Section 163-4-13 - Scene Response & Transfer Air Ambulance Vehicles1. Except as otherwise exempted by 32 M.R.S. §82 and §12 of this chapter, no aircraft shall provide emergency medical services within Maine unless it is licensed as an ambulance under these Rules.2. An air ambulance vehicle license is valid for a period of one year, starting from the month the service license is issued. Maine EMS will ensure concurrent expiration dates for service and vehicle licenses.3. An aircraft licensed as an air ambulance must be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, free from interior corrosion, dirt, or contaminating foreign matter.4. An air ambulance license is issued to a particular service and for a particular vehicle, except as permitted in Chapter 4 §12.2 of these Rules. If a service is required to relicense under Chapter 4 § 3 of these Rules because of a change of ownership, then all of the service's vehicle licenses end, and the service must apply for new vehicle licenses. The fee for licensing a vehicle is $60.00.5. When a service acquires a new or used air ambulance under Chapter 4 § 12 of these Rules, it shall apply to Maine EMS on forms available from Maine EMS and shall pay the vehicle licensing fee necessary to license the vehicle. Within 45 days, Maine EMS shall issue, or decline to issue, a license for the vehicle. 6. At least once each year, Maine EMS shall inspect each air ambulance aircraft to be sure that it is clean and otherwise in conformity with these Rules. If a vehicle does not pass inspection and its continued operation presents a hazard to health or safety, the Board may suspend its license to provide emergency medical services at once consistent with Maine Law (See 5 M.R.S. §10004 and 4 M.R.S. §184) . Alternatively, if the continued operation of the air ambulance aircraft at the level of care for which it is permitted pursuant to Chapter 4 § 2(2) of these Rules presents a hazard to health or safety, the Board may immediately suspend the aircraft's level of care permit consistent with Maine law (see5 M.R.S. §10004 and 4 M.R.S. §184) and allow the aircraft to operate at the next lowest level of care for which it is properly equipped. If the deficiencies are not such as to require the immediate suspension of the aircraft's license to provide emergency medical services or the immediate suspension of its level of care permit, then Maine EMS shall notify the operator of the deficiencies and set a reasonable amount of time in which the operator may continue to provide emergency medical services while bringing it into conformity with the law and Rules. If the aircraft is not brought into conformity within the time set, Maine EMS may refuse to renew, or seek revocation of, the aircraft's license to provide emergency medical services. 16-163 C.M.R. ch. 4, § 13