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In 7 AAC 43.500 - 7 AAC 43.530
(1) "ambulance" means any privately or publicly owned vehicle that is regularly provided or offered to be provided for the emergency transportation of a person suffering from illness, injury, or disability and licensed by the division of public health of the department or local licensing body; police, fire, funeral home, and other vehicles which serve a dual purpose, one of which meets this definition, also may be considered ambulances;
(2) "emergency transportation" means the transportation necessary immediately when a sudden, unexpected occurrence creates a medical emergency;
(3) "escort" means a person who accompanies a recipient to or from a source of medical care; the purpose of the escort accompanying a recipient may be the result of medical necessity or may be due to the age or physical or mental capacity of the recipient; the escort may be medically trained, but medical training is not required; an escort is not compensated by the division;
(4) "food and lodging" means meals and sleeping facilities for the recipient, escort, or both, while the recipient is receiving medical care at a facility away from the place where the recipient regularly resides; "food and lodging" does not include:
(A) meals and sleeping facilities provided by friends or relatives of either the recipient or the escort, or
(B) accommodations provided in hospitals or nursing homes;
(5) "medical transportation" means transportation for medical purposes to and from any source of medical care or between medical facilities, food and lodging incidental to such transportation for both recipients and escorts when needed, and accommodations provided by prematernal homes;
(6) "prematernal homes" means home-like or dormitory-style accommodations that
(A) are licensed under AS 47.35 and AAC 50;
(B) use double occupancy of bedrooms on a routine basis, a shared bathroom, and meals served family-style;
(C) are intended primarily for
(i) a pregnant woman from another community who is awaiting delivery of her child; or
(ii) occasional short term care to mothers and infants; and
(D) are not intended for the general public;
(7) "provider of medical transportation" means
(A) the owner or operator of a private automobile, municipal bus, inter-community bus, taxi, scheduled airline, ferry, wheelchair coach, train, chartered aircraft, chartered boat, or other mode of transportation commonly used to transport a person; and
(B) a person who contacts with an air carrier to provide chartered or scheduled air services.
History: Eff. 8/18/79, Register 71; am 11/18/93, Register 128; am 3/13/94, Register 129; readopt 8/7/96, Register 139; am 5/5/99, Register 150
Authority: AS 47.05.010
Editor's note: Effective 8/7/96, Register 139, the Department of Health and Social Services readopted 7 AAC 43.530 in its entirety, without change, under AS 47.05 and AS 47.07. Executive Order No. 72 transferred certain rate-setting authority to the department.
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