2017/0239/E
EC/EFTA
ES Spain
  • T40T - Urban and road transport
2017-09-11
2017-06-19

This decree covers the technical characteristics, medical equipment and staffing of vehicles intended for performance of medical transport services by land.

Decree regulating medical transport by land in the Principality of Asturias

The decree implements the provisions of Royal Decree 836/2012 of 25 May 2012 defining the technical characteristics, medical equipment and staffing of road ambulances, in these matters.

The technical characteristics and medical equipment are adapted from the provisions of standard UNE-EN 1789:2007+A2:2015, which replaced standard UNE-EN 1789:2007 + A1: 2010, referenced in the aforementioned Royal Decree 836/2012 of 25 May 2012, whose fifth additional provision provided for this replacement.

Similarly, it sets out the minimum staffing requirements for performance of medical transport and takes into account the sixth additional provision of the aforementioned Royal Decree pertaining to training requirements for volunteer staff from charities performing medical transport.

Similarly, the provisions on the technical medical certification system in Chapter IV of Order PRE/1435/2013 of 23 July 2013 implementing the Spanish Law on Land Transport [‘Ley de Ordenación de los Transportes Terrestres’] with regard to medical transport by ambulance.