Kan. Admin. Regs. § 109-2-12

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 109-2-12 - Standards for rotor-wing ambulance aircraft and equipment

(a) Each operator of an air ambulance service shall comply with the requirements in K.A.R. 109-2-11 .

(b) The aircraft configuration shall not compromise patient stability during any part of flight operations. The aircraft shall have an entry that allows loading and unloading of the patient without maneuvering the patient more than 45 degrees about the lateral axis and 30 degrees about the longitudinal axis and does not compromise the functioning of monitoring systems, intravenous lines, or manual or mechanical ventilation.

(c) The aircraft shall have an external search light, which shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Provide at least 400,000-candlepower illumination at 200 feet;

(2) be separate from the aircraft landing lights;

(3) be moveable 90 degrees longitudinally and 180 degrees laterally; and

(4) be capable of being controlled from inside the aircraft.

(d) Each rotor-wing aircraft shall have a two-way interoperable communications system that is readily accessible to both the attendants and the pilot and meets the following requirements:

(1) Allows communications between the aircraft and a hospital for medical control, exclusive of the air traffic control system; and

(2) allows communications between the aircraft and ground-based ambulance services, exclusive of the air traffic control system.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 109-2-12

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 65-6110, as amended by L. 2011, ch. 114, sec. 81; effective May 1, 1987; amended July 17, 1989; amended Jan. 31, 1997; amended Jan. 27, 2012.