§ 1005.5. Licensure.

 (a)  A license to operate as an ambulance service will be issued by the Department when it has determined that requirements for licensure have been met.

 (b)  A license certificate will specify the name of the ambulance service, its license number, the address of its primary headquarters, the dates of issuance and expiration, the levels of service the ambulance service is authorized to provide, and the name of the regional EMS council through which the license application was processed. If the ambulance service is an ALS ambulance service, the license certificate will also specify the type or types of ALS ambulance the ambulance service has been authorized to use. The Department will issue a new license certificate if there is a need to change information on an existing license certificate.

 (c)  The current license certificate shall be displayed in a public and conspicuous place in the ambulance service’s primary headquarters.

 (d)  An ambulance, other than a temporary replacement ambulance, shall be identified by a decal issued by the Department which shall be considered part of its license and which shall be applied to the outside of the ambulance in a conspicuous place. After an ambulance service receives a temporary certificate issued under §  1005.2a(b) (relating to change in ambulance fleet) it shall identify a temporary replacement ambulance by displaying the temporary certificate in a conspicuous place in the ambulance. If the expiration date of a temporary certificate has been extended, the ambulance shall keep in the temporary replacement ambulance a copy of the letter extending the expiration date.

 (e)  An ambulance decal issued by the Department may not be displayed on a vehicle by an entity not licensed as an ambulance service by the Department.

 (f)  A license shall be nontransferable and shall remain valid for 3 years unless revoked or suspended by the Department.

 (g)  The Department will consolidate into one license a person’s multiple licenses to operate an ambulance service in this Commonwealth, as of January 12, 2001, unless the person objects and asserts reasons in writing why consolidation of the multiple licenses into a single license is opposed. The person shall file the written objection by December 13, 2000. If an objection is filed, the Department will consider and rule upon the objection prior to consolidating the licenses.

   The provisions of this §  1005.5 amended October 13, 2000, effective October 14, 2000, 30 Pa.B. 5363. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (247549) to (247550).

   This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §  1007.1 (relating to general provisions).