The procedure involves collaboration with the Epidemiology Department, specialists who are part of the inspection committee: an emergency medicine doctor, an intensive care specialist, and an engineer.
- The requests made available to applicants specify the documents required according to ORDER MS No. 1519 of December 2, 2009;
- The documents registered with an entry number are completed with the data provided in the aforesaid order;
- The file with the documents is analyzed within the department, and if it is complete, the meeting of the inspection committee is requested, for authorization. The committee must include an auto engineer from a public structure that operates ambulances and two doctors specializing in emergency medicine or intensive care anesthesiology who also work in a prehospital structure;
- The members of the inspection committee go to the applicant’s location and verify the authenticity of the documents in the file, according to each committee member’s expertise. The travel costs, accommodation of committee members, as well as the per diem will be covered by the private service providers/public service requesting the authorization and will be calculated according to Government Decision no. 1,860/2006 regarding the rights and obligations of the personnel of the authorities and public institutions during delegation and secondment in another locality, as well as in the case of travel, within the locality for work purposes, with subsequent amendments and additions.
- The authorization committee meeting will take place within 30 days from the applicant’s submission.
- The issuance of the authorization is done according to the authorization model issued by the health directorates, stipulated in MS Order no. 1519/2009. On the date of filing the authorization file, its expiration date must be no less than 60 days. The operating authorization for private providers of prehospital emergency medical assistance and assisted/non-assisted medical transport, as well as public services, shall be issued by the Alba Public Health Directorate based on the inspection report prepared by the inspection committee.
- The initial validity period of the authorization is 3 years. The committee appointed by the county public health directorate will prepare a new inspection report and will propose to the coordinating director:
a) extension of the operating authorization’s validity for 5 years, if the inspection report is favorable;
b) temporary suspension of activity according to art. 7;
c) extension of the operating authorization’s validity for 6 months to remedy identified deficiencies, if they are not life-threatening to patients;
d) cancellation of the operating authorization.
- The operating authorization is issued for one or more domains of activity, as follows:
a) emergency medical assistance and assisted medical transport;
b) emergency consultations and non-assisted medical transport.