{"data":{"id":"us-pa/35-pa.c.s.-8156","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"35 Pa.C.S. § 8156","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(a) Unlicensed agency.--A person who operates a service or vehicle for which a license is required under section 8129 (relating to emergency medical services agencies) and who does not have a license to operate the service or vehicle commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.\n(b) Unauthorized practice.--A person who provides EMS without an EMS provider's certification or other legal authority to provide EMS commits a misdemeanor of the third degree. A provider who provides EMS without a current registration of the EMS provider's certification and without other legal authority to provide EMS commits a summary offense.\n(c) Fine.--In addition to any other civil remedy or criminal penalty provided for under this chapter, the department may levy a civil penalty of up to $5,000 per day upon a person who owns or operates an EMS agency in this Commonwealth, without having a license to operate that agency in this Commonwealth, and a fine of up to $1,000 per day upon a person who provides EMS without an EMS provider's certification or other legal authority to provide EMS.","path":["Title 35 - HEALTH AND SAFETY","PART VI EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES","CHAPTER 81 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM","SUBCHAPTER C MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=35\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=81\u0026sctn=56\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 35 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:32:43Z","sha256":"e264a2645a56157d9f2675706c971beabd9f58d1b984f863910657c2ea7c09d8","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/35-pa.c.s.-8155","next":"us-pa/35-pa.c.s.-8157"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}