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AB102
Changes to Emergency Medical Services Rules
Last scannedAug 22, 2026, 1:27 AM
In one sentence
This law allows health districts in counties with populations between 100,000 and 700,000 to choose to regulate emergency medical services locally, sets the minimum age for ambulance attendant licenses at 16, and clarifies rules for trainees riding in ambulances.
What it does
- Allows district boards of health in counties with populations between 100,000 and less than 700,000 to vote on regulating their own emergency medical services if they choose to do so.
- Requires a majority vote from all board members for a local board to elect to regulate these services.
- Sets the minimum age at 16 for people who want a license as an ambulance attendant or certification as an emergency medical technician, provided they meet other legal qualifications.
- Prohibits local boards that choose to regulate emergency services from creating their own trauma treatment programs; those programs remain under state control.
- Allows trainees in emergency medical fields to ride in ambulances without holding a full attendant license if the vehicle is properly staffed and the trainee does not drive or treat patients.
Who it affects
- District boards of health in counties with populations between 100,000 and less than 700,000.
- The State Board of Health and the Division of Public and Behavioral Health.
- People who want to work as ambulance attendants or emergency medical technicians.
Limits and unknowns
- The official text does not specify an effective date.
- Only health districts in counties with populations between 100,000 and less than 700,000 can choose to regulate their own emergency services; other counties cannot use this option.
Plain language
Terms to know
- District board of health
- A local group that makes rules about public health in a specific area called a health district.
- Attendant license
- Official permission required to work on an ambulance or air ambulance as a helper for patients.
- Trauma treatment program
- A specific system for handling serious injuries that remains under the control of the state board even if local boards take over other rules.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
Revises provisions relating to emergency medical services. (BDR 40-345)