(A) (1) No EMS provider shall operate on the streets or alleys of Cass County/City of Logansport unless they are in compliance with all aspects of this subchapter.
(2) All EMS services functioning within the county shall be in compliance and certified by the State Emergency Medical Services Commission.
(3) Any EMS service operating within the county must follow established protocols for basic life support and advanced life support care set forth by the county and the Emergency Medical Services Director.
(4) All EMS services operating within the county, in compliance with this subchapter, must be a paramedic advance life support service or contracted in writing with a paramedic advanced life support service based in the county and after receiving approval of the EMS Board and the County Commissioners.
(B) (1) No one shall obstruct, impede, or interfere with any call that Cass County 911 services are responding to or are actively engaged with pursuant to I.C. 35-44-3-8.5.
(2) In the event of a disaster, the County Emergency Medical Service Director, or his, her or their designee, shall be the highest medical authority in charge at the scene of said disaster.
(3) No health care facility shall be permitted to intentionally use any emergency medical service known to be in non-compliance with this subchapter. Not applicable to federal facilities or facilities outside of the county.
(4) Any emergency medical service found in non-compliance with this subchapter and the standards set therein shall be liable to a fine of $1,000 per day, for each day of non-compliance.
(Ord. 2021-07, passed 10-4-2021)