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Code · Pennsylvania · Title 35 — HEALTH AND SAFETY · Chapter 81

§ 8154. Prohibited acts.

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§ 8154. Prohibited acts.
(a)Making false ambulance requests.-- It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally report a medical emergency and summon an EMS response if the person does not have good cause to believe that there is a medical emergency for which an EMS response is needed. A person violating this subsection commits a summary offense.
(b)Obstruction.-- It is unlawful for any person to intentionally impede or obstruct any EMS provider in the performance of official duties if the EMS provider displays accepted department insignia or credentials. A person violating this subsection commits a summary offense.
(c)Impersonating an emergency medical services provider.-- It is unlawful for any person to display an insignia or credentials or act in any manner that would lead reasonable persons to conclude that the person is an EMS provider if that person is not an EMS provider with a current registration to practice or that the person is a higher-level EMS provider than the level at which the person is certified and currently registered to practice. A person violating this subsection commits a summary offense.
(d)Misrepresentation of license.-- It is unlawful for any person who does not possess an EMS agency license issued by the department under this chapter to advertise, display vehicle markings or exhibit any other means that would lead a reasonable person to conclude that the person is a licensed EMS agency or provides a type or level of emergency care other than that for which the person is licensed to provide. A person violating this subsection commits a summary offense.
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