00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 164(HES) am                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to the authority of an emergency medical technician at the                                             
02 scene of an accident or emergency."                                                                                     
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 18.08 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                   
05  Sec. 18.08.075.  Authority of emergency medical technician.  (a)  An                                                  
06 emergency medical technician who responds to an emergency with an ambulance                                             
07 service or first responder service, who has in the technician's possession a current                                    
08 emergency medical technician identification card, and who provides emergency                                            
09 medical care or other emergency medical service, has the authority to                                                   
10   (1)  control and direct activities at the accident site or emergency until                                           
11 the arrival of law enforcement personnel;                                                                               
12   (2)  order a person other than the owner to leave a building or place in                                             
13 the vicinity of the accident or other emergency for the purpose of protecting the person                                
14 from injury;                                                                                                            

01   (3)  temporarily block a public highway, street, or private right-of-way                                             
02 while at the scene of an accident, illness, or emergency;                                                               
03   (4)  trespass upon property at or near the scene of an accident, illness,                                            
04 or emergency at any time of day or night;                                                                               
05   (5)  enter a building, including a private dwelling, or premises where                                               
06 a report of an injury or illness has taken place or where there is a reasonable cause to                                
07 believe an individual has been injured or is ill to render emergency medical care; and                                  
08   (6)  direct the removal or destruction of a motor vehicle or other thing                                             
09 that the emergency medical technician determines is necessary to prevent further harm                                   
10 to injured or ill individuals.                                                                                          
11  (b)  A person who knowingly refuses to comply with an order of an emergency                                           
12 medical technician authorized under (a) of this section is, upon conviction, guilty of                                  
13 a class B misdemeanor.  In this subsection, "knowingly" has the meaning given in                                        
14 AS 11.81.900(a).