(a) A person commits an offense if he operates a private ambulance service within the city without a valid private ambulance service license issued by the director.
(b) A person commits an offense if he advertises or causes to be advertised the operation of a private ambulance service that does not have a valid license granted under this article when the advertisement is reasonably calculated to be seen by persons seeking private ambulance service in the city.
(c) A person commits an offense if he transports or offers to transport, for compensation, a sick, injured, or deceased person by private ambulance from a location within the city to a location either inside or outside the city without holding or being employed by a person holding a valid license issued under this article.
(d) A person commits an offense if he hires or employs a private ambulance service to pick up a sick, injured, or deceased person in the city when he knows the private ambulance service does not have a valid license under this article.
(e) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (b) that the person was the publisher of the advertising material and had no knowledge that the private ambulance service did not have a valid license under this article. (Ord. 21861)