Senate File 2112 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  RIELLY and HANCOCK


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to an exception from emergency medical care
  2    requirements for persons providing care within the scope of
  3    their certification.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5729SS 81
  6 pf/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  147A.15  EXCEPTION FOR CARE
  1  2 WITHIN SCOPE OF CERTIFICATION.
  1  3    1.  This subchapter does not apply to a registered member
  1  4 of the national ski patrol system, an industrial safety
  1  5 officer, a lifeguard, or a person employed or volunteering in
  1  6 a similar capacity in which the person provides on=site
  1  7 emergency medical care at a facility solely to the patrons or
  1  8 employees of that facility, provided that such person provides
  1  9 emergency medical care only within the scope of the person's
  1 10 training and certification and the person does not claim to be
  1 11 a certified emergency medical care provider or use any other
  1 12 term to indicate or imply that the person is a certified
  1 13 emergency medical care provider.
  1 14    2.  This subchapter does not apply to the national ski
  1 15 patrol system or any similar system in which the system
  1 16 provides on=site emergency medical care at a facility solely
  1 17 to the patrons or employees of that facility, provided that
  1 18 such system does not provide transportation to a hospital or
  1 19 other medical facility and provided that such system does not
  1 20 use any term to indicate or imply authorization to transport
  1 21 patients without having obtained proper authorization to
  1 22 transport patients under this subchapter.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill provides that the emergency medical care
  1 25 requirements for training and certification of and exemptions
  1 26 from liability for emergency medical care providers do not
  1 27 apply to a registered member of the national ski patrol
  1 28 system, an industrial safety officer, a lifeguard, or a person
  1 29 employed or volunteering in a similar capacity when the person
  1 30 provides on=site emergency medical care at a facility solely
  1 31 to the patrons or employees of that facility, provided that
  1 32 the person provides emergency medical care only within the
  1 33 scope of the person's training and certification, and provided
  1 34 the person does not claim to be a certified emergency medical
  1 35 care provider or use any other term to indicate or imply that
  2  1 the person is a certified emergency medical care provider.
  2  2 The bill also provides that the emergency medical care
  2  3 provisions do not apply to the national ski patrol system or
  2  4 any similar system in which the system provides on=site
  2  5 emergency medical care at a facility solely to the patrons or
  2  6 employees of that facility, provided that the system does not
  2  7 provide transportation to a hospital or other medical facility
  2  8 and provided that such system does not use any term to
  2  9 indicate or imply authorization to transport patients without
  2 10 having obtained proper authorization to transport patients
  2 11 under the subchapter.
  2 12 LSB 5729SS 81
  2 13 pf:nh/gg/14