Provider number on ambulance

[Guest guest]

There have been several comments concerning the provider number being placed on

the sides of the EMS vehicles. Here is the language in 157.11 that applies,

please note the font size or color is not specified in rule so that will be left

to the provider in order for the provider to keep with their color scheme.

All EMS vehicles shall have the name of the provider and a current department

issued EMS provider license number prominently displayed on both sides of the

vehicle in at least 2 inch lettering. The license number should have the letters

TX prior to the license number. This requirement does not apply to fixed wing

aircraft.

EMS vehicles are defined as:

(36) Emergency medical services vehicle-

(A) basic life support vehicle;

( advanced life support vehicle;

© mobile intensive care unit (MICU);

(D) MICU rotor wing and MICU fixed wing air medical vehicles; or

(E) specialized emergency medical service vehicle.

This rule does not apply to aircraft nor does it apply to any vehicle that is

not defined as an EMS vehicle. It is my understanding the EMS committee has

157.11 on their agenda, but it not the intent of the department to postpone the

enforcement of this rule which will begin January 1, 2009.

Maxie Bishop, RN, LP, State EMS Director

EMS and Trauma Services

maxie.bishop@...

[Guest guest]

I think one question that I've heard from providers is, where did this come

from? Who " snuck " this into the rule? It was talked about at GETAC a few yrs

back, then it went away until someone brought it up again, after reading 157.11

this yr. While the cost of the letters should not be that much, many think that

it would have been for the State to have given everyone a heads up about it

before it became rule.

Your government and tax dollars at work.

Wayne

Subject: Provider number on ambulance

To: texasems-l

Cc: TexasEMSProviders

Date: Friday, November 14, 2008, 4:43 PM

There have been several comments concerning the provider number being placed on

the sides of the EMS vehicles. Here is the language in 157.11 that applies,

please note the font size or color is not specified in rule so that will be left

to the provider in order for the provider to keep with their color scheme.

All EMS vehicles shall have the name of the provider and a current department

issued EMS provider license number prominently displayed on both sides of the

vehicle in at least 2 inch lettering. The license number should have the letters

TX prior to the license number. This requirement does not apply to fixed wing

aircraft.

EMS vehicles are defined as:

(36) Emergency medical services vehicle-

(A) basic life support vehicle;

( advanced life support vehicle;

© mobile intensive care unit (MICU);

(D) MICU rotor wing and MICU fixed wing air medical vehicles; or

(E) specialized emergency medical service vehicle.

This rule does not apply to aircraft nor does it apply to any vehicle that is

not defined as an EMS vehicle. It is my understanding the EMS committee has

157.11 on their agenda, but it not the intent of the department to postpone the

enforcement of this rule which will begin January 1, 2009.

Maxie Bishop, RN, LP, State EMS Director

EMS and Trauma Services

maxie.bishop@ dshs.state. tx.us