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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5849

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

 

By Senators Newhouse, Kreidler and West

 

 

Read first time 2/10/89 and referred to Committee on  Health Care & Corrections.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to transportation of persons carried on stretchers; and amending RCW 18.73.180.

 

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

 

        Sec. 1.  Section 18, chapter 208, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. as last amended by section 14, chapter 214, Laws of 1987 and RCW 18.73.180 are each amended to read as follows:

          Other vehicles not herein defined by this chapter shall not be used for transportation of patients ((who must be carried on a stretcher 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.

          Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit other vehicles not defined by this chapter from being used to transport persons carried on a stretcher who do not require medical attention en route.