L-0.2, r. 2 - Ministerial Order concerning the determining of ambulance service zones and the maximum number of ambulances per area and per zone, the standards for ambulance service subsidies, the standards of transport by ambulance between institutions and rates of transport by ambulance

Section 3 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

3. Determining of standards for ambulance service subsidies

For the purpose of maintaining in sufficient numbers the necessary ambulance resources for the population in zones where the level of activity is not high and to encourage ambulance services to be established there, the Minister of Health and Social Services pays subsidies so as to permit these enterprises to attain a level of profitability.

(a)  A subsidy is accorded to the holder of a permit when he has signed a service contract with the CRSSS in his region subject to the following conditions:

— in zones with a fixed maximum of 1 vehicle (Schedule I): a guarantee of 475 trips on an annual basis at the rate in effect whether or not the guaranteed number of trips was made;

— in zones with a fixed maximum of 2 vehicles (Schedule I): a guarantee of 875 trips on an annual basis at the rate in effect whether or not the guaranteed number of trips was made.

(b)  Each firm under contract with a Conseil régional in a subsidized zone, with the exception of park zone, receives from the CRSSS, for each vehicle specified in the contract, in four equal instalments, the sum necessary for the payment of an availability premium for the ambulance drivers and attendants who have their ambulance attendant card from the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, according to the following parameters.

The sum is determined as follows:

S = [(17,520 × V) - 2 (3×T)] hourly rate

S = the sum of the premiums

hourly rate: $0.50 at 1 April 1984

$1.00 at 1 April 1985

T = trips made during the last 12 months by the vehicles specified in the contract for the zone

V = number of vehicles specified in the contract.

This sum will be adjusted at the end of the fiscal year of the CRSSS to the number of trips actually made, and the firm will have to show, on the basis of its payroll and to the satisfaction of the Conseils régionaux, that the availability premium was paid to the ambulance drivers and attendants who have their ambulance attendant card from the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux.

M.O. 84-07-20, s. 3.