(a) A person commits an offense if he violates or attempts to violate a provision of this article applicable to him. A culpable mental state is not required for the commission of an offense under this article unless the provision defining the conduct expressly requires a culpable mental state. A separate offense is committed each time an offense occurs. An offense committed under this article is punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $2,000.
(b) It is a defense to prosecution under this article that a person or vehicle was transporting a deceased person within the city solely for:
(1) a funeral home for the purpose of burial or preparation for burial; or
(2) a county medical examiner’s office.
(c) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 15D-7(a), (c), and (d); Section 15D-9.8; Section 15D-9.32(a), (b), (d), and (e); and Section 15D-9.33(c)(1) that a private ambulance service was only picking up a sick, injured, or deceased person at a health care facility within the city for the purpose of transporting that person by private ambulance to a location outside the city pursuant to the terms of a subscription program for emergency medical services approved by the Texas Board of Health in accordance with Section 773.011 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, as amended, provided that:
(1) the sick, injured, or deceased person was a prepaid subscriber to the program operated by the private ambulance service;
(2) the sick, injured, or deceased person was originally transported from a location outside the city to a health care facility within the city by the same private ambulance service;
(3) the private ambulance service does not have a place of business located within any county in which the city of Dallas is incorporated;
(4) the private ambulance service complies with all state requirements for emergency medical services providers, emergency medical services personnel, and private ambulances; and
(5) the private ambulance service does not pick up sick, injured, or deceased persons in the city more than 15 times within any 12-month period.
(d) Prosecution of an offense under Subsection (a) does not prevent the use of other enforcement remedies or procedures applicable to the person charged with or the conduct involved in the offense. (Ord. 21861)