OAR 333-250-0380
Violations


In addition to non-compliance with any rules or laws that governs an ambulance service or ambulance service vehicle, it is a violation to:
(1) Refuse to cooperate with an investigation or survey, including but not limited to failure to permit Authority staff access to the ambulance service, its documents or records;
(2) Fail to implement a corrective action plan;
(3) Refuse or fail to comply with an order issued by the Authority;
(4) Refuse or fail to pay a civil penalty;
(5) Be convicted of a crime, including Medicare or Medicaid fraud, relating adversely to the person’s capability of owning or operating an ambulance service;
(6) Make a material omission or misrepresentation of facts on an application for a license or variance, or in response to an inquiry or investigation. This includes fraud or deception in obtaining or attempting to obtain a license or variance or in any other transaction with the Authority;
(7) Loan, borrow, or use the license of another, or knowingly aid or abet the improper granting of a license;
(8) Deface, alter, remove or obliterate any portion of any official entry upon a license, licensing decal, or variance issued by the Authority;
(9) Refuse to respond to or render prehospital emergency care because of a patient’s race, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, medical problem or financial inability to pay;
(10) Fail to promptly notify the Authority of a change of ownership;
(11) Fail to report to the Authority any matter required by ORS 682.220 (Denial, suspension or revocation of license)(4) and OAR 333-265-0080 (Reporting Obligations);
(12) Fail to protect health information from unlawful use or disclosure in accordance with state and federal privacy laws;
(13) Alter or inappropriately destroy medical records;
(14) Willfully prepare or file false reports or records, or induce another to do so;
(15) Engage in a pattern of any of the following:
(a) Incompetence, negligence or misconduct in operating the ambulance service or in providing emergency medical care and transportation to patients;
(b) Abuse or abandonment of patients;
(c) Failure to comply with the county ASA plan, area trauma plan, or other lawfully promulgated policies, plans, or procedures;
(d) Failure to meet response time standards as prescribed by the county ASA plan or if no ASA plan is in effect, the area trauma plan;
(e) Misuse or misappropriation of medications or medical materials; and
(f) Other conduct determined by the Authority to pose a significant threat to the health, safety and well-being of ambulance patients.
(16) Fail to return a license as provided in OAR 333-250-0235 (Return of License);
(17) Operate without a license; or
(18) During a Governor-declared emergency, failure to comply with an applicable provision of a Governor’s Executive Order or failing to comply with guidance issued by the Authority implementing an Executive Order.
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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