Legal Issues
The legal issues topic contains news and information about legal issues affecting EMS personnel, agencies or departments. Find the latest news from personnel misconduct, to disciplinary and harassment cases, to malpractice lawsuits, as well as advice to prevent legal action with EMS training, documentation and management.
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Officials said Adams County Emergency Services violated safety regulations and had no DEA certification to operate
Nicole Mittendorff’s sister and husband break their silence on her death and online bullying
The man, 44, deeply slashed his own throat with a folding knife after being accused of shoplifting
The attorney general contends Troy Ambulance was in violation of state law because it didn’t keep up its annual reports with the state
Board members voted Tuesday to examine the department in light of firefighter-paramedic Nicole Mittendorff’s suicide
The man stole the vehicle after reportedly jumping out of a motel window that was 10 feet off the ground
James Gandolfini suffered a massive heart attack and died in June 2013; the Rolex is worth $3,000
People convicted of felony hate crimes could face an additional five years in prison and up to a $5,000 fine
The lawsuit alleges the ambulance company pressured staff to exaggerate patient’s medical conditions in paperwork to justify transports
Responders would be protected under the bill at a state level, although a similar federal bill has been proposed in Congress
The union will be the largest to form in the region in recent years
The female firefighter claims that she was reprimanded and reassigned to another station when she told her superiors about the harassment
The ambulance was damaged and had to be towed away after the 22-year-old crashed it
EMS providers need to admit that prehospital patient care errors can and do happen to begin addressing this serious cause of patient injury and death
Michael Harcharik stole the card and went on a shopping spree, using it for at least 49 transactions
The paramedic claims the city’s chief became “loud and aggressive” toward her after the grievance was filed
Sam Young approached police officers and firefighters on multiple occasions and asked for money, sometimes as much as $1,000
All personnel need appropriate access to information, forms and schedules from any device which connects to the Internet
Pay for training, regardless of on-duty or off-duty, depends on the requirement and intent of the training course
An EMS agency, facing an applicant shortage, surveyed EMS providers to see if employee-employer compensation expectations matched
Explore the answers with elected and appointed officials so informed decisions can be made about the future of your EMS service
Is your department properly identifying reporting and returning overpayments from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services?
The company has over 700 employees who will decide who they want to be represented by in collective bargaining
A new section, response to incidents involving violence, has been added to the tool kit
Attitudes are contagious, especially when you’re working for a toxic partner or organization
When the woman got out of the ambulance, she got into a fight with a pursuing police officer
Authorities are seeking a murder warrant against Joseph Anthony Scott, 24, who is being held in jail following the attack
Reinstating the Illinois Public Duty law may be warranted, but not because of the case that led to it being abolished by the state Supreme Court
The long-awaited rule mandates that all health care providers receiving Medicare reimbursement return identified overpayments within 60-days or face Federal False Claims Act liability
The law will help reduce the time it takes to get the critical medication to a person having an anaphylactic reaction
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