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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 5. Department of Health
Chapter 31. Virginia Emergency Medical Services Regulations
11/21/2024

12VAC5-31-360. Public access.

An EMS agency shall provide for a publicly listed telephone number to receive calls for service from the public.

1. The number must be answered in person on a 24-hour basis.

2. Exception: An EMS agency that does not respond to calls from the public but responds only to calls from a unique population shall provide for a telephone number known to the unique population it serves. The number must be answered during all periods when that population may require service and at all other times must direct callers to the nearest available EMS agency.

Statutory Authority

§§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-111.4 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 3 and Volume 19, Issue 9, eff. January 15, 2003.

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