§ 16-31-2-7.1 — Statewide standards for air ambulance services

Indiana § 16-31-2-7.1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 31: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
• Ch. 2: Indiana Emergency Medical Services Commission

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1. (a) Not later than July 1, 2018, the
commission shall:
(1) evaluate the use in Indiana of air ambulance services on
patient outcomes; and
(2) develop and recommend statewide standards for the activation
and use of air ambulance services;
not including air ambulance services used for transferring patients
between health facilities. In performing its duties under this section, the
commission shall reevaluate Indiana's adopted triage and transportation
protocols for the transportation of trauma patients. The division of
trauma and injury prevention of the state department shall assist the
commission.
(b) The goal of the standards for activation and use of air ambulance
services developed by the commission must be to:
(1) prevent the overuse of air ambulance services for emergency
scene response and patient transport;
(2) provide consistent and appropriate criteria for emergency
medical responders to use when determining whether to:
(A) request an emergency scene response by an air ambulance
provider; and
(B) transport patients by air or by ground transport from the
emergency scene to appropriate hospitals or trauma centers;
and
(3) provide appropriate, quality prehospital or pretrauma center
patient care.
(c) The commission shall review and update the standards at least
once every three (3) years.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.100-2017, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.56-2023, SEC.151.