- (1) An ambulance service license is non-transferable.
(2) When an ambulance service licensee sells or closes the ambulance service, the ambulance service licensee must:
- (a) Provide a minimum 30-days written notice of the intent to cease operation to the Oregon Health Authority (Authority);
- (b) Provide the required notice as prescribed in the county ambulance service plan to the county governing body and the ambulance service plan administrator in which the ambulance service operates; and
- (c) Take such other actions as may be determined to be necessary by the Authority or the county governing body, or the ambulance service plan administrator to ensure the smooth transition to a new ambulance service provider, including but not limited to permitting the continued operation of the existing provider for more than the required period of legal notice or making equipment and supplies available to an interim ambulance service provider.
- (3) Within 10 calendar days of final closing of the ambulance service, the ambulance service licensee must submit a statement to the Authority acknowledging that all applicable ambulance service licenses and any applicable license decals will be removed and destroyed on the final day of operation.
- (4) An ambulance service licensee may not terminate the ambulance service business or otherwise cease operations in violation of any provisions, rules or ordinances established under the provision of ORS chapter 682 and these rules.
- (5) The Authority may deny an ambulance service the ability to surrender their license in the event there is an investigation or pending administrative action against the ambulance service.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 682.017
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 682.017 - 682.117 & 682.991
History
PH 19-2025, amend filed 09/24/2025, effective 01/01/2026
Renumbered from 333-250-0080, PH 7-2017, f. & cert. ef. 3-21-17
PH 1-2013, f. & cert. ef. 1-25-13
PH 2-2007, f. & cert. ef. 2-1-07
OHD 7-2001, f. & cert. ef. 4-24-01
HD 18-1994, f. 6-30-94, cert. ef. 7-1-94