§ 1007.1. General provisions.

 (a)  This chapter applies to air ambulance services. No person, or other entity, as owner, agent or otherwise, may furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise, engage in or profess to engage in providing an air ambulance service in this Commonwealth, unless the agency or person holds a license as an air ambulance service issued by the Department or is exempted from these prohibitions under the act.

 (b)  The Department will license an applicant as an air ambulance service when it meets the requirements of the act and this part.

 (c)  A hospital licensed under Chapter 8 of the Health Care Facilities Act (35 P. S. § §  448.801—448.820) is not required to obtain a separate air ambulance service license to own and operate an air ambulance service. An air ambulance service owned and operated by a hospital is subject to the act and this part, and shall be inspected under this part, regardless of whether the hospital applies for or secures licensure as an air ambulance service.

 (d)  The Department will issue a certificate acknowledging a hospital’s authority to own and operate an air ambulance service if the hospital chooses to operate an air ambulance service without securing a separate license to do so.

 (e)  Those provisions in § §  1005.2a, 1005.3—1005.5, 1005.7a, 1005.8, 1005.9, 1005.11, 1005.13 and 1005.15, which apply to ground ALS ambulance services, also apply to air ambulance services.

   The provisions of this §  1007.1 amended October 13, 2000, effective October 14, 2000, 30 Pa.B. 5363. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (256639).