Proposed Amendment – 19 CSR 30-40.375 Uniform Data Collection System and Ambulance Reporting Requirements for Ambulance Services

PURPOSE: This amendment changes the ambulance reporting system to an electronic format and changes the amount of time life-threatening runs shall be reported, as well as the time for reporting the total number of all runs. It also establishes the requirements for submission of completed patient transport records to Receiving Health Care Facilities from ground and air ambulance services. Additionally, this amendment establishes the requirements of information flow during patient transfer of care between emergency medical response agencies and ambulance services, between ambulance services and between ambulance services and Receiving Health Care Facilities.