(A) It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to commit any of the following acts:
(1) To perform or permit anyone to perform duties as an ambulance driver, attendant (EMT-Basic, EMT-D, or Paramedic), system status controller, or first responder except duly qualified employees of the City of Bethany or personnel of the Emergency Medical Services operating under contract with the City of Bethany.
(2) To use, or cause to be used, an ambulance service other than the Emergency Medical Services operating under contract with the City of Bethany, except for those services described in division (B) of this section;
(3) For any person, firm or organization to respond to emergency calls originating within the regulated service area, other than the Emergency Medical Services operating under contract with the City of Bethany;
(4) For any person, firm or organization to provide special events ambulance standby service within the regulated service area, other than the Emergency Medical Services operating under contract with the City of Bethany;
(5) For any person, firm or organization to respond to routine transport calls originating within the regulated service areas other than the Emergency Medical Services operating under contract with the City of Bethany;
(6) To knowingly give false information to induce the dispatch of an ambulance, or first responder unit;
(B) It shall not be a violation of this Code, if the vehicle or ambulance is:
(1) A privately-owned vehicle not used in the business of transporting patients who are sick, injured, wounded, incapacitated or helpless;
(2) A vehicle rendering services as an ambulance in the event of a major catastrophe or emergency when ambulances with certifications based in the locality of the catastrophe or emergency are incapacitated or insufficient in number to render the services needed;
(3) An ambulance owned or operated by, or under contract with, the federal or state government;
(4) An ambulance transporting a patient to a location within the regulated service area (City of Bethany or City of Warr Acres), which transport originated from a point outside the regulated service area;
(5) An ambulance responding to a call pursuant to a mutual aid agreement with the Emergency Medical Services operating under contract with the City of Bethany;
(6) A vehicle engaged in a routine transport call to transport a patient from a hospital, nursing home or free-standing dialysis center (i.e., a dialysis center not located on hospital grounds) which is located within the regulated service area to any jurisdiction outside the regulated service area (the "receiving jurisdiction");
(7) A vehicle engaged in a routine transport call to transport a patient from a hospital, nursing home, or free-standing dialysis center located within the regulated service area to any unincorporated area.
(8) A vehicle engaged in the interstate transport of a patient.
(Ord. 1944, passed 11-7-17) Penalty, see § 39.99