All license holders, operators, attendants, and chauffeurs, shall comply with the following regulations:
(A) Every license holder shall be required to provide immediate service, 24 hours daily, each and every day.
(B) Every ambulance shall adopt and use, after approval by the Health Officer, a distinctive uniform color scheme which shall not infringe upon any color scheme already in use by another ambulance operator; and each ambulance shall be identified in such a manner as clearly indicates that the vehicle is used for ambulance purposes only.
No other type advertising may be used on the vehicle.
(C) The ambulance operator's business name shall appear on each side and on the rear of the vehicle in letters of not less than three inches in height and l/2-inch in stroke on a metal portion of the body. No other advertising shall be used other than "Ambulance Company".
(D) Every call for ambulance service shall be answered promptly. Patients shall be loaded and transported without being subjected to unreasonable delays.
(E) Clean and sanitary bed linens shall be provided for each patient carried and shall be changed as soon as practicable after the discharge of a patient.
(F) Each ambulance shall have, in addition to its chauffeur, an attendant who holds a current certificate of Advanced Red Cross First Aid, or a U.S. Bureau of Mines certificate certified by the City-County Health Unit, and who shall remain in attendance to the patient being conveyed.
(G) Every operator shall provide each driver with a daily manifest upon which shall be recorded the time, place of origin, destination, and charges for each trip made.
(H) Every operator shall retain and preserve all daily manifests for at least six months, and these manifests shall be available for inspection by the Health Officer on request.
(I) Every licensee shall, at all times, have stationed at his central place of business, a person who shall be required to promptly answer all calls for service, promptly dispatch ambulances, and be generally responsible for the conduct of the business.
(Ord. 281, passed 4-18-67) Penalty, see § 110.99