The Honorable Melissa A. Schiffel
AGO 2021-003
No. 2021-003
Ohio Attorney General Opinion
Ohio Attorney General
January 11, 2021
The
Honorable Melissa A. Schiffel
Delaware
County Prosecuting Attorney
145
North Union Street, 3
rd Floor
P.O.
Box 8006
Delaware,
Ohio 43015
SYLLABUS:
1. A
county emergency medical service organization, operated by a
board of county commissioners pursuant to R.C. 307.05, may
provide scheduled transportation to patients that require
medical services that are described in sections 4765.37,
4765.38, and 4765.39 of the Revised Code or the related
Administrative Code provisions. These services currently
include ventilation, oxygenation, cardiac monitoring, and the
administration of medications. But these medical services may
only be performed by: (1) emergency medical
technicians-basic; (2) emergency medical
technicians-intermediate, or (3) paramedics.
2. A
county emergency medical service organization, operated by a
board of county commissioners pursuant to R.C. 307.05, and
operated in a county with a population of greater than
40,000, may not provide scheduled patient-transport services
that do not require (1) services described in sections
4765.35, 4765.37, 4765.38, and 4765.39 of the Revised Code or
the related Administrative Code provisions; (2) that are
performed by first responders, emergency medical
technicians-basic, emergency medical
technicians-intermediate, or paramedics.
Dear
Prosecutor Schiffel:
You
requested an opinion from my office regarding what services a
county emergency medical service organization may provide. I
have framed your questions in the following manner:
1. May a county emergency medical service organization,
operated by a board of county commissioners pursuant to R.C.
307.05, provide scheduled transport services of patients who
require ventilation, oxygenation, cardiac monitoring, or the
administration of medications?
2. May a county emergency medical service organization,
operated by a board of county commissioners pursuant to R.C.
307.05, provide non-emergency patient-transport services?
I
Revised
Code 307.05 authorizes counties to operate an emergency
medical service organization (“EMS
organization”). It states:
A board of county commissioners may operate an ambulance
service organization or
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