Certificate of Inspection Required
Effective Sep 29, 2023Mass. Register #1505MGL c. 111CDepartment of Public Health
- (A) No person shall operate, maintain, or otherwise use any aircraft, boat, motor vehicle, or any other means of transportation as an EMS vehicle without a valid certificate of inspection. This applies to temporary replacement or additional ambulances or EFR vehicles an EMS service plans to deploy.
- (B) Exception. Uncertified vehicles may be used to render emergency medical transportation in the case of a major catastrophe when the number of certified ambulances capable of emergency dispatch in the locality of the catastrophe is insufficient to render the required emergency medical transportation services, pursuant to a statewide mass casualty incident plan.