Colorado § 25-3.5-301 - Number of individuals needed for ambulance operation - exception.
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§ 25-3.5-301. Number of individuals needed for ambulance operation - exception.
(1) and (2) Repealed.
(3) No patient shall be transported in an ambulance in this state after January 1, 1978, unless there are two or more individuals, including the driver, present and authorized to operate said ambulance except under unusual conditions when only one authorized person is available.
(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2002, p. 696, § 1, effective May 29, 2002.)
(5) and (6) Repealed.
Source: L. 77: Entire article added, p. 1282, § 2, effective January 1, 1978. L. 81: (2)(a) amended, p. 1944, § 4, effective July 1; (2)(a.1) added, p. 1951, § 18, effective July 1, 1984. L. 84: (2)(a)(I) amended, p. 1125, § 45, effective July 1; (2)(a)(II) and (2)(a.1) repealed, p. 1080, § 1, effective July 1; (2)(a.1)(I) amended, p. 765, § 6, effective July 1. L. 93: (5)(d) amended, p. 1664, § 73, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) and (4) amended, p. 696, § 1, effective May 29. L. 2010: (5)(e) amended, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 799, § 62, effective April 29. L. 2022: (6) added by revision, (SB 22-225), ch. 291, pp. 2099, 2102; §§ 7, 16.
Editor's note: Subsection (6) provided for the repeal of subsections (1), (2), (5), and (6), effective July 1, 2024. (See L. 2022, pp. 2099, 2102.)
ANNOTATION
Limitation on entities which may license ambulances. Since the general assembly has indicated a coordinated system of emergency medical care to be of statewide concern and has provided a comprehensive statutory scheme to regulate the field, governmental entities other than those provided in this section may not license ambulances. DuHamel v. People ex rel. City of Arvada, 42 Colo. App. 491, 601 P.2d 639 (1979).
To subject ambulance companies to authority of two jurisdictions is contrary to purpose of this act because it fragments the coordinated system and could reduce the availability of service. DuHamel v. People ex rel. City of Arvada, 42 Colo. App. 491, 601 P.2d 639 (1979).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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