Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 60.565 (2026)
Ambulance service
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60.56560.565 Ambulance service. The town board shall contract for or operate and maintain ambulance services unless such services are provided by another person. If the town board contracts for ambulance services, it may contract with one or more providers. The town board may determine and charge a reasonable fee for ambulance service provided under this section. The town board may purchase equipment for medical and other emergency calls.
60.565 AnnotationCounty home rule under s. 59.03 (1) allows every county to “exercise any organizational or administrative power, subject only to the constitution and to any enactment of the legislature.” The language of this section acknowledges that another person can provide the ambulance service instead of a town and withdraws the mandate when another person provides ambulance services. The absence of a command from the legislature that towns provide an ambulance service in all situations causes the argument that county home rule prevents counties from providing ambulance service to miss the mark. Town of Grant v. Portage County, 2017 WI App 69, 378 Wis. 2d 289, 903 N.W.2d 152, 16-2435.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2022 · leading case: Town of Grant v. Portage Cnty., 2017 WI App 69 (Wis. Ct. App. 2017).
Town of Grant v. Portage Cnty., 2017 WI App 69 (Wis. Ct. App. 2017). “03(1), in light of what the Town asserts is a "mandate" on towns to provide ambulance service pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 60.565 . We disagree because the undisputed facts demonstrate there is no such mandate on the Town of Grant, and the Home Rule power of Portage County does not…”
Am. Med. Transp. of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Curtis-Universal, Inc., 452 N.W.2d 575 (Wis. 1990). “07(41) and sec. 60.565, Stats., permit those governmental entities to contract for ambulance services in an anticompetitive manner.”
Paramount Emergency Med. Serv., Inc. v. Rural Med. Ambulance Serv., Inc. (W.D. Wis. 2022). “Rural was incorporated under Wisconsin law as a nonstock, nonprofit corporation, and its bylaws reflect that it was organized in part to satisfy the municipalities’ statutory obligation, under Wis. Stat. § 60.565 , to provide ambulance services.”
Framsted v. Mun. Ambulance Serv., Inc., 347 F. Supp. 2d 638 (W.D. Wis. 2004). “In defense of his claim, plaintiff argues that (1) defendant MAS was established pursuant to the member municipalities’ state law obligation to insure the availability of ambulance service, Wis. Stat. § 60.565 ; (2) eight of the ten board members are elected officials serving as…”
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