Opinion No. Oag 48-88, (1988)

RAY A. SUNDET, Corporation Counsel La Crosse County

You ask whether a county possesses the statutory authority to designate the level of ambulance service provided by towns within that county as well as the ambulance service provider that will respond to each medical emergency called into the county dispatch service from such towns.

I am of the opinion that a county lacks statutory authority to designate the level of ambulance service provided by the towns within that county. Absent the existence of a cooperative agreement between a county and a town, I am of the opinion that a county…