| Passed by the House April 14, 2007 Yeas 94 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 5, 2007 Yeas 48 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1837 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. RICHARD NAFZIGER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved May 2, 2007, 3:44 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 3, 2007 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/28/07.
AN ACT Relating to directing the department of health to develop guidelines for the safety of individuals who rely upon stretchers and personal mobility devices; amending RCW 18.73.180; and creating a new section.
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:
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.