IC 16-31-3-1: Certification or license required

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person other than:

(1) a licensed physician;

(2) a registered nurse or an individual acting under the supervision of a licensed physician; or

(3) a person providing health care in a hospital or an ambulatory outpatient surgical center licensed under IC 16-21;

may not furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise, or otherwise be engaged in providing emergency medical services, except for the use of an automated external defibrillator, as a part of the regular course of doing business, either paid or voluntary, unless that person holds a valid certificate or license issued by the commission.

(b) A:

(1) licensed physician;

(2) registered nurse or an individual acting under the supervision of a licensed physician; or

(3) person providing health care in a hospital or an ambulatory outpatient surgical center licensed under IC 16-21;

who operates a business of transporting emergency patients by ambulance or using a nontransporting emergency medical services vehicle must hold a valid certificate issued by the commission under this article.