(a) A licensee shall only provide private ambulance service with vehicles designed and constructed to transport sick and injured persons in comfort and safety. A licensee shall maintain vehicles in safe mechanical condition and shall maintain the interior and exterior of the vehicles in good repair and in a clean, sanitary condition.
(b) A licensee or applicant for a license shall have each vehicle to be used in private ambulance service inspected in a manner approved by the director before issuance of a license and at such other times as may be ordered by the director. Inspection must determine safety of the vehicle, condition of maintenance, and compliance with state and federal laws.
(c) The fee for each inspection of each vehicle to be operated under a private ambulance service license is $131.
(d) If a vehicle is involved in an accident or collision during the term of the license, the licensee shall notify the director within five days after the accident or collision. Before operating the vehicle again under the license, a licensee shall have the vehicle reinspected for safety and shall send to the director a sworn affidavit that the vehicle has been restored to its previous condition.
(e) The director shall designate the time and place for annual inspection of vehicles operated under a license. If the director designates someone other than a city employee to perform the inspection, the applicant or licensee shall bear the reasonable cost of inspection.
(f) A licensee may contract for maintenance but shall be responsible for maintaining all vehicles operated under the license in safe operating condition. (Ord. Nos. 21861; 25048; 30215)