Out-of-state operators

1. Operators licensed in another state may pick up patients within this state for transportation to locations within this state under the following circumstances: a. When there is a natural disaster, such as a tornado, earthquake, or other disaster, which may require all available ambulances to transport the injured; or b. When an out-of-state ambulance is traveling through the state for whatever purpose comes upon an accident or medical emergency where immediate emergency ambulance services are necessary. 2. Out-of-state fire units responding to this state for the purposes of forest fire or grassland fire suppression may bring their own emergency medical personnel to provide emergency medical treatment to their own staff. The emergency medical personnel must be certified by the national registry of emergency medical technicians and have physician oversight.