medical care provider, or who acts as an advanced emergency medical care provider without having obtained the appropriate certificate under this chapter, is guilty of a class "D" felony.

2. An owner of an unauthorized ambulance, rescue, or first response service in this state who operates or purports to operate an authorized ambulance, rescue, or first response service, or who uses any term to indicate or imply such authorization without having obtained the appropriate authorization under this chapter, is guilty of a class "D" felony.

3. Any person who imparts or conveys, or causes to be imparted or conveyed, or attempts to impart or convey false information concerning the need for assistance of an ambulance, rescue, or first response service or of any personnel or equipment thereof, knowing such information to be false, is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

Section History: Early form

[C79, 81, § 147A.11]

Section History: Recent form

84 Acts, ch 1287, § 11; 89 Acts, ch 89, § 14


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