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B-198032 1 (1981-06-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjkw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-198032 MATTER DIGEST: //7/ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WAS H I N GTO N. 0.C. 20548 DATE: June 3, 1981 OF: Emergency Transportation of Injured Visitor at National Park Secretary of Interior has used his authority to aid injured or ill visitors in National Parks to pro- mulgate Management Policy stating that Park Service management shall insure availability of emergency transportation. Contract with local fire department to pay for emergency transportation, if injured visitor refused charges, was reasonable application of existing Policy and invoice presented may be paid. NPS should attempt to recover cost by billing the visitor for the services rendered under the user charge statute. See statutes and Comp. Gen. decisions cited. This is an advance decision to R. Neil Thorne, Authorized Certifying Officer, National Park Service (NPS), Midwest Region, on the propriety of certifying an invoice in the amount of $46.00 to the Glen Arbor, Michigan Volunteer Fire Department for emergency ambulance transportation of an injured minor visitor at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (hereafter, the Park). The invoice was presented for payment pursuant to an agreement between the Park Managers and the local Volunteer Fire Department, under which the department would respond to calls on the Park premises, bill the visitor, and NPS would reimburse any charges refused by the injured person. The voucher may be paid for the reasons stated below. The Secretary of the Interior has authority to aid and assist visitors within national parks or national monuments in emergencies***. 16 U.S.C. §12 (1976). The Secretary has exercized this authority by promulgating the Management Policies of the NPS. Chapter VII of the Policies addresses the provision of emergency transportation to local medical facilities for injured or ill Park visitors. It states: It is the responsibility of the Service to insure that adequate emergency transportation services are available for visitors who become injured or ill. This responsi- bility may be fulfilled by emergency transportation ser- vices available in nearby communities, provided that advance arrangements are made to insure the availability - L( >5t7 - -2 ,r //, !~~j~/ I3O I

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