| | | 2. Care of patient. Whenever an ambulance transports a | | patient from the scene of an emergency, the patient must be cared | | for by a physician, by a flight nurse or by a person licensed | | under this chapter to provide emergency medical care. Whenever an | | ambulance transports a patient from a hospital or other health | | care facility to another place, the patient must be cared for by: |
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| | | A. The physician in charge of the patient's case, by a | | person licensed under this chapter or by a professional | | nurse; or |
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| | | B. A licensed practical nurse, or other person | | appropriately trained to care for the patient, acting under | | orders from the patient's physician. |
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| | | The person specified in this subsection as caring for the patient | | shall accompany the patient in the portion of the ambulance where | | the patient rides. |
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| | | Sec. 11. 32 MRSA §86, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 161, §8, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 2-A. Treatment to be in accord with regional medical orders. | | When an ambulance service or nontransporting emergency medical | | service is present at an accident or other situation in which a | | person or persons require emergency medical treatment, the | | medical treatment of the patients must be carried out in | | accordance with any rules adopted under this chapter, any | protocols issued by the regional medical director | | section 83, subsection 19 and any verbal orders given under the | | system of delegation established by the regional medical | | director; except that: |
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| | | A. When a patient is already under the supervision of a | | personal physician or a physician's assistant or nurse | | practitioner supervised by that physician and the physician, | | physician's assistant or nurse practitioner assumes the care | | of the patient, then for as long as the physician, | | physician's assistant or nurse practitioner remains with the | | patient, the patient must be cared for as the physician, | | physician's assistant or nurse practitioner directs. The | | emergency medical services persons shall assist to the | | extent that their licenses and protocol allow; and |
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| | | B. No patient is required to accept treatment to which the | | patient does not consent. |
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| | | Sec. 12. 32 MRSA §88, sub-§2, ¶¶B and D, as amended by PL 1991, c. 588, | | §16, are further amended to read: |
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