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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Police said the suspected shooter and another person are both dead
The acting director of EMS said the EMT’s actions “grossly departed from the appropriate standard of care”
Jasmin Thomas pleaded no contest to internal charges from the department’s investigation
An official said he was “flabbergasted” to hear the department wasn’t releasing the information
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The breaks are required every four hours for non-salaried employees
EMS providers were taking a patient inside the hospital when someone stole the rig and drove it seven to eight miles before abandoning it
Ann Marie Thomas was arraigned on a willful neglect of duty charge
A recording or transcript of a 911 call could not be released to the public without consent from the person who placed the emergency call or from their lawyer
Non-participating air ambulance services will be allowed to charge only the average of participating services
The investigation found that the department did not break regulations when a junior firefighter performed CPR on a patient
Officials said they would be allowed to carry in restricted areas only
Violators who attack EMS providers with a bodily fluid could face up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine
Jamie Hazan, who has a service dog to help with his PTSD, said he has been turned away twice because of his dog
Insurance commissioner said her office gets about a dozen complaints a year from people who are unable to afford air ambulance bills
Bruce Lamar Griggs was “in this just for the money” when he sold the heroin mixture that sickened 28 people
The incident command structure and coordination with multiple hospitals saved lives
Darrell Lumpkin fatally shot John Ulmschneider last April; a grand jury declined to return an indictment for murder
The state Board of Education will develop regulations for training, storage and notifying parents after incidents
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Maryland law makes it illegal to provide medical care to an animal without a veterinary license
Officials said an underage female junior firefighter performed CPR on a patient that later died
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Aside from the human costs of a toxic organizational culture, the legal costs can add up just as quickly
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