(1) Licensed ground ambulance and aid services must provide each licensed ambulance and aid vehicle with communication equipment which:
(a) Is consistent with state and regional plans;
(b) Is in good working order;
(c) Allows direct two-way communication with dispatch control point, medical control, and all hospitals in the service area of the vehicle; and
(d) Licensed ground ambulance and aid vehicles capable of transporting patients must also have direct two-way communication from both the driver's and patient's compartment.
(2) If cellular telephones are used, there must also be another method of radio contact with dispatch control point, medical control, and all hospitals in the service area for use when cellular service is unavailable.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
18.71.205,
18.73.081,
43.70.040,
70.168.050, 2017 c 70, 2017 c 295, 2020 c 76, 2021 c 276, 2019 c 314, 2021 c 69, and 2022 c 136. WSR 24-15-104, § 246-976-310, filed 7/22/24, effective 9/30/24. Statutory Authority: Chapters
18.71, 18.73, and
70.168 RCW. WSR 11-07-078, § 246-976-310, filed 3/22/11, effective 5/15/11; WSR 00-08-102, § 246-976-310, filed 4/5/00, effective 5/6/00. Statutory Authority: RCW
43.70.040 and chapters
18.71, 18.73 and
70.168 RCW. WSR 93-01-148 (Order 323), § 246-976-310, filed 12/23/92, effective 1/23/93.]