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510.1 No ground ambulance or emergency medical response vehicle shall be operated in the District of Columbia (except in response to a mutual aid agreement or as otherwise authorized by the Mayor or Director) unless it has a valid certification issued pursuant to this chapter and is operated by a certified Emergency Medical Services Agency.

510.2 Before receiving a certification for an ambulance or emergency medical response vehicle, an applicant shall submit to the Director the following information for each vehicle:

1. (a) The name and address of the applicant and the owner of the vehicle;
2. (b) A description of the vehicle, including the make; model number; year of manufacture; vehicle identification number; vehicle license tag number; length of time the vehicle has been in use; and the color scheme, insignia, name, monogram, or other distinguishing characteristics to be used to designate the vehicle;
3. (c) The address of the location from which the vehicle will operate; and
4. (d) Other information that the Director deems reasonably necessary to determine compliance with this chapter.

510.3 Before receiving a certification for a ground ambulance, an applicant shall submit the following additional information to the Director for each ground ambulance:

1. (a) The location of the Certificate of Star-of-Life Ambulance, identifying compliance with Federal Specification for the Star-of-Life Ambulance KKK-A-1822 at the time the ambulance was manufactured; or
2. (b) The location of the certificate attesting that the ambulance was in compliance with NFPA 1917 "Standard for Automotive Ambulances" at the time the ambulance was manufactured.

510.4 No certification for a ground ambulance shall be issued unless the Director finds that the ambulance is, and will be at all times when in use as an ambulance:

1. (a) Built and equipped in accordance with the certification specified in § 510.3 above at the time the ambulance was manufactured;
2. (b) Equipped with the mandatory items specified in the Equipment for Ambulances joint document published by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and the National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians

(NAEMSP); or DOH required equipment list.

(c) Covered by insurance of a kind and in amounts conforming to the standards set forth by the Director pursuant to § 502 of this chapter; provided that this requirement shall not apply to ambulances owned and operated by an agency of the District government; and

(d) Equipped in compliance with these regulations at all times unless the ambulance is out of service.

510.5 Each ambulance shall be equipped with not less than twenty (20) triage tags.

510.6 The District EMS Officer or designee shall inspect all ground ambulances for compliance with the vehicle requirements for the class in which a certification is sought.

510.7 A ground ambulance vehicle certificate shall be issued if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) All information contained in the application is complete;

(b) The applicant is a certified District Emergency Medical Services Agency;

(c) The ambulance is registered by the motor vehicle agency for the jurisdiction from which the vehicle will operate; and

(d) The ambulance meets the minimum requirements as provided in this chapter.

510.8 The Director shall issue two (2) decals with each ambulance certificate.

510.9 The decals, which indicate that the ambulance has been certified by the Director and the date on which the certification expires, shall be affixed in prominent places on the front and rear of the ambulance.

510.10 The certificate shall be kept on file either at the place from which the ambulance operates or other designated place of the Emergency Medical Services Agency.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 29 DCR 732 (February 12, 1982); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 16569 (December 6, 2013).