(a) Except as provided below, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate or maintain a private ambulance within the City of Chicago without having first obtained a license for the ambulance from the department of business affairs and consumer protection. A separate license shall be required for each private ambulance operated or maintained within the city. The license shall be posted in the ambulance at all times.
(b) An ambulance license issued by the City of Chicago shall authorize the ambulance to operate only at the level of service (basic life support, intermediate life support, or advanced life support) that has been approved for that particular ambulance by the State of Illinois Department of Public Health.
(c) No license shall be required for any ambulance which is rendering assistance in the case of a disaster declared by the mayor, governor or president, or is transporting patients from beyond the City of Chicago to location within the city, or from within the City of Chicago to a location outside of the city.
(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 7-30-97, p. 50612; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. V, § 5)