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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6444

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State of Washington   57th Legislature        2002 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Gardner, Prentice, McDonald, Oke, Deccio, Rasmussen, Regala and Horn)

READ FIRST TIME 02/01/2002.

Licensing vehicles transporting persons on stretchers.

    AN ACT Relating to the licensing of stretcher van-type vehicles for transporting passengers on stretchers; and amending RCW 18.73.180.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 18.73.180 and 1987 c 214 s 14 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Other vehicles not herein defined by this chapter shall not be used for transportation of patients who must be carried on a stretcher for purposes of medical care or who may require medical attention en route, except that such transportation may be used when a disaster creates a situation that cannot be served by licensed ambulances.

(2) The department of health, in consultation with the department of licensing, shall define by rule adopted under chapter 34.05 RCW the terms necessary to administer this section and assure the health and safety of those who travel in a prone or supine position.

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