767.12 REGULATIONS.

   (a)    The ambulance service, on a twenty-four hour per day, seven day a week basis, shall maintain availability of ambulances and crews in sufficient number that will permit response to calls initiated by the City Communications Center ninety-eight percent (98%) of the time.

   (b)   Immediately after the receipt of an emergency call, but in any event no longer than one minute thereafter, an ambulance service shall notify the City Communications Center as to the nature of the emergency and shall keep records of the call in accordance with the following:

      (1)    A written report stating the impression/diagnosis, as best ascertained, of every patient, and the treatment and care that was rendered at the scene and during transport of the patient. A copy of this report shall be kept with the ambulance company's permanent records.

      (2)    A written report of response times and other information, which report shall be made available to the Fire Chief upon request.

         The report shall contain:

         A.    Time the call was received;

         B.    Time the City Communications Center was notified;

         C.    Time the ambulance was dispatched;

         D.    Location of ambulance at time of dispatch;

         E.    Time the ambulance arrived at the location of patient;

         F.    Time the ambulance left for the hospital;

         G.    Time the ambulance arrived at the hospital;

         H.    Time the ambulance was again available for service;

         I.    Name of hospital;

         J.    Name and address of patient;

         K.    Name of the ambulance driver and name of Paramedic, EMT-I or EMT-Basic in patient compartment.

   (c)    No ambulance service shall accept or hold an emergency call for emergency medical service when such company does not have available an ambulance for immediate dispatch. When a Code III or Code II response is requested and the estimated response time may exceed the required time limits, the City Communications Center must be notified of the estimated response time.

   (d)    No ambulance service shall fail to immediately notify the City Communications Center if an ambulance and crew are not available for immediate dispatch.

   (e)    No ambulance service shall fail to immediately notify the City Communications Center of an emergency run or the nature of the emergency, which originates within the City limits; or any routine scheduled trip which becomes an emergency.

   (f)    No ambulance service shall fail to record the response times as required by this chapter.

   (g)    No ambulance service shall use a name on an ambulance or advertise under any name other than the name in which the license is issued.

   (h)    Each ambulance service shall retain for thirty days voice recordings of all its dispatch telephone lines and its two-way radio traffic.

   (i)    Each ambulance shall have at least two EMT-As, ADV-EMT-As or Paramedics.

   (j)    While in service, ambulances and equipment shall comply with the provisions of Section 4766.03 and Section 4766.07 of the Ohio Revised Code and all rules promulgated by the Ohio Ambulance Licensing Board pursuant thereto.

   (k)    After transporting a person suffering a contagious disease, each ambulance shall be decontaminated using methods established by the ambulance company's Exposure Control Plan and Infection Control Manual, both of which shall follow OSHA guidelines set forth in Title 29 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) part 1910-(Amended) Subpart z-(Amended), and any revisions thereof. Further, the ambulance company's Exposure Control Plan and Infection Control Manual shall be submitted to the Emergency Medical Services Commission upon request.

   (l)    Only licensed ambulances that are equipped for Advanced Life Support and that are manned with at least one Paramedic, who shall act as the technician in the patient compartment, may respond to immediate dispatch requests.

(Ord. 35-2014. Passed 4-14-14.)