"Sec. 1   RCW 18.73.180 and 1987 c 214 s 14 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:
     (1) A disaster creates a situation that cannot be served by licensed ambulances; or
     (2) The use of a stretcher is necessary because an individual's personal mobility aid cannot be adequately secured in the nonambulance vehicle and the individual has written authorization from his or her physician that it is safe to transfer the individual from a personal mobility aid to a stretcher.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   (1) The department of health shall convene a stakeholder group including the department of social and health services, the department of transportation, and local special needs transportation providers who shall assist in the development of guidelines for the safe transport of individuals who rely on stretchers and personal mobility devices.
     (2) The department of health shall prepare guidelines for the public and vehicle operators relating to:
     (a) Appropriate situations in which vehicles other than ambulances may be used to transport individuals who rely upon personal mobility aids in the normal course of their lives; and
     (b) Methods for properly securing personal mobility aids on vehicles other than ambulances and determining if they are adequately secured."