N.Y. Public Health Law Section 3003-B
Availability of ambulance service and advanced life support first response service to store and distribute blood and initiate and adminis...

§ 3003-b. Availability of ambulance service and advanced life support first response service to store and distribute blood and initiate and administer blood transfusions.

1.

An ambulance service or advanced life support first response service licensed under this article may store and distribute human blood and blood products at all their facilities and qualified medical and health personnel, as defined in this article, operating within an ambulance service or advanced life support first response service licensed under this article, may initiate and administer human blood and blood product transfusions while providing ambulance services or advanced life support care via an advanced life support mobile unit. As used in this section, “ ambulance services” means emergency medical care and the transportation of sick or injured persons by motor vehicle or aircraft to, from or between general hospitals or other health care facilities.

2.

Notwithstanding title five of article 5 (Laboratories)article five of this chapter, any ambulance service or advanced life support first response service licensed under this article may store and distribute human blood and blood products in accordance with standards for the storage of blood products of the United States Food and Drug Administration and any rules, regulations, guidance or minimum standards established pursuant to this section.

3.

Prior to storing and distributing blood or allowing qualified medical and health personnel to initiate and administer blood transfusions under this section, the ambulance service or advanced life support first response service shall ensure that it is in compliance with the rules, regulations, guidance or minimum standards established pursuant to this section and other applicable emergency medical service requirements, and shall provide notification of intent to store and distribute blood or allow qualified medical and health personnel to initiate and administer blood transfusions as part of their ambulance services or advanced life support care at least sixty days prior to beginning such care.

4.

The state emergency medical services council, with the approval of the commissioner, shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this section.

Source: Section 3003-B — Availability of ambulance service and advanced life support first response service to store and distribute blood and initiate and adminis..., https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBH/3003-B (updated Dec. 20, 2024; accessed Nov. 29, 2025).

3000
Declaration of policy and statement of purpose 3000–A
Emergency medical treatment 3000–B
Automated external defibrillators: Public access providers 3000–C
Epinephrine devices 3000–D
Availability of resuscitation equipment in certain public places 3000–E
Rescue inhaler treatment devices 3000–F
Automated external defibrillator 3001
Definitions 3002
New York state emergency medical services council 3002–A
State emergency medical advisory committee 3003
Regional emergency medical services councils 3003–A
EMS program agencies 3003–B
Availability of ambulance service and advanced life support first response service to store and distribute blood and initiate and adminis... 3004
Emergency medical services system and agency performance standards 3004–A
Regional emergency medical advisory committees 3005
Ambulance service certificates 3005–A
Staffing standards 3005–B
Emergency medical technician five year re-certification demonstration program 3006
Quality improvement program 3006–A
Patient privacy 3007
Notice of alternative destination 3008
Applications for determinations of public need 3009
Continuation of existing services 3010
Area of operation 3011
Powers and duties of the department and the commissioner 3012
Enforcement 3013
Immunity from liability 3014
Construction 3015
Separability 3016
Continuance of rules and regulations 3017
Emergency medical service, Suffolk county 3018
Community-based paramedicine demonstration program 3020
Recruitment and retention 3030
Advanced life support services 3031
Advanced life support system 3032
State emergency medical services task force 3033
Rules and regulations 3034
Rules and regulations
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Verified:
Nov. 29, 2025

Last modified:
Dec. 20, 2024

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