RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 557 (HB 546) 2018 Regular Session LeBas
Prior law required that the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) promulgate rules
establishing a list of required medical and safety equipment that shall be in all ambulances
and emergency medical response vehicles.
New law changes prior law by dispensing with the requirement to promulgate rules to
establish the list.
New law requires an ambulance or emergency medical response vehicle provider to maintain
a policy identifying the equipment needed on its vehicles. New law establishes minimum
requirements to include basic trauma equipment, drugs, suction and oxygen equipment, CPR
equipment, and any other equipment required by law.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 40:1135.1(A)(3) and 1135.2(B)(1))