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Air Medical Regulatory Record
A dated record of the laws, rules, NTSB recommendations, oversight reports, court decisions, and industry milestones that shaped air medical transport in the United States, with the requirements in force today and the issues under active debate.
Requirements in force
Current federal requirements that apply to helicopter air ambulance operations, with the action that produced each one. Advisory circulars are listed for reference and are not binding. Always confirm against the current eCFR text before relying on any entry.
| Citation | Requirement | Applies to | Effective | Origin |
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NTSB recommendations to the FAA
The NTSB investigates and recommends. It cannot regulate. Each recommendation below is traced to what the FAA or Congress did. The status column gives the NTSB's classification as retrieved from its CAROL database on October 26, 2026. The outcome column is this record's summary of what was done.
| Number | Subject and request | What happened | Outcome | NTSB status (as documented) |
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Active issues
Policy questions under active debate, with the positions stakeholders have stated publicly. This section describes positions. It does not take them. Each entry carries the date of its most recent action.