Service interruption or cessation -- Receivership -- Default coverage -- Notice

(1) (a) Acting in the public interest, the department may petition a court with jurisdiction under Title 78A, Judiciary and Judicial Administration, to appoint the bureau or an independent receiver to continue the operations of a provider upon any one of the following conditions: (i) the provider ceases or intends to cease operations; (ii) the provider becomes insolvent; (iii) the bureau has initiated proceedings to revoke the provider's license and has determined that the lives, health, safety, or welfare of the population served within the provider's exclusive geographic service area are endangered because of the provider's action or inaction pending a full hearing on the license revocation; or (iv) the bureau has revoked the provider's license and has been unable to adequately arrange for another provider to take over the provider's exclusive geographic service area. (b) Notwithstanding Title 78B, Chapter 3a, Venue for Civil Actions, if the department brings a petition described in Subsection (1)(a) in the district court, the department shall bring the petition in: (i) Salt Lake County; or (ii) the county in which the ambulance or paramedic provider operates. (2) If a licensed or designated provider ceases operations or is otherwise unable to provide services, the bureau may arrange for another licensed provider to provide services on a temporary basis until a license is issued. (3) A licensed provider shall give the department 30 days' notice of its intent to cease operations.