§ 122-b. General ambulance services. 1. Any county, city, town or\nvillage, acting individually or jointly, may provide an emergency\nmedical service, a general ambulance service or a combination of such\nservices for the purpose of providing prehospital emergency medical\ntreatment or transporting sick or injured persons found within the\nboundaries of the municipality or the municipalities acting jointly to a\nhospital, clinic, sanatorium or other place for treatment of such\nillness or injury, and for that purpose may:\n (a) Acquire by gift or purchase one or more motor vehicles suitable\nfor such purpose and supply and equip the same with such materials and\nfacilities as it may consider necessary for prehospital emergency\ntreatment, and may operate, maintain, repair and replace such vehicles\nand such supplies and equipment;\n (b) Contract with one or more individuals, municipal corporations,\nassociations, or other organizations, having sufficient trained and\nexperienced personnel, for operation, maintenance and repair of such\nemergency medical service or ambulance vehicles and for the furnishing\nof prehospital emergency treatment;\n (c) Contract with one or more individuals, municipal corporations,\nassociations, or other organizations to supply, staff and equip\nemergency medical service or ambulance vehicles suitable for such\npurposes and operate such vehicles for the furnishing of prehospital\nemergency treatment;\n (d) Employ any combination of the methods authorized in paragraph (a),\n(b) or (c);\n * (e) A contract may be entered into pursuant to the provisions of\nthis section for the services of an emergency rescue and first aid squad\nof a fire department or fire company which is subject to the provisions\nof section two hundred nine-b of this chapter;\n * NB Effective until April 9, 2031\n *(e) No contract shall be entered into pursuant to the provisions of\nthis section for the services of an emergency rescue and first aid squad\nof a fire department or fire company which is subject to the provisions\nof section two hundred nine-b of the general municipal law;\n * NB Effective April 9, 2031\n (f) Consider prehospital emergency treatment as that care provided by\ncertified emergency medical technicians or certified advanced emergency\nmedical technicians certified pursuant to the provisions of article\nthirty of the public health law.\n 1-a. As used in this section:\n (a) "Emergency medical technician" means an individual who meets the\nminimum requirements established by regulations pursuant to section\nthree thousand two of the public health law and who is responsible for\nadministration or supervision of initial emergency medical assistance\nand handling and transportation of sick, disabled or injured persons.\n (b) "Advanced emergency medical technician" means an emergency medical\ntechnician who has satisfactorily completed an advanced course of\ntraining approved by the state council under regulations pursuant to\nsection three thousand two of the public health law.\n 2. Such municipality shall formulate rules and regulations relating to\nthe use of such apparatus and equipment in the provision of emergency\nmedical services or ambulance service and may fix a schedule of fees or\ncharges to be paid by persons requesting the use of such facilities.\nSuch municipalities may provide for the collection of such fees and\ncharges or may formulate rules and regulations for the collection\nthereof by the individuals, municipal corporations, associations, or\nother organizations furnishing service under contract as provided in\nparagraph (c) of subdivision one of this section.\n 3. Such municipality may purchase or provide insurance indemnifying\nagainst liability for the negligent operation of such emergency medical\nservice or ambulance service and the negligent use of other equipment or\nsupplies incidental to the furnishing of such emergency medical service\nor ambulance service.\n 4. Such
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